The Home Our Lady of Sorrows, located in the neighborhood of Ras El-Amud, celebrated 150 years of the Congregation founded in France. The feast brought together many friends of the community. There was a combination of joy and excitement in the celebration of 150 years of love offered without distinction. The home in Jerusalem is
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“Counseling the Doubtful” The Octave of Easter, the eight days of celebration beginning on Easter Sunday, offers a perfect starting point for reflection on the spiritual work of mercy of “counseling the doubtful.” Let me quote some verses from the Gospels of that week that describe the response of the close circle of apostles
By: Joe Micatrotto The old saying “not our first rodeo” would have seemed appropriate for the Catholic Travel Centre’s (CTC) Cardinal Mahony’s Holy Land Pilgrimage of October 4-10, 2014. After all, this was our third trip to the Holy Land in less than six years and we had “already” visited so many sites. Wrong! Oh, do
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It was only a short bus trip down the hill from from Assisi to the beautiful Santa Maria degli Angeli, a beautiful basilica constructed around a house famed to have been built in the 300s AD from relics of the original house where the Assumption of Our Lady took place. It is said this is
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While we all visit Assisi for the town’s notable contribution of the great Saints Francis and Clare, we could have easily spent days atop this old world town and it’s surrounding countryside. This is Italy at its finest: old shops full of icons, keepsakes and unique mementos, side streets of cobblestone, and cafes and eateries
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On Monday, 26 May 2014, Pope Francis delivered a homily from the Upper Room (Jerusalem): The Upper Room speaks to us of service, of Jesus giving the disciples an example by washing their feet. Washing one another’s feet signifies welcoming, accepting, loving and serving one another. It means serving the poor, the sick and the outcast,
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