Stigmatines – St. Joseph’s Hall
554 Lexington Street Waltham MA 02452
Regular Stigmatine Lay Meeting: Saturday, October 3, 2015 9:00 a.m. Mass – St. Josephs Hall
September 15, 2015
(Seven Dolors of Mary)
Dear Stigmatine Lay Member,
Those of us who had the privilege of listening to Page Vandewater and John Marzilli at our recent September meeting, were much encouraged by their very positive report on the International Stigmatine Laity meeting held a month ago in Brazil. We are grateful to them for representing us.
Please remember the important Stigmatine community meetings beginning September 17th & 18th here: [the meeting of the Superior General , Fr. Maurizio Baldessari, CSS, and members of the Province with the General Council] – and all next week, the annual meeting of our Stigmatine Council of Superiors [made up on the General Council and the world-wide Stigmatine Provincials]. These are important meetings for the Stigmatine community so your prayers for us all are most welcome.
The October meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd for the 9:00 a.m. Mass. This is the month of the Holy Rosary, and Fr. Leonard Ferrecchia, CSS will be the celebrant. He will express a few thoughts on the Papal Document of Pope St. John Paul IInd, on St. Joseph as Guardian of the Redeemer and Spouse of Mary.
In October, also, we remember St Francis of Assisi: il piu’ santo degli italiani, e il piu’ italiano dei Santi! – he is “the most holy of the Italians and the most Italian of the saints”!] Rather than my regular conference, I will offer St. Gaspar Bertoni’s Franciscan Homilies – two on the great Saint himself and the third one on the Stigmata and Espousals in the life of the Capuchin mystic, St. Veronica Giuliani. If you have a computer you may get a copy of these conferences, if you would like them, by contacting John Marzilli, or Tereza and Vicente Lopes, our faithful members in Plano TX – who contribute so mightily and have for so long, spreading devotion to St Gaspar Bertoni. If it is possible for Tereza, she will offer these conferences on the Stigmatine Laity Web site.
God love you all – let us continue to pray for each other!
Fr. Joseph Henchey, CSS
Acting Spiritual Director