Fr Thomas B Steinbugler SJ died at about 9:30 am on June 10 in the Jesuit Residence in the Ateneo de Manila University. He had been suffering from severe pulmonary weakness for some time. Fr Tom was born on Dec 27, 1929, entered the Society on July 30, 1948, and was ordained a priest on June 17, 1961.
March 19th, 2010. Sounding resolute and appearing in good spirits, Kyaw Zaw Lwin walked through Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday a free man, after spending 6 months in detention in Burma.
Julie Edwards says the scandal of abuse perpetrated on innocent young lives has taken away our peace of mind, shocked us to the core.
Congratulations to Fr Chris Wilcock (ASL) on the world premiere of his a capella setting of Cardinal Newman’s text Peace at last, which was beautifully sung by the Newman College Choir from the dining room dome at the end of a College council dinner on March 26.
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference made available online two documents: Integrity in Ministry, A Document of Principles and Standards for Catholic Clergy & Religious in Australia and Towards Healing, Principles and procedures in responding to complaints of abuse against personnel of the Catholic Church in Australia 2007.
A new Web page “BibliaClerus” presents in Web format, a service which had made its appearance two years ago in CD Rom format, containing a multilingual presentation of the Bible (Hebrew, Greek, Latín, Italian, Spanish, English, French, German, and Portuguese), enriched with the interpretation – verse-by-verse – of Tradition and the Magisterium, with fruits and anthologies of theology, spirituality, and liturgy.
Biblical Liturgical Calendar 2000–2036 gives you the readings for the Mass of each day until the year 2036. By clicking on a date in this calendar you can go to the liturgical readings for that day.
Fr Louis Robert (CHN) was SELA (Socio-Economic Life in Asia) Committee Secretary from 1977-83, missionary to Vietnam and long-time refugee worker. He is now the Parish Priest of the Church of Saint Roque, Champagneur Street, Park Extension Sector, Montreal.
During the night, the presbytery of the Church was consumed by flames. Four persons lived there, including Fr Robert. All are safe and sound. The material damage is great. The Church next door did not receive any damage.