Synod Synthesis and Vibrant Ecumenical Dimension

By Harry Winter, O.M.I. The October 2023 Synod began on Sept. 30, with the most amazing Ecumenical Prayer Service since the Second Vatican Council ended in 1965 (click here for the hour-long service as described by www.omiusa.org, Synodality and the Oblates, Part 7, Oct….

Five Ways – Nov 23

November 20, 2023 Many thanks to all who commented on the Oct. 18 Five Ways e-letter. Below is an item on the Dorothy Day of France, Madeleine Delbrel, a member of the Oblate of Mary Immaculate Family, praised recently by Pope Francis. As part…

Five Ways – Oct 23

October 18, 2023 Many thanks to those who responded to the Sept. 25 e-letter, regarding the booklet on Synodality as a Pandora’s Box.  As I noted in that e-letter, the Synod would begin on Sept. 30, with a unique ecumenical service on the steps…

Pope Francis praises Servant of God Madeleine Delbrêl

During his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis praises Servant of God Madeleine Delbrêl’s life as epitomizing apostolic zeal and calls on the faithful to imitate the way she shared the joy of faith with others. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-11/pope-at-audience-apostolic-zeal.html To learn more about Madeline Delbrêl’s life, check…

St. Eugene Prayer

I give you my hands to do your work,I give you my feet to go your way,Lord JesusI give you my eyes to see as you do,I give you my tongue to speak your words,I give you my spirit that you may pray in…

Inter-Faith Journey: “Reflection into the Path of Wonder”

By Fr. Jack Lau, OMI Originally posted October 23, 2023, on the OMIUSA.org website By Fr. Jack Lau, OMI The question asked of me many times while at Aanmodaya Ashram (an ashram is a hermitage, monastic community, or other place of religious retreat found…

Five Ways – Oct 23

October 18, 2023 Many thanks to those who responded to the Sept. 25 e-letter, regarding the booklet on Synodality as a Pandora’s Box.  As I noted in that e-letter, the Synod would begin on Sept. 30, with a unique ecumenical service on the steps…

Five Ways – Sep 23

Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 Many thanks to those who responded to the August 28 Five Ways item.  In it I noted that September began with the Ecumenical aspect of the Season of Creation, on you tube.  The month of September also ends, Saturday, with…

Synodality and Oblates, Part Six, A Pandora’s Box?

Click here to see this article en Español Recently, practically every Catholic priest in the USA received in the US postal system a 100 page booklet The Synodal Process Is a Pandora’s Box: 100 Questions & Answers. Sent free by the American Society for…

Five Ways – Aug 23

Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 I hope you can open the YouTube below for this Friday, Sept. 1’s very important ecumenical observance of the Care of Creation Day begun by Pope Francis and immediately joined in by many religions, and by those of no religion….