August 15, 2006:
foundation of the Brothers of Saint John in Orange, archdiocese of
Newark (New Jersey, USA).
July 1, 2006: in Ars
(France) eight brothers were ordained to the diaconate and forteen
brothers to the priesthood by His Eminence cardinal Franc Rodé,
prefect of the Congregation for Religious Institutes. Read
the message of Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe and the answer of cardinal
Rodé.
See the video clip
(in French).
June 30, 2006: in joy
and thanksgiving the Community celebrated the 70th aniversary of the
ordination to the priesthood of Father Marie-Dominique Philippe. Read
the message sent by Pope Benedict XVI.
On Pentecost week-end
(June 3-5, 2006) in Paray le Monial (France), twelve Brothers received
the habit of the Community, ten Brothers pronounced their temporary
vows, twenty two Brothers and four Apostolic Sisters pronounced their
final vows.
The VIIIth
Agapé Music and Sacred Art Festival took
place from May 24 to May 28, 2006 at St. Francis de Sales parish with
the Brothers of St. John in Geneva (Switzerland).
February 12-16, 2006:
the Community in pilgrimage in Rome with 1,500 Brothers, Sisters,
Oblates and friends for its 30th aniversary of its foundation. See
the article and the pictures (in French).
December 8, 2005: in
joy and thanksgiving the Community celebrated the 30th aniversary
of its foundation.
The IInd Oblates Forum
took place in Paray le Monial (France) on October 22-23, 2005 with
the participation of hundreds of Secular Oblates as well as Brothers
and Sisters of St. John.
September 2005: foundation
of the Brothers of St. John in
Lorient (diocese of Vannes, France).
August 2005: foundation
of the Apostolic Sisters of St. John in Pierrefonds (diocese of Beauvais,
France).
On June 25, 2005 in Vézelay
(France), five Brothers were ordained to the diaconate and three Brothers
to the prieshood by Most Rev. Kpodzro, archbishop of Lomé (Togo).
On Pentecost week-end
(May 14-15, 2005) in Ars (village of St. John Vianney in France),
fifteen Brothers received the habit of the Community, nine Brothers
pronounced their temporary vows and eleven Brothers pronounced their
final vows.
See
the pictures.
An
international symposium of philosophy took place in Saint Jodard (France)
from January 28 to January 29, 2005. The symposium, whose topic was
Whitehead and the experience of God, gathered professors of Ecole
Saint Jean (Saint Jodard) and from the universities of Lille (France),
Leuven, Liège (Belgium), Maynooth (Ireland), Vienna (Austria)
and Claremont (California).
Tsunami of December 26,
2004: the priory of the Brothers of Saint John in Pondicherry (South
Eastern coast of India) was not touched by the tsunami, but the Brothers
participate in the rescue. Read
their testimony.
September of 2004: foundations
of the Brothers of Saint John in Saint Fargeau (archdiocese of Sens-Auxerre
in France) and in The Hague (Netherlands); foundation of the Sisters
of Saint John in Troussures (diocese of Beauvais in France) and in
Bertoua (Cameroon).
On June 26, 2004 in Vézelay
(France), ten Brothers were ordained to the diaconate and ten Brothers
to the prieshood by Most Rev. Michael L. Fitzgerald, President of
the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
See
the pictures. |
