Excerpts: The Social Center of Redemptorists Fathers, at Castelo Branco (Portugal), celebrated its 38th anniversary on Sunday, January 15. It was a beautiful celebration that began with the Sunday Mass in the Church of Our Lady of Fatima and ended with a party, an appetiser in the institution and launch of balloons. One of the events […] Read on »
Introduction The XXV General Chapter took place in Pattaya (Thailand) and concluded at the end of November 2016. At the beginning of its massage to the Congregation we read these words: “we have no right to proclaim Jesus as our Lord and God if we do not touch his wounds”. This quotation is taken from […] Read on »
“At a dinner party, recently, I was asked what is the greatest challenge the Church faces today. I thought a moment and replied: the chasm between faith and life. My questioner looked at me quizzically and remarked that she didn’t expect that answer. I imagine that she was ready for any one of the so-called […] Read on »
In Thailand, Redemptorists have provided for the Hmong, Karen and Akha people in four pastoral areas in Chiang Mai diocese, home of many hill tribes. For 15 days in December, Father Berm Chakrit, a Hmong Redemptorist priest from Thailand, offered Masses, heard confessions, celebrated a baptism and anointed the sick for members of the Twin […] Read on »
Icon of Compassion: Our Mother of Perpetual Help in the 21st Century —Philippine Redemptorists Celebrate the 150th Jubilee with an International Pilgrimage-Congress in Baclaran Celebrating the Entrustment of the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (OMPH) by Blessed Pius IX (in 1866) to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, the Philippine Redemptorists of […] Read on »
The Confreres greatly rejoiced at the ordination of Fr Mark Torwoe. Fr Mark was ordained on the 26th December, 2016. It was a moment of great joy for both the confreres from Bogota and Ghana. Fr Mark, would work in the missions in Ghana, Africa. Fr Mark Torwoe, was born on April 17, 1985 in […] Read on »
“For behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all people.” (Luke 2:10) Dear Confreres, Sisters, Lay Missionaries and Associates, and friends, In the name of the General Government, I wish all of you a Blessed and Joyful Christmas! Once again, we listen together to the words of the […] Read on »
On the December 18th, in our lady of the Carmen parish, Penco, Chile, people gathered with a grateful heart to celebrate and to give thanks to God for the 50 years of missionary presence and service of the Redemptorists in Chile. The Mass was presided by Monsignor Fernando Chomali and concelebrated by the Provincial of […] Read on »
Father Felix Podimattam the renowned moral theologian of India, who did his doctoral studies under the guidance of Bernard Haring, CSsR passed away. Capuchin Father Felix Podimattam, who authored the most number of books on moral theology in the world, died on December 17 at Kottayam, Kerala. The 82-year-old priest has been ailing for some […] Read on »
The bell tower of the National Shrine of Aparecida will be officially opened after the Eucharistic celebration of December 24th, Christmas Eve. The chiming of the 13 bells will be heard for the first time at 9.00 pm, local time. There will be a procession and after the blessing of the monument, the bells will […] Read on »
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