Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
(At the very beginning of his pontificate, Pope Saint John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, commonly called the ‘Chiesa Nuova’, which was constructed under the auspices of Saint Philip Neri in founding the Oratory, and still stands as the Oratory’s original and principal church. Here is the[…]
First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow. (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)
We celebrate today one of the most joyful and idiosyncratic – the two are not unrelated – of saints, Philip Neri, (+1595), the founder of the Congregation of the Oratory named after him. Born and raised in the great city of Florence, which has produced a whole host of luminaries from Dante to da Vinci[…]
