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“Without passion, there can be no mission”

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 adminWorld

Adelino Ascenso, Superior General of the Good News Missionary Society, was already a man on a mission long before he dedicated his life to God. The Portuguese priest decided to take the path to the priesthood after the age of thirty, an epiphany that came to him when he was a guest in a Tibetan monastery in Nepal. An artist converted into a soldier of God, the current helmsman of the Good News Missionary Society strode across Asia and Latin America driven by the same restlessness that led him to devote the rest of his life to missionary work. Father Adelino Ascenso in his own words.

Dominican Father Bonifacio Solis dies at 76

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 adminLocal, World

Under his leadership, Macau and Hong Kong gained center stage in the East Asian evangelization efforts made by the Order of Preachers. He was the first Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of Our Lady of the Rosary to make a canonical visit to China after the end of the Pacific War. Father Bonifacio Garcia Solis died last Saturday in his native Spain, aged 76.

IN MEMORIAM Rev. Fr. Bonifacio Garcia Solis OP

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 adminLocal, World

Rev. Fr. Bonifacio Garcia Solis OP was born on June 19, 1945 at Santibáñez de Murias-Aller, Asturias, Spain and died on October 23, 2021 at Oviedo, Spain. A son of Our Lady of Rosary Province, Order of Preachers.

Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn: mission of “turning suffering to joy”

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 adminFaith & Life, World

At a young age, after his first communion, Marcel asked God for two graces: purity, so that he could love God with all his heart, and that of giving all men and women a perfect and rock solid faith.

Journeying Together Towards 2023

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 adminLocal, World

What is a synod? And why a synod?

“Every Catholic is important for witnessing the Good News”

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 adminLocal, World

The first universal Synod happened around 50 A.D. in Jerusalem, and Saint Peter and Paul took part, but, even more importantly, the Holy Spirit was present to guide the Church in view of solutions to problems.

Brave and helpful to the last

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 adminWorld

Fr Emil Kapaun, war hero, saved many lives while risking his own. His fearless charity may qualify him for sainthood. On the battlefield, numerous times he carried wounded men to safety, helped dying men, and gave much spiritual and human comfort.

Five sisters become nuns in two years

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 adminWorld

Five sisters, out of six, from the same family joined the same contemplative order in Spain in only two years. Surprisingly the Spanish nuns had not talked to each other about their vocations before entering the Iesu Communio community.

Bishop Lee to open diocesan phase of Synod on Synodality

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 adminLocal, World

The diocesan phase of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops – the first ever decentralized Synod – begins this Saturday in the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady, with the celebration of a Solemn Mass, followed by a meeting between Bishop Stephen Lee and the local parish priests. Dedicated to the theme “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission,” the process which is just now beginning, looks to hear from voices on the margins of the Church and Pope Francis wants every Catholic to have a word.

Worldwide Christian persecution rising

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 adminWorld

ACN calculates that more than 340 million Christians “live in a country where they suffer some form of persecution, such as arbitrary arrest, violence, a full range of human rights violations and even murder.”