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SPECIAL BLESSINGS ON FEAST DAY
On Sunday, 1 August, the Redemptorist order across America, will be offering the first-ever, national 'Blessing for Arthritics' after each and every Mass at their parishes and retreat centres across the country. The blessings will be held on this particular Sunday because 1 August is the feast day of our founder, St Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787), a doctor of the Church and also the patron saint of those who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. St Alphonsus himself suffered from severe arthritis for the last forty years of his life. The disease left him permanently bent forward and confined to a wheelchair. |
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WELCOMING THE POPE'S VISIT On September 16, Pope Benedict XVI will begin an official Already the costs have gone way over budget, and there is talk about This is an extract from UP FRONT (Editors Word) July August edition of REALITY magazine by Fr Gerry Moloney CSsR. |
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The following extract is from the Editorial comment section of the Irish Catholic by Gerry O'Sullivan. Fr Kieran said that although the last 10-15 years had been a ''dark time'' he had hope, ''hope in rebuilding an identity of Church that will be very special and uniquely our way of doing it in Ireland''. What does he have in mind when he stresses our 'unique way'? It's worth looking at our way of doing it in Ireland in the more recent past which was far from unique. The best analysis of this I've come across is in a book called "Irish Catholics - Tradition and Transition" by John Jo Riordain, a Redemptorist priest. |
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TIME FOR CHANGE Redemptorist Fr Tadhg Herbert spent 18 years working with basic Christian communities in Brazil, and this experience is reflected in his response to a possible future council. "A Vatican council could well be the finishing point in a process but I don't believe it should be the starting point. Real change is what we want in the church..." EXTRACT FROM JUNE 2010 ISSUE OF REALITY MAGAZINE
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Former Redemptorist Superior General Named as one of the Apostolic Visitors to Ireland Father Joseph Tobin, a Redemptorist of the Denver Province and former Superior General, was named on 31 May as one of team of bishops and religious charged by the Vatican to conduct an Apostolic Visitation in Ireland. The Apostolic Visitation comes in the aftermath of two major reports on sexual abuse by clergy and religious and a meeting of Irish Bishops with Pope Benedict XV in February of this year. |
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FACE UP NEW LOOK WEBSITE A great new look at www.faceup.ie with layouts and images similar to what is found in this award winning Redemptorist Communications magazine. With bright vibrant colours and easy to navigate menu, the website will hope to draw even more attention to the great work produced by editor Fr Gerry Moloney and his team.
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