May

27

On Solemnity of Pentecost

May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“We Relive the Birth of the Church” 
Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today to the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square when he led the praying of the midday Regina Caeli.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters!
Today we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost. And through today’s liturgy we relive the birth […]

May

27

The Fallout of Weak Family Life

May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Meeting in Poland Highlights a Key Social Concern
By Father John Flynn
More than 3,000 delegates from dozens of countries gathered May 11-13 in Warsaw, Poland, for the 4th meeting of the World Congress of Families. The WCF describes itself as an “international network of pro-family organizations, scholars, leaders and people of good will.”
On the first day […]

May

27

Pontiff Points Up Church’s Missionary Mark

May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In Address on Solemnity of Pentecost
The Church is one, holy, catholic, apostolic — and missionary, says Benedict XVI.
On the solemnity of Pentecost, the Pope observed that the Church “speaks in all languages and goes out to meet every culture.”
The Holy Father delivered his message today from the window of his study before reciting the midday […]

May

27

Mel Gibson may make Feature of the Life of a Jesuit

May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Mel Gibson is considering making a new feature about the life of the Jesuit missionary, FatherFrancisco Eusebio Kino. Father Kino founded a series of Catholic missions for the Pima Indians in the area today that is now comprised of Arizona, USA, and northern Sonora, Mexico.
Father Kino was born in Segno on Tirol, Italy in 1645. […]

May

27

Saint Augustine of Canterbury - Saint of the Day

May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Augustine was the abbot of St. Andrew’s monastery in Rome. Pope St. Gregory the Great chose him and forty other monks for a mission dear to his heart. They were to preach the Gospel to the people of England. Abbot Augustine and the monks started on their journey. When they reached southern France, people warned […]

May

27

The Prayer of the Heart

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I would like my final prayer in this life to be simple words.
I would simply like to look at Jesus and say “ Mercy within mercy, within mercy.”
Let this also be my profession of faith.
My testimony to all God has done in His most unworthy servant.
This is not just my prayer for myself.
I offer it […]

May

27

Blessed Andrew Franchi

May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Friar & Bishop
Blessed Andrew, a member of the noble Franchi Boccagni family, was born in Pistoia, Italy, in
1335 and at the age of fourteen entered the Order in Florence. He worked to restore regular observance
after the plague of the Black Death. As bishop of Pistoia he was an active promoter of peace among the
people and […]