“…weaknesses my special boast” (2 Corinthians 12:9) There’s a struggle going on in me, the tiredness that comes with the end of the year, the tiredness I see in teachers and pupils as they come to the conclusion of their Continue reading WEAKNESS HAS BEEN A TEACHER (Grace is Sufficient)→
The 4th of July 2024 marks the 48th anniversary of the death of our five Province members in San Patricio, Belgrano in 1976. In our Obituary List for the Province there are seven anniversaries occurring on July 4th: Fr Charles Mc Carthy Continue reading July 4th 2024 – 48th Anniversary→
The Church…has been concerned,not just with herself andwith her relationship of union with God, but with man – man as he really is today:living man,man all wrapped up in himself,man who makes himselfnot only the centre of his every interest but Continue reading THE SINNER & THE SAINT -Pope St. Paul VI→
Congratulations to Fathers Kevin Ward and Mike Barry who celebrate 60 years of Ordination to the Priesthood this year and to Fathers Seamus Whelan and Tommy Ryan who celebrate 50 years. Ad multos annos! Fathers Mike Barry, Tommy Ryan and Continue reading Jubilee Celebrations 2024→
April 29, 2024. Forty-five years ago today I made my Final Profession as a Pallottine on the Feast day of St. Catherine of Siena who expresses well what goes on in me when she speaks these words to God, “You are Continue reading Back to Her First Love→
Photos include Provincial Liam McClarey (top right) Vicar General Derry Murphy and Rector General Zenon Hanas
Papal Audience, St. Peter’s Square, April 10, 2024
“… present at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square were members of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (SAC) from Ireland, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, the United States, Australia, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Cameroon, Tanzania.
On this occasion, the “sons of San Vincenzo Pallotti” gave the Pontiff a painting commemorating the “Saint Patrick’s massacre”, which occurred on 4 July 1976 during the military dictatorship in Argentina, in which the Pallottine priests Alfredo Leaden, Alfredo Kelly and Pedro Duffau and the seminarians Salvador Barbeito and Emilio Barletti were killed.
“The work of the artist Father Witold Urbanowicz is a source of inspiration and reinforces the missionary spirit and courage of the Pallottines who, today, put their lives on the line to announce the gospel of Jesus Christ and serve the Catholic Church in the peripheries of the world, in places plagued by wars and violence, such as Ukraine, Mozambique, northern India and Rwanda”, say the participants in the initiative.
Pope Francis personally knew the Argentine martyrs. When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires he visited the Parish of San Patricio several times where the massacre took place.”
The Mercy of God I am copying down in a book from my heart’s archives the day that I ceased to fear God with a shadow fear. Would you name it the day that I measured my column of virtue Continue reading INTO THE WOODS OF GOD’S MERCY→
