Thomistic Institute Junior Fellowship Program for Recent College Grads

by | Jun 15, 2020 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam!, College Grads, Fellowship Opportunity

TI JUNIOR FELLOWS PROGRAM THE THOMISTIC INSTITUTE is now accepting applications for the Thomistic Institute Junior Fellows Program, a year-long fellowship designed for recent graduates who are motivated to help bring university students (and others) to engage the Catholic intellectual tradition and the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas while going deeper into that tradition themselves. Being a Junior Fellow is a full-time engagement with the Thomistic Institute and requires residency in Washington, D.C. Fellows take one for-credit M.A. class per semester at the DOMINICAN HOUSE OF STUDIES. Outside of class time, they work in the Institute’s Campus Chapters program, learning the ins-and-outs of this fast-growing initiative to bring the Catholic intellectual tradition to more than 50 university campuses in the United States, Canada, Britain, and Ireland. They’re invited to participate fully in the academic and liturgical life of the Dominican House of Studies. Includes daily Mass, daily rosary, and the full chanted divine office with the Dominican friars in the Dominican House of Studies chapel. The TI will also sponsor the Fellows’ participation in the major TI conferences held in Washington, D.C. and on other university campuses (travel expenses covered). Conferences are in the works for 2020-21 at both...

V Centenaria Incoronazione della Vergine Nera ad Oropa

by | May 16, 2020 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam!, Devotion to Mary

30 agosto 2020: nuova tappa del cammino che prosegue verso l’Incoronazione L’incoronazione avrà luogo con modalità e in una data diverse da quelle previste. Ma il 30 agosto resta in calendario L’ANNUNCIO UFFICIALE La celebrazione della V Centenaria Incoronazione della Vergine Nera avrà luogo secondo modalità e in una data diverse da quelle previste e dettate dalla ricorrenza centenaria. Il 30 agosto di quest’anno, infatti, sarà celebrato in Santuario un gesto che significherà il rinnovarsi della devozione e della gratitudine a Maria, Regina di Oropa, in questi mesi di grande prova per il Mondo, per la nostra Nazione e per il Biellese. Sarà un gesto che, rispettando la data centenaria, ribadirà, nelle condizioni date, una tradizione cara ai Biellesi e a tutti i devoti del Santuario. Esso si svolgerà secondo modi e tempi che saranno comunicati al più presto e comunque in piena ottemperanza alle disposizioni di sicurezza vigenti in quel momento. La celebrazione solenne della V Centenaria Incoronazione della Vergine Nera avrà invece luogo, a Oropa, secondo le modalità che erano in corso di progettazione e organizzazione, quando le condizioni dettate dalla gravissima emergenza permetteranno il pieno, sicuro e corale concorso del popolo dei fedeli, e quindi, auspicabilmente, nell’estate del 2021. La decisione...

Salesian Cooperators Join the Laudato Si’ Week 2020

by | May 16, 2020 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam!, Creation & the Creator, Ecology & Environment, Salesian Cooperators

China province, 16 May 2020 — I am happy to proclaim this meaningful message, indeed an urgent call from Holy Father to “Stand united… in faith as we grow through the crisis of this moment to build a better tomorrow”. Perhaps you have already received it elsewhere but I’m highly recommend you (and your family) to sign up at https://laudatosiweek.org/ as a personal commitment and yet to support the initiative. In addition, as proposed through the social media group in FB Messenger, I have taken a step further to support this initiative as an organization “Salesian Cooperators – EAO” by joining the Don Bosco Green Alliance with the following commitment: 1. Live Simple 2. Minimise Food and Water Waste 3. Educate Youth As of today I have confirmation from the following provinces to join and other provinces please let me know when you’re ready (in chronological order) Philippines South, Japan, Korea, Philippines North, China and Thailand. Thank you all. I shall do my best to help you get started with the commitments, bring you the resources and share what your green/sustainable activities in the future. There are activities available already on website you may want to join (please note the time of...

Decalogue for CV Times

by | Apr 9, 2020 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam!, Salesian Cooperators

Decalogue of the Salesian Cooperator in a pandemic period 1. Trust God completely God is always with you, not only in difficult times 2. Make your house a place of prayer Your house is a domestic church, where is your heart there is God 3. Invoke and promote devotion to Mary Help of Christians Trust Mary and you will see what miracles are. She is your help in the event of adversity 4. Take care of the information you share Do not distribute false information, share only from reliable sources 5. Stay happy Holiness is Joy, for those who seek to keep alive the joy of a heart that loves God 6. Participate in celebrations in different media Strengthen and reaffirm your faith by participating in piety celebrations and practices in different media 7. Participate and promote the recitation of the rosary Jesus through Mary, the Rosary is the greatest spiritual weapon for the Virgin to intercede with God for us and for the whole world 8. Help those in need Jesus gave his life for us, think what you can do for him in the experience of charity with the one who needs you the most 9. Takes...

Robert H. Brown, Salesian Cooperator, RIP

by | Jan 7, 2019 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam!, Obituary, Salesian Cooperators

Robert Howard Brown(1942 – 2019)   1942 – 2018 Robert Howard Brown, age 76, passed away at Legend of Broomfield, Colorado, on Tuesday, December 24, 2018, from complications due to a traumatic brain injury. He was born July 5, 1942 in Long Island City, New York, to Marcelline Romaine Brown and Howard Raymond Brown. Bob was president of his high school class at Sewanhaka High School and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science and magna cum laudewith a Master of Business Administration from SUNY Albany. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and was awarded a commendation medal after serving for five years, reaching the rank of Captain. Bob met the love of his life, Ann Caldwell, in eighth grade; they dated throughout high school and college and married on June 19, 1965, six days after receiving their undergraduate degrees from SUNY Albany. Bob and Ann lived in several cities while Bob was in the Air Force, including two and a half years in the Azores, Portugal, before settling in Columbus, Ohio for over forty years. Bob spent most of his career at William M. Mercer, Inc., as an employee benefit consultant before retiring in 2002. In the...