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Fr. RICHARD LAMOUREUX, A.A.

Interviewer – Fr. Richard, would you share with us a bit about your background: family, childhood and early education?

Fr. Richard – May sister and I were born in Worcester, MA. Our parents, while born here, were of French Canadian descent. My father was a machinist by trade. Growing up in Worcester, our parish was St. Joseph’s which has since closed. My vocation grew out of my family’s witness of the faith and their support, which did not ‘count the cost.’

Last Updated on Monday, 10 December 2012 15:06

By Christopher Lushis

As an undergraduate student I first took steps to learn about prison ministry. A friend of mine was the chaplain for the South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility in Indiana, and he invited me to join him. While this was an environment I had never experienced before, being able to minister to people close to my own age – primarily through praying the rosary, reading Scripture, and answering questions about Theology and life in general – provided a foundation for my own ministry that I hoped to build upon in the future.

Last Updated on Thursday, 06 December 2012 10:56

BRAZILIAN ASSUMPTIONIST ORDAINED

On Saturday, November 24, 2012 in his hometown of Laranjal, in the state of Minais Gerais, Br. Celio Firme, A.A., was ordained at the hands of Most Rev. José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. bishop of Juazeiro. A big crowd attended the festivities including his large family, his brother Assumptionists, members of the Assumption Family, parishioners of his home parish, Immaculate Conception, and many friends. The week prior to the ordination a large contingent of young Assumptionists organized a week of mission in the town to prepare everyone for the celebration. In addition to the regular slate of talks, there was special attention paid to young people interested in a vocation to the religious life and priesthood.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 05 December 2012 13:30
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SYNOD OF BISHOPS - 13th GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012

Your Holiness,
Venerable Synod Fathers,
Brothers and Sisters,

I come from Asia Minor, now Turkey, and the land of the First Evangelization. After the Golden Age of the Church Fathers and the long period that followed, the vicissitudes of history have radically altered the religious landscape of Anatolia to the point of reducing the Christian presence to less than 1% of the population in the early 20th century. This leads us to think about the factors that interfere with the process of evangelization.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 December 2012 11:20