November 21, 2013
(Presentation of the Blessed Very Mary/Feast of Fr. Emmanuel d’Alzon)
Chapel of the Institut d’Alzon where Emmanuel d’Alzon is buried in Nîmes

We have the pleasure of celebrating the feast of the Presentation of Mary this year under the patronage of Fr. Emmanuel d'Alzon. We are happy to join not only the members of the Assumptonist community here in Nîmes but also Fr. Marcelo Marciel, assistant to Fr. General, and Fr. Julio Navarro, postulator of the cause of Fr. d'Alzon).

With the certainty that the Catholic Church has been and continues to be a caring Mother, the Assumptionist shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Santiago, Chile, is organizing a series of activities marking Human Rights Month, to begin Nov.15.

The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Santiago has for many years been a spiritual lung for Chile, to be exact, since its inauguration in 1908.

This month’s Sunday “Conversations…” in Brighton saw a different format. Beginning with the liturgy for the First Sunday of Advent, the community, residents and guests celebrated the 60 years of priesthood of Frs. Roland Guilmain, A.A., Aidan Furlong, A.A. and Theodore Fortier, A.A. and anticipated Fr. Norman Meiklejohn’s 60^th anniversary next year. Fr. Roland was the principal celebrant and Fr. Claude Grenache, A.A., superior of the house, was the homilist.

Following the liturgy, everyone gathered in the living room for a grand toast and a few shared memories.

For the last one and half year, Bro Cristian Santana (from the Chile-Argentine Province) has been one of us in this territory (US). He first came for his Novitiate Year which ended on August 6, 2013, the day when he made his first profession in the Assumption. Then, he was interested in improving his English. So, instead of returning to Chile after his profession, Bro Cristian stayed on and enrolled in an English class at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.