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… Bettori, Florence, Italy •tArchbishop André-Joseph Léonard, Brussels, Belgium •tArchbishop Vincent Nichols, Westminster, Great Britain •tArchbishop Timothy Dolan, New York •tArchbishop … Poland •tArchbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk, Utrecht, The Netherlands •tArchbishop Reinhard Marx, Munich and Freising, Germany • Archbishop Thomas Collins, Toronto, Canada [Note: Collins of … Joseph Ratzinger enjoyed a close personal relationship, and given Benedict’s efforts to heal the perceived breach between the papacy and the church’s flagship religious order, this …

… the development of non-cloistered apostolic Religious Life among women. Some founders, like Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac (founders of the Daughters of Charity), declared their … Jane de Chantal and Francis de Sales (Visitandines), Joseph Medaille (Sisters of St. Joseph), Mary Ward (IBVM or Loretto Sisters), Nano Nagle (Presentation Sisters), Catherine McAuley (Sisters of Mercy), Mary McKillop (Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart) and many others lived as and struggled …

… Only words could keep me company that night. I remembered a quote from one of the letters of Vincent van Gogh. In an attempt to describe his own struggle with loneliness, Van Gogh wrote to … and flourish. I was in exile, deprived of any human presence that could get through to me, heal my broken heart and release me from this prison. There was no one in my life who could be … is that God beckons us with a desire that far surpasses ours. God is with us, shining in the darkness of our deserts, gleaming as a bright morning star in our own nights of loneliness, and …

… in Jesus, raises up the sinner. tThe importance of the Word of God in the sacraments of healing (penance and anointing of the sick) must be underlined. The church must be the community … (Eph 2:14-18; Col 1:22), offers a space of reconciliation, mercy and forgiveness to all. tThe healing force of the Word of God is living appeal to a constant personal conversion in the listener him- and herself, and an incentive to a courageous announcement of the reconciliation offered by the Father in Christ (2 …

… Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and I'm in Rome watching an all-star ecumenical cast mark the occasion. Although there's been no historic breakthrough on the path to reunion, … Christian Unity Award" from the friars for the efforts of their respective organizations in healing Christian divisions. Wattson was an early 20th century American Episcopal priest who … an event co-sponsored by the Friars of the Atonement along with the Lay Centre in Rome and the Vincent Pallotti Institute, offering what has by now become more or less his standard stump …

… 1967, where he encountered the work of towering French Dominican thinkers of his day such as Marie-Dominique Chenu and Yves Congar. Unlike other young priests of his generation, however, … with both honesty and hope. * * * On Monday, I sat down at the Dominican's Friary of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York for a conversation with Pérennès, who was in the country both to promote his book and to visit Claverie's sister, Anne-Marie Gustavson, who lives in Highstown, New Jersey, with her American husband. The full text of …