Category: Saint of the day
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17 July - Saint Marcelline was born at Trier, in the Prefecture of the Praetorium of the Gauls, around 330 and died around 398. Her brother was Saint Ambrose of Milan. Her father was Prefect of the Pretorium of Transalpine Gaul.

Category: Saint of the day
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17 July - Simon Stock was born in Kent in 1164. According to tradition he was an itinerant preacher until he joined the Carmelite Order. He would have joined the Carmelite Order only after making his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and joined the hermits on the slopes of Mount Carmel.

Category: Deepening faith
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Human beings have a special duty to constantly strive to understand justice, to respect it and to express it in action. There is a particular importance, in social relations, to live in the truth: the harmony of society. Catechesis on justice and equity, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.

Category: Gospel
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Sunday, 17th July, 2022 — Sixteenth sunday in Ordinary Time — Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 10, 38-42

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Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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