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CURRENT NEWS
WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY
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The Passionists' website presents Pope Benedict's reflection for this year's World Communications Day on 24th January, 2012. The Pope's excellent presentation is titled 'Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization'. 'Silence is an integral element of communication; in its absence, words rich in content cannot exist. In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth; we understand with greater clarity what it is we want to say and what we expect from others; and we choose how to express ourselves' says the Pope.
DEATHS
Br Charles Howard and Br Stephen Bugg died on Saturday, 14th January, 2012.
Br Charles Howard The Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Br Charles Howard was celebrated at St Joseph's College, Sydney on Tuesday 24th January, 2012. A video of the Mass will be available online for three months. Please follow this link to view the video. Provincial of the West-Central Europe Province, Br Brendan Geary has written a letter to his Brothers about Br Charles.
Br Stephen Bugg The Requiem Mass for Br Stephen Bugg was held at Marcellin College, Bulleen on Friday 20th January, 2012 with over three hundred people attending. Celebrants for the Mass were Fr Gerry McKernan, parish priest of Templestowe, Fr David Cartwright, parish priest of Moreland and an old boy of Marcellin, Fr Larry Nemer SVD, Co-ordinator of the Network for Returned Missionaries and the Catholic chaplain from the Prison Ministry, Fr Thang.
MARIST BROTHERS' GATHERING
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Marist Brothers from across Australia are gathering at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill in Sydney from 12th - 15th January, 2012. A summary of each day's gathering appears below.
Day 1 - 'See, I am doing something new!'
MARIST RETREAT
Michael Fallon MSC led our annual retreat in Adelaide from 27th December, 2011 to 2nd January, 2012. He spoke on the following six topics:
Day 4 - Religious Life - Celibacy
Day 6 - Poverty - Living Simply