‘Today we passed the Dardanelles, not without some emotion, because as soon as we entered the Turks fired a canon twice to make us stop. After about three hours of waiting on the part of the pilot we thought that

We all know that at a certain point in his life St. Camillus resigned the position of Superior General of the Order which had been founded ‘by the crucified Christ and by the wound that had marked him for the

On the cover a part of the painting ‘The Plague of 1630 in Bologna’ by an anonymous Bolognese painter (first part of the seventeenth century). 12 August 1864: the creation of the International Convention of the Red Cross of which

  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

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

By the papal Breve of 7 April 1742 (AGMI 2321), it was established that the solemn beatification of St. Camillus would take place on 8 April, the second feast day of Easter, in St. Peter’s Basilica. For this event the

‘Servo et sudito fidelissimo’ A letter, when you put it in an envelope, changes completely. It is no longer mine but becomes yours. What I wanted to say has disappeared. Only what you understand remains’ CATHLEEN SCHINE. An e-mail of

The Bull ‘Superna dispositione’ of Clement VIII was called the Magna Carta of the Order. This is not the place to explain why St. Camillus brought it about. I will say only that this Bull soothed his worries, gave peace

On 15 December 1762 Pope Clement XIII extended to the whole world, to those who were obliged to recite the canonical hours, the office and the Mass of St. Camillus which was to be celebrated on 18 July. This mandate

It was the year 1591. On 15 October of the same year Pope Gregory XIV died, the same Pope who by his Motu Proprio had approved and confirmed the Congregation. On 20 October 1591 Pope Innocent IX became the Supreme

The Borromaic Reform had just begun, which sought to outline the idea kind of bishop that the Church needed to meet the Protestant Reformation in an exhaustive way, when in Rome on 15 September 1582 the Congregation of the Camillians

During my years working for the historical archives of the Camillians I have often asked myself this question – to whom should we attribute the idea of an international organisation for wounded soldiers which then led on to the creation