Early Development of the Order
(From: Father Sebastiano Raviolo, CRS, "Historical Outlines of the Order of the Somascan Fathers", for a Somascan Spirituality 7, Houston, 2017, Chapter IV, p.57-75)Early Development of the OrderWe do not…
Saint John XXIII, Pope: Somasca and Saint Jerome Emiliani
In childhood there is often a unique and unrepeatable event, a mythical event that solidifies in the depths of the heart in a clot of reality that affects all…
April 29, 1569: The first six priests took their solemn vows
In 2019 we celebrate 450 year from the birthday of our Congregation. The Brief “Iniunctum nobis" (“It was commanded to us“) dated 6 December 1568 by Pope Pius V granted…
Reflection on Easter 2019
Rembrandt: The Risen Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene, 1638, oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm. Royal Collection, BuckinghamPalace,London, England.The Gardener and his Garden by Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker Rembrandt situates Mary Magdalene and Jesus near the opening…
Girolamo Miani, Santo
Vita di San Girolamo - Enciclopedia Treccani GIROLAMO Miani (Emiliani), santo. - Nacque nel 1486 a Venezia, presso S. Vitale, da una famiglia patrizia di condizioni economiche non particolarmente floride che esercitava…