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An essential condition of prayer is to know the One to whom we address ourselves. - Emmanuel d'Alzon
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Dear brothers, sisters, lay Assumptionists,
Father Emmanuel d'Alzon
Saint Augustine puts it paradoxically: before being Jesus’ mother, Mary was his disciple (Sermon 25). The Gospel (Matthew 12:50) inspired Augustine’s reflection: “Whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my…mother.” Mary’s greatness is less due to the fact that she conceived Jesus in her womb, than to her complete acceptance of the Father’s will.
Saint Augustine goes one step further: if we are disciples like Mary, we can become “mothers” like her and bear fruit for the Kingdom, bringing others to birth in Christ by drawing them to the font of baptism.
Mary’s consecration as a disciple manifested itself when her parents presented her in the Temple. As we celebrate her discipleship, we remember Father Emmanuel d’Alzon on the 125th anniversary of his death. He too was entirely given over to the Father’s will, and he too bore much fruit for the Kingdom.
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New statue at shrine carries on a tradition
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The Rev. Peter R. Precourt, pastor of St. Anne-St. Patrick Parish and director of the St. Anne Shrine in Sturbridge, stands next to a marble statue of St. Augustine that will be unveiled and dedicated tonight at St. Anne Church. (T&G Staff/DAN GOULD)
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At about 5:10 p.m. on June 9, 1953, the whirlwind that came to be known as the “Worcester Tornado” crashed into Assumption College in Worcester , shrouding it with menacing, black-ink clouds and furiously pummeling it with fist-sized hail, driving rain and train-roaring winds.
When the skies abruptly cleared, the Greendale campus lay in ruin.
A priest and two nuns were killed.
Given the damage from the storm and the cost to rebuild, it looked like the decades-old presence of the Augustinians of the Assumption Order in Worcester was over.
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On Saturday, August 28, the feast of St. Augustine, our father, in the outdoor pavilion of St. Anne's Shrine in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, thousands of miles away from their homeland, but surrounded by hundreds of their fellow countrymen, parishioners, friends, and members of the Assumption family, male and female, Brothers Clemente Boleche, Jr., Alex Castro, and Carlos Melocoton made their first vows, committing their lives freely and fully to God in the Augustinians of the Assumption. Their profession marks another important step in the dream of an Assumptionist foundation in the Philippines, scheduled for the summer of 2006. The ceremony was capped off by a delightful and delicious meal of Filipino dishes, including lechon (roast pig). Filipino song and dance followed, of course. Together with their brother, Ricky Montañez, who made his first vows in January in Chile, Clem, Alex, and Carlos will begin seminary studies at St. John's Seminary in Boston in September. ::PICTURE GALLERY
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Brother Ricky "Ricardo" Montañez Cañet, A.A. made his First Profession of Vows at the Capilla San Antonio de Padua in Pomaire, Chile on January 4, 2004 along with 3 Brazilians: Bro. José Carlos da Silva, A.A., Bro. Luiz Antonio Quirino Adao, A.A. and Bro. Joao Gomes da Silva, A.A., and 2 Columbians: Bro. Carlos Gustavo Rick and his good friend and brother, Carlos Gustavo Silva Virguez, A.A. and Bro. Delimiro Ramon Jaime Pacheco, A.A. The mass and ceremony were presided by Rev. Fr. Miguel Fuentealba Melo, A.A., Provincial Superior (Chile-Argentina) and Rev. Fr. Marcos L
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To all Assumptionists at Christmastime
Christmas is a special time of year for the Assumption, and again this year I could not let the feast pass by without at least this brief message to communicate my best wishes for a happy and holy celebration.
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