Bulletin: February 15, 2015-6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION Lent, the Church’s annual pre?baptismal retreat, prepares us to gather around the Easter font, renew our baptismal vows, and receive new life from the water as the elect are plunged into Christ’s death and resurrection. This core meaning is more or less available, depending on whether we journey with catechumens in…
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(Vatican Radio) The Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of New Cardinals, which took place on Saturday, February 14 th , 2015, in St Peter’s Basilica, saw also the approval of the canonisations of three Blessed of the Church: Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve; Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy; Marie Alphonsine Danil Ghattas. The Holy Father also announced that the date of the canonisations is May 17, 2015. Below, please find some brief biographical information on the soon-to-be canonised saints.
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Blessed Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve was born in France, in Toulouse in 1811. She founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception for the education of poor girls and children, for the sick and for missions in faraway lands. She died of cholera on October 2 nd 1854. She was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
Blessed Mary Alphonsine Danil Ghattas was born in Jerusalem in 1843. When she was 15 she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition. She worked tirelessly to help young people and Christian mothers. She had a special mystic affinity with the Mother of God. She founded the Congregation of Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, to which she belonged. She died in 1927 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy was born Maria Baouardy in Abellin, a village in Upper Galilee, near Nazareth, in 1846 of Arab parents. She was baptized in the Melchite Greek Catholic Church. From early youth she experienced many sufferings together with extraordinary mystic phenomena. In France, she entered the Carmel of Pau. She was sent to India to found new Carmels, and then to Bethlehem, where she died in 1878. She was beatified by St John Paul II in 1983.
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(Vatican Radio) The Ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of New Cardinals, which took place on Saturday, February 14th, 2015, in St Peter’s Basilica, saw also the approval of the canonisations of three Blessed of the Church: Jeanne Emilie de Villeneuve; Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy; Marie Alphonsine Danil Ghattas. The Holy Father also announced…
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis created 20 new Cardinals on Saturday morning in St Peter’s Basilica. Below, please find a list of the titular churches assigned each of the new Cardinals
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Dominique Mamberti
Titular Church
Santo Spirito in Sassia
Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente
Titular Church
Sant’Antonio in Campo Marzio
Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M.
Titular Church
San Romano Martire
John Atcherley Dew
Titular Church
Sant’Ippolito
Edoardo Menichelli
Titular Church
Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza
Pierre Nguyên Văn Nhon
Titular Church
San Tommaso Apostolo
Alberto Suárez Inda
Titular Church
San Policarpo
Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.
Titular Church
Sant’Ireneo a Centocelle
Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij
Titular Church
Santa Maria Addolorata
Francesco Montenegro
Titular Church
Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio
Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.
Titular Church
Santa Galla
Ricardo Blázquez Pérez
Titular Church
Santa Maria in Vallicella
José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R.
Titular Church
San Giuseppe da Copertino
Arlindo Gomes Furtado
Titular Church
San Timoteo
Soane Patita Paini Mafi
Titular Church
Santa Paola Romana
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez
Titular Church
San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
Luigi De Magistris
Titular Church
Santissimi Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata
Karl-Josef Rauber
Titular Church
Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia
Luis Héctor Villalba
Titular Church
San Girolamo a Corviale
Júlio Duarte Langa
Titular Church
San Gabriele dell’Addolorata
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