On the most awaited day by the whole Union of the Catholic Apostolate, i.e. 22 January, a large number of the sons and daughters of St. Vincent Pallotti and many guests were gathered together in the Church of the Holy Redeemer for the solemn celebration of the memory of the saint who, for the entire Union, is the guide to sanctity. The main celebrant of the solemn Mass, Very Rev. Fr. Zenon Hanas, the Vice General of the SAC, recalled the key words pertaining to the life, work and spirituality of our Founder: to revive faith and re-enkindle charity everywhere. Vincent Pallotti has left this message and this task to every Christian and in a special way to those who wish to follow Jesus in the Union and grow in perfection in their daily life.
As is the case always, the solemn celebration of 22nd was preceded by a triduum inserted into the week of prayer for Christian unity. During these days we have listened to the testimonies of our guests on how they see and understand the person of St. Vincent Pallotti, a Roman priest, spiritual director of many colleges especially of the Propaganda fide and Rector of the Neapolitan Church of the Holy Spirit.
In addition to the Triduum, for the first time, there was an hour of Eucharistic adoration organised and animated by the choir of the UAC to pray in the words of St. Vincent who, imploring the guardian angels, wrote "...Jesus himself, above all to encourage me to present myself before him with great trust, order you to remind me if I am afflicted that He, in the most blessed sacrament is my consolation; if I am ill that he is my doctor; if I am blind, deaf or dump that he is my light, my hearing, and my speech; if I am dead, that he is my life; if I stray from the way to paradise, that he is the way; if I am poor, that he is my wealth.
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