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St. Camillus de Lellis / Manila Bulletin photo
Special masses in honor of the revered founder of the Order of Clerks Regular Ministers to the Sick will be celebrated in several Catholic churches in many parts of the world, including the Philippines, where he is well venerated.
In 2013, the sacred relic of the popular Italian monk – the preserved heart of St. Camillus – was brought to the country as part of a pilgrim tour in celebration of his 400th death anniversary which was observed in 2016.
Every year, on his feast day, pilgrims and devotees gather at his major shrine, the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rome, Italy, where he was buried, and where several of his relics are kept, to light candles and make special offerings.
Pope Francis donates medical equipment to Armenia
Pope Francis expresses his affection for the people of Armenia with a gift of medical equipment, including a new ambulance.
By Devin Watkins
The Pope’s representative in Armenia, Archbishop Jose Bettencourt, delivered a concrete sign of the Holy Father’s care and concern on Sunday.
The Apostolic Nuncio blessed a gift from Pope Francis for the Catholic “Redemptoris Mater” Hospital in the northern Armenian town of Ashotsk.
Covid-fighting equipment
According to a statement from the Holy See Press Office, the gift consisted in a new ambulance equipped with the latest mobile medical equipment and emergency respirators to assist patients with Covid-19.
Camillians tackle the shackling of Indonesia s mentally ill
Priests in East Nusa Tenggara province build homes for sufferers so that they are not chained up by relatives
The shackle-free home built by Camillian priests for Robilius Jerubu. (Photo: Father Cyrelus Suparman Andi)
Robilius Jerubu probably feels just a little bit more free now. The 31-year-old Catholic from East Manggarai district in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province no longer has to stay in a small wooden hut where he was shackled for years due to mental illness.
The unmarried man was forced to live like this by his family after he suddenly began having regular and violent mood swings about six years ago.
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Serenely peering out from stained-glass or standing atop pedestals while piously presenting the instruments of their martyrdom, the saints can often appear otherworldly in church art.
Carey Wallace’s new children’s book, “Stories of the Saints: Bold and Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace and Courage,” shows that holy men and women whose miraculous deeds, charitable works and battles with armies, beasts and demons she chronicles with gusto also were what Wallace calls “relentlessly human.”
“The saints are often scared,” said Wallace, a novelist based in Brooklyn, New York. “The saints often don’t know what to do. The saints are often running away from responsibility. They don’t feel like they are qualified for what they’ve been asked to do. The saints are very, very much like us.”