Posted in on 28 July, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Blogging has been light for the past week because I´m away from home (and for the previous week because I was preparing to be away). I´m visiting the Passionists at Pasing, just outside Munich, giving the Passionists in Glasgow a rest. Saint Gabriel´s Retreat, Pasing, is a small retreat house and is also the residence [...]
Posted in on 23 July, 2006 | No Comments »
Tomorrow is the feast of Blessed Niceforo of Jesus and Mary (Diaz Tejerina) and his twenty-five companions, Passionist martyrs of the Spanish Civil War. Often, groups of martyrs are described as X and companions, although many of them never actually met one another in this life (e.g. Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and companions). This group of [...]
Posted in on 16 July, 2006 | 2 Comments »
See and hear Benedict (when he was Joseph) play the piano at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw7WLTM3zok&search=vatican
(I don’t know how to link to this, so you’ll have to do that bit yourself.)
HT to Ray from MN.
Posted in on 16 July, 2006 | No Comments »
I don’t usually copy news items, but this must rank as the best papal holiday snap I’ve ever seen, although I suspect an even more splendid holiday picture will be seen by BXVI during the “villeggiatura”. In “A Traveller in Rome”, H.V. Morton writes about his visit to Castlegandolfo where he saw a painting of [...]
Posted in St Paul of the Cross on 13 July, 2006 | No Comments »
Today Father Gary has a post at The Passionist Charism on Saint Paul of the Cross’s brother, Antonio Danei, whose anniversary of ordination is tomorrow. Antonio was the first witness to be called at the Ordinary Process for the Beatification and Canonisation of Paul of the Cross held in Alessandria in July 1777, less [...]
Posted in on 10 July, 2006 | No Comments »
Today the Vatican Information Service announced the retirement of Archbishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti C.P., Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Archbishop Nesti (shown here celebrating one of the Novendiales Masses after the death of Pope John Paul II) has been Secretary of the former Congregation for Religious [...]
Posted in on 9 July, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A sneak preview of this summer’s must-have for all would-be Passionists, professed or otherwise. (Hat tip to Father Nicholas Schofield at Roman Miscellany.)
Posted in on 7 July, 2006 | No Comments »
Father Gary (Perritt) at The Passionist Charism has an interesting post on the Passionists at Nettuno and Saint Maria Goretti, whose feast day was yesterday.
Posted in on 7 July, 2006 | No Comments »
The Passionist Institute, held at Dromantine last week (-see earlier post), went very well. It is always wonderful to see the enthusiasm people have for the spirituality of Saint Paul of the Cross and how they apply it to their own life situation. A key question for reflection and discussion during the week was Paul’s [...]
Posted in on 7 July, 2006 | No Comments »
I didn’t manage to post something for the Feast of the Precious Blood (- observed as a “Feast” in the Passionist Calendar) on 1 July. However, at last Wednesday’s general audience, Pope Benedict referred to the month of July as the month of devotion to the Precious Blood of Christ. In case you missed it, [...]
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