Era il 23 luglio 2014 quando uscì per la prima volta la Newsltter Camilliana. L’intento, nato da una segnalazione di un confratello era il seguente: «abbiamo pensato di adottare anche noi la possibilità di interagire con tutti coloro che sono interessati al “mondo camilliano visto da Roma” e a “Roma vista dal mondo camilliano” attraverso la forma della Newsletter, in cui inserire, smistare e condividere notizie, avvenimenti, progetti, incontri, appuntamenti che possano essere di interesse comune, istituendo una comunità camilliana virtuale, che usa la fibra ottica come strada per sostenersi ed animarsi reciprocamente»!

Ripercorriamo questi quattro anni di storia – che per noi provvidenzialmente possiamo umilmente definire ‘storia di salvezza’ – come un sintetico collage-mosaico di notizie camilliane del mondo!

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COLOMBIA E BOGOTÀ

Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, the Archbishop of Bogotà, presided over the celebration of the Eucharist in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of Fr.  Adriano Tarraran.

ROME

On 8 July Pope Francis signed the decree on the heroic virtues of Marcello Candia.

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THE PROVINCE OF NORTH ITALY

Camillians commemorated the thirtieth anniversary of the opening of the ‘St. Camillus House of Prayer’ in Piossasco which is located in the historic neighbourhood known as ‘Borgo di San Vito’ and is in the former canonical house

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CITTÀ DEL VATICANO

On Thursday 28 August 2014 the postage stamp on the fourth centenary of the death of St. Camillus de Lellis was issued by the philatelic office of the Vatican State.

As was announced over previous months, the stamp reproduces the picture of ‘St.  Camillus and the Plague-stricken’ which is attributed to the painter Sebastiano Conca and kept in the museum of the Order in the generalate house in Rome.

To see the other postage stamps dedicated to our founder saint  click here

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THE PROVINCE OF THE BURKINA FASO

A road dedicated to St. Camillus in the city of Ouagadougou was inaugurated on 8 September. The city council of Ouagadougou wanted to name after the great saint of charity a road near to the medical centre, a road that has witnessed over the last fifty years, hundreds or perhaps hundreds of thousands of sick people going to the medical centre that is managed by the Camillians to receive comfort and treatment for their infirmities. Fr. Laurent Zoungrana was also present at the ceremony.

Look here at the photographic gallery

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THE  VICE – PROVINCE OF PERÚ”

The Hogar San Camilo celebrated its nineteenth anniversary of institutional life by inaugurating a new statue dedicated to St. Camillus. Congratulations!

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THE EBOLA EMERGENCY.

Fr. Aris MIRANDA, the General Consultor for Ministry, on Saturday 18 October left for Sierra Leone to carry out an inspection and initial planning for the by now imminent sending out of religious, volunteers and professional technicians with a view to a reopening of the Holy Spirit Hospital of Makeni, in close cooperation with the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese, Msgr. Natale PAGANELLI.

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ALESSANDRO TOE’
The Superior General has appointed Dr. Paolo Villotta postulator for the cause of beatification of Fr. Alessandro Toe’, a Camillian religious, a son of Burkina Faso. On 5 November the Vicariate of Rome decided to transfer the diocesan inquiry to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ouagadougou.
Read here the letters sent to His Eminence Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo.

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THE PROVINCE OF ROME

Pope Francis, by his letter n. 3.669/P of 18 November 2014, signed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, confirmed for another five-year period Fr. Felice RUFFINI, a Camillian religious of the Province of Rome, as Consultor of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Here the letter of the Vatican Secretary of State ( PDF)

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MONSIGNOR EDOARDO MENICHELLI, already aggregated to the Camillian Order, will become a Cardinal.

The Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo EDOARDO MENICHELLI is one of the twenty new Cardinals on whom Pope Francis will confer the Cardinal’s hat on 14 February 2015 at his second consistory. Msgr. Menichelli, specifically because of the esteem and love that he demonstrated in a practical way towards St. Camillus and the promotion of the Order in the diocese of Chieti/Vasto, of which he was the bishop, was aggregated to the Order of the Camillians by the Superior General, Fr.

Frank Monks, on 14 July 2004.

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‘HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT’

The NGO ‘Health and Development’ has established a new regional office for Sicily in Acireale, a city where Camillians are present with their exemplary activities: the kitchen for the poor, the Tent of St. Camillus for people with HIV/AIDS and the home for diversely abled people.

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THE PROVINCE OF THAILAND

On Saturday 21 February 2015 a new ‘chapel’ was opened, even though it is the size of a church, at the Camillian Social Center of Sampran. This was a great choral celebration with the participation of many religious brothers who had come from all the communities of the religious Province, of priests from the diocese of Bangkok (amongst whom the Cardinal Emeritus and the Apostolic Nuncio in Thailand), of elderly people of the health-care institution, of benefactors and of friends. On Sunday 22 February another major celebration took place for the opening of the recreational area of the Camillian Social Center of Chanthaburi. The celebration of the Eucharist and the solemn lunch with the animation of songs and dances made a splendid setting for the day.

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GIOVANNI MARIA ROSSI

Giovanni Maria Rossi, camilliano

The ‘Giovanni Maria Rossi’ Institute, ever since its creation has established as its goal that of making the Camillian religious Father Giovanni Maria Rossi, an eclectic musician who dedicated his life to service to the Church and music for the liturgy, more known about. On Thursday 23 April, at 20.00, in Trani at the parish church of S. Maria del Pozzo, the first collection of his compositions for the liturgy published by the Institute will be presented. For the local Church of Trani he composed one of the most important works of the period the Second Vatican Council – the Mass ‘The Risen Crucified Christ’ dedicated to San Nicola Pellegrino – which remains paradigmatic

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THE PROVINCE OF THAILAND

On Sunday 17 May the celebrations will begin for the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the Camillian Social Center of Rayong.

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CTF (CAMILLIAN TASK FORCE)

We have dedicated the cover of this Newsletter n. 14 to the team of the Camillian Task Force (CTF) which is working in the emergency provoked by the earthquake in Nepal which took place on 25 April 2015. This is a group made up of some of our Camillian religious brothers of the Vice-Province of India, of women religious of various Congregations and of lay people who with the strength of their faith and their medical-health-care skills set out on a march – a long march – towards the remotest areas of the country, those places that other humanitarian organisations have not yet reached.

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THE PHILIPPINES

Our religious brothers of the Camillian Province of the Philippines have announced the beginning of the jubilee year to commemorate the forty-year presence of the Camillians in their nation.

THE DELEGATION OF HAITI

Il 7 giugno la Famiglia Camilliana Laica di Haiti ha festeggiato i suoi 10 anni di attività e di collaborazione con i Camilliani che operano soprattutto a Port-au-Prince.

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THE DELEGATION OF CILE

On 31 October next the first priestly ordination of a Chilean Camillian religious will take place: in St. Barnard’s Cathedral our religious brother Pablo Cerón Urrutia will be consecrated a priest by Msgr. Juan Ignacio González, the Bishop of St. Bernard (cf. www.camilianos.cl).

UGANDA

Richard Lubaale è il primo religioso camilliano ugandese

The first Ugandan national has been ordained a priest in the 400 year history of the Camillian Order – known as the Order of St Camillus – . Rev. Richard Lubaale was ordained on 14th July last, the Feast of the Order’s Founder, St Camillus de Lellis, in his home parish of Kakira near the town of Jinja in Uganda. Three Camillians travelled from Ireland for this historic occasion. They were the Provincial of the Anglo-Irish Province, Fr Stephen Foster, together with Bro. Camillus McHugh and Bro.
John O’Brien.

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WOMEN MISSIONARIES OF THE SICK ‘CHRIST THE HOPE’

   The association ‘Friends Together with Germana’ has organised a meeting to remember the Servant of God Germana Sommaruga. It will be held on 3 October 2015 at 9.30 at the Camillian Centre for Formation of Verona and will have as its subject ‘Germana lived her life in history: what recommendations for today?’

Marisa Sfondrini, a journalist and the author of the book ‘Germana e il Sogno di Dio’ (‘Germana and the Dream of God’), will be present.

* Women through the life and thought of Germana, by Rita Covi, a hospital health-care assistant

* From St. Camillus to Germana, a life at the side of the suffering, by Father Angelo Brusco, a Camillian and the director of the Camillian Centre for Formation

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ROME – CAMILLIANUM

We are happy to announce that by a protocol dated 28 August 2015 of the Congregation for Catholic Education and by a protocol of 26 September 2015 of the Pontifical Lateran University, Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the Vicar General of His Holiness for the city of Rome and the Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Lateran University, has appointed Prof. PALMA SGRECCIA dean of the ‘Camillianum’ International Institute of Pastoral Theology of Rome for the years 2015-2018.

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THE PROVINCE OF BURKINA FASO

Jacques SIMPORE, a Camillian Confrere of Burkina Faso, former Consultor of the Order for the Ministry, and currently Rector of St. Thomas Aquinas in Burkina, was appointed member of the African Academy of Sciences (an academy level continental) which is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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CURIOSITY! THE PORTRAIT OF ST. CAMILLUS AT THE POPAYÁN (THE VALENCIA MUSEUM)

There is a portrait of St. Camillus in Popayan, Colombia, in the private ‘Valencia’ Museum. He is often described as the saint to be prayed to when there are earthquakes! Sic! We can see with what realism the hands and the arms of Jesus Christ which are opened towards St. Camillus are painted. The nails are still in his hands.

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INDIA

The canonical erection of the new Camillian Province of India was solemnly celebrated on 2 February in Bangalore, India. In addition to our India religious brothers – nearly all of whom were present – there was a strong representation of our religious brothers from the mother Province of North Italy as well as from the Provinces of Thailand, Austria, England and Ireland, and Poland, and from the Delegation of Vietnam.

 BRAZIL

The Camillian Province of Brazil has ended the first stage of the organisation of its Provincial archives and the digital copying and archiving of the historical photographic records of the Province. You can follow the ambitious project of conserving and allowing the possible use of the material on the site: http://www.acervo.camilianos.org.br/

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BRAZIL – THE LAY CAMILLIAN FAMILY

On 28 February of this year the Lay Camillian Family officially came into existence in San Paolo (Brazil).

On that occasion Father Leocir Pessini concelebrated Holy Mass together with Fr. Zaqueu Geraldo Pinto, the Master of the Camillian Novitiate and spiritual assistant to the new group.

CAMILLIANS ON INSTAGRAM

It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of the Camillians on #‎Instagram, one of the best photographic social networks in circulation. Henceforth you will be able to find us there as well! We are waiting for you!!!

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REPUBBLICA CENTROAFRICANA

Our religious brother from Togo Fr. Bernard Kinvi who saved 1,500 Muslims is one of the four ‘angels’ who are candidates for the ‘Aurora Prize.’

MONTE DI MACCHIA S. ANGELO – VALLE DELL’INFERNO

The town council of San Giovanni Rotondo has dedicated its town park to our Founder, St. Camillus de Lellis.

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CADIS (CAMILLIAN DISASTER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL)

Soon, the Camillian Task Force (CTF) will be known as the Camillian Disaster Service International (CADIS) Foundation. CADIS is established by the Casa Generalizia of the “Ordine dei Chierici Regolari Ministri degli Infermi – Camilliani”.

PROVINCIA AUSTRIACA

Thanks to the Province of Austria, and in particular to Father Leonard and Father Alberto, we have managed to build a pathway that is coming into being in the buildings of a Viennese hospital where we have always been responsible for the chaplaincy and where at the present time over 900 people are being looked after. This is a hotspot for the European Union, a place where people who come from Syria, Iran, Pakistan…try to go back to hoping. In particular, since the first of May a programme has been begun for women migrants from Syria, Iran , Iraq and Afghanistan who were identified as being some of the people most in need. They are accompanied on a journey of integration made up of being given lessons in German and receiving cookery classes, painting and music laboratories, but above all passion and welcome.enza

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LA CELEBRAZIONE DI SANTA MARIA MADDALENA

On Sunday 12 June, the picture of Our Lady Salus Infirmorum, which has been kept for centuries in our Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rome, was on display in St. Peter’s Square during the celebration of the Eucharist presided over by Pope Francis on the occasion of the jubilee of the sick, of people with disabilities, and of health-care workers. Young Camillians receiving formation at the studentate of Monte Mario offered the liturgical service during the Holy Mass.

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PROVINCIA POLACCA

In questi mesi, nel contesto dell’Anno giubilare della Misericordia, alcuni membri dell’ Opera  Instytut Księda Piotra Skargi (http://www.piotrskarga.pl/) hanno promosso una campagna nazionale in Polonia per promuovere la conoscenza, la devozione e l’affidamento a Maria, Madonna della Salute. Hanno stampato e distribuito 32.600 opuscoli e più di 1.300.000 immagini della ‘nostra’ Madonna Salus Infirmorum che è custodita in Chiesa della Maddalena a Roma.

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KENYA: THE CAMILLIANS CELEBRATE THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR FOUNDATION

It is natural that Tabaka should have been the place where the Camillians of Kenya celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their arrival in the country. Even though the Camillians are by now present in various other localities, Tabaka always comes to mind when reference is made to our mission in this African country of East Africa. It is no accident that an article of 2003 published in the review Misssione Salute (‘Mission Health’) defined Tabaka as ‘the firstborn’.

The date 15 August 1976 has been established as the official day of the foundation, even though various Ministers of the Sick of the then Province of Lombardy and Veneto had already set foot in Tabaka for varying periods of time to explore the terrain for the establishment of our work. This terrain was in fact a hospital that had already been built a few years previously by the German Misereor in the parish area of Tabaka, in the diocese of Kisii. This is not the place to go over its history, piece by piece, starting with the long negotiations between Monsignor Ercole Brocchieri (of the diocese of Cremona) and Fr. Forsenio Vezzani (of the Province of Lombardy and Veneto). The details of it can be read in the easy-to-read book by Fr. Giovanni Bonaldi, I Camilliani in Kenya da 25 anni (‘The Camillians in Kenya for Twenty-five Years’, Verona, 2001).

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THE RELIC OF THE HEART OF ST CAMILLUS IN TRENTO

The Camillian Family of Trento proposed to the Consulta for Pastoral Care in Heath of the diocese, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Sick and the Christian Associations that are dedicated to their service, that they should venerate the relic of the heart of St. Camillus, the patron saint of the sick and those who provide them with care.

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BURKINA FASO

The meeting of the Superior General, the members of the General Consulta and the major Superiors of the Order took place on 9-16 October 2016 at the Centre National Cardinal Paul Zoungrana, which is located in the capital near to the ‘Centre Médical S. Camille’ of Ouagadougou.

During the meeting the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the Camillians in Burkina Faso was celebrated (the celebration took place on 16 October). The jubilee spirit was also the context to celebrate together the Canonical Erection of the new Camillian Province of Burkina Faso

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GEORGIA – TBILISI

One of the most touching moments of the second day of the visit of Pope Francis to Georgia was the meeting with those who are helped by the works of charity of the Catholic Church and with those who work in these works. The Supreme Pontiff visited the Redemptor hominis care centre of the Camillians where he was welcomed by the director of the institute and the director of Caritas Georgia.

Photographic Gallery
Video of the visit
Interview with the Superior General Fr. Leocir Pessini

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THE PROVINCE OF SPAIN

The St. Camillus Centre of the Province of Spain Receives the ‘Excelencia en dependencia’ for ‘Understanding Care as Art’.

     On 29 November at the College of Architects of Madrid an award-giving ceremony was held of the seventh edition of the CASER Foundation. This was a moving, intimate and enthusiastic ceremony for initiatives that improve the quality of life of people who are dependent and for all citizens.

At this edition of the awards of the CASER Foundation, the prize for excellence was awarded to the St. Camillus Centre for ‘understanding care as an art’. Brother Jose Carlos Bermejo, the General Delegate of the Province of Spain, received this prize and encouraged those who were present to maintain high levels of quality of care for elderly people and for people near the end of their lives.

THE POPE MEETS THE SUPERIOR GENERALS ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR EIGHTY-EIGHTH SIX-MONTHLY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

A few days ago the eighty-eighth six-monthly general assembly of the Union of Superior Generals (USG), entitled ‘Go and Bear Fruit. The Fecundity of Prophecy’, came to an end. Our Superior General, Fr. Leocir PESSINI, took part in the event.

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THE PROVINCE OF SICILY AND NAPLES

A SURPRISE VISIT was made by the Cardinal of Naples, Crescenzio Sepe, to the Camillian Hospital of Santa Maria della Pietà of Casoria. He talked to a number of patients and some of the religious of the community.

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ROME –THE DAUGHTERS OF ST CAMILLUS

    The Daughters of St. Camillus celebrated the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of their Institute. We here share with readers the message of Mother Zelia Andrighetti, the Mother Superior of the Institute.

CONGREGATION OF THE WOMEN MINISTERS OF THE SICK OF ST. CAMILLUS

LUCCA – Guest of the Barbantine convent, Sr. Candida Bellotti, the oldest sister in Italy, celebrated her 110th birthday with her sisters and her provincial superior, Giuliana Fracasso.

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THE CAMILLIANS IN BURUNDI

 The Camillians are present in about ten countries in Africa. After the first failed attempt in the Sudan at the end of the nineteenth century with Fr. Stanislao Carcereri, the Camillians settled in Tanzania (1959), Burkina Faso (1966) and Benin (1971), and then also established centres in Togo and the Central African Republic, Kenya (1976), Madagascar (1977), Uganda (2000), and recently also in the Ivory Coast (2015). For a short time they were also in Senegal. Nobody, however, knew that there are also Camillians in Burundi, even though ‘incognito’, and outside any juridical framework.

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A CAMILLIAN ICONOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY

Carlo Maratta, the author of the icon ‘Christ on the Crucifix Comforts Father Camillus’

When preparing for the ‘Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Transit of St. Fr. Camillus’ of 14 July 2014, and carrying out intense research in our archives after the rediscovery of evidence relating in particular to famous musical pieces performed in our churches, luck had it that I came across a little yellowed picture printed in Paris which bore the caption ‘Christ on the Crucifix Comforts Father Camillus’, with the following text ‘in calce’: ‘C. Maratti pinxit\A.W. Schulgen Edit du St Siege.\Paris 25 rue St. Sulpice’. READ HERE

 CAMILLIANS IN USA

Ten new members have joined the LCF of Milwaukee, USA. This photograph was taken in the St. Camillus Chapel of the Campus.

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CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE IN ITALY

Fr. Virginio Bebber, a Camillian religious from the Province of North Italy, has been elected the new President of ARIS.

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VALLE DELL’INFERNO… HOW IT WILL BE

This is ‘Valle dell’Inferno’, the place where St. Camillus had his conversion on 2 February 1575. After four centuries, still today pilgrims and people devoted to him who come to this place find themselves lost in a desert land, without even a rock on which to sit or pray. As a commemoration of the conversion of our saint, there is only an altar with a large red cross, but the area around it is abandoned to the elements, and there is no protection or defence against grazing animals or passing predators. St. Camillus does not deserve this!

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INDONESIA – THE ISLAND OF FLORES (MAUMERE)

Br. Ignacio Santaolalla, the financial administrator of the Order and the member of the General Consulta responsible for missions, made a fraternal visit to the Camillian religious who live on the Island of Flores (Indonesia) on the occasion of the inauguration of the new wing of the seminary. Together with him were Fr. Luigi Galvani, the Delegate of Indonesia, and Fr. Jojo Eloja, the new Provincial Superior of the Philippines.

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BEING A CAMILLIAN AND SAMARITAN TODAY

This book, entitled ‘Being a Camillian and Samaritan Today, with your Heart in your Hands, in the Existential and Geographical Fringes of the World of Health’, is the result of the (canonical) fraternal and pastoral visits of the Superior General and the members of the General Consulta to various geographical areas of the Order of Camillians during the course of the first three years (July 2014-July 2017) of the six-year period 2014-2020.

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THE PROVINCE OF FRANCE

On 29 September-4 October 2017, the Superior General of the Order, Fr. Leocir Pessini, and Fr. Laurent Zoungrana, the Vicar General of the Order and general assistant of the Lay Camillian Family (LCF), visited the Camillian religious of the Province of France. They also took part in the celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the LCF in France: the meeting of friendship and fraternity was also an opportunity for the aggregation of new members

A STATUE OF ST. CAMILLUS FOR THE CASA SOLLIEVO

Many reasons led the Camillian religious to donate the stature of their Founder St. Camillus to the Hospital of St. Pio. First of all, because this saint has been offered by the Church as a model for, and the patron saint of, the sick and all health-care workers

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THE PROVINCE OF NORTH ITALY

Brother Ettore, the cause for beatification and canonisation will be opened

On Tuesday 19 December, at the Casa Betania delle Beatitudini of Seveso, the Archbishop of Milan, Msgr. Mario Delpini, will open the process relating to the Camilian Servant of God Br. ETTORE BOSCHINI.

We here publish the edict issued by the Diocesan Service for the Causes of Saints.

TAIWAN

 On 5 October, in the aula magna of the Urban University of Rome, the Camillian religious of Taiwan were awarded a prize by the ambassador of Taiwan to the Holy See, Matthew Lee, for their contribution to the development of the society of Taiwan on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the foundation of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the Republic of China (ROC), Taiwan. In 1922 the Holy See sent Archbishop Celso Costantini to China as the first Apostolic Delegate of the country. His principal function was to supervise the work of Catholic missionaries in various parts of continental China.

VIETNAM

Today December 12^th, 2017, the Camillian Delegation in Vietnam celebrated the 25^th anniversary of its presence in Vietnam at Dong Tien Catholic Church. This event was the joy not only for the Delegation but also for the poor sick and for everyone.

From early morning, we welcomed Fr. General Leocir Pessini, Fr. Pairat Sriprasert the provincial superior of Thai province, Fr. Stephen Foster the provincial of Anglo-Irish province, Fr. Alfréd György the Delegate of Austrian Delegation, representatives from Camillian Provinces, Delegations, guests who were priests, religious and the faithful from many places came to participate the celebration.

18 NOVEMBER 2017: NATIONAL BROADCAST ON RAI1 FROM THE ‘CHURCH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE’

Film of our Church of St. Mary Magdalene was broadcast on Saturday afternoon 18 November 2017 on Rai Uno in the context of the programme ‘A Sua immagine’ (‘In his Image’) and the series ‘Le radici della fede’ (‘The Roots of Faith’). The Baroque art of our church and its sacristy were a magnificent setting to present St. Camillus and his passion for the sick, an image of Christ, at a national level.

The broadcast can be seen free on the internet site of the RAI: http://www.raiplay.it/

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PROVINCIA SICULO NAPOLETANA

A Manfredonia, benedizione del nuovo mosaico dedicato a san Camillo

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 THE LAY CAMILLIAN FAMILY PAKISTAN

World Day of the Sick 2018 in Pakistan

(Okara, Pakistan)Together with the Universal Church, the Lay Camillian Family Pakistan celebrated the 26^th World of the Sick by undertaking two main activities in two districts of Okara and Sahiwal.

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THE CAMILLIAN VICE-PROVINCE OF BENIN-TOGO

Some thoughts of thanks of the Provincial Superior of the Province of Sicily and Naples Forty-five years of the Camillian presence in Benin The seed becomes a tree thanks to the spirit of God

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ANNIVERSARY CAMILLIAN FAMILY LAICA AUSTRALIA

On Palm Sunday, Lay Camillian Family – Australia celebrated its fourth anniversary with Holy Mass at Westmead General Hospital Chapel (Sydney) followed with lunch at the Merrylands Club.

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TAIWAN

On 7-12 April 2018 about six hundred priests from throughout the world – the ‘missionaries of mercy’ – were called to the Vatican for an updating course. Amongst them there was also our Camillian religious Fr. Giuseppe Didoné of Taiwan. Pope Francis welcomed these priests and exhorted them above all else to live the ministry of confession-reconciliation

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THE WOMEN MINISTERS OF THE SICK OF ST. CAMILLUS – ROME

On 22 May 2018, at the generalate house of the women Ministers of the Sick in Rome, a solemn Eucharist will be celebrated in honour of the Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini, the founder of the Institute, on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of her death.

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NICOLINO D’ONOFRIO

Celebrations on the occasion of the anniversary of the death (54 years ago) of the Venerable Nicola d’Onofrio.

The DELEGATION in KENYA

Seven new Camillian novices: two Kenyans, five Ugandans, with their teacher, Fr. Paolo Guarise, Karungu (Kenya).