Father of mercy, in Blessed Damien you have given a shining witness of love for the poorest and most abandoned. Grant that, by his intercession, as faithful witness of the heart of your Son Jesus, we too may be servants of the most needy and rejected.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, […]

Blessed Damien of Molokai (January 3, 1840 - April 15, 1889), was a missionary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who is revered primarily by Hawaii residents and Christians for having dedicated his life in service to the lepers of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Father Damien is the […]

For those who desire to join the Order as a Choir Monk there is an age limit from 18 to 45 years old, of course there are exceptions if a person has been in a religious community. The age limit is for those who want to be full fleged religious, Choir Monk. Thouhg they do […]

Florida on Fire

May 10, 2007 | 2 Comments

In Florida there are 220 fires totaling 80,000 acres - or 125 square miles - wee burning Wednesday. Wildfires have consumed 74,000 acres since January.
Fires are at present ongoing in or near almost all of the state’s 67 counties Wednesday morning. And the tropical storm is making matter much worse today.
Let us pray for all […]

Friar & Bishop
Antonino Fierozzi was born in Florence in 1389 and in 1405 was received into the Order “for the future priory of Fiesole” by Blessed John Dominic, who at that time was reforming the Dominican priories of the area according to the wishes of Blessed Raymond of Capua. He served the friars in various […]

May 10 02:31 PM US/Eastern
By MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press Writer 
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s moves to consolidate power are troubling.
Just ahead of her departure for Moscow next week, Rice said the United States and Russia are working well together on a number of issues but that […]

“Tell them, Father, that many times the Most Holy Virgin told my cousins Francisco and Jacinta, as well as myself, that many nations will disappear from the face of the earth. She said that Russia will be the instrument of chastisement chosen by Heaven to punish the whole world if we do not beforehand obtain […]

Yesterday at 4 p.m. (9 p.m. in Rome), the Pope’s plane landed at the international airport of Sao Paulo / Guarulhos in Brazil, thus beginning the sixth apostolic trip outside Italy of his pontificate. Benedict XVI was received by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of the Federal Republic of Brazil, accompanied by the civil, military […]

The Vatican secretary of state says Africa and Latin America are two areas where the Church is especially directing its attention.
In an interview on Vatican Radio on Monday, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said the Holy See looks with great interest at the problems in Africa and “will continue to voice their concerns so that Europe and […]

Vatican Secretary of State Launched Course at the Gregorian 
Diplomats of Muslim countries in the Mediterranean and the Middle East are taking a course on the Catholic Church and the Holy See’s international politics.
The three-week course was inaugurated Monday at the Pontifical Gregorian University by Cardinals Tarcisio Bertone and Renato Martino — Vatican secretary of state […]

O Saving Victem
O Salutaris Hostia is from the last two verses of Verbum Supernum, one of the five Eucharistic Hymns written by Saint Thomas Aquinas, (1225-1274), at the request of Pope Urban IV (1261-1264) when the Pope first instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1264. The prayer was used most commonly at Benediction of […]

During the course of his flight to Brazil yesterday, the Holy Father held his traditional press conference for the journalists accompanying him.
“I love Latin America very much,” said the Pope expressing his joy at having the opportunity to visit the “continent of hope.” The aim of this journey, he said, “is specifically religious: to give […]

The Pope began the second day of his apostolic trip to Brazil by celebrating a private Mass in the chapel of the monastery of Sao Bento in the city of Sao Paulo.
At 10.30 a.m. (3.30 p.m.) in Rome, he will pay a courtesy visit to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of the Federal Republic […]

St. Antoninus lived in the fifteenth century. Even as a boy he showed that he had good sense and will power. The story is told that when he was fifteen, he asked to join the Dominican order. He looked young, and he was small. The prior studied him for a moment and then said, “I’ll […]

Until I Was Alone

May 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

Until I was alone, I never really lived. Until I was alone, I was not with myself.
Until I was alone, I never drew near to my Creator.
-   Blessed Paul Giustiniani
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Aide: They Exclude Selves From Communion
The Vatican clarified that Benedict XVI has not excommunicated Mexican politicians who supported the legalization of abortion in the country’s capital — rather, they have excluded themselves from Communion.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, said this today in a statement he issued in wake of comments […]

Hopes Latin America Will Rediscover Christian Values
Upon landing in Brazil, the destination of his sixth apostolic trip, Benedict XVI defended life, the family and the Catholic identity of Latin America.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was on hand today as the Pope arrived at the Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo.
In his first address on […]