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The Espousals of Mary and Joseph and intimacy with
Christ
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Our soul must have with
Christ its Spouse, to whom it is married in grace, the
same relationship that Mary had with her Spouse, Joseph.
Mary never let him down in the least, but always
heeded his wishes. Similarly our soul must never let God
down by disobeying His commandments. Furthermore, Mary
always honored her Spouse as the head of the family,
perfectly fulfilling all the obligations of her state
and depending entirely on him.
We, too, have to honor our heavenly Spouse by
fulfilling exactly whatever our condition, as workers,
students, heads of families, employers and especially
Christians!
Mary enjoyed the company of her spouse. Let us imitate
her by visiting our heavenly Spouse in the Eucharist and
by keeping His company with joy.
Finally, Mary gave him every possible assistance
and comfort in all his sufferings and pains, especially
in his last illness. It is true, we cannot assist
directly Christ our Spouse with similar services;
however, we can do it to those who represent Him, namely
the poor. We
can assist them when they are in need. We can instruct
them when they are ignorant. We can visit them when they
are sick. We can pray for them when they are dead.
Thus we shall profit greatly from the spiritual
espousals of our soul with is Spouse Christ, and we
shall imitate the most blessed Mary in what she did for St. Joseph.
(Source:
'La Grammatica di Don Gaspare Bertoni' - Rev. Ignazio
Bonetti, CSS)
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Rev.
Joseph Charles Henchey,
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Two Lilies
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Celebration
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See here news and some
pictures of the
celebration of the
Solemnity of
St.
Gaspar Bertoni
in the
Chapel of the Brazilian Retreat Center and
Conference House, on June 9th, 2011.
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Solemn Closing of the Year of
the First Centenary of the Stigmatine Presence in Brazil:
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Solemn Celebration
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From the heart of St.
Gaspar Bertoni a light shines out upon Brazil
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Diaconal
Ordination
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On
Saturday, January 28, 2012,
at 9:00 a.m., in the
Holy Family Church, in São Caetano do Sul, SP,
our perpetual professed Rogerio de Melo
and Luciano Romero
da Silva will be ordained Deacons, through the imposition
of the hands of Most. Rev. Edmar Peron,
Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo.
We give thanks to God
for the vocation of Luciano and Rogerio, while
we wish a fruitful ministry to them, in favor of
the Congregation and the Church.
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Fr. Giovanni
Ceresatto is called back to Father's home
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There
passed away, in the morning of December 7th,
2011, in Trang, Thailand, our confrere Father
Giovanni Ceresatto, CSS.
Father
Ceresatto
was 95 years old and the oldest member of our
congregation presently.
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Also from
Thailand, we received sad news from our
community in Krabi, about the death of Brother
Peter Meesri Sanguan, CSS on December 15, 2011.
Brother
Peter was victim of a heart attack, and was 68
years old. He was one of our first local
religious in our Stigmatine Province in
Thailand.
May God grant to Father Ceresatto and Brother
Peter the eternal
repose, and reward them in heaven for the
dedication of their lives to serve His people.
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Canonization Process
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Newsletter
of the
Province of the Holy Cross,
February/2012
(Portuguese)
Newsletter on
Stigmatine Spirituality,
February/2012
(Portuguese)
Bulletin of the Stigmatine
Interprovincial Novitiate,
December/2011
(Portuguese)
Stigmatine
Life & History
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Last updated: January 31st,
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