Tag Archive for ‘Marist’
Veteran Missionaries rest in peace in Fiji
Fr Lui Raco SM Tributes My heart is with you today as you farewell one of our great Fijian Marists. Fr. Lui was, and will always be an inspiration for many of us. Someone who ran the race to the end, with great happiness in his vocation. He stood out as a person in all […]
Missions Memoir: An Ode to Mary’s Love
Born the last of eight, how gracious that I came so late!! And why? Well my Mother might have said: ‘Have I not enough mouths to be fed?’ But I was given life by a generous Mother, Who chose to serve God and no other.Cared for and loved in the first years, even as a […]
Pope Benedict’s Resignation Raises Questions
Fr John Murphy is a Marist priest working in digital media at the Marist Internet Ministry, New Zealand.This article was first published in CathNews NZ Pacific — www.cathnews.co.nz — a free twice-weekly email publication Just as Joseph Ratzinger’s election was a surprise to some, the way he leaves the papacy surely surprises us all. For […]
My Name is Written in the Heart of Our Lady
‘Devotion’ covers a much wider and freer area than ‘Liturgy’. When we engage in an act of devotion we can draw on symbols and prayers well beyond those found in the liturgical books of the Church. The interaction between liturgy and devotion in Church History is a fascinating field of study. Liturgy is universal throughout […]