Posted in on 30 August, 2006 | No Comments »
Om Monday, Rocco Palmo at Whispers in the Loggia highlighted the opening of the General Chapter of the Capuchins at their College of San Lorenzo da Brindisi (for those who have been to Rome, it is located near where the road from Fiumicino to Rome crosses the Grande Raccordo Annulare, not far from the [...]
Posted in on 28 August, 2006 | No Comments »
Blog-by-the-Sea gives a translation of Pope Benedict’s message of condolence on the death of Father Marie-Dominique Philippe. Here is an extract from it:
The Holy Father asks the Lord to welcome into His Kingdom him who, for long years, guided and formed many people in the school of Christ, in the spirit of the “beloved [...]
Posted in on 28 August, 2006 | No Comments »
Father Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican and Founder of the Community of Saint John, died peacefully last Saturday morning, 26 August, at the priory of Saint-Jodard; he had suffered a stroke on 20 July. Father Philippe would have been ninety-four on Our Lady’s Birthday, 8 September. May the Lord reward him for his generous, humble and energetic [...]
Posted in on 26 August, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Today is the feast of Blessed Dominic (Barberi) of the Mother of God. Father Gary, at The Passionist Charism, has been posting on Dominic throughout the month of August (-at the bottom of the page, click on previous entries to see some more posts on Blessed Dominic). In his homily for Dominic’s beatification, Pope [...]
Posted in on 24 August, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Someone pointed out to me that there was no article on Saint Paul of the Cross on Wikipedia. I’ve made a beginning this evening. Feel free to add to it here.
Posted in on 23 August, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday I went to Edinburgh to the see film Die Grosse Stille (Into Great Silence). Having been inside both the Grande Chartreuse and Parkminster, I was interested in seeing Philip Gröning’s extended meditation on the Carthusian Life. I was also curious about how he could hold an audience’s attention for nearly three hours with hardly [...]
Posted in Saint Charles on 15 August, 2006 | 4 Comments »
On the Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption, 15 August 1856, Father Paul Mary Pakenham C.P. celebrated Mass in a farmhouse not far from the City of Dublin. With the celebration of a Mass of Our Lady, exactly one hundred and fifty years ago today, he and his companion Brother Seraphim took possession of the future [...]
Posted in on 14 August, 2006 | No Comments »
The Capuchins have a long association with Altötting. As well as the new friary beside the Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, there is another community at their original friary and church, built in the 1650s (formerly dedicated to Saint Anne but now known as Saint Conrad’s). Today the church and friary are best known for [...]
Posted in on 12 August, 2006 | No Comments »
This picture shows a classic view of the Chapel of Grace (in the centre) and surrounding churches. The nave and its spire were added to the Chapel after the first miracles in the 1400s to accomodate the first groups of pilgrims. The large church to the right is the Collegiate church of Saints Philip and [...]
Posted in on 12 August, 2006 | 2 Comments »
It’s now ten days since I arrived home from Munich and I realise that I haven’t yet put up something about Altötting and other interesting places I visited. I’ve been working this week on some text for a future Passionist Vocations website. While the schools and universities are on holiday, things tend to be [...]
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