Somascan Fathers Philippines

Like Watered Garden Somascan Fathers Seminary - Lubao by Fr. John Valenzuela It was in Las Piñas where the first Somascan Seminary in the Philippines was located. Eight seminarians lived together in one wing of Las Piñas General Hospital owned by Dr. Faustino L. Uy. However, it was very necessary to spot for suitable land that would later be the future seminary. God is always providential. A certain Atty. Paz Capulong, who was helping the Fathers in transacting lands, introduced them to the heirs of the Dimson Family. The Family owned a broad land for sugarcane plantation. One of the wishes of their father was to donate a five hectare piece of land at Prado Saba, Lubao, Pampanga to a religious congregation for building a religious or charitable institution within five years. Mrs. Dayrit and Mrs. Madlambayan, the two daughters, were already very eager to give the land away. This land was formerly offered to the Benedictine Sisters Reparatrix of the Sacred ...

Flying towards the Future A Historical arrival 20 years ago (by Fr. Valerio Fenoglio) It was no part of human plans that Somascan while on their way to Manila to officially open the first community in the Philippines would meet with Mother Teresa of Calcutta. For sure, it was in the Divine Plan and the auspicious meaning of this event was recognized very clearly from the very beginning. A few days= stay in India was indeed part of our route to the Far East, but the name of Mother Teresa was out of question. The unpredictable factor was a strike at the airport of Fiucimo, Rome which forced the two members of expedition - Fr. Cesare De Santis and myself- to cancel the plan spending three days in Andhra Pradesh, South India. In fact, as we landed in Bombay after a 24-hour delay, we were informed that our flight to Hyderabad , capital of Andra Pradesh , could not be rescheduled until after the Christmas season. But we could use our ticket for a flight to Calcutta. That is what we did. And ...

LIFE OF ST. JEROME MIANI by Anonymous THE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1555 "OUR PRAYER” SUGGESTIONS FOR AN INTERIOR LIFE AND SPIRITUAL PROGRESS PASTORAL LETTER of Mons. Luigi Lippomano, Bishop of Bergamo - 1533 MOLFETTA’S LETTER BOOK OF THE PROPOSALS MANUSCRIPT 30" LETTERS OF ST. JEROME GUILLERMI'S LETTER

In 1928 St. Jerome was proclaimed "Universal Patron Saint of the Needy Youth." The Somascans continue the legacy of St. Jerome's commitment in serving the poor and taking care of orphans and troubled youth. In different countries around the world, they work for this cause in a variety of initiatives. In cooperation with dedicated laypeople, the Somascans run and staff residential treatment centers, rehabilitation centers for drug addicts, group homes, shelters, etc. They educate individuals and families to become sensitive to these issues. They foster human promotion, evangelization, and Christian formation through schools, technical and training centers, youth centers, parishes, retreat communities, and foreign missions. In all of these endevers, they work to build communities of faith and love. The Somascans extend their help to the needy around the world. The Order sponsors facilities Italy, Spain, India, Sri-Lanka...

The "Company of the Servants of the Poor" was founded in 1534 when Jerome Emiliani called together his collaborators and companions for a general assembly. This handful of laymen and priests adopted an organized structure for the movement of religious and social reform started by Jerome in 1529 in Venice. Their goal was to dedicate themselves to the care, assistance, promotion of poor, orphans, abandoned youth, sick, etc, to any kind of works of mercy, and to any pastoral ministry according to the instructions of the Bishops. First the Company was recognized by the Papal Nuncio to the Republic of Venice in 1535 and then approved by Pope Paul III in 1540, and finally constituted as a Religious Order by Pius V in 1568 with the name of Somascan Regular Clerics. At this time the first Constitutions were issued to define a common lifestyle for all its members, both lay and clergy. In 1767, the Church canonized his Founder, Jerome Emiliani. Moved by the zeal of its Founder, the Ord...

The key word of the charismatic experience of St. Jerome is: FATHERHOOD. Orphan at 10, after a difficult youth, he goes through a deep conversion experience. Having felt the seriousness of his sin, he discovers the merciful and paternal love of God before the Crucified. And it is God's fatherhood he will witness to through his love for the poor and orphans with whom he wants to "live and die." Born inside the Catholic Reformation, Jerome's spiritual experience is focused on the concern to return the Church to the "status of sanctity" of the early Christian communities. Even the houses he organized to shelter the orphans had this very community model. His zeal for the Church's reformation was as such that he asked for it and made others ask for it in a prayer he himself composed. Before dying, Jerome gives to his own a testament that is not only the synthesis of his spiritual experience, but also an itinerary of Christian life: Follow the way of the Cruci...

Born in Venice in 1486, the youngest of four brothers, Jerome Emiliani went through an adventurous youth. In 1531 he decided to abandon any military, political, and economical career. Though a layman, he dedicated himself to a unique mission: to share his life with the poor and to build a community with homeless children. His Christian experience took shape inside the Catholic Reformation through the movement of the Divine Love, under the guidance of such illustrious people as Cajetan Thiene (Founder of the Theatines), and John Peter Carafa (Pope Paul IV). As a member of the Confraternity of the Divine Love, Jerome became a valuable organizer of the works of Charity in Venice (the Hospital of the Incurables and the Shop of St. Rocco). The fame gained in this field took him through the cities of Northern Italy such as Verona, Vicenza, Brescia, Bergamo, Milan, Como, and Pavia. The Bishops of these towns invited Jerome to organize works of mercy in their dioceses. Around Jerome a group of...