Pope: May we all join in Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Vatican News

by | Jan 18, 2022 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Ecumenical Dialogue, Fellowship Opportunity, Pope Francis, Prayer Intentions, United in Christ

During the Angelus Pope Francis recalls this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January and invites everyone to offer up their struggles and suffering in favor of Christian unity. By Vatican News staff writer Pope Francis has invited everyone to participate in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January, which this year focuses on a theme relating the experience of the Magi, who came from the East to Bethlehem to worship the Messiah King: “We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship him.”  Pope to close Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with vespers The Pope said that in a similar way, Christians of diverse backgrounds and traditions “are pilgrims on our way to full unity” who come closer to our goal when keeping our gaze fixed on Jesus. The Pope encouraged us to pray for Christian unity and also offer up our struggles and suffering. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has published resource materials for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity available to all.  Source: Pope: May we all join in Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Vatican...

UN – Representing Don Bosco at the United Nations in New York

by | Mar 9, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, United in Christ

(ANS – New York) – Fr Thomas Pallithanam, from India-Hyderabad Province, is the second representative of the Salesian Congregation at the United Nations (ECOSOC) since 2017. This presence started in 2003 with Fr Thomas Brennan. Through the Salesian Missions USA office (SalesianMissions.org), the Salesians of St. John Bosco hold special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), advocating for the poorest of the poor. What makes you happy as an SDB in the UN office in NY? The responsibility and the privilege of highlighting our good practices at such an important international fora gives me a lot of joy. Our extensive presence across the globe in 135 countries puts on us the burden and the privilege to be an effective voice of “poor and the abandoned”, particularly of the young. In the past three years, I have been able to bring greater visibility to the work that the Salesian Congregation is doing around the globe. I also have the satisfaction of knowing that the Salesian presence at the UN is better known and coordinated now. More and more Salesians and Salesian family members have got involved in our work at the UN since 2017. What did...

SEVENTH THURSDAY OF EASTER TIME

by | May 28, 2020 | United in Christ

FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD SEVENTH THURSDAY OF EASTER TIME May 28, 2020 WORD of the DAY He raised his eyes to heaven and said…“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.” (John 17, 20-21) How shall I live this Word? Before ascending to heaven, Jesus prays for the unity of his disciples, among themselves and with Him, so that everyone may believe: the presupposition of faith is the testimony of unity. Unity is believing in the one Lord Jesus Christ, while maintaining one’s own characteristics and diversity. Unity is to be faithful to His Word and to His Gospel, with the simple and peaceful heart of those who have met God. Unity is to participate, to feel as family and to make a home, to feel part of a big dream of many faces dreamed by God. Unity is to live solidarity that brings together what we are and what we have, because we...

Hoy inicia la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos

by | Jan 18, 2020 | United in Christ

  Este sábado 18 de enero comienza la celebración de la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos que lleva por lema “Nos trataron amablemente”, una cita tomada del libro de los Hechos de los Apóstoles y que se refiere al naufragio del apóstol Pablo que, en su camino a Roma encadenado, aterriza con los otros compañeros de viaje en las costas maltesas. Source: Hoy inicia la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los...