The “Maka” is a river in the Walsa zone (LLG) and it is from this river that this “Base Camp” gets its name. The “Camp” belongs to one of the lumber companies here in the Sanduan Province.[1] The company’s name is the “Vanimo Forest Products Company” and it is the largest company in the province […]
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It’s been four days since I arrived and just now I am getting the chance to sit down and write to you all. I will begin by saying that it’s a huge grace for me to have and be able to take on this apostolate. There’s a lot of work to do, many people and
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Two weekends ago, I had the grace to preach my first Spiritual Exercises retreat to 18 men in Southern Maryland. Truthfully, from the outside looking in, it was an overall great weekend. The location of the retreat was ideal—Camp Maria Retreat Center nestled on the banks of Breton Bay. The weather was excellent—it felt like
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[fbvideo link=”https://www.facebook.com/iveamerica1/videos/10154482256624247/” width=”800″ height=”600″ onlyvideo=”1″] Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, the great model for Catholic youth, once wrote to a friend saying, “We who by the grace of God are Catholics must steel ourselves for the battle we shall certainly have to fight to fulfill our program and to give our country… happier days and
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some notes from the manuscript room During this month of Advent, and while we are praying the novena to our Lady of Fatima, I would like to share some personal reflections on the deep Marian tradition of the Copts. In the Coptic tradition, the whole Advent preparation is permeated by or even defined by devotion
Accompanying Mary in the season of Advent with the Copts Read More »
Dear religious family: Greetings to you from the Monastery of Our Lady of Succor in Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain. “Deo gratias… Thanks be to God…” Unite your voices to ours and give thanks to God with us because we have celebrated the 15th anniversary of our foundation. On October 1st of the year 2001, the
“Con Jesucristo siempre nace y renace la alegría” – 15 years of grace upon grace Read More »
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