UNION OF CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE

Novena & Litany Prayers in Honour of St. Vincent Pallotti

Triduo e Festa di San Vincenzo Pallotti: MARTEDÌ 21 Tema del giorno: “Ascoltare le varie forme di povertà alla scuola di San Vincenzo Pallotti” “Approfitterò di tutti i mezzi, anche i più piccoli per operare il bene” (Vincenzo Pallotti), 18.00 CONCELEBRAZIONE EUCARISTICA presieduta da D. Denilson Geraldo SAC, Consultore Generale della Società dell’Apostolato Cattolico Animazione liturgica: Suore Missionarie dell’Apostolato Cattolico, Congregazione delle Suore dell’Apostolato Cattolico ed alunne della Pia Casa di Carità di Borgo Sant’Agata, Roma

Triduum and Feast of St. Vincent Pallotti

Solemnity of St. Vincent Pallotti :
"Living with the heart the city at the school of St. Vincent Pallotti".

On January 22nd, 2020, many members of the Union of the Catholic Apostolate and friends of St. Vincent Pallotti gathered in the Church of the Most Holy Saviour in the Wave for the solemn concelebration of the Eucharist in honour of St. Vincent Pallotti.
The Holy Mass was presided over by Mons. Antonio Raspanti, Bishop of Acireale, Sicily, a diocese to which the Pallottine family is particularly attached due to the presence and pastoral commitment of the Pallottine sisters and confreres. Mgr Raspanti, in his homily, said that charity as sharing the poverty of the other is an integral part of the proclamation. Without this "lowering", without this humility, we will be like "cymbals that do not tinkling".
Present were the Superior Generals of the founding communities, Mother Ivete Garlet, Mother Izabela Świerad and Vicar General D. Józef Lasak, as well as the president of the Union of Catholic Apostolate, Dr. Donatella Acerbi, who addressed her message to the Assembly at the end of Holy Mass. The celebration was animated by the choir of the uac led by Mr. Corrado Montaldo. After Holy Mass everyone gathered for a moment of conviviality at the Hotel Ponte Sisto.

DAY 3
Triduo di S. Vincenzo Pallotti 2020 - third day: "Listening to the various forms of poverty at the school of St. Vincent Pallotti".

The Holy Mass on the third day of the triduum in preparation for the feast of St. Vincent Pallotti was presided over by Fr. Denilson Geraldo, General Consultor, as delegate of the Rector General, Fr. Jacob Nampudakam who is currently in India.
D. Denilson Geraldo, in his homily, recalled that the Pallottine family today is called to give a witness of charity towards all people who do not have a family of their own, especially the young, and to follow the example of St. Vincent Pallotti by helping people who for various reasons are forced to migrate and leave their own land.
Present were the president of the Pia Casa di Carità in Rome, founded by St. Vincent Pallotti, Fr. Nicola Gallucci, and the superior of the same house, Sr. Sara Carfagna. The Holy Mass was animated by the Missionary Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate, the Sisters of the Congregation of the Catholic Apostolate and the students of the Pia Casa.

DAY - 2

Triduum in honor of St. Vincent Pallotti 2020 - second day:
"Caring for the path of charity at the school of St. Vincent Pallotti".
A beautiful and consolidated tradition has it that on the second day of the triduum would be participated by the formators and students of the Pontifical Urban College "de Propaganda Fide", where St. Vincent was spiritual director.
Fr. Emanuele Spagnolo, vice-rector of the same college, in his homily highlighted how the radicality of a life in the following of Jesus Christ is manifested not only outwardly, for example in works of charity, but above all in an inner conversion of the person who is willing to welcome "the new wine into new wineskins".
As every year, one of the students of the Urban College presented a reflection in response to the letter which St Vincent Pallotti wrote to them on 17th May 1849.

DAY 1

Triduum in Honour of St. Vincent Pallotti 2020 – the first day: “To Nurture the Journey of Faith at the school of St. Vincent Pallotti”.
On January 19, 2020, the first day of the triduum was celebrated in preparation for the feast of St. Vincent Pallotti with adoration and Vespers, led by Fr. Stanisław Stawicki in the church of SS. Salvatore in Onda. The Holy Mass was presided over by Fr. Alexandre Awi Mello, the Secretary to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life and also a member of the Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers. Many members of the Union of Catholic Apostolate and friends of St. Vincent participated in the celebration.
The Rector of the church, Fr. Martin Manus, in his words of welcome, expressed his gratitude for this moment of communion between the Pallottine Family and the members of the Schoenstatt Institute who came for this celebration. In his homily, Father Alexandre Awi Mello recalled how St. Vincent Pallotti’s motivation for the apostolate was founded on the infinite love of God for man created in his image. He also he stressed the importance of communion and collaboration for the realization of the mission in the Church. We thank the Eucharistic Sisters of St. Vincent Pallotti for the animation of the Holy Mass with beautiful hymns.