In 2015, Pope Francis wrote Laudato Si’ (The Letter); an encyclical letter about the environmental crisis to every single person in the world. A few years later, four voices that have gone unheard in global conversations have been invited to an unprecedented dialogue with the Pope. Hailing from Senegal, the Amazon, India, and Hawai’i, they…
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St John Paul II – October 22nd
In the light of Christ risen from the dead, on 2 April a.D. 2005, at 9.37 p.m., while Saturday was drawing to a close and the Lord’s Day was already beginning, the Octave of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday, the Church’s beloved Pastor, John Paul II, departed this world for the Father. From that evening…
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
PHOTO:©Sadek Ahmed 2022 Theme: Dignity For All in Practice For more information about the 2022 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, please visit: https://bit.ly/EndPoverty2022 The commitments we make together for social justice, peace, and the planet Dignity for all in practice is the umbrella theme of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty for…
International World Poverty Day – October 17th
International World Poverty Day People living in extreme poverty, many of whom work in the informal economy – unregistered, unrecognised and unprotected under labour legislation – face difficult and dangerous conditions. The most excluded have no choice but to accept unacceptable situations and are often seen and treated as ‘disposable’. Despite working long hours, they…
Blessed Honorat Kozminski – October 13th
Blessed Honoratus Kozminski’s Story Wenceslaus Kozminski was born in Biala Podlaska in 1829. By the age of 11 he had lost his faith. By the age of 16 his father had died. He studied architecture at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Suspected of participating in a rebellious conspiracy against the Czarists in Poland,…
Special Blessings to our Sisters in Brazil
October 12 Feast Day of Our Lady of Aparecida HISTORY OF OUR LADY OF APARECIDA The devotion to Our Lady of the Conception Aparecida, more commonly known as “Our Lady of Aparecida”, has a very special meaning. It came about when a group of fishermen, after several useless attempts, asked the intercession of Our Lady,…