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Doing community service because Christ loves me

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on February 16, 2011 6:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The reviews of the 2011 NY Encounter sponsored by Communion and Liberation in January continue to surface. A recent view by Sophie Lewis on ilsussidiario.net gave some things to think about in an article, "A Living Cathedral." Lewis puts her finger on living a new way. Namely, that Jesus Christ has loved us before we were aware of that love.

Quoting a priest's homily Lewis notes: "All of you are here because you were loved first, and that is what should be the purpose of your work here." This COULD NOT BE TRUER! The priest continues: "You are not engaged in an altruistic community service project, but you are here because Someone else loves you and you are responding to that love." Now, THIS is the perfect way of indicating our response to the invitation to meet God who works hard to meet us.

Sophie Lewis is 17 and approaching university life soon. Happy to see her digging into the beauty and work of Communion and Liberation!

Pope speaks to the Fraternity of St. Charles Borromeo

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Paul Zalonski

on February 14, 2011 2:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Fraternity of St. Charles Borromeo is celebrating their 25^th anniversary as a congregation of priests. The Fraternity is a new community of priests in the Church, founded by Monsignor Massimo Camisasca in 1985. It was signed into Church law in 1999 by Pope John Paul II as a Society of Apostolic Life. On Saturday, February 13, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI met with the Fraternity's founder, leadership and seminarians. Here's the text of the Pope's address to members of the Fraternity.

It is with real joy that I meet with you, priests and seminarians of the Fraternity of St. Charles, who have gathered here on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its birth. I greet and thank the founder and superior general, Monsignor Massimo Camisasca, his council and all of you, relatives and friends who are part of the community's circle. I greet in particular the Archbishop of the Mother of God of Moscow, Monsignor Paolo Pezzi, and Don Julián Carrón, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, which symbolically expresses the fruits and the roots of the work of the Fraternity of St. Charles. This moment brings back to my mind my long friendship with Monsignor Luigi Giussani and bears witness to his charisma.

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Bernadette Soubirous is the lens Communion & Liberation engages reality

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Paul Zalonski

on February 11, 2011 10:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The yearly Communion and Liberation Mass was celebrated earlier this evening by our friend Bishop Peter A. Rosazza, auxiliary bishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Hartford, at Saint Mary's Church, New Haven, CT. His homily focused on the young girl that had the vision of Our Lady of Lourdes, Saint Bernadette Soubirous.

The Sacrifice of the Mass is celebrated for the good of Communion and Liberation --that is, so that it remain faithful to the charism given it by the Holy Sprit and articulated by its founder, Monsignor Luigi Giussani and for the peaceful repose of the soul of Monsignor Giussani.

2011 recalls for us that today is the 29th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's approval as a valid charism for the Church. It is also the 6th anniversary of Giussani's death.

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Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatification of Pope John Paul II set for St Catherine of Siena Church, NYC on May 1

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Paul Zalonski

on February 4, 2011 9:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The NY Community Communion and Liberation has been invited by Dominican Father Jordan Kelly to attend a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatification of Pope John Paul II which will be celebrated at The Church of Saint Catherine of Siena (411 East 68th Street, NYC) on Sunday, May 1, at 12 Noon. Father Jordan will be the main celebrant and homilest.

Monsignor Lorenzo Alabacete will be concelebrating and giving his personal recollections of Pope John Paul II and what the beatification means for us following the Mass.

If you already read the recent letter by Father Carrón, you would know that on the same day the entire Movement in Italy will be present for the beatification ceremony in Rome. If you have not read the letter yet, I strongly encourage you to do so. Father Carrón's letter to the Movement can be read here

Please save the date for this moment of gratitude and unity.

Giussani's "The Religious Sense": a variety of points of view

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Paul Zalonski

on February 4, 2011 8:56 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This coming year the Schools of Community throughout the world will be working on Monsignor Luigi Giussani's seminal text, The Religious Sense (in English in 1997).

In The Religious Sense, Monsignor Giussani explores man's search for meaning in the given-ness of life. He demonstrates that reason is known in understanding and recognition of truth, goodness and beauty. Regardless of faith tradition, all people are in search for these elements and we can know the meaning of truth, goodness and beauty by the criteria of the heart, that is, discovery of these element is found in the person himself by an openness to existence which has the capacity to affirm reality as it is --from experience-- (reason) and not from what the lack of self-aware world says reason is, that is, from outside factors.

Several essays open up Giussani's work:

Father Julián Carrón's Milan presentation of "The Religious Sense, Verification of the Faith", a version of which was given at the 2011 NY Encounter: The Religious Sense, Verification of the Faith.pdf

Father Luigi Giussani's "The Religious Sense and Faith": The Religious Sense and Faith.pdf

John Waters' "The Religious Sense and myself"

Wael Farouq's "The Religious Sense as seen by a Muslim" and "The Meeting is going to start"

Communion & Liberation: February 2011 Archives

Doing community service because Christ loves me

Pope speaks to the Fraternity of St. Charles Borromeo

Bernadette Soubirous is the lens Communion & Liberation engages reality

Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatification of Pope John Paul II set for St Catherine of Siena Church, NYC on May 1

Giussani's "The Religious Sense": a variety of points of view

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