Posted in on 26 February, 2007 | No Comments »
I leave tomorrow morning for Australia for the first meeting of the Passionist International Committee for the World Youth Day 2008. With the announcement of a June date for the Canonisation of Blessed Charles, I really have lots of other things I should be doing, but this is important too (and it really doesn’t do [...]
Posted in Saint Charles on 25 February, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I arrived at Rome Ciampino airport last Thursday night to attend the Consistory for Blessed Charles (Houben) of Mount Argus et alii and was met by Father Mirek, the rector of Saints John and Paul. My room this time was in the Reparto Campanile, just beside the bell tower.
The next morning, we set out for [...]
Posted in Saint Charles on 25 February, 2007 | No Comments »
Here is a half-minute video clip I made of Pope Benedict announcing that the canonisation of Blessed Charles of Mount Argus, Blessed George Preca, Blessed Szymon of Lipnica and Blessed Marie Eugenie de Jesus will be on Sunday, 3 June (in Rome) and that of Blessed Antonio de Santa Ana will be on Friday, 11 [...]
Posted in Saint Charles on 23 February, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This morning I was at the Consistory where Pope Benedict announced the date for the Canonisation of Blessed Charles of Mount Argus. It will be on Sunday, 3 June 2007. Pictures and more about the Consistory to follow.
Posted in on 21 February, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday, Bishop Elio Sgreccia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, was asked at a press conference for his view on the assault on the conscience of Catholics currently being made by the British Government in its refusal to guarantee conscience-based exemption for Catholic Adoption Agencies. Bishop Sgreccia said in reply:
I think that conscientious [...]
Posted in on 21 February, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You may remember an e-mail I sent three weeks ago to Alan Johnson, the Education Minister who led Cabinet opposition to freedom of conscience for Catholic Adoption Agencies. I wrote:
Dear Mr Johnson
You are quoted in today’s “Independent” as saying: “We reject discrimination in all its forms.” Do you or your party intend to bring [...]
Posted in Saint Charles on 21 February, 2007 | No Comments »
From yesterday’s Vatican Information Service bulletin:
VATICAN CITY, FEB 20, 2007 (VIS) - At 11 a.m. on Friday, February 23, in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, an Ordinary Public Consistory will be held for the canonization of the following Blesseds:
- George Preca, Maltese, priest, founder of the “Societas Doctrinae Christianae” (M.U.S.E.U.M.).
- Szymon of [...]
Posted in on 20 February, 2007 | No Comments »
The theme of Pope Benedict’s Message for Lent is They shall look on Him
whom they have pierced (Jn 19:37). Here again the Holy Father meditates on the meaning of love, seeing in the pierced Heart of Jesus the deepest expression of this mystery of love. He reminds us that our response this Lent has to [...]
Posted in on 19 February, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Blessed Charles of Mount Argus is our man of the week, with Pope Benedict about to publish the date for his canonisation but, for your entertainment, here is a very short interview with the other Charles C.P. (Fr Charles Cross) which I recorded somewhat badly yesterday at the end of the Passionist Religious Life Weekend. [...]
Posted in on 17 February, 2007 | No Comments »
The Consistory for the Miracle attributed to Blessed Charles of Mount Argus will take place next Friday, 23 February. It also happens that the Lenten Station that day, the Friday after Ash Wednesday, is at Saints John and Paul.
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