By Fr John Rea sm
Graphics by Kilian de Lacy
Basic to the devotion is that we ponder the Passion of Jesus as we move from station to station. There are no obligatory prayers although the custom is to make an act of sorrow for sin at each stopping place along the Way. In this Year of […]
Letters Received from Oceania
by Marist Founder Fr Colin from 1836 to 1854 during his tenure as Superior General. Through the work of Fr Charles Girard sm, these have been collected into nine sizeable volumes and are being translated into English. The hard-bound edition will be launched in Wellington NZ in April this year. The first document in […]
Our Senses: Five Pathways to God
7. Other Senses, Other Paths?
by Tom Ryan sm
Awareness of oneself and God is not limited to the five senses. Think of moments when we are amazed to discover inner depths in ourselves and others that surpass what we can hear, see, touch or even work out by logic. Often, too, they are beyond words. […]
A Kiwi Seminarian in Mexico
Saint Casimir (1458-1483)
Saint Frances of Rome (1384-1440)
Frances was born in Rome in 1384. Her parents, of high rank, overruled her desire to become a nun, and when she reached the age of twelve, married her to Lorenzo Ponziano, a Roman noble. Married for forty years, they never had a disagreement. Two of her children died young.
While spending her days in […]