We are happy to announce that the Adorno Fathers will be celebrating 75 years of their presence at Saint Joseph Parish in Lodi. The Most Reverend Thomas Donato will officiate at a solemn Mass on December 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm in order to give thanks to God for His [...]
Any vocation, whether it be marriage, single blessedness or the priesthood and religious life is a gift from God. One’s vocation is ultimately rooted in the universal baptismal call to holiness. Holiness is linked to the imitation of Christ in our lives. We try to follow Christ in thought, in [...]
In the mid-summer of 2011, two brothers from the Philippines arrived in Ramsey to embark on a new journey in their religious and priestly formation. Br. Dominic Bryan San Jose, CRM and Br. Christopher Maige, CRM came on August 4th after making their simple profession of vows for the Clerics [...]
Several months into my novitiate, a priest reminded me that soon I was about to consecrate myself to God through religious profession. At that moment I received a clearer picture of what the religious life was all about. I was to belong exclusively and directly to God through the profession [...]
Once, coming home from a trip, my brother came out with a very interesting question. He asked me if I found it difficult to have an invisible boss? Wow, I said it is one heck of a question. At first I was dumbfounded and it took me a little time [...]
This image of St. Francis Caracciolo, is considered perhaps the oldest image of our founder. The original painting is presently kept in the Vatican archives and was first displayed to the public in the year 1629 in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Naples in honor of Fr. Francis [...]
1. Brief history of beginning of mission in Kenya. The Clerics Regular Minor CRM) , commonly known as the Adorno Fathers, or Pères (or Padri) Caracciolini in French and Italian countries, are a religious Order of priests and brothers founded by St. Francis Caracciolo, Venerable John Augustine Adorno and Fabrizio [...]
"Do you go to Burger King?" This is the strangest question I got from a CCD student, that eventually prompted me to write some facets of our life as priests and how, like you, we strive to become faithful to our Lord as well. Since we are celebrating the year [...]
Whenever I participate in the Mass, I always wonder when it comes to the part where the priest breaks the bread while the whole congregation sings the “Lamb of God” in response. The gesture of the priest in this part of the Mass speaks a lot to me. It is [...]
When our superiors informed me of their decision to move me to a new assignment, I had mixed emotions. Sad, because I had to leave the Catholic Community of Immaculate Conception in Goose Creek, South Carolina but at the same time, joyful, because of our superiors' faith in [...]