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The Quiet Carpenter

Francisco Javier Fernández ChentoNovember 27, 2016Christian witnessesLeave a Comment

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Author: Robert P. Maloney, C.M. · Year of first publication: 2008 · Source: America Magazine.

Robert P. Maloney, C.M., the former 23rd superior general of the Congregation of the Mission, lives in Philadelphia. He serves as administrator for Dream, a joint project of the Community of Sant’Egidio and the Daughters of Charity for combating AIDS in Africa, and is also the chairperson of the Vincentian Family Board for Zafen, a microfinance project in Haiti.

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A few years ago my sister visited me in Rome. As we toured the little chapel in the house where I lived, she asked me, “Where’s Joseph?” I was taken aback; there was no trace … Read More

Seventeenth Sunday in O.T. (Ross Reyes Dizon)

Ross Reyes DizonJuly 19, 2016Christian Formation, Homilies and reflections, Year CLeave a Comment

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Author: Ross Reyes Dizon · Year of first publication: 2016.
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Prayer of faith that is shamelessly bold Jesus is “a man of the greatest prayer” (SV.EN IX:326). Because of him only, we try hard to be men and women of prayer. “Christ is constantly before … Read More

Seventeenth Sunday in O.T. (José Antonio Pagola)

Ross Reyes DizonJuly 18, 2016Christian Formation, Homilies and reflections, Year CLeave a Comment

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Author: José Antonio Pagola · Year of first publication: 2016.
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RE-LEARNING TRUST Luke and Matthew have collected in their respective Gospels some of Jesus’ words that without doubt remain deeply engraved in the minds of his closest followers. They easily could have been words that … Read More

Vatican II timeline

Francisco Javier Fernández ChentoJuly 16, 2016Christian FormationLeave a Comment

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Author: Unknown · Year of first publication: 2010 · Source: Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour website, Singapore.
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This brief timeline describes the proceedings leading up to and through the four working sessions of the Council. 1959 25 Jan: Papal allocution by Pope John XXIII announcing his intention to conduct an Ecumenical Council. … Read More

Sixteenth Sunday in O.T. (Ross Reyes Dizon)

Ross Reyes DizonJuly 11, 2016Christian Formation, Homilies and reflections, Year CLeave a Comment

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Author: Ross Reyes Dizon · Year of first publication: 2016.
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Mystic of Christ’s compelling charity Jesus is the Lord of the harvest. To work with him means to be a mystic of charity. To be a mystic of charity supposes, in the first place, that … Read More

Sixteenth Sunday in O.T. (José Antonio Pagola)

Ross Reyes DizonJuly 11, 2016Christian Formation, Homilies and reflections, Year CLeave a Comment

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Author: José Antonio Pagola · Year of first publication: 2016.
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NECESSARY AND URGENT While the disciples continue on their journey, Jesus alone enters a village and heads to a house where he finds two sisters he dearly loves. The presence of their friend Jesus is … Read More

A Prophet for All Ages

Francisco Javier Fernández ChentoJuly 11, 2016Christian witnessesLeave a Comment

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Author: Charles T. Plock, C.M. · Year of first publication: 2006 · Source: St. John's university humanities review, volumen 4.2.

Charles Plock, C. M. is currently a chaplain at St. John’s University. For the past two years he has been translating the homilies of Archbishop Romero for the Archdiocese of San Salvador that is advocating the cause for the canonization of Romero. He worked in the Republic of Panama for ten years and at St. John the Baptist Parish in Brooklyn before beginning ministry at the university.

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Introduction During the past two years I have had the privilege of translating the Sunday homilies of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero, a charismatic figure in the history of the Church of Latin America, as well … Read More

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