University of Dayton Office for Mission and Rector

This May members of the Marianist Associate (MEA) program of the three universities (UD, CUH, STMU) gathered together through prayer, reflection, dialogue and formation.

Rooted in the Marianist tradition and guided by Mary, these faculty, staff and administrators deepened their commitment to sustaining and enriching the Catholic and Marianist values of our community.

As they made their public commitment , we celebrated not only a milestone, but a shared mission: to educate, accompany, and serve with faith , courage and hope. Here is to those who continue to breathe life into mission everyday!

What we build today shapes who leads tomorrow. Because of you, our community continues to grow in faith, purpose, and Marianist spirit, ready to serve the Church and the world. 💙

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Christ, rising again from the dead, dies now no more; death shall no more have dominion over him. In dying to sin, he died once; as to his life, he lives for God (Rom 6:9-10). . . .

Today Jesus Christ takes on again a new life, and that life is no longer according to the flesh but completely according to God. As to his living, he lives for God [Rom 6:10].

Let us move on to a new life which should be completely celestial. . . . Jesus Christ rises to an immortal life. Christ, rising again from the dead, etc. [Rom 6:9].

Let us live a life of grace eternally, so the death of sin no longer
rules in our souls.

(Chaminade, Notes for Conferences and Sermons,
Legacy, Vol. 3, Doc. 29 [111])

Holy Saturday, Sermon for the Feast of the Resurrection.

The sepulcher of Jesus Christ is a mother. Our Master entered it dead; there, he was given birth to a totally divine life. After having sought there the death of sin, I will find there the life of grace. God is our life. . . . We are buried together with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ is risen from among the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life (Rom 6:4).

We are buried with Jesus Christ by Baptism, through which we
participate in his death. . . .
Death, sepulcher, and mystical resurrection effected by the grace of Baptism and expressed through holy ceremonies. The grace of Baptism unites us to Jesus Christ dead and risen, to Jesus Christ as he is now. Death to sin and the life of grace are inseparable in the baptized. Jesus Christ does not give himself only halfway. . . .

(Chaminade, Notes for Conferences and Sermons,
Legacy, Vol. 3, Docs. 31, 32 [119/123])

Chaminade on Holy Thursday:

“And this is my blood” [Mt 26:28] . . . words by which Jesus Christ consecrates, etc. And which at the same time acquire the appearance under which Jesus Christ gives himself to them in holy Communion, as an immolated victim, as the blood of the new covenant. In the old Law there was no solemn covenant
without shedding and sprinkling of blood, but the sprinkling was all external.

Here, however, it is entirely internal and spiritual, and the blood of Jesus Christ is truly spread over our souls. Could we not say that in Communion there is a kind of infusion into our souls of the body and blood of Jesus Christ; or in following the force and energy of the gospel text, that there is a kind of infusion into our souls of the new covenant through the blood of Jesus Christ?

For it is both covenant and ratification of the covenant. This chalice is the new testament in my blood (1 Cor 11:25).

(Chaminade, Notes for Conferences and Sermons,
Legacy, Vol. 4, Doc. 97 [32])

One shared mission 💙❤️

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“Faith must be animated by charity. Faith should not only be a light in the mind, but it should be in the heart as well. There must be in faith a disposition of the heart; love of truth. This is why you must savor what you believe.” - Blessed Chaminade.

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