Israeli Court OKs Construction of Barrier Through Salesians' Property CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 6, 2013 An Israeli court has approved the construction of the Israeli separation barrier along a route that will nearly surround a convent and its primary school and confiscate most of their land on the outskirts of Beit Jalla, West Bank. After more than six years of legal proceedings, the decision was handed down by the Israeli Special Appeals Committee for Land Seizure under emergency law in late April. "This solution is still unacceptable for us because the school will be encircled on three sides ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/israeli-court-oks-construction-of.html
Saint of the Day: Dominic Savio DA MIHI ANIMAS - May 6, 2013 Happy Feast of St. Dominic Savio! Today Salesians from all around the world remember this wonderful child saint! The following is a brief description of his life from EWTN: Here is a boy-saint who died at the age of fifteen, was one of the great hopes of St. John Bosco for the future of his congregation, and was canonized in 1954. He was one of ten children of Carlo and Birgitta Savio. Carlo was a blacksmith and Birgitta was a seamstress. When Don Bosco was looking for ...http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2013/05/saint-of-day-dominic-savio.html
Cremisan Valley: Calls for Peace Needed More Than Ever CRS VOICES - May 6, 2013 ... surrounded by walls and a military presence on three sides, inhibiting many children from going to school. Families will lose access to important green space, and Palestinian youth will be cut off from friends, teachers, and mentors. The situation in the Cremisan Valley gives a glimpse of what has been happening throughout the West Bank, seriously undermining the possibility of lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace. This statement by the Catholic Bishops Conferences in Support of the Church in the ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicReliefServicesBlog/~3/xVxbtdeUV_M/
Jerusalem Bishop Says No to Cremisan Wall, Calling It a Threat to Peace CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 2, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/jerusalem-bishop-says-no-to-cremisan.html
LA Priest Ministered Despite Abuse Conviction CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 18, 2013 ... abuse in Los Angeles belonged to religious orders. Many had been loaned out to the archdiocese to help with a perpetual shortage of priests. In some cases, Boucher said, the orders may have sent known pedophiles to work in the archdiocese in the same way that the larger church has been accused of shuffling around problem priests. J. Michael Hennigan, an archdiocese attorney representing more than a dozen orders involved in Tuesday's hearing, said the orders operate as separate entities from ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/la-priest-ministered-despite-abuse.html
Peace Is Priceless NEWS.VA - April 4, 2013 http://www.news.va/en/news/peace-is-priceless
Cardinal Pell to Give Evidence at Child Abuse Inquiry As Catholic Church Plans Changes CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 3, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/cardinal-pell-to-give-evidence-at-child.html
Promulgation of Decrees by Congregation for Causes of Saints NEWS.VA - March 28, 2013 ... Mary Immaculate. Born in Dzierzanow, Poland, on 04 June 1866 and died in Edmonton, Canada on 10 July 1947. - Servant of God Silvia Cardoso Ferreiro da Silva, laywoman. Born in Pacos de Ferreira, Portugal, on 26 July 1882 and died there on 2 November ...http://www.news.va/en/news/promulgation-of-decrees-by-congregation-for-causes
Extraordinary Business of Cardinal Bertone CATHOLIC CONCLAVE - March 23, 2013 ... the Salesians get into a mess like this? Here would be the hand of Tarcisio Bertone, SDB happened at the time to be Archbishop of Genoa, as he was the one who signed the suicidal agreement. Bertone was forced to write a very embarrassed letter to the magistrate , claiming they have been duped by people who had abused his naivety. A Salesian naive? But the business sense of the Salesians is proverbial and it is difficult to imagine the Vatican Secretary of ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ZMRq/~3/ds4RUrWknKM/extraordinary-business-of-cardinal.html
Pope Francis, the Salesians and Mary, Help of Christians! DA MIHI ANIMAS - March 22, 2013 http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-francis-salesians-and-mary-help-of.html
Salesian Rector Major's Letter to Pope Francis DA MIHI ANIMAS - March 20, 2013 ... assure you of our devotion and ...http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2013/03/salesian-rector-majors-letter-to-pope.html
Pope Francis and the Salesians DA MIHI ANIMAS - March 19, 2013 The following comes from the Salesian News Agency: As the days pass, new episodes and aspects of interest regarding Pope Francis emerge. Amongst them, a number tied in with the Salesian world. As well as his special devotion to Mary Help of Christians – displayed every 24th of the month at the Marian shrine at Almagro in Buenos Aires – there are others. The new Pope is also a Salesian past pupil. In 1949 Jorge Mario Bergolio attended "Wilfrid Barón" Salesian College in ...http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-francis-and-salesians.html
Salesian Rector Major's Message to the Salesian Family DA MIHI ANIMAS - March 14, 2013 ... Congregation and the Salesian Family a new message that confirms the great bond that Salesians have with St Peter's Successor. I had the grace of being in St Peter's Square packed with thousands upon thousands of people, especially young people, at the moment that we heard the much-awaited proclamation: "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Papam: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Georgium Marium Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Bergoglio qui sibi nomen ...http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2013/03/salesian-rector-majors-message-to.html
Weekly Q&A - Conclave Edition COFFEE AND CANTICLES - March 13, 2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CoffeeAndCanticles-TheDivineOfficeInYourLife/~3/peRMHgWKXjM/weekly-q-conclave-edition.html
We Got a Pope!!! THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN - March 13, 2013 http://syrophoenicianwoman.blogspot.com/2013/03/we-got-pope.html
Factions Within the Conclave CATHOLIC CONCLAVE - March 12, 2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ZMRq/~3/IkDQZmNI1NY/factions-within-conclave.html
The Cardinal-Electors (Opinion) CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 11, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-cardinal-electors-opinion.html
EF Mass at Polish Seminary NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT - February 27, 2013 One of our readers send in this video from Poland which shows the EF celebrated on the feast of St. Francis de Sales, celebrated for a group of young Salesians at their seminary. The Mass was celebrated by Fr. Władysław Grochal, SDB.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNewLiturgicalMovement/~3/LVMGcALmaJA/ef-mass-at-polish-seminary.html
St John Bosco Relic to Visit 12 Venues CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 25, 2013 ... have 27 centres for educating and working with young people. Popularly known as Don Bosco, he is also the patron saint of Catholic stage magicians. It is the first time the relic has visited Ireland. It is here as part of a worldwide pilgrimage in preparation for the 200th anniversary in 2015 of the saint's birth. The nationwide tour will visit 12 venues. The glass casket enables those venerating the relic to see the sculptured face of Don Bosco which was made from the saint's death mask. ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/st-john-bosco-relic-to-visit-12-venues.html
Faithful Flock to Pay Tribute to the Saint They Call Don Bosco CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 25, 2013 ... very spiritual. I think his path is still relevant today." Sr Felista Nthanya Nyamasyo (34), a Sister of Notre Dame des Missions from Kenya, said she hoped the visit of the relic would "in one way or another revive vocations here... with the presence of John Bosco – miracles could happen in this country". Fr Pat Egan, a Salesian priest from Celbridge who is originally from Drimnagh, explained that his parents were married in St Agnes's Church and he served as a curate there in the 1970s. ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/faithful-flock-to-pay-tribute-to-saint.html
