The Servants of Charity

Blessed Louis Guanella to be Church's Newest Saint

Vatican City, Jul 1, 2010 / 12:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI authorized the Pontifical Council for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decrees on a variety of miracles, martyrs and declarations of heroic virtue on Thursday. Included among the European majority is an Italian priest destined for canonization. Read

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Divine Providence Province

Rev. Fr. Luigi De Giambattista

Monthly Message from Our Provincial

St. Joseph Seminary Becomes a New Cenacle

A New Pentecost was experienced today at St. Joseph's Seminary in Cuddalore, transformed for the occasion into a new Cenacle.
The Spiritof the Lord, through the imposition of the hands of the Apostle, the Arch Bishop of Pondy-Cuddalore, has come upon eleven young men and consecrated them priests for the Church and the whole world. The Guanellian Family, represented the Superior General, Fr. Alfonso Crippa, and his Councilor, Fr. Wldadimiro Bogoni, has experienced a very special joy in welcoming these eleven new priests who are not only enriching the Divine Providence Province, but also injecting young blood and enthusiasm into the body of the whole Congregation. To express fraternal solidarity and gratitude to Divine Providence, more than 80 priests con-celebrated the Liturgy; confreres, parish Priests of the ordinandi, friends and members of local clergy and religious congregations. The people of God made up offamily members, parishioners, recipients of our ministry, friends and benefactors from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka participated through song and intense prayer during the two-hour liturgical celebration.

After sharing the Eucharist bread, more than 1500 people shared fraternal Agape, provided by Divine Providence to mark this extraordinary event. Community vespers and supper crowned this blessing-filled day, arousing in all of us sentiments of deep gratitude along with a sense of responsibility toward the people of God and the many poor who are counting on the faithful witness of the new priests in order to see, touch and taste the goodness of the Lord and His infinite compassion.

For the next week, the eleven newly consecrated priests will move from village to village to celebrate their first thanksgiving masses and spread the joy of being Apostles of the Lord, Heralds of the Good News, Servants and Friends of the poor and the marginalized. We accompany them with our prayer and best wishes, knowing that they will need our fraternal support and solidarity to walk the path of the Gospel ‘til the end, mirroring in their priestly life the faithfulness and goodness of the Master, The Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ.

We appeal to all the members of the Guanellian family around the world for the precious gift of prayer for the new Priests, as we rely on their prayer and blessing. We also thank our Guanellian Sisters and Lay friends and Co-operators for their closeness and support that made our Pentecost Day, June 19th 2010, an unforgettable, historical event for the Guanellian Family.

Fr. Luigi De Giambattista, SdC
Provincial Superior

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