– Rev Josรฉ Mario O Mandรญa โAlways be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverenceโ (I Peter 3:15).ย โDefenseโ is…
INDISSOLUBILITY: A NECESSITY OF LOVE – 7 October 2018 – 27th Sunday In Ordinary Time (B)
GEN 2:18-24; HEB 2:9-11; MK 10:2-16 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau In no other field, as in that of sexual ethics, man is tempted to give his own morals, and so the salt of the gospel proposal is…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (22)
– Joaquim Magalhรฃes de Castro We arrived at Goalpara hoping to find traces of the so-called โfiringisโ. The white statue of one of the rajas (certainly of the Narayan caste) wielding sword and shield announces the small village, and soon…
INVITATION
The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus are scheduled to hold a Mass on October 10 (Wednesday)ย at 7:30 PM in the St Joseph the Worker Church to celebrate their founder Saint Daniel Comboni. All our brothers and sisters…
CHURCH FATHERS (28) – Saint Ephrem the Syrian
– Anastasios Ephrem the Syrian (306-373) was an important writer, hymnographer and theologian in the IV century.ย We know very little about his early years and the information we have are somehow in contradiction. We know that the Bishop of…
A PILGRIMโS NOTES – The need for listening
– Fausto Gomez OP Some years ago, I was invited to reflect with the Australian Dominican Family on justice and peace in Dominican tradition and today. We closed our encounters with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. At the offertory,…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (84) – Lipa, Philippines
Teresita Castillo was 21 years old when she fled her prominent home and followed her secret desire to become a Carmelite novice on July 4, 1948.ย Within one month of her arrival into the convent, on July 31, 1948, satan…
NEWS BRIEFS
ROME, ITALY FRANCIS CALLS FOR ‘PERMANENT CATECHUMENATE’ FOR MARRIED COUPLES (CNA/EWTN News) Pope Francis has stressed the need for ongoing formation for couples, before and after marriage, saying that even the basic teachings of the Church โcould not be taken…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FATHER COLUMBA KELLY – Study, pray, then compose
– Aurelio Porfiri The repertoire that par excellence represents the high point of a cappella music is Gregorian chant. Generation of singers, monks and laypeople, have sung these beautiful monophonic melodies, trying to attune their heart to the movement of…
CHANCERY NOTICE
CN/9/018/2018 Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang would like to announce the following: 1. Earthquake in Sulawesi (Indonesia) A few days ago, a portion of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was devastated by an earthquake and the resulting tsunami which has…