The Life Of Saint Philip Neri: Apostle Of Rome And Founder Of The Congregation Of The Oratory (1902)
Called by Name (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP, has a great insight into the state of the Church at this juncture in history over at his blog 'Domine, da mihi hanc aquam !' An excerpt: What both John Paul II and Benedict XVI have been trying to communicate to the Church and the world is this: the time for critical demolition is over. That project is done. It is time to retire the dynamite, return the bulldozer,...
Catholicmomof10militant (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
... MacIntyre links this quality in Newman to the ‘very different temperament and style of St Philip Neri.’ Despite their differences, MacIntyre suggests that in both men we experience not merely historical characters but an unmistakable contemporary presence. ‘Both of them inhabit the same modernity that we do, speaking to our own time as to their own in ways well-designed...
Underbelly (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
I don't want to let go of Rome without a word of appreciation for the general ambiance, at least as we got to enjoy it during a warm week in September. We settled into an apartment in what may be my most favorite location in the whole world--inside the elbow of the Tiber, in this case tucked between the St. Philip Neri church and the Anti-Mafia squad. The flat was a deconsecrated former...
