Although it is considered a Catholic tradition par excellence, it is also an opportunity for families, co-workers and communities to strengthen their relationships and faith around a prayer. A few years ago, research professor Daniel Unigarro, from the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the University of La Salle, co-authored the book “The Novena … Read more
Share the value of sincerity on the fourth day of the Christmas Novena. Each Christmas, believers celebrate the birth of Jesus and one more year of having him in their hearts. The Novena is one of the Catholic traditions that begins every December 16 and ends every December 24, hours before midnight. During these 9 … Read more
At 4:30 in the morning, when most of Bogotanos sleep, in the San Francisco de AsÃs parish the bells ring, the carols and the tambourines, while hundreds of families gather to make the traditional Christmas bonus novena around a manger that, more than an altarpiece with sheep, means the birth of hope. The novena is … Read more
La preparación para la llegada de la Navidad tiene muchas formas, y una de las más espectaculares son las Novenas Navideñas o de Aguinaldos, que se hacen durante los nueve dÃas anteriores al nacimiento de Jesús, que es el motivo principal de la festividad. Esta tradición es muy propia de paÃses de Latinoamérica como Colombia, … Read more
Wed 30 Nov 2022 Representatives of the continental leg of the Synod met in the Vatican The presidents and coordinators of each of the seven regions into which the Continental Phase of the Synod on Synodality has been divided have met in the Vatican, convened by the Synod Secretariat, on November 28 and 29. The … Read more
Until November 23, the novena to the Cistercian Saint Gertrude de Helfta, also known as La Magna, takes place at the Royal Monastery of San Clemente. This Cistercian nun lived in Germany in the second half of the 13th century and it was three centuries later when, after the publication of some of her writings, … Read more