Blessed Scalabrini on Eucharistic Adoration
I have great admiration for Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839-1905), Bishop of Piacenza and founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles for...
Some are called to flight, others to fight
Cardinal Mercier quotes Saint Bernard saying: Men of the cloister, be not too quick to judge those who, being obliged to live in the midst...
The Diocesan Priest: A Religious?
Photo: Don Andrea Sartoro (born 7 September 1945, Priverno, Italy — died 5 February 2006) was a diocesan priest murdered in Santa Maria Church in...
Cardinal Piacenza on Priestly Celibacy, Part I
In the context of a three-day conference (24-25-26 January 2011) on Priestly Celibacy, organized by the Society of John Mary Vianney and the Shrine of...
Let us test and examine our ways
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! (Lamentations 3:40) Again: Time for An Intervention I originally wrote this post last...