Passionist Canonisation on 3rd June 2007

The Vatican Website has a summary of the life of Fr. Charles of Mount Argus, who will be canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on Sunday 3rd June 2007.

Read the summary  here

Feast of St. Gemma Galgani 16th May

Visit a website dedicated to St. Gemma Galgani  here

Read St. Gemma Galgani, Mystic of the Passion  here

Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758)

Pope Benedict XIV - great benefactor of the Passionist Congregation.

“The conclave which followed was the longest in modern history, lasting six months. After 255 ballots, the Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Prospero Lambertini, was elected, taking the name Benedict XIV.”

“When the two brothers were presented to the pope, he glanced through the text of the Rule they had given him and then said to them, :”This Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ should have been the first to be founded and it has arrived last”

(taken from As A Seal Upon Your Heart by Fr. Paul Francis Spencer, C.P. p. 113 and 114)

Read more about Pope Benedict XIV  here

Read the Papal Encyclicals of Pope Benedict XIV  here

During the month of May

1st May 1727 - St. Paul of the Cross and Ven. John Baptist receive the Diaconate from Bishop Nunzio Baccari, Vicar of Rome

3rd May 1771 - Foundation of the Passionist Nuns

3rd May 1758 - Anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XIV - great benefactor of the Passionist Congregation

16th May - Feast of St. Gemma Galgani

Brother Ben Telu C.P.

Passionist Brother Ben Telu is a member of the Vanimo Community in Papua New Guinea.