Marist Messenger

by Fr Neil Vaney sm
Many of us will recall Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant physicist, who helped craft the atomic bomb. Had he known what he was bringing to birth, he later commented, he probably would never have signed on for the Manhattan Project. In the same context, another scientist observed that every great technological breakthrough, in solving one dilemma, creates equally problematic issues never imagined or anticipated. Read more »

by Fr Peter Healy sm
Last year our Marist General Chapter suggested that we establish a Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission. This is potentially a great leap forward in Marist mission and ministry. Like many religious orders around the world the Society of Mary is now including the Earth in its mission. Not solely the Earth but the integrity of the entire Created order. Earth, our solar system, our galaxy, our local cluster of galaxies and the billions of galaxies in the known universe, all of this is now the context of our mission. What an exciting and far-reaching moment this is! Our mission has come of age in a cosmological sense and is entering a new phase. Read more »

by Elizabeth Isichei
One evening last week I was part of a small group, mainly members of our parish, meeting at the house of a friend, whose hospitable heart creates these circles, and whose Celtic love of symbolism enriches her own spiritual life and that of others.
As soon as I arrived, I saw a decanter of wine and glasses, and asked if I could have a non-alcoholic alternative. It turned out that a member of the group, a Filipina, was going home permanently, and the wine was intended for a ritual expression of community. Read more »

Message from Paddy Cahill to all who have touched my life – July 2010
I recently spent ten days in hospital with pneumonia and had four litres of fluid taken from my right lung. After many tests and procedures I came home and was asked to return on Friday for an appointment regarding the biopsies. Read more »

As well as the above articles with illustrations, the following are in the Marist Messenger this month:
..Editor at Large…Fr Brian O’Connell sm
..A Memoir…Fr Brian O’Connell sm
..God Had a Plan for Me…Sr Mary Telesia Ta’avao csn
..The Seventeen Inch Journey…Sue Jones
..Christianity in Japan – The Age of Martyrs…Elizabeth Isichei
..Prayer of Petition…Fr John Kelly ocso
..Quotations from Blessed John Henry Newman
As well as our Regular Features:
..Messenger Briefs
..Benedict Speaks
..September Saints…Kilian de Lacy
..Can You Bear It
..Children’s Page with Pippa Winch
..September Crossword compiled by Max
..Remembering Our Dead..