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WEB1 day ago · Gospel of 22 September 2024 Mark 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples made their way through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know, because he was instructing his disciples; he was telling them, 'The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men; they will put him to death; and three days after he has been put to death he will rise again.'
St Luigi Scrosoppi - ICN
WEBApr 3, 2018 · St Luigi Scrosoppi. Celebrated on April 3rd. Italian priest and founder of the Sisters of Providence. Luigi was born on 4 August 1804, at Udine in Italy, the youngest of three sons of Domenico Scrosoppi, a jeweller and his wife Antonia Lazzarini. His brother Carlo was ordained when Luigi was six, and his brother Giovanni several years later.
A legacy of compassion: Blessed Frédéric Ozanam | ICN
WEBSep 8, 2020 · Every day, the SVP helps over 30 million people around the world. That's quite a legacy! Frédéric Ozanam, a student with a social conscience, has since been revered as an exemplar of the lay apostle in family, social and intellectual life. He was a man ahead of his time; in one of his lessons he foresaw and …
New Abbot of Douai - ICN
WEBSep 16, 2022 · He was elected the eleventh abbot of Douai on 11 May 2022, succeeding Abbot Geoffrey Scott who retired after 24 years as abbot. Douai Abbey, whose patron is Saint Edmund, King and Martyr, was founded in Paris in 1615. Dispersed by the French Revolution the community of English Benedictines was re-housed in Douai, northern France in 1818 before ...
Book: Christ, Science and Reason - ICN
WEBAug 20, 2024 · At a time when truth is ever harder to distinguish from lies, Father Robert Spitzer, SJ takes his mastery of the inextricable ties between science and faith to a new level in his new book: Christ, Science and Reason: What we can know about Jesus, Mary and Miracles, published by Ignatius Press, which lays out scientific evidence for Christ as ...
US & Canada - ICN
WEBAug 5th, 2024. On Monday, 5 August, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, USA and appointed Bishop Richard Henning of Providence as his successor. The Capuchin Cardinal O'Malley was 80 in June this year. After having served in Florida, the US Virgin Islands, and Fall River since 1992 ...
Prayer for Sea Sunday - ICN
WEBJul 8, 2022 · Prayer inspired by the Message for Sea Sunday 2022 of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (July 10, 2022) O Blessed Virgin Mary, sign of the maternal face of God, we invoke Your blessing on the seafarers who, working every day, provide us with the goods we use and consume. You, who …
Gospel in Art: They accused Jesus of blasphemy - ICN
WEBGospel of 22 March 2024. John 10:31-42. The Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus replied, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?" The Jews answered, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human being, are making ...
New Abbot of Ampleforth elected - ICN
WEBJan 5, 2021 · Dom Robert meets Pope Francis. Source: Ampleforth Dom Robert Igo has been elected ninth Abbot of Ampleforth, the largest Benedictine community in the UK. The election took place at Ampleforth on 5 January, in the presence of Abbot Paul Stonham OSB, delegate of the President of the English Benedictine Congregation, the Right Rev Christopher Jamison OSB.
Tribute to Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue | ICN
WEBBishop O'Donoghue retired, aged 75, on 1 May 2009 and left the UK to return to his native County Cork, Ireland. There he continued his ministry, working as an assistant priest of the parish of Bantry in West Cork, taking on duties in the hospital chaplaincy, too. In April 2013, with some health challenges, Bishop Padraig moved to be resident in ...