Messenger Briefs

December

Six Sisters of Mercy and a Marist priest from one family

In the Celebrating 90 Years section of the July MM, it was mentioned on p. 41 that in the February 1942 issue, six daughters from the McDonnell family of Greymouth became Sisters of Mercy, a son became a Marist priest, the eighth wanted to become a religious but decided instead to look after her mother, and that “no mention was made of what happened to the ninth child”. A reader, Mrs Neroli Kay, wrote, “I can tell you that the ninth child was Edward, my grandfather. He married Emily Roche and they had 8 children, one of whom was my father Stan. Emily (Roche) McDonnell had a brother, Father James Roche SM, and a sister, Veronica, who became a Sister of Mercy, Sister M Therese”.

A new parish in Digos, Philippines

On 8 September 2019, Bishop Guillermo Afable of Digos, Philippines, installed Fr Christopher Ganzon SM as parish priest and Fr Pat Muckian SM as parish vicar of the newly erected parish of Our Lady of Fatima in Matti, Digos City. Marists in the district of Asia have ministered in the diocese since 2004.

Francis Speaks

The message of Christmas(0)

December 1, 2019

Like the shepherds who first went with haste to the stable, let us halt in wonder before the sign that God has given us: “A baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger” (Luke 2:12). In silence, let us fall to our knees and worship.… More

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Third World Day of the Poor

17 November

Daily we encounter families forced to leave their homeland to seek a living elsewhere; orphans who have lost their parents or were violently torn from them by brutal means of exploitation; young people seeking professional fulfilment but prevented from employment by short sighted economic policies; victims of different kinds of violence, ranging from prostitution to the narcotics trade, and profoundly demeaned.… More

World Mission Day

20 October 2019

The title of this Message is Baptised and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World. Celebrating this month will help us first to rediscover the missionary dimension of our faith in Jesus Christ, a faith graciously bestowed on us in baptism.… More

Message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees

(Abridged)

Faith assures us that in a mysterious way the Kingdom of God is already present here on earth (cf. Gaudium et Spes, 39). Yet in our own time, we are saddened to see the obstacles and opposition it encounters. Violent conflicts and all-out wars continue to tear humanity apart; injustices and discrimination follow one upon the other; economic and social imbalances on a local or global scale prove difficult to overcome.… More

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