Celebrating at Home: Who Do You Say I Am?20th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 16: 13-20The Communications Office is closed during the month of August. So we are providing a short reflection on the Gospel each week. Have a blessed week!At this point in the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Jesus and his chosen disciples have been living and traveling together for a long time. Now he invites them to reflect on their identity; even his question contains an explicit clue: “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”The disciples answer him w ...Continue Reading

  *Province of Eastern Indonesia Hit by Earthquake*The island of Flores, Indonesia was struck yesterday morning by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was at the center of the island, near the town of Ende, Flores. The General Curia was contacted by Ferdinandus Tay, the vice provincial of the Province of Eastern Indonesia, to inform the curia that the provincial offices, inaugurated in August 2025, suffered a great deal of damage in the quake. The two communities of Carmelites in Bajawa are okay how ...Continue Reading

CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*16-07-26 Christopher Lee Castaneda (PCM) CDMX, México16-07-26 Walter Vladimir Díaz Romero (PCM) CDMX, México16-07-26 Oscar Alejandro Méndez López (PCM) CDMX, México16-07-26 Hugo Alexander Ramírez García (PCM) CDMX, México16-07-26 Nicholas Matthew Jeferry (PCM) CDMX, MéxicoPROFESSIO SOLEMNIS*25-07-26 Syprian Dzihwema (Hib-Zim) Kriste Mambo, Zimbabwe 25-07 ...Continue Reading

Bl. Angelus Augustine Mazzinghi, priestAugust 17 | Optional MemorialBl. Angelo Mazzinghi was a noted preacher, prior, and reformer, teacher of theology and was known for his pious devotion to the Holy Eucharist, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Carmelite Rule.The exact date of his birth is unknown but was certainly before 1386. He is sometime referred to as Angelo Agostino but Agostino is his father’s name. He was received into the Carmelite Order in 1413.He was the first member of the reformed observance of Our Lady of ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: A Kingdom for All20th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 15: 21-28The Communications Office is closed during the month of August. So we are providing a short reflection on the Gospel each week. Have a blessed week!Today’s Gospel recounts a turning point in Jesus’ ministry. He sees himself as “the one sent”—not only to the lost sheep of Israel. That is, to those who were judged as sinners because they did not keep the Law of Moses and, were not considered to be within God’s care and concern by the religiou ...Continue Reading

 *Earthquake in Colombia on August 10*On August 10, the country of Colombia has been struck by a violent earthquake that has devastated large areas of the country, particularly the city of Cali, where there are reports of hundreds of fatalities, thousands of injuries, and a large number of people missing. Authorities describe the situation as extremely serious, with entire buildings collapsed and infrastructure damaged. Rescue operations are continuing around the clock, while the need for humanitaria ...Continue Reading

Bl. Isidore Bakanja, martyrAugust 12 | Optional MemorialExcerpts from the book Isidore Bakanja: Martyr for the Scapular by Lina FarronatoOn the surface, Bakanja was a simple, unassuming boy from one of many Congolese villages. But he stood out for his goodness of character. Those who knew him, like Remacle Linganga, the labor leader of Coquilhatville, remembered him as a very affable and sweet person, who did not like unnecessary disputes, friendly with anyone regardless of color, and devoid of malice. However ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Live the Kingdom19th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 14: 22-33The Communications Office is closed during the month of August. So we are providing a short reflection on the Gospel each week. Have a blessed week!Trust is an essential element in the formation of faith. This section of the Gospel of Saint Matthew deals with the Kingdom of God, which is manifested in the Church when human needs are met in accordance with God’s way of life.Jesus is forming the disciples’ faith and helping them understand tha ...Continue Reading

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (OCD), virgin and martyrAugust 9 | Memorial (Feast in the provinces of Europe: Patron of Europe)Selection from the Homily of St. Pope John Paul II for the Canonization of Edith SteinBecause she was Jewish, Edith Stein was taken with her sister Rosa and many other Catholic Jews from the Netherlands to the concentration camp in Auschwitz, where she died with them in the gas chambers. Today we remember them all with deep respect. A few days before her deportation, the woman relig ...Continue Reading

St. Albert of Trapani, priestAugust 7 | FeastHide Yourself by the Brook Cherith From the Book of the Institution of the First MonksThe word of the Lord came to Elijah saying: Depart from here and go eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith near the Jordan, and there you will drink from the brook. Now these salutary commands which the Holy Spirit prompted Elijah to obey, and this promise of good things which he was moved to desire, ought to be weighed word by word with the greatest care by us, monks and soli ...Continue Reading