FOURTH WEEK OF ADVENT
Today the Church celebrates the Fourth Sunday of Advent. We light the last candle on our Advent wreath and our preparation for Christmas is almost finished. We also reach the…
THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT
As we begin the Third Week of Advent, we anticipate Christmas, and so we ask Christ to grant us His grace that we might be prepared for welcoming His Birth.…
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT
If the First Week of Advent serves as a call to repentance, to “cease doing evil, and to learn to do good,” then the Second Week of Advent reminds us that…
Happy 131st ANNIVERSARY!
Time flies! 131 years have passed since the Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini founded our Congregation to respond to the appeal of thousands of migrants. He saw the need to accompany…
LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE
Today, we celebrate the Feast of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (formerly known as the Feast of Christ the King). This feast was established…
Dear Parishioners:
Dear Parishioners: A strong invitation to humility and solidarity is found in the Gospel of Mark. Last Sunday, Mark 12:38-44 was proclaimed to us. It talks about a poor widow…
HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
Sunday, 9 November 1997 On the 21st Anniversary of John Baptist Scalabrini’s Beatification, I want to share with you an excerpt of the Holy Father’s homily. 4. “God’s temple is…
BLESSED JOHN SCALABRINI AND DEVOTIONS TO THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT
BLESSED JOHN SCALABRINI AND DEVOTIONS TO THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT—Frequent and daily Communion The extract speaks of frequent – indeed, daily – communion, with an openness that foreshadows Pius IX…
The Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini Bishop and Founder -A PORTRAIT
Continued III. BISHOP OF PIACENZA – Continued ii. Pastoral Visits In line with the Council of Trent and true to his model, St. Charles Borromeo, he firmly believed that governing…
The Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini Bishop and Founder -A PORTRAIT
Continued III. BISHOP OF PIACENZA 1. The Pastor “The spirit, the character, the sole ambition of the bishop lies in sacrificing himself in every way to spread the kingdom of…
