On the 4th February 2017, we will celebrate the second of the Five First Saturdays in reparation to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. This month we will meditate on the second blasphemy that Our Lord listed which is the attacks, or disbelief, on Our Lady’s Virginity. From its very beginnings, the Church has always believed […]
“Hail Mary full of Grace” every time that we say the Hail Mary we make a reference to Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. The Angel Gabriel’s angelic salutation confirms the fact that Our Lady was “full of grace” which means she was full of God. In 1854 Pope Pius IX promulgated the dogma of the Immaculate […]
Console Our Mother’s Immaculate Heart. 2017 is the year in which we will celebrate two important anniversaries: the 70th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin of Revelation at Tre Fontane, Rome, and the Centenary of the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, in Portugal 1917. What could be a better way to celebrate these […]
“Today, we do not have one more year but one year less before Our Lord’s coming!” St Teresa of Avila These are the days in which we exchange best wishes for “A Happy New Year 2017” hoping for our deepest heart’s desire: serenity and happiness. However, it is already evident that, along with the fulfilment […]
Dear friends, we are about to celebrate the Solemnity of Christmas. At midnight mass the angels in the Gospel will sing, “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests.” (Lk2:14) This baby is Our Lord, the Prince of Peace who has come to dwell amongst us […]
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Mt 3:1). The heartfelt appeal of the man that from his mother’s womb was selected as the precursor, resonates more than ever in our time. The one that would straighten the tortuous path and the wayward road of the people of Israel, is the luminous figure […]
The extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy ends on the 20th November 2016 which also coincides with the solemnity of Christ the King. At the end of the Liturgical Year the Church contemplates the final coming of the Lord and so the Last Judgment by Michelangelo, from the Sistine Chapel, is a fitting masterpiece with which to […]
Sr Emanuela was interviewed on the Morning Air Show on Relevant Radio about how we see Our Lady depicted in Art. Sr Emanuela talks about various works: The Virgin Annunciate by Antonello da Messina (00:03:22). Rest ont he Flight into Egypt by Barocci (00:05:18). Pietà by Michelangelo (00:07:26).
Dear Friends, October is a month especially dedicated to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and so we are pleased to invite you to participate in a Rosary Crusade of peace inspired by the Virgin of Revelation who said, “Never stop saying the Holy Rosary”! What better spiritual preparation could there be for the celebration […]
Before the departure of the Christian fleet for Lepanto, Pope Pius V blessed and consigned the Christian standard to the commander of the Christian Holy League, Don John of Austria. The standard was decorated with a crucifix placed between St Peter and St Paul on a red background with the Constantinian motto “In hoc signo […]