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Blessed Antonio Rosmini |
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Rosminian Family |
Christmas BlessingsFrom Father James Flynn |
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Father General sent his Christmas Letter to the Brethren and Ascribed members. Anyone who did not receive the communication please request it via the email below. The file is too long to publish in full in these pages |
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News from around the Rosminian world :
Fr. General’s Christmas Letter
Fr Jim McKnight Golden Jubilee
Ordinations in India
New Provincial in India
Fr Anthony Meredith Gives his farewell. |
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Father James McKnight presided at the Holy Eucharist on the feast of his Golden Jubilee. The setting was the beautifully restored Saint Peter’s Church in Cardiff.
Fr. David Myers, Provincial superior, gave the homily and spoke of Fr Jim’s long years of service to the parishioners in the various parts of the world in which he had ministered. Visiting brethren and Ascribed, friends and parishioners gathered later in the St Peter’s Hall to enjoy a celebratory luncheon.
Some of the Brethren present at the festive Mass. Fr Jim looks a little more relaxed once he has returned to the sacristy.
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To my dear Brothers and Sisters, members of the Institute of Charity and the Sisters of Providence (Rosminian), to the Adopted Sons and to the Ascribed Members.
My Christmas Letter to you this year takes an unusual format, namely this booklet containing the Diary (edited) that Fr Anthony Meredith sent out on a daily basis during our General Congregation (October 9th - 23rd). The idea of reusing it in this way came to us a short time ago on receiving a booklet from Fr Gianni Picenardi (who had translated and circulated the Italian version of the Diary) containing the unabridged text in both languages and with some relevant photos. We liked it so much that we decided that I should send it (in separate languages so as to reduce the size) as my Christmas gift to the Family.
What use will it serve? Hopefully, this Diary will help us Capitulars to relive the spirit which prevailed at the Congregation whilst it will help you, the brethren whom they represented, to appreciate the process which resulted in the decisions that we took. For you, the other members of the Rosminian Family, it will be a snap-shot of an important event in the life of the Institute. For all, it will be a kind of a family album. I would like to wish you all the joys of Christmas in the words of Father Founder: “In accord with custom but not simply from that, but rather from sincere cordial affection, I wish you ever happiness in the Christmas season and in the New Year. As Jesus is born anew, let us pray that he may be born in our hearts”. Fraternally in that same Blessed Founder, Fr James Flynn Superior General |