Some good news
The case of Owen is being investigated as a possible miracle toward the canonization of Blessed Giacomo Alberione, founder of the Society of Saint Paul.
There may be two miracles here: Owen's, and that of a well-done, thoughtful news story about him.
Here's a taste, but read the whole thing:
Owen was born with brain injuries so severe that the family was advised to take him to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, one of the nation's top neonatal hospitals.
After an MRI showed significant damage to several portions of the brain, doctors there felt they could do little for Owen. They released him on hospice status -- which means he was expected to die within days or weeks -- to his parents on March 13.
"We were very sad and uncertain but ready to accept whatever came," Danyo says.
Owen's grandmother, Rae Stabosz of Newark, is a believer in Alberione. She asked people to pray to Alberione to ask God to heal Owen.
Within two weeks, Owen was nursing vigorously, crying when hungry and breathing well. Today, his parents say, he is a normal boy with only a tiny delay in his speech development.
"He's doing so well, it's easy to forget how bad off he was," Danyo says.
More about Owen at his grandmother's blog, here.
posted by the other Sherry @ 4:53 PM
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Rae,
I can't speak for the Institute directly, but to quote from the website:
At the Catherine of Siena Institute, we work to make apostolic formation and support readily available to all lay Catholics by:
Making self-formation resources available to lay Catholics throughout the world.
Equipping parishes to become houses of formation, discernment, and apostolic support for the laity.
Forming clergy, religious, and lay leaders to be effective formators of lay people.
Fostering awareness, discussion, theological inquiry, and pastoral consultation throughout the Church regarding the apostolic mission and formation of the laity.
Collaborating with interested individuals, groups, and organizations in the service of this mission.
So, do you have something specific in mind? Sherry W. and Fr. Mike (who would make any real decisions about this) are traveling this week, but I expect brainstorming/exploring possibilities is always welcome....
Hi Rae:
Cheers from LA:
Like Sherry C said -
We're always open and ready to collaborate with other groups, religious communities, whatever who want to proclaim Christ and the Catholic faith. We'd be most interested in exploring it further.
Thanks, Sherry, for posting this! The story came out on the last day of a Pauline Cooperator convention I was attending in Princeton. I mentioned you guys and the Catherine of Siena Institute when we talked about existing Catholic organizations that might like to collaborate with the Paulines in using the modern means of social communication for evangelization. I think what you all do is very Alberionian in nature. Interested in exploring this?
Rae
I re-read Sherry C's last comment and wanted to clarify. The Pauline Cooperators are a lay organization associated with not just the Daughters of St. Paul but all of the religious orders and institutes founded by Blessed Alberione (9 in all). Alberione had lay cooperation in mind as an essential element of his mission from the very beginning. He thought that the Cooperators would be "collaborators in the gospel", as St. Paul says we are all called to be. Until recently, we had only a part-time leadership. But at some big Pauline powwow that took place during the summer, our part-timer, Sr. Margaret Charles Kerry fsp, was relieved from her other duties and made full-time Director of the Pauline Cooperators. At the convention this weekend, we talked about how to make the most of this wonderful expansion of our mission.
I wanted to clarify that this is an expansion of a lay mission of which I speak. That's why it seems a good fit with what you guys are doing. You also have your priests and religious, but they are helping you to develop what is primarily a lay mission. As is the case with the Cooperators.
A plus tarde!
Under the mercy,
Rae
Cool. I don't know what direction this collaboration push is going to take with the Daughters of St. Paul. But I'm sending out the feelers. My desire would be to invite folks from all over to a Pauline convention like the one I just attended, with the aim of introducing attendees to the Pauline congregations, and listening to what folks who come are doing among themselves to use the modern means of social communication to evangelize. Then, see if we can all identify points of commonality where we can work together without stepping on each other's toes or becoming territorial. That's the bane of attempts at collaboration among existing structures -- as opposed to recruiting "undecides" to one's own take on evangelization. But I am a very strong believer in the virtue of humility, and our Founder Alberione, like all the great saints, recognized that it is a virtue without which nothing can be done in the fields of the Lord. So I feel good about the Pauline commitment to humility, and don't intend to invite any orgs where I don't see a similar understanding and commitment.
Stay tuned.
Rae
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