Holy Trinity Sunday, June 19, 2011 was a great feast in the city of Dax in is South Western France. A martyr of French Revolution, first Superioress and Director of the city hospital, Sister Marguerite Rutan, Daughter of Charity guillotined on April 7, 1794 was beatified. The solemn ceremony begun minutes after 3:00 [...]
In preparation to beatification of John Paul II Centro Televisione Vaticana (CTV) and YouTube set an agreement, that whole beatification ceremony would have been broadcasted live in YouTube’s GIOVANNIPAULOII channel, the official Vatican’s channel dedicated to John Paul II’s beatification and legacy. As part of the agreement, the complete recording of the event will [...]
Celebration of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper is the highlight of Holy Thursday’s liturgy. Pope Benedict XVI celebrated it in St. John’s Basilica in Lateran, the cathedral church of Bishop of Rome. In the homily, (full text follows) he reminded that Jesus chose to limit himself to the Catholic Church and [...]
Thousands of people packed into St. Peter’s Square both young and old waving palms and olive branches taking part in the traditional Palm Sunday celebrations. Pope Benedict XVI led the faithful resplendent in red vestments and travelling in the fondly named Pope mobile blessed palms and olives branches as he made his way [...]
In 1997 Venerable Pope John Paul II begun commemoration of the World Day of Consecrated Life which is celebrated on the Feast of Presentation of the Lorld. In the United States this day is observed on the Sunday after February 2. In 2011, it is on Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 6. [...]
On Sunday October 17, 2010 St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY was blessed with the ceremonial reception of relics of Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko, chaplain of Poland’s SOLIDARITY and workers, martyr of Communist regime, kidnapped, tortured and sank in the reservoir of water electric plant in Wloclawek, Poland, by officers of [...]
Independent Trade Union SOLIDARITY in Poland is celebrating 30th Anniversary this week. On this occasion the special concelebrated Mass in Polish was given at 11:30 AM, Sunday, August 29 in St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY. Fr. Marek Sobczak CM, pastor, presided and Fr. Jan Urbaniak CM was concelebrant. In this way [...]
The Vincentian Family in St. Louis marks 350th anniversary of the deaths of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac with charity acts and prayer. Celebrations are planned for upcoming weekend, August 21 and 22. Saturday will be the day of service at more than a dozen sites across the St. [...]
On June 4, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI named Rev. David O’Donnell CM, stepping down President of Catholic University of America the Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton. Msgr. O’Donnell is member of US Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission. On Friday, July 30 he was ordained bishop at St. Mary of [...]
“To do or not to do” is one of the hihlighted themes in the homily which Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM gave during the Eucharist closing the 41st General Assembly. The other developed theme is derrived from the text above the silver coffin holding the body of St. Vincent de Paul – [...]