Posted in on 31 October, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Before being elected Pope, on 2 March 1939 (which was his sixty-third birthday), Eugenio Pacelli was Cardinal Priest of Saints John and Paul, the Roman Basilica administered by the Passionists. As Pope Pius XII, one of his early acts, just three weeks after his election, was to approve the decree regarding the miracles for the [...]
Posted in on 30 October, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I went to Saint Andrews University to give a talk to members of the Catholic Society. The title was The Meaning of the Cross Today. I enjoyed meeting the students and was encouraged by their faith and their sense of fun. You can hear the talk by clicking here.
Posted in on 28 October, 2006 | No Comments »
When I returned from Rome, I found a copy of Blessed (Pope) John XXIII’s Journal of a Soul had been left in my office (-on its way to the bookshop). I read again his account of his ordination retreat at Saints John and Paul, and the inspiring things he says about Brother Thomas (Viso) of [...]
Posted in on 28 October, 2006 | No Comments »
A mystery to me at the Papal Audience on Wednesday, 18 October was the identity of the English monsignor who read out the names of the English-speaking groups of pilgrims present at the audience. His accent was very obviously not American, nor Irish, nor Scottish, nor even Australian. Father Michael Brown, at Forest [...]
Posted in on 27 October, 2006 | No Comments »
Here are some more people pictures from the General Chapter.
This picture, taken in the Chapter Hall, shows (front row from the left) Father Michael Ogweno, one of the African delegates (who is Kenyan and lives in Botswana); Father Paul Zilonka, delegate from the US Eastern Province; Brother Jose Antonio Zubillaga, brother delegate from the Iberian [...]
Posted in on 25 October, 2006 | No Comments »
I got wet tonight for the first time in nearly four weeks. As I left the airport, there was some typical Glasgow weather to welcome me back from Rome. Even with the rain, it was good to return home to my community where Fathers Marius, Eustace, Anthony and Augustine updated me on life at Saint [...]
Posted in on 24 October, 2006 | 1 Comment »
One of the things I like to do when I am at Saints John and Paul is spend some time at the Passionist General Archives, located above the Chapter Hall where I have spent the last three weeks. Today I took some pictures for those who have never been there. The archives hold many original [...]
Posted in on 23 October, 2006 | No Comments »
Today I had a quiet morning, going through all the bits of paper I have accumulated during the General Chapter, throwing most of them out and keeping those which I will need when I get home. I also had a chance to talk with Father Denis Travers about the World Youth Day in Sydney in [...]
Posted in on 23 October, 2006 | 1 Comment »
As well as giving me the pictures of the Bernini monstrance, Father Laurence also gave me some photos of a chalice which was given to the Passionists by Blessed (Pope) Pius IX, who beatified and canonised Saint Paul of the Cross, and who had wanted to join the Passionists when he was a young man. [...]
Posted in on 23 October, 2006 | No Comments »
Last Wednesday, the Chapter attended the Wednesday Audience with Pope Benedict XIV. Here is my overdue account of what happened.
In previous General Chapters, there was usually a special audience for the Capitulars during the Chapter, not just in Pope John Paul II’s time, but also in the time of Pope Paul VI and Pope Pius [...]
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