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…
A 250 anni dalla canonizzazione di San Girolamo Emiliani
A 250 anni dalla canonizzazione di San Girolamo Emiliani (1767 – 2017) Sono trascorsi esattamente 250 anni dalla canonizzazione di San Girolamo Emiliani, proclamato Santo dal Papa veneziano Clemente…
“They Called him Father” – Paternity Charism in Saint Jerome and in the Somascan Fathers
THEY CALLED HIM “FATHER” The Paternity Charism in Saint Jerome Emiliani and in the Somascan Fathers By Father Luigi Bassetto, CRS INTRODUCTION By Roberto Geroldi, CRS Updating courses like the…
Sources of the Somascan Spirituality
Contemplation of the Father as a Mystery of "Active" Love "Only God is good" and is "the source of every good." He is always at work. His deeds are concrete…
Provident Father
Provident Father,You call the young adults by name from different families, cultures, and pasts - each of us unique and made in your image, blessed and challenged with the different…
Historical notes about the General Archive
The General Archive was located in Pavia, St. Maiolo Community, from 1569 until 1810, which was where Father General used to reside. In 1810 the Congregation experienced the tragic event of the Napoleonic…
Painting of Saint Jerome by Piazzetta
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Venice, 1682 - 1754) San Girolamo Miani Oil on canvas 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (41.3 x 31.1 cm.) Provenance: Sale, Christie’s East, New York, Nov. 3,…
Saint Jerome washes the feet of the Orphans
from: "Acts and Processes of the Sanctity and of the Miracles of the Venerable Jerome Emiliani", Somascan Fathers, edited by Fr.Remo Zanatta, Houston, TX 2015. P.98-100.The institution of the orphans…