An orionine voice in the desert

UNIVERSAL : Countries Receiving Refugees That the countries which take in a great number os displaced persons and refugees may find support for their efforts which show solidarity EVANGELIZATION : Collaboration of Priests and Laity That within parishes, priests and lay people may collaborate in service to the community witout giving in the temptation of discouragement

Last night in Teologico of Rome we celebrate the  birthdays party of the month of July, August and September with the feast of all saints. While many people celebrated Halloween we celebrate Allhallowtide. Each was dressed in costume of a saint and the party had many games and cake to celebrate the birthday of Anderson, Peter's and mine. Good feast of all saints The birthdays of Anderson, Marcio and Pedro

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INTENTIONS 1. Waldemar Monteiro dos Santos , 103 years old: For God relieve his pains and do God will in his life 2. Fabricio Pereira dos Santos , dependent on chemical 3. Andrea , for God relieve her pain and suffering 4. Michael Constantine , he is very sick in the neuro ICU Here are the intentions of this week, where each of us will pray every day at least a small prayer and on Wednesday all together at 3:00 pm the time of Mercy, we will pray the chaplet of divine mercy for all intentions. Each Sunday we change the intentions, so that you sent his intention of prayer and want to continue to pray for their, send again your requests prays here on the blog, or the following contacts Facebook https://www.facebook.com/catechesecondondon/ e-mail: marcio.calais@hotmail.com twitter: @marciocalais https://twitter.com/marciocalais

This Wednesday afternoon, May 25, 2016, at Montebello in the province of Pavia - Italy. The 14th General Chapter of the Sons of Divine Providence elected Fr Tarcisio Gregorio Vieria as the new General Director and the 8th successor of St. Luigi Orione.  The new Superior General will be the first Brazilian to be the head of the orionines around the world. Fr. Tarcisio was born in Ouro Branco MG. He made his first profession on January 5, 1983 and was ordained as a priest on December 22, 1991. He was currently the Provincial superior of the Province of Brazil North “Our Lady of Fatima”. Besides being elected as the superior general Fr. Tarcisio is also celebrating his birthday. CONGRATULATIONS PE. TARCISIO and HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Today on May 25, 2016 in Montebello will be the election of the new Superior General of the Little Work of Divine Providence. The 14th General Chapter of the Sons of Divine Providence will elect the new General Director and 8th successor of St. Luigi Orione. Together with Don Orione family we pray for this election and expect for the name of the new Director General.

Today is Easter in Jordan, but you may ask yourself ... but they are not a little late to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus? In Jordan Roman Catholics celebrate Easter together with the Orthodox Catholics and Greek Catholics who follow the Julian calendar. But the Christmas party the Orthodox church celebrating together with the Romans on 25 December. Happy Easter to all my friends in Jordan and our religious community in Zarqa.

Today here in Rome begins the Jubilee of teenagers, a meeting that brings together more than 70,000 adolescents between 13 and 16yo from around the world, with the theme "Growing merciful as the Father." The Jubilee began this morning with the confessions and then participants will pass through the holy door and the night a big meeting in the Olympic Stadium. Tomorrow at 10:00 am will have the Mass with the Holy Father and the meeting ends on Monday. This morning 150 priests were in St. Peter Square to hear the confessions and around 11:00am to the surprise of participants Pope Francisco down to St. Peter square puts the stole and begins to hear the confessions of the young people. Actually here in Rome we always have a surprise with Pope Francis.

After four years without publication on the blog, I came back to share with you so many beautiful things that happened in my life here in Rome. Gradually I will publish my experiences here in Rome, Italy and elsewhere. I was missing of you and I hope to keep you guys updated. This is my last year here in Italy and I want to show you guys a bit of Italian wonders, my day by day and of course the delicious Italian dishes. A novelty is that besides the blog in Portuguese and English also have the blog in Italian.  A very affectionate hug to all of you. Marcio Calais

On Sunday I attended the Mass of Palm Sunday at St. Peter Square celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in his homily he explained the meaning of the word Hosanna, and that all Christians are invited to follow Christ who chose the cross as a throne. This Sunday also marks the day to World Youth, and the square had several young people worldwide.

Yesterday in our theological seminary in Rome began the meeting tirociantes, where 16 clerics from different countries that make apprenticeship in the homes of Italian provinces will gather for a week of formation. The first night was celebrated Mass in the chapel Santa Maria, a very important place in our theological seminary, because this little church was built by our founder St. Orione and that many times he celebrated Mass in this chapel.  

The Salesian Pontifical University today celebrated the 75th anniversary of College of Philosophy, all day and there were talks ended with Mass and a wonderful dinner for teachers, students and guests

Ufa was a long time, I did not send news for you, but now I'm back, after so long without posting news, but now I have a lot of things to report to you, but to do so little, and to I'll start by saying the best of all I began my ministry and to my delight I'm doing here among the deaf in Italy. Every Saturday afternoon I help in the Mass for the deaf people, with the religious of the Little Mission for the Deaf here in Rome. I'm still learning the sign language, so I can not do much, but  pray for me and  I ll can do something good for the deaf in Italy .

Yesterday was a wonderful party for the Orione Secular Institute - ISO, after a week of retreat of the ISO and the candidates, two young ladys today have begun to move together to the ISO, have two first vows and two made ​​their perpetual vows. The Mass was presided over by Don Flavio general superior of the Little Work of Divine Providence, and  also the councilor general responsible for the ISO, Fr Eldo Musso, among other priests and religious. The votes were received by Anna Rita Orru, Responsable general of the lay consecrated. After all the beautiful Mass we had a delicious lunch hosted by the novitiate of Veletri.

Monte Cassino is a rocky hill about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southeast of Rome , Italy , c. 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west of the town of Cassino (the Roman Casinum having been on the hill) and 520 m (1,706.04 ft) altitude. St. Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery , the source of the Benedictine Order, here around 529. It was the site of Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944. The site has been visited many times by the Popes and other senior clergy, including a visit by Pope Benedict XVI in May 2009. The monastery is one of the few remaining territorial abbeys within the Catholic Church . pics by Marcio Calais Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Cassino

Today I visited the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, one of the most important among several that exists in Rome, you can find in them signs of the first Christian communities as the paintings left on the walls of the catacombs, and is also a place where martyrs were well known in Brazil and worldwide, as St. Cecilia and St. Tarcisius. They are on the right of the Appian Way, after the church of "Quo Vadis?". The catacombs of St. Callixtus are among the greatest and most important of Rome. They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex which occupies an area of 90 acres, with a network of galleries about 12 miles long, in four levels, more than twenty meters deep. In it were buried tens of martyrs, 16 popes and very many Christians. They are named after the deacon Callixtus who, at the beginning of the third century, was appointed by pope Zephyrinus as the administrator of the cemetery and so the catacombs of St. Callixtus became th...

Last week I visite the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, the basilica was built where the Apostle Paul was buried, below you can see some photos of this beautiful location.  

After three years in Jordan on June 24 and I came to Italy, I'm gonna miss a lot of parents who won my heart. Now begins a new stage, studying in Italy, this will be a bit difficult but what is life without challenges, I hope you pray for me Goodbye party in Jordan

Dear readers, a long time since I have not posted on the blog because I was preparing to leave Jordan and come to Italy, and since Friday I'm tentand organizing my stuff here in Rome, only now got time to put on the blog. And the first thing I come to do is ask for your help to change the name of the blog, for now the news will not come from Jordan but from Italy, this week send your opinion to the new name of the blog .