THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Introduction The Bible frequently exhorts us to give alms: “Give to the hungry some of your food, and to the naked some of your clothing. Whatever you have left over, give away as alms; and do not let your eye begrudge the alms that you give” (Tb […]
Kumbo, Cameroon. Thursday 28 October was a day of joy and celebration for the Claretian Missionaries and the people of God in the Diocese of Kumbo. This day saw the birth of a new deacon in the Delegation of Cameroon, in the person of Martin Hervé Ndi Nkoumou, cmf. The ordination took place in Kumbo […]
Tobin, Cameroon. The solemnity of St. Anthony Mary Claret with all the brothers of the Northwest and West zones in the Independent Delegation of Cameroon was celebrated in a special ceremony on October 27, 2021, at Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Parish in Tobin in the Diocese of Kumbo; under the guidance of the Major […]
New Owerri, Nigeria. With pomp and pageantry, the Claretian Missionaries East Nigeria Province on Sunday 24 October 2021 celebrated the Feast of their Father Founder St Anthony Mary Claret. This year’s feast was combined with the Claretian Family Day which usually is celebrated on the following Sunday after the Feast of St. Anthony Mary Claret. […]
TEACH US, O LORD, TO COUNT OUR DAYS Introduction We leave the maternal womb and enter into this world; after childhood we enter adolescence; we leave adolescence for youth; youth to mature age and old age. Finally, the time comes to leave this world to which we have grown fond of perhaps to the […]
Sakdje, Cameroon. The Claretian missionaries in Cameroon have opened a new mission in the Archdiocese of Garoua, in the north of Cameroon. Friday, October 22, was a day of joy and dance; this is how the Claretian missionaries were received on their arrival in the town of Sakdje, in the north of Cameroon. The people […]
Bengaluru, India. The celebration of the Feast of Father Claret, our Founder, added more joy to Bangalore Claretians. On 24th October Student Male Gunnanna made his Perpetual Profession in the congregation. The next day, on 25th October four perpetually professed Students received the Order of Diaconate during the solemn Eucharistic celebration presided by Most Rev. Peter Machado the […]
Mexico City, Mexico. On Sunday, October 24, in full celebration of our founder, in the temple of San Antonio María Claret, Mexico City, at 12:00 noon, the young student José Alberto Hernández Sánchez, cmf, who after years of having professed temporarily, received his Perpetual Profession at the hands of R. P. Enrique Mascorro López, cmf. He […]
November 1 Introduction In the past, the Saints have enjoyed a tremendous popularity: the churches were full of their statues and recourse to them was perhaps more than to God. There was a saint for truck drivers, for students, for lost items, for eye diseases and even for sore throat. They were considered a kind […]
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Pharaoh was the beloved of the god Ra. From the earliest times, the god Ra motivated his interventions in favor of the ruler with the formula: “For the love, I have for you.” The God of Israel did not know this sweet and delicate feeling. […]