South Florida ​ Lay Cistercian NEWSLETTER ​ ​ “Let them prefer nothing whatever to Christ” ~ RB 72.11 July 2018 Edition 4, Volume 5 ​ ​

“Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ” ~ RB 53.1

race to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. To all God’s beloved here in Florida and ​ to all hearts dear to us in Cistercian charity through our fraternity with the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, who are called to be . Hospes

Begun on June 15, 2018

This was not the point of departure I had in mind when I was inspired to do an article on Hospitality, that had actually ​ occurred to me June 9th on the bus trip home from my monthly sojourn to and from the east coast for our June Gathering in Boca Raton what it was I don’t clearly remember but it had nothing to do with anything of a political nature.

The other day I had posted a photo in honor of my Dad for Father’s Day on my Facebook page, an old college buddy of mine responded with the following post. “I will always remember your parents. Always made you feel at home and part of the family. ( I ) Remember a conversation I had with your Dad on what to do after graduating college. He was very insightful and down to earth. Still sticks with me!” Well, perhaps I should just stop now. This for me this was, ground zero,“Charity begins at home.” I’m am grateful to my heavenly Father for the gift of my parents who apparently were paying attention when they heard the desire of our Lord when he spoke through to the people of Israel, ”And these words that I ​ command you today shall be in your heart. And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ them when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.” ​ ​ ​ ​ My parents were not perfect, but their listening to the word of God and hearing the core of his teaching and their ability to look beyond the window dressing was apparently a grace they had received in their hearts and gave to life in their living. As I recollect my life with them countless memories flooded past me of hospitality to their peers, to friends, family members, my classmates and most of all to strangers. But, I’d like to share another story, not one of my family but one of a friend, a dear pastor Msgr. Earl V. Provenza of Shreveport, La. Upon graduating seminary Vincent was chosen for the as chauffeur to the then of the Diocese of Alexandria -Shreveport in Louisiana, Charles Pasquale Greco. ​

Later, Fr. Provenza would become an associate pastor and a marathon runner, the lover of a good steak, pastor, and the upon retirement of the first Bishop of the Diocese of Shreveport he was elected by his fellow as Diocesan Administrator and as a parting gift the good bishop William B. Friend gifted Father Provenza with the pastorate of his childhood parish Holy Trinity. Vincent was the his given name at Baptism but his family called him Earl. Earl came from a rather large (nine brothers and sisters) immigrant, Catholic family. Monsignor Earl once reminisced that as a child treats were rare and leftovers had to be spoken for or else they would end up going to someone who spoke up first. One evening after enjoying a family dinner of his mother's spaghetti and meatballs the young Earl ask permission for a single leftover meatball, looking forward to having it for lunch the next day. Being of preschool age at the time Earl still enjoyed that holy leisure of childhood, staying home all day. The next day at some point late in the morning there was a knock at the front door, little Earl accompanied his momma to the front door and there stood a man, rather shabbily attired and when the housewife inquired his business he said, he was “hungry.” Asking him to wait there she left the man at the door, the boy followed his mother into the kitchen where she got a brown paper bag and some wax paper out of a drawer, setting them on the table, she picked an apple at hand and put it in the bag, turning she opened the icebox door. Reaching into the cool of the box mama Rosa retrieved a 6 & ½ ounce bottle of Coca-Cola and the plate on which sat the “Earl’s” lone meatball. Rosa wrapped the meatball in the wax paper and placed it in the sack with the apple and a slice of white bread, she opened the Coke and and carefully replaced the cap. Taking the bag and bottle she headed back through the house to the front door. Curiously young Earl followed along, wondering how could she do this? After all he had called dibs on that tasty morsel that she had so lovingly made with her own hands and now was going to give it to someone else! Mrs. Provenza opened the screen door and presented the stranger with the bag and the Coke, lowering his eyes he said, “Thank you, mam, turned and proceeded down the steep steps to the street below. Feeling let down Earl tagged behind his mother to the kitchen and enquired, “Momma, who was that man?” Rosa turned and looked down at her son and said one word, “Jesus.” Surprised in one quick turn Earl spun around and headed toward the screen door, out to the porch and down the steps as fast and yet as careful as his little legs would allow. Reaching the curb he began to look around hoping to catch sight of the “holy” visitor but the streetscape was empty.

Here too, the passing on of our faith finds no complication as it does in the myriads of articles concerning this month’s topic and the research for it. The links of which you can find in the “Interesting Reads” section of this newsletter. ​ ​ ​ Long ago after our Father of all being sowed his seed of goodness and before our turning away and even after, that seed ​ fell on fertile souls and began to sprout and grow ( Mk 4:26-34 ). Before the great distraction of the snowballing lie that ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ pervades humankind unto this day and has obscured many relationships and in particular that “one thing” that matters most, ​ ​ before the barriers of ethnicity, language, culture and the days of organized religion, there were those who were aware that, “We must give and be generous because this is how God is and God’s giving knows no limit.” God’s hospitality saturates each page of His story. God serves as host to humanity as the one who provides food and clothing for all ( Gen 1:29-30; 2:9; 3:21; Psalm 104:10-15; 136:25). God particularly cares for the alienated person ( Exodus ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 22:22-24; Deut 10:17-18; Psalm 145:14-16; 146:9). ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ As with most things where the sacred desire or presence of God is made manifest man feels the urge and sometimes is compelled by the Divine to memorialize or ritualize the occurrence which in most cases over time makes for a watered down version of what should be a recognized as a sacred moment in time but ends up a battle over what are the “rights” of others or the expectations of reward for fulfilling what is only by first nature true to “image and likeness.” Here in the United States you can hear people reminisce about the “good ole’ days” when people walking down the street and would greet one another even if it was only a simple nod of their head or doff one’s headwear to friend or stranger. So bad has it become whole industries have ”invested” millions of dollars teaching hospitality or the act of being nice because one's paycheck depends on it. Even congregations and parishes go to great length touting “All are welcome” as an invitation to the disenfranchised, and marginalized yet only to warn their congregants not to give to the professional beggars who frequent the stoops and parking lots of their holy ground. Please, to those whose job it is to provide charity don’t get you socks in a wad, I am very familiar with such scams perpped by con men and gypsies. Rather than offer more on my background regarding that particular subject which would require me to take you on a trip to , and then back to when I was a parishioner at Holy Trinity (which is located downtown and was in close proximity to the Greyhound Station) and to stories of living among the homeless and men who were parolees. But let’s save that for another time. Note: the Greyhound station 1 has now relocated to a transportation hub close to the police department. But I digress. Let us look at piece ancient wisdom from St. and though he speaks about almsgiving John calls almsgiving “the salvation of the soul.” “For this reason, just as washing basins are found before the church doors filled with water so that you may wash your hands, the ​ poor sit outside of the church so that you may wash the hands of your soul. Have you washed your physical hands with water? Wash the hands of your soul with almsgiving. Do not use poverty as your excuse.” Almsgiving is transformative it offers the giver the opportunity to enter into poverty stretching the envelope of our awareness of the will of God and our reliance on God alone. “Within Sufi literature giving is also associated with poverty, renunciation, self -denial because of the desired relationship with God leaves no room for any other desire. Worldly possessions or relationships lose meaning as the mystic longs only for the particular intimacy, to be the guest of God.” And so it goes with any Christian with “ears to hear.” We ourselves are all guests of God's hospitality and have an obligation to show hospitality to others. Chapter 53 of our ​ Holy Rule and the Good News of Jesus which are the breath and life of our lives as lay says “Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for He is going to say, "I came as a guest, and you received Me" (Matt. 25:35). Hospitality refers to the relationship between a guest and a host. Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt describes hospitality in the Encyclopédie ​ ​ as the virtue of a great soul that cares for the whole universe through the ties of humanity. For ancient Greeks theoxeny or ​ ​ ​ ​ theoxenia is a theme in Greek mythology in which human beings demonstrate their virtue or piety by extending hospitality to a humble stranger (xenos), who turns out to be a disguised deity (theos). In India and Nepal hospitality is based on the principle Atithi Devo Bhava, meaning "the guest is God". The hospitality of our father (Genesis 18:1-5) and that of Lot (Genesis 19:1-3) are just two stories from our ​ ​ ​ ​ early faith history and there are more along with those of other faith traditions. “There appears to have been some decline in hospitality from the period of the Old Testament to that of the New Testament, since hospitality is omitted from later Greco-Roman virtue lists.” With these ancient cultures also comes the idea of rights and obligations and the expectation of reward. I think we need to cut out all the unnecessary “in between” for if, in receiving a stranger or extending hospitality to any person is receiving Christ how can there possibly be any greater reward? Once again so often we take our eyes off what is present in the moment because of fear (ie. Zechariah), anxiety or expectation and yet we go on praying for miracles.

The following is some wisdom from the Benedictine monk Henri le Saux from his 1967 book Prayer. ​ ​ “Prayer is to see God, to recognize and adore his presence and his glory in everything --- in every being, in every human being ...with whom time ​ and the succession of events puts us in contact” “Everyone whom Providence causes to cross my path, whether as a companion on the way or as a simple passerby, is for me a sign and manifestation of God. He is the means used by God precisely at that moment to make himself known to me and to call me to himself.” … “ This does not necessarily mean that the man whose path at this moment crosses mine will be personally endowed with each and all of the marvelous qualities which we are accustomed to attribute to our representations of God, that he that he will be the perfect image of divine Majesty, a striking sign of the Presence. But then what about ourselves, as we look doubtfully at this man? Do we ourselves perfectly mirror the Lord in our bodies, our hearts and minds, our behavior? What matters in our meeting is not the quality of the image that he and I present of God, still less any reflections upon this quality, but precisely the setting free of that image in his depths as in mine.” ... “In the form of the one who stands before me --- no matter if he is about to strike me or to offer me his hand --- it is Christ that comes to me, Christ that seeks me, to make his Church more beautiful, more truly his own Face, to bring nearer the coming of the Kingdom.”

Brothers and sisters our Lord may teach through parables but the core of his message is simple and it is the challenge of our missions as individuals and as members of the Body of Christ. Trust in his teachings and yes, many are in opposition to the ways of this world but his way is our way.

Closing I would like to share one more story about Msgr. Earl. When Earl had discerned that the Lord was calling him to the priesthood he went to his mother Rosa and he told her. She asked, “Have you told your father?” Earl answered, “No, not yet.” “Then you best do it,”replied his mom. With some anxiety Earl sought out his father and when he found him he said,”Dad I have something to tell you. His father said, What is it son?” “I want to be a .” According to Earl the silence was deafening and the pause long, finally looked at his son and said, “Be kind to the people.” That was all he said, no inquisition or long discussion just fatherly advice that is much like a commandment that one should be willing to obey.

2 ℣. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini. ℟. Qui fecit cælum et terram. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ℣. Divinum auxilium maneat semper nobiscum. ℟. Et cum fratribus nostris abséntibus. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ℣. Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine ​ ​ ℟. Et lux perpetua luceat eis: ​ ​ ℣. Requiescant in pace. ​ ​ ℟. Amen. ​ ​

Horarium for our Gathering Day Saturday July 14, Memorial of , 8:00 am (Optional) Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist ​ ​ Guest Master: Daniel Galvin ​ 9:30 am Lauds - this Month’s Liturgy: Pss II - Lauds and Sext for the Solemnity of St. Benedict ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 9:50 am Conference – This month Chapter 2 of the Apostolic Exhortation “Gaudete et Exsultate ​ ​ ​ ​ 10:30 am discussion and reflection 10:50 am morning break 11:00 am Lectio Divina Susan ​ 11:20 am Sharing on Lectio 11:45 am Sext ​ 12:00 pm Angelus and Grace - Brown Bag Lunch 12:30 pm Spiritual Sharing 12:55 pm Continuing Formation assignments for July are the following: ​ ​ -Observers should have read their assigned Chapter of “The Rule of St.Benedict” ​ -Seniors read Chapter 8 of “Fully Human, Fully Divine: An Interactive Christology” ​ ​ 1:55 pm Salve Regina (Cistercians have chanted the Salve Regina daily from 1218.) ​ 2:00 pm Adjourn ​

BE ATTENTIVE ! We are Moving our Saturday Gatherings we will no longer ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ be in the classroom adjacent to the Church but in the Parish Community Center aka the Mt. Carmel Ballroom.. If you are facing the Church it is the large building to the right (north) of the Church.

“Grace will never fail anyone who does what is in his power to seek God.” - Anon ​

Let your hospitality well up, poured forth from the Source of all Charity, may it rise ignoring all banks, levees, and dams. Merging unnoticed as a drop in a surging Ocean, into waves that kiss the feet of those who come seeking rest and to bathe and refresh their souls.

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July 1- Chapter 24: What the Measure of Excommunication Should Be ​ ​ The measure of excommunication or of chastisement should correspond to the degree of fault, which degree is estimated by the judgment of the Abbess. If a sister is found guilty of lighter faults, let her be excluded from the common table. Now the program for one deprived of the company of the table shall be as follows: In the oratory she shall intone neither Psalm nor antiphon nor shall she recite a lesson until she has made satisfaction; in the refectory she shall take her food alone after the community meal, so that if they eat at the sixth hour, for instance, that sister shall eat at the ninth, while if they eat at the ninth hour she shall eat in the evening, until by a suitable satisfaction she obtains pardon.

Our Lay Cistercian retreat for 2018

Will next be on: September 10-14 Patty is accepting reservations for this date now. Make Your Reservations Now ! Call Patty @ at (770) 760-0959 ​ ​ For the affiliate retreats at Holy Spirit this year, Patty at the retreat house has clarified the arrival and departure days and ​ times for the retreats. Here's what she advises . . . for the Thursday April 12 through ​ Sunday April 15 retreat, the arrival is between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on April 12 and departure is after the retreat events on Sunday April 15; a Sunday night stay in the retreat house is NOT an option. Anyone attending this retreat who doesn't want to begin the long drive back home would need to arrange for his or her own accommodations for a Sunday night stay somewhere else. For the Monday September 10 through Thursday September 13 retreat, the arrival time is between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. For that retreat--as has been the practice in the past--a Thursday night stay is included with an early Friday morning departure. Patty encourages everyone to make reservations as early as possible and, in particular, the ecumenical group has expressed a strong interest for the September retreat, so rooms for those dates will be in high demand!

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Have you not heard his silent steps? ​ He comes, comes, ever comes.

Every moment and every age, every day and every night he comes, comes, ever comes.

Many a song have I sung in many a mood of mind, but all their notes have always proclaimed, `He comes, comes, ever comes.'

In the fragrant days of sunny April through the forest path he comes, comes, ever comes.

In the rainy gloom of July nights on the thundering chariot of clouds he comes, comes, ever comes.

In sorrow after sorrow it is his steps that press upon my heart, and it is the golden touch of his feet that makes my joy to shine. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

In the spirit of our cistercian charism here is a daily prayer of intention that may be prayed upon rising, ​ ​ then our daily Opus Dei may be offered in full confidence to Divine Providence throughout our day. Pray with intention not for intentions.

O LORD, hear my prayer, ​ and let my cry come to you. (Ps 102: 2) In the Name ✠ of the Father, that Son, and Holy Spirit; ​ ​ Let us embrace the whole world with the arms of our love and in that act at once consider and congratulate the good, contemplate and mourn the wicked. In our heart let us with compassion gaze upon all who are sick and sorrowful, all who suffer affliction and oppression, the poor, the young and the orphans of war and domestic violence, those in thralldom, trafficking, and those caught in the clutches of addiction, for the needs of those who suffer the gloom and delusions of mental illness, let us be mindful of the declining health of the elderly and the loss and sorrow of widows, let pray for prisoners in need of justice and mercy, for migrants and refugees and those who are living among non-believers and suffer the violence of oppression, for the protection of travelers, sailors, fishermen, and all those in difficulty on the seas, for the guidance of your truth and justice for all civil servants and those called away to the labor of war and those away from home, for virgins, for the temptations of monks and priests, the responsibilities of prelates, and all under extreme temptation, for the dying and their loved ones, in particular those dying who are alone, for the souls of those who would kill us in word or deed. For those who don't pray and those who won't. Let our plea be for the conversion of manners for ourselves and all God’s children, that our dignity be restored and that with hearts changed we move to love one another as you have loved us. For all those who have asked us to pray for them especially... (N.) ​ ​ In our love let us take them all to heart, weep over them and by our prayers ask the Lord to take care of them with a gracious eye. Father, thank you for hearing us. We know that you always hear us; (cf.John 11:41b- 42a) may your name be glorified and by your will, those for whom we pray, may benefit of your healing love and mercy. Amen. ​ ​

5 Intention of our Holy Father Francis: ​ Evangelization: Priests and their Pastoral Ministry That priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests.

Our particular prayers for Community

Let us continue to pray for the well-being of our holy father , Bishop of Rome; Dom Augustine Myslinski, Abbot ​ ​ of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit; Archbishop Thomas Wenski and all the of the Florida Conference of Bishops, may they live out the example of the Good Shepherd in carrying out the vows of their vocations. Endear to your hearts all ​ Consecrated Persons that they may persevere and respond generously and courageously to God’s will. We pray for our ​ brothers and sisters of all Lay Cistercian communities throughout the United States, the world, and especially here in Florida and all associated with Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery. - We hold up to you O Lord, all our brothers and sisters, your people who are suffering in body, mind, and soul anoint ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ them with the healing balm of your unwavering Love, restore them according to your holy will and nourish them with the Gifts of your Spirit. - Accept our offering of thanks and gratitude for all your graces, blessings and challenges poured out on us that through your unfailing love for us, may we always trust in confidence the workings of your Holy Spirit. - For the living souls fallen asleep in the Lord: We remember the souls of our Lay Cistercians ✠ Joe Beucher, ✠ Bruno Campos, ✠ Pat Hagert, ✠Terry Nicholson, along with our mentor and spiritual father ✠ Father Anthony Delisi OCSO, and for the soul of Brother Nicholas Prinster June 18, 2018: was born in 1927 in Grand Junction, CO (USA). He entered Holy Trinity in 1951 and made his solemn profession in 1957. Brother was 91 years old and had been in monastic vows for 65 years when the Lord called him. Let us ​ recollect all our spouses and family members who have been gathered unto our Lord. As we pray for them let us ask ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ them for their prayers of intercession for God’s guidance and protection on our continued journey homeward and the revealing of his Holy Face that is the desire of our hearts and souls.

Prayer for Vocations

● We in unison with our fellow Cistercian Families under the patronage of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit pray the following, for vocations for our Monastery and our Church:

(Br. Cassian has requested that we pray the following prayer)

Dear Saint Therese, We ask you, as a mother of souls and director novices, to intercede with the Good God for novices after your own heart for the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit, the Little Ones of Jesus Crucified, and the Lay Cistercians. You implored Jesus to cast His glance upon a great number of little souls to become an army of little victims of His love, and you desired to gather souls that would love Jesus and make Him loved. Allow us to share in this labor of love. Gather them and prepare us to receive them. We ask this grace through Christ, our Crucified and Risen Lord. Amen. 3 Glory Be to the Father… in honor of the Blessed Trinity.

6 Interesting Reads and Sweet Soul Music:

Little Books: Gaudete et Exsultate: Apostolic Exhortation on the call to holiness in today's world” ~ Pope Francis ​ ​ ​ Available free online at http:/w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations.index.html ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Also Available from the USCCB @ $10.95 ​ http://store.usccb.org/searchresults.asp?Search=rejoice%20and%20be%20glad&utm_source=usccb.org&utm_medium=montage-1&ut m_campaign=rejoice_be_glad Prayer: A spiritual classic for 40 years ~Swami Abhishiktananda ​ ​ www.amazon.com/Prayer-spiritual-classic-40-years/dp/1853117501 Abandonment to Divine Providence ~ Jean- Pierre de Caussade ​ www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Abandonment+t Tears of an Innocent God ~ Elias Marechal ​ www.amazon.com/s/?ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Tears+of+an+Innocent+God&r A Sunlit Absence ~ Martin Laird ​ www.amazon.com/s/?ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords

Meatier fare: The Herald of God's Loving Kindness: Book 4 ~ Gertrude the Great of Helfta; Translated, with an introduction and notes, ​ by Alexandra Barratt www.cistercianpublications.org/Products/CF085P/The-Herald-of-Gods-Loving-Kindness-Book-4 “Silence” ~ Cardinal Robert Sarah ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=WAhloYA49jY “The Living Flame of Love“ ~ St. ​ https://www.google.com/search?q=living+flame+of+love&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEw “Ascent to Truth” ~ Thomas Merton ​ https://www.google.com/search?biw=1272&bih=750&tbm=shop&ei=kf39WoDLMI625gLf7La4Dw&q=Ascent+to+Truth&oq “Ascent of Mount Carmel” ~ St.John of the Cross; Translated by E., Allison Peers ​ www.amazon.com/Ascent-Mount-Carmel-John-Cross/dp/1935785982 Living in the House of God: Monastic Essays ~Margaret Malone, SGS; Foreword by Casey, OCSO ​ ​ www.cistercianpublications.org/Products/Search?query=Hospitality

Soul Music: The Songs of the Monks of Tamié ​ ​ Listen to the offices for each day of the week Listen to the songs of the monastery

Listen to Monastery of the Holy Spirit Homilies: ​ http://www.trappist.net/homilies

Research material on Hospitality:

Entertaining More than Angels www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/june-web-only/beyond-entertaining-angels-hospital Divine Welcome: The Ethics of Hospitality in and Christianity http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2016/11/01/4567140.htm Welcoming Strangers www.openbible.info/topics/welcoming_strangers

7 A belated Congratulations! to Father Tom Francis Smith ocso ​ On the occasion of 60th anniversary of his priestly service ​ ​ ​ ​ to the people of the Triune God. Please remember Fr. Tom Francis in you prayers and thank God for his vocation and all he has brought to our spiritual growth.

Father Tom Francis Smith ocso

Click on the link below to read more on Fr.Tom Francis ​ georgiabulletin.org/news/2018/06/father-tom-francis-trappist-and-trinitarian-celebrates-60-ye ​

Occasions to rejoice in July: Please check the Calendar for this month’s Birthdays Dan Andreana, and Stephen Batthany ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Monthly Calendar JULY 2 0 1 8 ​ ​ Between July 2 and 30, Monthly Mass for the Dead on the unimpeded day. 1 SUN THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ​ ​ 2 Mon Weekday of 13th Week 3 Tue St Thomas, Apostle Feast ​ ​ ​ 4 Wed Weekday of 13th Week [USA: Independence Day] 5 Thu Weekday of 13th Week Opt mem of St Anthony Zaccaria, Pr [or USA: Opt mem of ​ ​ St Elizabeth of Portugal] ​ 6 Fri Weekday of 13th Week Opt mem of St , VM ​ ​ 7 Sat Mem of Our Lady ​ Vesp I of tomorrow 8 SUN FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ​ ​ Bl. Eugene III, Pope O.N., Memorial ​ 9 Mon Weekday of 14th Week Opt mem of St Augustine Zhao Rong, Pr, and ​ ​ Companions, Mm

8 10 Tue Weekday of 14th Week Vesp I of tomorrow 11 Wed OUR HOLY FATHER BENEDICT, Abbot Solemnity ​ ​ ​ 12 Thu Weekday of 14th Week Opt mem of St John Gualberti, Abbot ​ ​ 13 Fri Weekday of 14th Week Opt mem of St Henry ​ 14 Sat USA: Mem of St Kateri Tekakwitha, V ​ Vesp I of tomorrow 15 SUN FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ​ ​ ​ ​ 16 Mon Weekday of 15th Week Opt mem of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or of the Blessed ​ ​ ​ Virgin Martyrs of Orange (Among these the Bl. Sisters of Justamont, O.N.) ​ ​ ​ 17 Tue Weekday of 15th Week 18 Wed Weekday of 15th Week [USA: Opt mem of St Camillus de Lellis, Pr] ​ ​ Birthday Stephen Batthany ​ 19 Thu Weekday of 15th Week Birthday Dan Andreana ​ 20 Fri Weekday of 15th Week Opt mem of St Apollinaris, BpM ​ ​ 21 Sat Mem of Our Lady ​ If July 16 was celebrated as a Mem of Our Lady, today is a ​ ​ weekday, and may be celebrated either as a Sat mem of Our Lady, or as an opt mem of St , Pr Doct ​ ​ ​ ​ Vesp I of tomorrow 22 SUN SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ​ ​ ​ ​ The Feast of St is not celebrated this year. 23 Mon Weekday of 16th Week Opt mem of St Bridget, Rel ​ ​ 24 Tue Weekday of 16th Week Opt mem of St Sharbel Makhlãf, Pr and Hermit ​ ​ 25 Wed St. James, Apostle Feast ​ ​ ​ 26 Thu Mem of SS Joachim and Anne, Parents of the BVM ​ ​ 27 Fri Weekday of 16th Week 28 Sat Mem of Our Lady ​ Vesp I of tomorrow 29 SUN SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ​ ​ Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus, Hosts of the Lord, Memorial is not celebrated this year. ​ 30 Mon Weekday of 17th Week Opt mem of St , Bp Doct ​ ​ 31 Tue Mem of St Ignatius of Loyola, Pr ​ ​

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J u s Beginningt in ca Saturdayse You July M 14thiss it. ​ BE ATTENTIVE ! We are Moving our Saturday Gatherings. We will no longer ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ be in the classroom adjacent to the Church but in the Parish Community Center aka the Mt.Carmel Ballroom. When you are facing the Church it is the large building to the right (north). ​ ​

Visit ! Welcome to the new website for IALCC! Click here​ ​ > https://cistercianfamily.org/welcome/ ​ ​

Avila, June 2017 ​

Beatification of the Martyrs of Postponed ​ June 23, 2018 3:38 pm

Church in Algeria postpones of its 19 martyrs Since the publication last January of a decree on the beatification of Bishop of and his 18 companions who were killed in Algeria in the 1990s, the Church of Algeria has been mulling over the details of the celebration itself. On June 18, the bishops and vicars-general met in with the apostolic nuncio and discussed the issue of having the beatification of the 19 martyrs. They have recognized that their proposal to have a celebration in autumn 2018 in Oran is no longer realistic Because of “organizational deadlines.”

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10 SS Martha, Mary, and Lazarus Be at Rest My Heart St. Benedict of Nursia ​ ​ ​ ​ Hosts of the Lord

“Never treat a brother like a passing stranger Honey, won't you always try to keep the lovelight burning Sing a song of love and open up your heart For you might be the prince of peace returning For you might be the prince of peace returning.” ~ Greg Dempsey, Leon Russell PAX

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