Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni 1972 – 2007

Pray for us.

 

Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni, 1972 – 2007

 

The 10th Anniversary Of The Murder Of Sister Cecilia Moshi Hanna

For the repose of the soul of the hand maid of God, Cecelia.On August 15, 2002 three armed assailants entered the Sacred Heart of Jesus Monastery in Baghdad Iraq and found a solitary Assyrian nun preparing to quietly retire to her room.

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Society of Saint Vincent Ferrier

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Good Friday

Palm Sunday!

March 13: Finding Of The Murdered Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho

Prayers for the repose of the soul of the servant of God, Archbishop Paulos.  His body was found one year ago today.

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Third Order Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate

The Third Order Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate is an offshoot of the Franciscans Tertiaries of the Immaculate founded by Fr. Stefano Manelli, FI. They are totally dedicated to Our Lady sealed by the Marian vow of total consecration to the Immaculate, after the recent example of St. Maximilian Kolbe. They live a penitential life of prayer in community; have made private vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

 

Starting the day with Morning Prayer, the Sisters go out to work in a variety of church related occupations centered in the parish. They also make and sell rosaries, rosary bracelets, and a variety of craft items to help support the FI missions. Spiritually united with the other Sisters, each sister prays the Angelus, Rosary, Chaplet of Divine Mercy and other community prayers. Living a life of love and joy in the Immaculate, the Sisters seek to make Our lady known and loved and to bring all to Christ through the Immaculate. Coming together for meals, the Sisters are spiritually renewed with readings from a variety of pious works.

The Sisters live in community, wear a traditional habit, and are in total conformity with the church magisterium. Under the guidance of the FI priests, the Sisters share the same charism and spirituality as the FI missionary friars and Sisters, and also evangelize through mission appeals to support the FI missions. The formation program consists of aspirancy, postulancy, novitiate, and profession. The Sisters accept candidates beginning with the age of 18, as well as delayed vocations. They have one retreat Sunday a month, make a variety of novenas during the year, pray the Stations of the Cross, Franciscan crown and have choir practice as well as other spiritual exercises throughout the month.

After coming together for evening prayer, the Sisters enjoy each other’s company at recreation. Closing the day with night prayers, the Sisters retire after singing a hymn to Our Lady enclosing themselves under her mantle with the knowledge that they have brought joy and solace to mission lands through their prayer and support of Our Lady’s missionaries.

If you are interested of knowing more about these sisters, please write or contact:

Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of the Immaculate
E-Mail: maryqueenofapostles@cox.net
Telephone (401) 725-8417

SOURCE: http://www.marymediatrix.com/religious-life/franciscan-tertiary-sisters-of-the-immaculate/

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VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Sister Servants of the Eternal Word

5 bob to Roman Catholic Vocations where it was written:

Sister Servants of the Eternal Word

A special thank you to Sister Catherine Mary, SsEW, for bringing her community to my attention. The Sisters have a wonderful website that is well worth a visit. In particular, if you are looking for retreats, I would highly recommend checking out their retreat schedule – they have several OUTSTANDING retreat masters scheduled!

From The Sister Servants of the Eternal Word website:

We, the Sister Servants of the Eternal Word, are a new order that follows the Rule of St. Francis of Assisi with St. Dominic and St. Francis as our patrons. Our foundress and superior, Mother Mary Gabriel, left her Dominican

The 6th Anniversary Of The Murder Of Sister Cecilia Moshi Hanna

For the repose of the soul of the hand maid of God, Cecelia.On August 15, 2002 three armed assailants entered the Sacred Heart of Jesus Monastery in Baghdad Iraq and found a solitary Assyrian nun preparing to quietly retire to her room.

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Ann Arbor Dominicans (Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist)

“We are consecrated women first, and so our foremost model is Mary, the Mother of God. Inspired by the charism of St. Dominic, our prayer life comes first so that our apostolate overflows from a contemplation nourished before the Eucharist.”

– Mother Assumpta Long, O.P.

By living this strong sacramental and liturgical prayer life, we hope to:

Attract and form women to be faithful religious serving the Church for the good of souls, especially through the total gift of themselves as spiritual mothers and brides of Christ.

Establish and support Catholic schools steeped in the rich culture of the Catholic faith to nourish the spiritual formation of youth, their families and society.

Promote the culture of life and respect for the dignity of each person through apostolic work.

Respond to the needs of the Church arising in the third millennium through teaching, catechesis and evangelization.Learn more below:

	Our History – Celebrating Ten Years
	Our Spiritual Life
	Meet Our Sisters
	Our Mission Statement

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Peter Kreeft: The Existence Of God

What do you think?

The Protest of a Protestant Minister Against Birth Control

by Rev. Matthew Trewhella

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Sunlight was just beginning to break over the darkness of the morning as my wife and I headed toward the entrance of the cold brick-faced building. Fear and apprehension gripped me each step of the way. A thousand questions and thoughts raced through my mind. “How much pain will there be? Why the heck did I ever do this in the first place? Maybe I should just leave.”

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Portsmouth Poor Claires

5 bob to: Roman Catholic Vocations which reprints:

“Poor Clares discuss their religious vocations”

By Tim Puet
2/26/2008
Catholic Times of Coumbus

CLOISTER – Sister Marie Therese (far left) Sister Imelda Marie (center) and Sister Marie St. Claire (right)pray at St. Joseph Monastery in Portsmouth, Ohio. (Catholic Times/Jack Kuston)

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Catholic Times) – Any notion that cloistered nuns who constantly pray before the Blessed Sacrament and spend much of their lives in silence must live a solemn, somewhat grim existence quickly disappears on a visit to St. Joseph Monastery in Portsmouth.

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Fathers of Mercy

(Pictured with Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ after he lead a retreat for them.)

http://www.fathersofmercy.com/

The Fathers of Mercy is a Roman Catholic Congregation of Priests. Our primary Apostolate is to preach parish missions

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Institute of the Good Shepherd

5 bob to Traditional Vocations Blog which writes:

Institute of the Good Shepherd

 

ego sum pastor bonus: et cognosco meas, et cognoscunt me meæ
I am the good Shepherd: and I know Mine, and Mine know Me (Jn. 10:14)

Under the Roman calendar of 1962, yesterday was often called “Good Shepherd Sunday”, so called because the Gospel tells us of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. As pointed out on The New Liturgical Movement this also means it was a feast day for the Institute of the Good Shepherd.

The Institute of the Good Shepherd is a Society of Apostolic Life of traditionalist Priests in full communion with the Holy See. Founded only in September 2006, the Institute has grown quickly.

Father Ragheed & Companions, New Martyrs Of Iraq

Pray for us.

Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni, 1972 – 2007

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate

We are the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, a religious community of sisters faithful to the Holy Father, the Pope. We are a pontifical institute who are clothed with the angelic garment of the Immaculate Virgin and clad with sandals of seraphic poverty, prayer, penance and perfect joy.

Living throughout the world, in Marian contemplation and apostolate, in the convent and in parishes, in hermitages and in radio and television studios, on mission in country places and in the most populous cities, we strive to diffuse “the perfume of Christ” (2 Cor. 2:15), and radiate the holiness of Mary Immaculate, recalling to all on earth the divine reality of the Kingdom of God.

Our Goals

Our love for the Immaculate presses us forward to share that same burning love with others in response to the call given by Jesus Crucified to our Holy

May 10: Blessed Enrico Rebuschini

 

Blessed Enrico Rebuschini, 1860 – 1938

Pope left off Time’s list of influential people

Hmmm… Time Magazine’s 2008 list of the “100 Most Influential People” has quite a few familiar and not so familiar faces on it this year.  A rather interesting mix.

Conspicuous by his absesnse from the list is an octegenarian German cleric who has his own micro-state in Europe.  Not all that well known, but you might have seen brief glimpses of coverage (if you were watching closesly) of his recent visit to America.  Rumor has it, he signed up and took a White House tour when he was here. (Maybe he was in the group of Girl Scouts rumored to have also toured that day…)

I suppose it is possible that a man who has made the cover and front page of newspapers and magazines around the world who leads a church of 1.1B, and got constant coverage for a visit he made to America ranks as the 101st most influential person in the world.

(BTW, the Dalai Lama was here at the same time the Pope was… Maybe I just don’t get the cable channels his all-day coverage was on.)

I can’t say I particularly covet secular accolades for the Pope in the secular media. It doesn’t bother me that they don’t.

More to the point, I am rather embarassed for Time which is either demonstrating a great deal of ideological bias or perhaps it is the case that the writers of this magazine don’t themselves actually read Time on a regular basis… If they did, they would likely begin to notice that Benedict XVI seems to get a lot more press than such a supposedly uninfluential person would otherwise garner.

How odd.

When Pope Benedict passes unto his eternal reward, we will see what sort of TV coverage his funeral gets around the world.  And than we will compare it one day to:

• Jacob Zuma’s (#8),
• Kevin Rudd’s (#10),
• Ben Bernanke’s (#12),
• Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie’s (#21),
• Oprah Winfrey’s (#22),
• Mia Farrow’s (#24),
• Kaká’s (#29),
• Wendy Kopp’s (#53),
• Miley Cyrus’ (#59),
• Takashi Murakami’s (#78),
• Indra Nooyi’s (#79) or
• Michael Arrington’s (#100)

I bet the next time Shinya Yamanaka & James Thomson visit Washington and New York, half a million people will try to get tickets to go to any event they hold at the nearest baseball stadium!

Oh Time, how silly and uninfluential you have made yourself look!

VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

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VOCATIONS TUESDAY: Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

 

(Benedictines of Mary, also known as the Oblates of Mary, in Massachusetts.)

The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles is a traditional monastic community of women who desire to imitate the Blessed Virgin Mary in the giving of herself to God to fulfill His Will, especially in her role of assistance by prayer and work to the Apostles, first priests of the Catholic Church.