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News that came today in the afternoon, December 14, 2012, from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut shed a veil of pain, sorrow and anxiety on all of us. This tragedy forced us to stop at our activities, reflect and mourn. It happened in our neighborhood. We, as the community of Vincentian [...] 
For the first time in history Pontifex Maximus opens his own social media account. It was announced here and there in prior. And the day has come! Today Pope launched his “personal” – Benedict XVI – account on Twitter supported by Vatican’s communication office. It’s hardly possible Benedict XVI will manage and update [...] International Meeting of the Vincentian Youth will be held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from 19‐21 July 2013, just few days before World Youth Day (WYD) in Rio de Janeiro. In a video recorded for the occasion Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM convokes all members from the Vincentian Family, especially “from the younger [...] On the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, Patron of all Christian Charities, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn have issued a joint statement, also posted on Cardinal Dolan’s blog and Diocese of Brooklyn website, on those who are in need. Full text of the statement [...]
“Vocations, the Gift of the Love of God” is the theme of this year Pope’s message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations (text below) which 49th observation is held worldwide on 4th Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday. The purpose of the World Day of [...] [Vatican, April 5, 2012] At twilight, (5:00PM in Rome) Benedict XVI started the solemn celebration of the Lord’s Supper in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. This is the cathedral of the Bishops of Rome. In his homily (full text below) Holy Father highlighted events of the last supper: “To Holy Thursday also [...] [Vatican, April 5, 2012] Traditionally, at “Third Hour of the Day” (9:00AM in Rome), Pope Benedict XVI presided at the solemn Crism Mass. This is the only Eucharist celebrated in morning of Holy Thursday. And it is celebrated only in Cathedrals. Holy Oil, Crism, is consecrated during the Mass. Crism is used for [...] Thanks to Pope John Paul II who initiated observance of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord as World Day for Consecrated Life. (In the United States, it is celebrated on Sunday after February 2). In his homily during the solemn Vespers in St. Paul’s Basilica in Rome, Holy Father, Benedict XVI [...] |
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