For this Lenten edition of our online newsletter, with the help of several videos, we reflect on:
La Salette:
Two La Salette priests served well the coal miners of West Virginia in the 1930s and 1940s (Pastors of the Mines) and video
A French scholar states that Mary's message at La Salette takes on a striking significance in times of social turmoil (Our Examination of Conscience)
A La Salette priest on his way to Burma made a promise that he eventually fulfilled for the benefit of many (Promises Kept)
A priest named Fr. Rousselot had a crucial part in exploring and defending the event of La Salette in the early days (Fr. Rousselot - Mary's Defender)
Our Faith and Life:
In this digital age, we have a new vehicle for our Lenten devotion - a virtual version of the Stations (Virtual Stations of the Cross) and videos
Fr. Fernand Cassista, M.S. shares his experience of reconciliation using an ancient way of understanding our relationships and personal gifts (Reconciliation
Through Enneagram) and video
Sometimes our lives can be quite serious. Here is an enjoyable group of odd questions that even a third grader could probably answer. Can you? (You Deserve a Break Today)
Fr. Adilson Schio, M.S. describes the activities of La Salette Laity from around the world as they gathered on the Holy Mountain (La Salette Laity - Different Gifts and Horizons) and video
Social Justice:
Pope Francis communicated with members of Popular Church Movements meeting in Rome when he challenged them to action (Pope's Call to Action) and video
Two Catholic women discuss their own personal faith-views about the place of women in the Catholic Church today (Catholic Church and Women)
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Fr. Ron Gagne, M.S.
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They say he was never handsome. In early infancy a victim of smallpox, the terror of mothers and the scourge of youth, he bore its lasting scar. Temporarily blind, he had but slowly recovered from this dreadful malady, not escaping entirely its hideous imprint. Pitted and extremely short in stature, he might be considered repulsive, yet those who knew him easily overlooked nature's defects, for in his grave countenance they saw reflected the kindness of Christ and the serenity of saints.
It is through this short phrase that I would like to briefly describe what has been lived through the Second Meeting of the La Salette Laity which took place at La Salette Shrine in France in October 2016.
Everything that was part of the studies, reflections and actions, as well as every human relation and expression of community which we were able to feel in our hearts, as well as in the silence and spirituality emanating from the Holy Mountain of La Salette always reveals a strong presence, full of tenderness of Mary, the Mother of Reconciliation. Absolutely everything has contributed to the accomplishment of the 2nd International Encounter of La Salette Laity and to the attainment of its objectives.
