Spiritan Newsflash No. 17
SPIRITAN NEWSFLASH No. 17 NEW BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF CAXITO – ANGOLA BISHOP MAURÍCIO AGOSTINHO CAMUTO On 15 June 2020, Pope Francis appointed,…
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PENTECOST VIGIL 2020
PENTECOST VIGIL 2020 Opening song In the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen Alleluia. Christ is risen. R.…
Pentecost Letter for 2020
Come, Holy Spirit, and Renew the Face of the Earth (cf. Ps 104, 30) In the midst of winter, I discovered within me an invincible…
SPIRITAN NEWSFLASH No. 16
POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL CHAPTER Dear Confreres and Lay Spiritan Associates, At our meeting this morning, 15th April 2020, the General Council decided to postpone…
SPIRITAN NEWSFLASH No. 15
Dear Confreres and Lay Spiritan Associates, In a short few weeks our lives have been changed in ways that we could never have imagined. What…
XXI General Chapter-PARTICIPANTS
The current coronavirus pandemic has given rise to considerable uncertainty in regard to the feasibility of different events over the coming weeks and months. At…
Meeting of New Spiritan Superiors in Rome
From February 24th to March 6th, 18 new Spiritan superiors came from 13 countries, but one superior could not make it, because he was sick.…
Prayer for the XXI General Chapter
God of new beginnings, God of our founders and ancestors in the Faith, As we prepare for our forthcoming General Chapter in Lichen, Poland, we…
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Cardinal Dolan: AP report on paycheck loan program 'misleading at best'
CNA Staff, Jul 15, 2020 / 06:01 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has written a response to an Associated Press report that characterized Catholic participation in the federal Paycheck Protection Program as an “aggressive pursuit […]
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Report: 690 million people went hungry last year
CNA Staff, Jul 15, 2020 / 04:51 pm (CNA).- Almost 690 million people around the world were undernourished last year, according to a new United Nations report, continuing what experts say is a worrying increase in global hunger. The number of people […]
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House committees reject pro-life amendments
CNA Staff, Jul 15, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- Efforts to remove abortion funding in next year’s federal budget failed in the House Appropriations Committee earlier this week. Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Andy Harris (R-Md.) offered pro-life […]
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C.S.Sp. 1826 - Canonical election of Jacques Bertout as the 6th Superior General. It is he who restores the Congregation and the Seminary of the Holy Spirit after the French Revolution. He is considered to have been Superior General since the death of M. Duflos in 1805.
Libermann 1831 - François Libermann has a vision of Jesus at St. Sulpice on the Feast of the Priesthood of Christ; he interprets it as meaning that he himself is excluded from the priesthood. This is the only such happening that is revealed by Libermann. | Francis Libermann
Holy Heart of Mary 1845 - Bishop Brady of Perth in Australia spends four days at La Neuville in France and asks Libermann for missionaries. | Australia
Netherlands 1931 - The erection of the Dutch Province, the 10th in the Congregation. Fr. Bernard Hilhorst is the first Provincial. | Netherlands
Central African Republic 1954 - Bangassou is confided to the Dutch Province and becomes an Apostolic Prefecture, led by Mgr. M. Bodewes. | Central African Republic | Netherlands
The divine Master, in a distinct and perceptible vision, showed himself to him (Libermann) under the appearance of the supreme pontiff. He saw him, his hands full of lights and graces and as if lining up round him his co-disciples of the seminary, sweeping through the ranks, giving each one a part of his generous gifts, leaving out only him alone, while at the same time seeming to offer him his brothers, as if putting at his disposal the treasure offered to all.
Vie du Vén.Serviteur de Dieu, F.M.P. Libermann, by Cardinal Pitra, 5th edition, p.90