My dear Fathers and Brothers It is always a beautiful and a heavenly occasion for us Leonardians to cherish the love and protection of Our Lady and Mother on this Solemnity of Assumption. The Glorious Assumption of Mary proves to have an impetus to our lives towards heavenly kingdom. Her ever-seeking attitude and hastening to
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We, Leonardians (OMD) serve in various regions of India and Abroad. Our Seminaries ARULAGAM – St. John Leonardi Major Seminary, Samayapuram, Trichy AMALAGAM – Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, Oothupatti, Madurai Inside India Mother of God Community – Samayapuram Refugium House – North Cheyyur Assunta House – New Sanipoondi Anbagam Community – Nallayanpuram
Rev. Fr. Abishek Rosario Birthday: 07.07.1991 Solemn Profession: 08.05.2018 Ordination Day: 05.01.2019 Rev. Fr. Allwin Birthday: 22.09.1989 Solemn Profession: 08.05.2018 Ordination Day: 05.01.2019 Rev. Fr. Antony Francis Birthday: 20.04.1988 Solemn Profession: 06.01.2013 Ordination Day: 13.07.2013 Rev. Fr. Antony Starlin Birthday: 09.01.1987 Solemn Profession: 03.09.2011 Ordination Day: 09.06.2012 Rev. Fr. Arockia Ceril Birthday: 26.08.1984 Solemn Profession:
By Fr. John Zuhlsdorf The Eucharist, its celebration and itself as the extraordinary Sacrament, is the “source and summit of Christian life”. If we really believe that, then we must also hold that what we do in church, what we believe happens in a church, makes an enormous difference. Do we believe the consecration really does something? Or, do we believe what
Pope: communication must be inclusive and truthful The duty of those who work in communications is “to encourage closeness, to give voice to the excluded, to draw attention to what we normally discard and ignore” said Pope Francis speaking to Vatican employees and participants in the Dicastery for Communication’s Plenary Assembly. In an audience on
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Four Areas of Priestly Formation Priestly formation involves the integration of four areas (academic, pastoral, spiritual and human formation), all directed towards the unique vocation of configuration to Christ to act in his person as head and pastor of the Church and in the name of the whole people of God as conferred in the
“No vocation is born of itself or lives for itself. A vocation flows from the heart of God and blossoms in the good soil of faithful people. Did not Jesus say: “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (Jn 13:35)? Pope Francis COMMISSION IN