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SSPX News Archive 2000 August 31: The prior left for some rest in his home country. August 3: Nirmalee, the brave and only flag-bearer for the priory, went to Singapore to join the Asian pilgrimage. July 16: After the morning sung Mass, the celebrant imposed the scapular of Our Lady of Month Carmel to nearly all of our faithful. May 29: Fr Couture came for a 5 day visit of the priory. April 28: Fr Loschi faithfully continues the work of the Apostolic Union which is a link between priests to encourage them to take their spiritual life seriously. Every month, Father sends to over 40 priests (and even a few bishops!) an envelop containing some spiritual reading and other documents to boost the regularity of the interior life. The Apostolic Union started in the 1860’s and was very popular in Asian country in the first part of this century. April 17: Fr Prakash who finally got his visa for South Africa after a 10 months delay, flew to his new assignment leaving Fr Loschi alone for a little while. March 5: Five-day women’s Ignatian retreat for 7 ladies, all of the Legion of Mary. This was for all of them their first retreat. The retreat masters were Frs Wailliez and Suresh. March 4: First visit of the Philippine Chaplain of the Legion of Mary, Fr. Wailliez. March 1: Fr. Loschi left for Singapore and Thailand to replace Fr. Couture. February 21: Permission was given by the District Medical Officer to our Legionaries to visit all the wards of the Negombo regional Hospital. “I was sick and you visited Me.” 1999 December 16-20: Fr. Couture came for a visit and especially to notice the wonderful work of the Legion of the Mary in the local hospital. Truly a lovely sight: first, an afternoon visiting the sick of three different wards, then, after the evening Mass both priests returned with the Blessed Sacrament to give holy Communion to 25 patients who had been to confession earlier. What a wonderful way to expose the holiness and attractiveness of our Religion to the non-Catholics: the priest arrived wearing cope and humeral veil escorted by another priest and two acolytes in red cassocks, white surplices and holding their candles, and thus processed through the dark corridors. |