(CNA) The head of the Salesians announced that the order has raised nearly 8 million euros to help thousands of families worldwide who have been financially affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Year: 2020
TREASURES OF SACRED MUSIC – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Alma Redemptoris Mater (Gregorian chant) Aurelio Porfiri Among the Marian antiphons that were and are still performed at the end of Mass or during the Marian months, certainly the Salve Regina and Regina Coeli would win in popularity. Nevertheless, the…
JOHN WALSH – “Faith helps keep me in a reasonably positive attitude to other people”
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent At an early age John Walsh was adventurous. He still is, despite having lived in very dangerous situations, but with rewarding experiences. He has lived a rich varied life. As he told O Clarim, even now…
The silliness of the Purgatory being a medieval “invention”
Corrado Gnerre My daughter attended the first class in high school. She told me that her Italian teacher, explaining Dante, spoke of Purgatory as an “invention” of the medieval Church. My daughter tried to object, but the same was written…
Everyone is sent
Fausto Gomez, OP For Christians, the month of October of every year is the Extraordinary Missionary Month, centered on the celebration of Mission Sunday: the third Sunday.
Invited to dance with God
11 October 2020 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year AMatthew 22:1-14 Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJClaretian Publications The wedding feast is the biblical image of the encounter of love between the Lord and Israel. In the parable, the bridegroom…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (99) – What immediately happens after we die?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Chapter 9 of the Letter to the Hebrews states clearly that there is judgment after death. “And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).
You did what? (6)
Danilo Perez Ngo SFC: What will happen to our loved ones who were not able to confess or receive the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick due to the pandemic that we are experiencing at present? Fr Mandía: We have…
PEÑAFRANCIA FESTIVAL 2020 – “Fostering Dialogue and Harmony in the Spirit of Mary’s Gentleness and Humility.”
Ross Belle Balatbat Every year, the feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in the Philippines draws millions of devotees and pilgrims, but this year the traditional Peñafrancia Festival was toned down as the devotees complied with the public safety guidelines…
BASILLA SAM, DIRECTOR OF SAINT PIUS X MUSIC ACADEMY – “The Academy is a second family to me”
Marco Carvalho A new director this year and a new venue in September 2021. The next few months are expected to be rewarding for the Saint Pius X Music Academy, despite the financial challenges that it faces. Founded in 1962…