di p. Luciano Sandrin, tratto da “Capire il malato. Lo sguardto della psicologia“, Edizioni Camilliane, Torino, 2014 ‘Many years ago my family used to go to a church near to our home’: this is the beginning of a book with

Two Biblical texts, one from the Old Testament and one from the New, bear witness to the extreme importance of visiting the sick. (4). In Sirach 7:35 we find the exhortation ‘Do not hesitate to visit the sick. You will

Download the Newsletter here in PDF AUGUST 2015 The year of religious life. A voice not in the chorus…To help us reflect! Pope Francis proclaimed 2015 the ‘year of religious life’: a decision that was perhaps expected after the Year

We well know that the culture in which we are immersed engages in a removal of death from the social scene: death today is de-socialised, reduced to an individual phenomenon, and is hidden, concealed, ripped from places where people live

‘Where there are Religious there is Joy’. Reflections on Consecrated Life Taken from Witnesses 5/2015 Men in their conduct look for a reason to be happy. For men and women religious the reason for their happiness should be their faithfulness

The question was asked by Sr Fulvia Sieni, an Augustinian sister from the convent of the ‘Santi Quattro Coronati’ [Four Crowned Saints]: “Monastic life is a delicate balance between hiddenness and visibility, seclusion and involvement in diocesan life, prayerful silence

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO CONSECRATED MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DIOCESE OF ROME Saturday, 16 May 2015 The question was asked by Sr Fulvia Sieni, an Augustinian sister from the convent of the ‘Santi Quattro Coronati’ [Four

Three months after a devastating earthquake in Nepal (25 April 2015) centred in Ghorka district that caused the death of 8,884 peoples, completely destroyed 598,400 houses and other 283,600 partially damaged, and 1 million in need of immediate food assistance

It is difficult to define old age: it is a very complex phenomenon in whose ‘construction’ biological, genetic, physical, psychological and pathological elements are at work, as well as cultural, social and environmental ones. And then it is a very

  I would like to share what exactly is on my heart at this moment, in the belief that what is most personal often speaks to a wider audience. For days now two apparently separate reflections have been dominating my

Taken from the book by M.Pavanello and V. Braga, Le quaglie e il pane del cielo (link cose nuove). Amongst the various forces working in Kenya it seems to us important to point to the presence of the Camillian fathers.

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE GENERAL CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR Tuesday, 26 May 2015 In these days of reflection and prayer, you have allowed yourselves to be guided especially by two essential