Laudato Si’ Week: May 16 – 24
Laudato Si’ Week is from May 16 to 24 and this year, we are celebrating the Special Anniversary Year of Laudato Si’ on May 24, 2021. Pope Francis invites us all to complete the transition to integral ecology by 2030. Various programs will offer dialogue and action to help realize the goals of Laudato Si’ in the […]
St. Joseph . . . through the eyes of Abbot Francis Pfanner
JOSEPH THE RIGHT1 MAN – 19 March 1885 Prior Francis Pfanner of Mariannhill 19 March 1885 Fecit me Deus Dominum universae domus ejus… pro salute vestramisit me Deus ante vos in Aegyptum. The ways of divine providence can best be seen in the life of Joseph of Egypt. After he had made himself known to his […]
A New Culture: A Culture of Encounter Capable of Transcending our Differences and Divisions
Lord, Father of our human family, you created all human beings equal in dignity: pour forth into our hearts a fraternal spirit and inspire in us a dream of renewed encounter, dialogue, justice and peace. Move us to create healthier societies and a more dignified world, a world without hunger, poverty, violence and war. May […]
Feast of the Precious Blood – 1 July 2020
“Redemisti nos, Domine, in sanguine tuo… You have redeemed us, o Lord, with your Blood.” We, the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood, honour in a special way the Blood of Christ, through which he redeemed ALL people, from every tribe and tongue, people and nation. (Revelation 5:9-10) Inspired by our Founder, Abbot Francis Pfanner, join us […]
Happy Mother Paula and Father Founder Day!
We give you thanks, God our Father, for Abbot Francis Pfanner and Mother Paula Emunds. May the holiness of their lives inspire us to serve You and work for Your honor and glory. Bless all of us that we may faithfully and joyfully continue the work which they began. All for and with God! Father Founder […]
Ponder Corner
As we embrace the Synodal Journey from 2021 to 2023, let us invite the Holy Spirit to be at work in us so that we may be a community and a people of grace.
DO NOT BE AFRAID
Video Summary of Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi – Vatican Media Pope Francis gave an extraordinary message “To the City and to the World” (Urbi et Orbi) on 27 March 2020 to pray for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic. “We are all on the same boat” in this crisis and we cry out to […]
Worldwide Crisis, Worldwide Prayer
LOCKDOWN Yes there is fear. Yes there is isolation. Yes there is panic buying. Yes there is sickness. Yes there is even death. But, They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise You can hear the birds again. They say that after just a few weeks of quiet The sky is no […]
World Day for Consecrated Life / Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
“My eyes have seen your salvation” (Luke 2:30). These are the words of Simeon, whom the Gospel presents as a simple man, “righteous and devout.” Pope Francis continues to say, “You too, dear consecrated brothers and sisters, you are simple men and women who caught sight of the treasure worth more than any worldly good. And so you […]
53rd World Day of Peace, 1 January 2020
On 1 January 2020, the 53rd World Day of Peace, the Community of Sant’Egidio organized its annual March for Peace, supporting the message of Pope Francis: Peace as a journey of hope: dialogue, reconciliation and ecological conversion. “The world is our “common home” and we are all called to take care of it. There are too […]