Posted in on 9 May, 2008 | No Comments »
Miguel, the Roamin’ Catholic blogger, has posted some very good photographs of Mater Dolorosa Retreat House, Sierra Madre (near, or perhaps in, Los Angeles). I was there once, very briefly, on my way to Japan and, like Miguel, I found the Passionists not at home (-they were all away at a provincial chapter [...]
Posted in on 8 May, 2008 | No Comments »
On the last day of the Chapter in Lourdes, Father Cormac O’Hora C.P. celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination. Father Cormac was ordained with Fathers Eustace and Justinian of this community, but was unable to mark his jubilee in December because of illness. After working for some years at our English-speaking community of Saint [...]
Posted in on 7 May, 2008 | No Comments »
You may have noticed a painting in the last picture of my previous post about Lourdes. The painting, which (as far as I remember) is from the 1860s, shows Saint Paul of the Cross and a companion walking beside some of the brigands whose unofficial chaplain he was. Here is a closer view; unfortunately the [...]
Posted in on 7 May, 2008 | No Comments »
(Urna containing the Relics of Saint Gemma Galgani, Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin and Saint Maria Goretti)
In following Christ and imitating Mary, we must have the courage of humility; we must entrust ourselves humbly to the Lord, because only in this way will we be able to become docile instruments in his hands and [...]
Posted in on 6 May, 2008 | No Comments »
I recently attended the Provincial Chapter of the French Passionists which was held at the Relais Nazareth, the new Passionist house in Lourdes. This is, of course, a Jubilee Year in Lourdes, so I was able to make my Jubilee pilgrimage before the Chapter opened. The arches shown below are acting as the Holy Doors [...]
Posted in on 6 May, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are two Passionist blogs I came across recently:
PassioNews is maintained by Father Philippe Plet C.P. As the name suggests, it gives news items and photographs on Passionist topics. Its unique selling deature is that it does so in French. The official Passio Christi news pages are only offered in English, Spanish and Italian, [...]
 | berenike on Caterina |
 | Sanctus Belle on In paradisum |
 | Tom on Profession in Bavaria |
 | PF on Year of Vocation |
 | James Brent on Year of Vocation |
