To Heal the Broken Hearted

This week’s issue of The Tablet has a book notice about my life of Saint Charles of Mount Argus, To Heal the Broken Hearted, and the collection of reflections on Saint Charles’ life and spirituality, Herald of Hope. -which reminds me that Thomas tells me that I haven’t posted yet on the new Ovada edition [...]

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St Vincent Strambi

Father Justin (nom-de-blog of a parish priest somewhere in England) of Nova et Vetera has been reading Cardinal Wiseman’s Recollections of the Last Four Popes and of Rome in Their Times (the Last Four Popes being Pius VII, Leo XII, Pius VIII and Gregory XVI), which we are fortunate to have in our library [...]

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What’s been happening?

Post-Christmas catch-up, the annual paperwork for OSCR (the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator), about seven funerals in the last few weeks, and also the demands of everyday life have meant that I haven’t been blogging much lately. A fortnight ago, however, I managed a short visit to our English-speaking Passionist community at Saint Joseph’s [...]

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Saint Mungo’s Day

Today, in the rest of the world, is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, but in Glasgow we have been celebrating Saint Mungo (or Kentigern), patron of our Monastery and Church, and the City and Archdiocese of Glasgow. Archbishop Mario Conti celebrated Mass here today, as he does every year on the Feast [...]

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Passionist Vocations

The next weekend retreat for young men interested in knowing more about life in the Passionist Community will be held at the Passionist Monastery, Crossgar, Co. Down, N. Ireland, beginning on the evening of Friday, 25 January and concluding on Sunday afternoon, 27 January. Please remember a prayer for those who will give the retreat [...]

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May the road rise before you!

Bishop Paul Michael Boyle died today. May he rest in peace. Father Don Webber, Provincial of Holy Cross Province, gives this summary of his life:
Paul M. Boyle was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 28, 1926. In 1946 he made his vows as a Passionist of the Western Province of the United States. Ordained in [...]

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Prayers please

From the newsletter of Holy Cross Province (Chicago):
Bishop Paul Boyle remains in critical condition after suffering a stroke. Please keep him in your prayers.
Bishop Paul Michael Boyle is the retired Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica. He lives at Sacred Heart Retreat, Louisville, Kentucky. Bishop Boyle is a former president of the Canon Law Society of America [...]

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Passionists in Kenya

The Passio Christi site has an e-mail from Father Filippo Astori, superior of the Passionists in Kenya. He writes:
The situation continues. Everyone is blocked in the villages and mission stations where they went to vote. Here in Molo I’m all alone with just two Philosophy students who are on their holidays and live close by. [...]

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The Father Charles Train

A news item for the Feast of Saint Charles of Mount Argus, which I came across at the Pater Karel site:
In Limburg, the region of the Netherlands where Saint Charles was born, a train has been named after the new local saint. As well as having his picture on the outside, the train seems [...]

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Mass for the Feast of Saint Charles of Mount Argus

Icon of Saint Charles by Michael Galovic,
for the Passionist Community,
Saint Mungo’s, Glasgow
Copyright © Michael Galovic
On Saturday, 5 January, we will celebrate the Feast of Saint Charles (-his first since canonisation). In Saint Mungo’s, Mass for the Feast will be at 12.15.
Father Gary has posted the prayers and readings for the Mass of Saint Charles [...]

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