7 June 1694: the date of the death of the most worthy Fr. Carlo Solfi da Monreale, a historian of the Order and the author of a textbook on the Ministers of the Sick A few years after the

Giovanni Papini wrote that ‘to heal the sick, medicines are not enough, you need love, that is to say the high temperature of the soul. Fever against fever, spirit against flesh. That is what St. Camillus did’. Put together on

by Marco Iazzolino At two in the night your eyes are opened. A desperate voice accompanied the umpteenth tremor. ‘Aama, Aama’, mummy, mummy, in Nepalese. We know that voice – it belongs to Dipdarsan, a boy aged eleven who lives

By Marco Iazzolino Children of poor families or of families that have been separated because of the earthquake run the risk of trafficking and exploitation during the post-earthquake scenario. This possibility was confirmed by the identification last week of sixty-four

Dear all We the CTF VOLUNTEERS are fine in Katmandu.  The the Medical Camps did not take place last days . We were engaged in Packing the materials for Distribution and distributing in different places. Photograph Gallery

Two weeks ago Sierra Leone began the rainy season, even though still not with the intensity of July and August when it has monsoons. The present season acts to make the terrain soft and allows the planting of rice which

Fr. Giuseppe Cinà, M.I. Those who know about the life of St. Camillus also know about the tension that at a certain point was created between him and Father Philip, his spiritual director. They also know that this conflict was

THE INVINCIBLE DEATH OF CHARITY 25 May – The Feast Day of Camillian ‘Martyrs’ The most effective example during periods of the plague was given specifically by the Major Superiors: by the Superior General, by the General Consultor Br. Prandi,

From the book by M. Vanti, San Camillo de Lellis (1550-1614), Libreria Editrice Francesco Ferrari, Rome, 1929, pp. 681-689. The Martyrs to Charity But it was a most just thing that the ‘Ministers of the Sick’ also won on the

In May 1624 Palermo was invaded by the bubonic plague.* Probably this was the first encounter that the Order had had with it. The previous epidemics (in particular that of 1590-1 in Rome) were examples of epidemic typhus or pestilential

CTF extends a great appreciation and thanks to Sr Linet from Dharward and Ms. Shobha from Bangalore.  They were in Katmandu with their good will to do something for the victims of disaster. They were ready to join CTF MISSION

Warsaw, 19 May 2015 The House of Hospitality and Welcome of the Barnabites Meeting of the Superior General and the General Consultors with the Provincial Superiors, the Vice-Provincials and the Delegates Summary of the Fourth Day Wednesday 20 / Thursday