@FatherHealey

“The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of wine, and a good cigar!” G.K. Chesterton

East Greenwich, RI
Joined October 2016
Father Bernie Healey retweeted
At the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV delivered an urgent call to conversion, reminding pilgrims that God desires not our destruction, but our return to Him. “It is today, not tomorrow, that we must repent. Now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation.” Read more 👉 bit.ly/4dZwN3U
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
A powerful moment as around 80,000 young Catholics in France sing the Salve Regina with Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo XIV in Lourdes, one of the great hubs of Catholic faith in France 🙏 He prayed in silence before Our Lady at the Grotto of Massabielle, touched the rock of the apparitions, and drank water from the Lourdes spring
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
#LeoneXIV a Lourdes: nell’amore infinito di Dio "nessuna fragilità viene respinta". Il Papa richiama la sacralità della vita davanti a malattia, sofferenza e vecchiaia. Ai malati: "Siete nel cuore della Chiesa, il vostro ruolo è insostituibile". leggi -> shorturl.at/vcoXN
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
Moving scenes as Pope Leo XIV cries as thousands of faithful sing the Salve Regina in Latin to honour Our Lady of Paris, on the steps of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
More than 700,000 people have gathered across Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Élysées for Pope Leo’s open-air Mass in Paris. France—the “eldest daughter of the Church”—has shown its Catholic roots throughout this historic visit.
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
Pope Leo XIV told Paris Catholics during an open-air Mass on Saturday that “none of us is merely a number or an entry in a register but a unique and irreplaceable person” in God’s eyes. ewtnnews.com/vatican/pope-le…
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
Pope Leo presides over Mass for some 700,000 people in Paris' Place de la Concorde. In his homily, the Pope reflected on the thirst for God that lies in the depths of every human heart.
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
🚨 The Champs Elysee is completely FULL This is unbelievable The people have France have turned out in their hundreds of thousands to see Pope Leo XIV, the atmosphere is electric
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
Sister of Life Maria Augustine traveled from New York for the beatification of Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen. She describes what Sheen means to her as she waits outside the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis for Vespers. Video: Gigi Duncan/National Catholic Register
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
“The basic struggle today,” wrote Sheen, “involves above all else whether man shall exist for the state, or the state for man.” My latest: Fulton Sheen’s Message Shines On wsj.com/opinion/free-express… via @WSJFreeEx
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
On the eve of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification, Pope Leo XIV expresses his hope that the new American Blessed's example will inspire innovative ways of spreading the Gospel with joyful enthusiasm. vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/…
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
Pope Leo’s visit to Lourdes, France, will be key to his message of respect for human life, the theme of his Sept. 25–28 visit — but it will also be the moment where he will most directly address clerical sexual abuse. ewtnnews.com/vatican/pope-s-…
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OLM Oktoberfest, scheduled for Friday, September 25, has been canceled due to the forecast of high winds and heavy rain on Friday. See you next year!
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
"When first ordained and a student at the Catholic University in Washington, I would never go to class without climbing the few stairs to the chapel in Caldwell Hall to make a tiny act of love to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament." -Ven. (soon-to-be Bl.) Fulton Sheen
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
Today we celebrate Saint Thomas of Villanova, the Augustinian friar and Archbishop of Valencia known as the “Father of the Poor.” Saint Thomas died in Valencia in 1555 and was canonized in 1658. His feast is celebrated on September 22. Four things every Catholic should know about today's Saint of the Day:
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
Today, the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Illinois, celebrated Mass for the 107th anniversary of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s ordination to the priesthood. It was in this cathedral that Sheen was ordained on Sept. 20, 1919. This Thursday, Sept. 24, he is set to become the next American declared Blessed in the United States. Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, pray for us. Grow in faith with the timeless wisdom of Fulton Sheen. Go to qr.ewtnmission.com/en-sheen to request your free EWTN eBook.
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Father Bernie Healey retweeted
Nearly 1,000 children will pray the Rosary for peace with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on October 1. Children from schools and parishes across Rome will join the Pope at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens to open the worldwide “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign, organized by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The initiative, launched in Venezuela in 2005, now brings together children around the world in prayer for peace, particularly amid war, violence, persecution and poverty. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4y8w48V
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