Thursday, June 17, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
ST. GIUSEPPE CAFASSO (Italy, 1811-1860), Priest
One of the extraordinary 'social saints' of 19th-century Turin, Joseph was a teacher of John Bosco at the seminary
and encouraged him to establish the Salesian Order. Known from his youth for his humility and prayerfulness, he was
particular vigilant against the prevalent Jansenism in his day and its obsession with sin and damnation. He urged
his students to read Francis de Sales and Alphonsus Liguori to temper Jansenist rigorism. An excellent preacher,
he encouraged daily Communion and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. He also distinguished himself as a confessor
for condemned prisoners, for which he has been called 'the priest of the gallows'. He died from severe pneumonia.
He was canonized in 1947.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/061710.shtml
OR today.
Illustration: Dialog between Faith and Reason, Ludwig Seitz, Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican.
At the General Audience, the Pope speaks of St. Thomas Aquinas's theological and philosophical method:
'For a broad and trusting view of human reason'
And at Rome's diocesan convention, a reminder that the Eucharist makes us capable of sharing and solidarity
Page 1 international news: The UK government makes its final report on the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland, when 17 innocent civilians were killed after British paratroopers shot at a crowd of pro-secessionist demonstrators - British PM Cameron called the action 'unjustified and unjustifiable' [What took them 38 years to come out with the report???]; Obama uses the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico to push anew his energy-and-climate bill; hunger threatens Chad, one of the African countries with ongoing civilian conflict also hard hit by the drought in Africa's sub-Saharan Sahel transition zone.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with
- 8 Bishops of Brazil (Eastern Sector-II, Group 3) on ad limina visit.
NB: The Pope meets individually with these bishops.
- Fr. Alvaro Corcuera Martinez del Rio, Superior-General of the Legionaries of Christ