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The staff here at the SOLT House

of Studies: Fr. Jerry Drolshagen
(Vice-Rector), Fr. Derek Anderson
(Academic Dean) and myself the
Rector, are thrilled to begin a new
academic year in Rome.

In this newsletter we wish to

introduce you to the men who
have answered the call to follow
Christ and invite you into the lives
and experiences of those you
support in order that you may
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that is transforming these men to
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As a preamble to this retreat Fr. Williams took us to the Marian Shrine of Loretto, which contains
the house of Nazareth where Jesus, Mary and Joseph lived. It was in this house that the Word
became flesh in the womb of Our Blessed Mother. It was also in this house where Jesus lived in
humble obedience to His earthy parents for 30 years. Having been given the opportunity of
visiting this amazing shrine and participating at Mass helped us to open our hearts to receive the
Word of God in our lives.
Throughout the five days of retreat we were given teachings about how the Word of God is our
food and the food of the Church.
Five days of talks and moments of reflection, meditation and contemplation helped us to deepen
our love, reverence and knowledge of the Word, to move beyond a fundamentalist understanding
of Scripture and to experience how Sacred Scripture brings us into an encounter with God. The
Scriptures transforms us through the Word of God.

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50,000 people fill St. Peter‫ތ‬s Square. Why? Because Jesus lives.

We enter the throng. Br. Tristan speaks just enough Italian, English, Spanish, French and
Chinese to get us into trouble everywhere we go. But on this special day, Br. Tristan‫ތ‬s
scrambled languages so confuse the Swiss Guards, we receive a spot in the front of the
square for this Canonization Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. The entire Church
rejoices; we know definitively that these six men and women have finished the race.

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Yes. We can become saints! Like Scripture, like the Eucharist, these men and women
became manifestations of the Word dwelling amongst us. Wow! Jesus unites
Himself to them. What does he want for me?

Our first journey to St. Peter¶s occurs during the Beatification Mass of Cardinal John Henry
Newman. Broadcast from England on enormous screens, we behold the mystery. The
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