Messenger Briefs

October

Congratulations to Fr Ekuasi Manu SM and to Fr Seluini ’Akau’ola SM

In a ceremony at Nuku'alofa, Tonga, in July, the Principal of Apifo’ou College, Fr Ekuasi Manu, received the King's Birthday Medal of Honour. Fr Ekuasi studied educational leadership in Brisbane, living in the Marist community of Paddington before becoming the Principal at Apifo'ou three years ago.

Fr Seluini ‘Akau’ola received the same award for services to education. As Fr Seluini was in Australia receiving medical treatment, the award was received by his 90-year-old mother, Ana ‘Akau’ola, on his behalf.

Sources: SM Bulletin and
SM Oceania Newsletter

Spirituality

St John of the Cross — The Spiritual Canticle(Comments Off on St John of the Cross — The Spiritual Canticle)

July 30, 2021

Part 2 of 5

St John of the Cross, the Mystical Doctor of the Church, provides teaching to help us survive and thrive in these testing times.… More

The Interior Castle of St Teresa of Jesus of Ávila

Part 7 of 7

We now arrive at the heart of the Castle, or rather, we are admitted into the inner room, the presence chamber, to the spiritual marriage with Christ.… More

The Interior Castle of St Teresa of Jesus of Ávila

Part 6 of 7

The Sixth Mansions are the most complex, longest and dense of the seven Mansions! They occupy eleven chapters compared to the three chapters for the Fourth Mansions.… More

The Interior Castle of St Teresa of Jesus of Ávila

Part 5 of 7

The Fifth Mansions mark the growth and development of the new gift of contemplation given in the Fourth Mansions.… More

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