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The Spirit of Love

St. Gaspar Bertoni, Founder of the Stigmatine Congregation

The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us [Rm 5:5].

The Holy Spirit has been given to us with all the richness of His gifts, and, not only that, but also the very presence of Himself, and hence, the presence of the Holy Trinity. It is this friendship, established by the grace between God and man, that requires the presence of a friend, the Holy Spirit, in the soul of the just with the intent to unite Himself to it in a very intimate way, and to live there as in a temple, where He may receive the homage of love, worship and adoration.

The Holy Spirit, together with the Father and the Son, come to reside in the soul of the just as in His own temple, and remains there in profound humility. The three Divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, come to us and we approach them. They come to us in the splendor of light, while we approach them, opening the eyes of our spirit, so that we may be enlightened from within.  They come with the power of divine help, and we approach them, opening our ears in obedience. They come with the richness of their gifts, and we approach them with humility that prepares us to receive them.

    In the divine plan, this indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our hearts is a reality that is not fleeing and temporary. It is permanent and everlasting.

(Source: 'La Grammatica di Don Gaspare Bertoni' - Rev. Ignazio Bonetti, CSS)

 

Visit our Electronic Library:

The Trinitarian Charism of St. Gaspar Bertoni, by Rev. Joseph Charles Henchey, CSS

Easter: Search for What is on High, by Rev. Paulo Staut, CSS

Blessed Gaspar Bertoni, by Rev. Donald Saulnier, CSS

Prayer to St. Gaspar Bertoni [prayer card]

A Miracle from St. Gaspar Bertoni, by Rev. Mario Zuchetto, CSS

Stigmatine Calendar: a Diary from 1777 to 1911

Devotion to the Sacred Stigmata [animated presentation] by Rev. Antonio Medeiros, CSS



Last Updates:

Newsletter of the Province of the Holy Cross, May/2008

Newsletter on Stigmatine Spirituality, May/2008 (Portuguese)

Newsletter of the Vice-Province Most Holy Redeemer, in South Africa, April/2008

News of the Diaconal Ordination of João Roberto Bonato and José Aguiar Nobre

Page of the Saint Benedict Parish in Barretos, SP

At the Section of Studies:

The Nuptial Theme in the Spiritual Life, by Rev. Joseph Charles Henchey, CSS 

Stigmatine Life & History



See also:

Our sections of Stigmatine Hymns and Bertonian Songs.

 

Priestly Ordination

Deacon Gerardo Medina, CSSOn Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Villeta, Paraguay, Deacon Gerardo Del Pilar Medina Jauregui will be ordained Priest, through the imposition of the hands by Most Rev. Moacyr José Vitti, CSS, Archbishop of Curitiba, Brazil. Let us thank God for this gift of clerical and religious vocation, and may St. Gaspar Bertoni, Our Founder, intercede for our new Priest in his ministry.

Other news:

On Friday, April 25, 2008, at the Divine Redeemer Church, in Santiago, Chile, our confrere the professed Christian Oscar  Sapiains Arrué was ordained Deacon through the imposition of the hands by Most Rev. Cristián Contreras Villarroel, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago. 

On Sunday, April 6, 2008, at the Holy Family Church in São Caetano do Sul, SP, our confreres the professed João Roberto Bonato and José Aguiar Nobre were ordained Deacons. The ordination was conferred by the imposition of the hands of Most Rev. João Carlos Seneme, CSS, Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, PR. See here further information.

On March 1st and 2nd, respectively, our confreres the professed Joélio Oliveira Brito and Jorge da Silva Souza were ordained Deacons by the imposition of the hands of Most Rev. Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, CSS, Bishop Emeritus of Caetité, BA

We all Stigmatines are united to the new deacons in joy and thanksgiving, asking them to develop fruitful ministry in favor of the Church, under the protection of the Holy Spouses and following the example of St. Gaspar Bertoni.

On January 23, feast of the Holy Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, about 40 young confreres gave one step ahead in their path in the Stigmatine life. See here further information and pictures 

On January 10, 2008, our dearest confrere Fr. Mario Zuchetto was called home to the Father's House. He was 90 years old, and counted 70 of these years in religious life and 65 of priestly life.  "Ready for all" could be the motto of his life. We may state that we have now another intercessor together with our Founder. See here his Necrology.

On January 8, 2008 there was elected the new govern of the Province of the Holy Cross.

On December 16 Bishop elected João Carlos Seneme was ordained the Titular Bishop of Albule and Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Curitiba. Until his appointment, he  was Superior Provincial of the Province of the Holy Cross.

 
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Last Updated: May 9th, 2008