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Written by Fr. Jean Daniel Gulung, a.a.
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 |
Remembrance site of Father d’Alzon inaugurated at Nîmes 27 November 2009.
Those who preceded us manifested their veneration for Fr. d’Alzon by conserving not only his writings and his books, but so many things that move us. Do I dare to admit that I am touched by the chalice offered by his father, as I am as much by the things of ordinary life? Doesn’t this prove that those who transmitted them to us were convinced that this man was not an ordinary man and that it was important to conserve the things that one day could be proposed to future generations?
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 31 January 2010 |
Three men, Three priests, Three saints
“Among the many graces that God has given me, I consider one of the greatest to have been my relations with three remarkable men: Jean-Marie Vianney, Curé d’Ars, Don John Bosco, and Father Emmanuel d’Alzon.
All three priests labored, each in his own way, for the Church of Jesus Christ. They never tried to meet on this earth. Each worked valiantly in his field of apostolate and then fell in the furrows in the Lord’s good time, and are now gathered in His eternal rest.
The Curé d’Ars, a model of humility, never left his modest parish. Don Bosco, an example of gentleness, spent his life among children. Fr. d’Alzon, always bold in the cause of righteousness, dared everything, tried everything. He launched his warrior-sons in the West toward the East.
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Written by André Brombart
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Monday, 14 December 2009 |
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Last 10 December, the General Council received the visit of Gianni La Bella, a person responsible for the Community Sant’Egidio in Rome. He teaches in several Italian universities and has published several books, among which is a biography of Pedro Arrupe, the former General of the Jesuits.
The goal of this visit was to revive links that existed since several years between the Assumption (in particular on the level of the General Curia) and Sant’Egidio. This was held, on the level of personal and friendly relationships, as well as of a collaboration among us on different fields of common interest.
Gianni feels in fact that we share very close viewpoints concerning the
major challenges of the Church today, in particular concerning that
which is happening at its « borders », and that we can, without
difficulty, find ourselves in a real communion through concrete
solidarities.
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