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St Joseph's Icon...

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A new limited edition solid hardwood icon of Saint Joseph.

Works by Brother Richard Maidwell, C.Ss.R.

Br Richard Maidwell was born and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and proudly regards himself as Anglo-African. He became a Redemptorist brother at his first profession in 1984. From the age of 14 he became interested in the study and history of icons; at the same age he began writing his own. His break came in 1989 when the Provincial Council sent Br Richard on a course to the Apostolate of Eastern Churches in the Netherlands, where he studied iconography and Byzantine liturgy for two years. Following that time until the present, Br Richard has worked on private commissions from various countries and produced a wide collection of icons.

PARISH MISSION - BAMBER BRIDGE

This week Frs. Kieran & Maurice are leading a Parish Mission at St. Mary’s Church, Bamber Bridge and Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Gerard Majella Church Preston

Thank you to the Parish for the photos below.

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Fr General's Homily to the Major Superiors CSsR...

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Dear Confreres,

Today we are here in this place where the body of our founder Saint Alfonso is buried. To celebrate the end of our week of meetings, studies, and fraternity, in this holy place, we are invited to return to our origins. We are here to learn from Alphonsus how to walk through these difficult times. A man of the Enlightenment, he experienced the criticism of Christianity by the men of the Enlightenment such as Voltaire and Diderot. He fought against Jansenism and sought a balance between rigorism and laxism. He experienced the historical and ecclesial tensions of his time and saw the newly founded Congregation almost disappear. How does St. Alphonsus inspire us today? How or in what way does he encourage us now? And does he speak to our hearts to respond to the signs of our times?
Alphonsus inspires us not to fear the times in which we live, because we are not alone. The Lord who called us walks with us, he shows us the way, he becomes light when everything is dark, and he makes our hearts burn when we are discouraged. The harvest is great, and we cannot be discouraged, even if we are few (cf. Mt 9:38). Alphonsus believed in the project of redemption and persevered to the end. He totally consecrated his life to this project. The failure of our Redemptorist life begins when we cease to consecrate our personal and community life to redemption and there, we cease to offer ourselves and be redemptive.

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Sr. Angela OSsR shares something of her Vocation Story...

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Coming in through the doors of the enclosure for the first time, I wanted to be open.

But at the same time not really open…

I was still trying to convince myself that I’d come for this time of trial and experience to put this ‘niggling’ to bed. I’d find that it wasn’t for me and get back to my life as an apostolic Religious Sister in peace.

But it was God who had the last laugh…!

Preaching to the Major Superiors...

At another mass in the community oratory in Rome, Fr Kenneth T Macharaga CSsR, the Regional Superior in Zimbabwe, was given the honour of being the preacher to the English speaking Major Superiors.

His words were powerful and inspiring!

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General Government meets English speaking Major Superiors...

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About 30 Major Superior of our Congregation have been participating in a one-week formation meeting organized by General Government in Rome. It started last Monday, March 6, with the Eucharist in the Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help and has continued through the next four days, when the participants were presented with several topics connected with their leadership ministry for their Units and collaboration with the General Government.

Fr. General Rogerio Gomes and the General Consultors presented a vision for the next sexennium and various issues relevant to their responsibility and were available for discussion and individual conversation. The participants learned about the General Secretariats and other central institutions of our Congregation. They were introduced to administrative issues, canonical procedures, safeguarding, and financial administration and discussed current problems and challenges of the leadership. At the end of the meeting, the Major Superiors were presented the Final Document of the 26th General Chapter.

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Fr Kenneth Macharaga CSsR, our Regional Superior, Harare, Zimbabwe

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Fr Richard Reid CSsR, our Provincial Superior, London

BAMBER BRIDGE - PARISH MISSION

Pray for Fr Kieran and Fr Maurice as they lead the Parish Mission at St. Mary’s Church,
Bamber Bridge and Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Gerard Majella Church Preston from 11th to the 17th March 2023

Click on the image below to access the mission leaflet.