Heralds Houses Worlwide

Colonial treasure

2008-10-08T09:42:00.000-07:00

Name: Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
Location: Av. Brasil 1780, Pueblo Libre -Lima 21, Peru

This beautiful church that belongs to the Monastery of the "Madres Agustinas", was entrusted to the pastoral care of the Heralds of the Gospel Priests in Lima, who celebrate daily masses and also have weekly exposition of the Blessed sacrament, as well as the devotions of the first Fridays and first Saturday of each month.

Solace in the South

2008-05-22T13:52:00.001-07:00

Name: Casa Nuestra Señora del Pilar

Location: Grand Bourg, Buenos Aires, Argentina

A house located 20 mins away from Argentina's Capital City, sorounded by the pampas plains, has become a place of solace for members and friends that wish to spend some time in silence and recolection

Herald of the Gospel international school, Paraguay

2008-05-05T08:31:00.000-07:00

Name: Herald of the Gospel international school
Location: Asuncion Paraguay

One of the many elementary-Highschools run by the Herads worldwide, where students can excell in their accademic skills, while learning about their catholic faith and the Heralds of the gospel

First Church of the Heralds of the Gospel

2008-04-22T12:15:00.000-07:00

Name: Our Lady of the Rosary Church of the Heralds of the Gospel
Location: Serra da Cantareira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

This newly built Church is Gothic-inspired. Its arches ogives and ribbed vaults are characteristic of this style and expressions of this ideal of beauty. The church provides a worthy setting for liturgical celebrations through a profusion of colours and richness of form.

Weekend Hockey

2008-02-09T14:30:00.000-08:00

Every weekend we receive a number of young people that come from all over ontario to participate in the recreational activities of the Heralds, wich include Cathequism,prayers and various sports incliding Hockey.

Where the past meets the future

2008-02-06T08:42:00.000-08:00

Name: Church of San Benedetto in Piscinula

Location: Piazza in Piscinula, 40, Rome
Tel.: 06.5833.1609

In the heart of Trastevere, the most "Roman" neighbourhood of the Eternal City, can be found the church of San Benedetto in Piscinula. With more than a thousand years of history, it constitutes a remarkable treasure of the medieval art of Rome.
The origin of the Church of San Benedetto in Piscinula has been lost in the night of time. The ancient documents only make mention of it, and no medieval codex tells us anything about its history. It is situated on the place where the Domus Aniciorum once stood. This was the spectacular villa of the very important Anicia family, of which Saint Benedict was a member. It was at this villa, around the year 480, that the venerable Abbot came to study and resided during his stay in Rome.
His cell, a small enclosure chosen by the saint as his residence, has been conserved intact to this day. Between the silence of these walls, God gave him the first graces, which would later culminate in the foundation of the cultural and religious work which would forever mark the future of Europe and the West: the Benedictine Order.
At the entrance of the cell can be seen a fresco of Our Lady of Mercy in front of which he prayed, asking for the grace to be faithful to his promise. Tradition tells us that it is the first rendering of the Mother of God, the object of the devotion of Saint Benedict.
Built around the 10th century -- even though the chapel, where the cell of Saint Benedict can be seen, dates from the 8th century -- the church is very small and discreet. It resembles a Basilica in miniature. As a pilgrim once said, it is similar to the Infant Jesus, it became small so as to be more accessible to men.
In the beginning, the church was dedicated to the Most Holy Virgin Mary. Only afterwards did it receive the name of Saint Benedict, which was given to it by the devotees of the saint. The denomination "in piscinula", according to some historians, refers to the proximity of the pools, that is to say, ancient thermal baths.
One of its great artistic works is the floor made of beautiful marble mosaics in a cosmatesque style (cosmei, in Greek, means to decorate). It is a style characteristic of the medieval epoch, brought to the Eternal City by the Benedictines. It is the only original cosmatesque ornamental floor in the world. While others have undergone alterations, this one remains untouched after nearly a thousand years.
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In this place impregnated with the supernatural and marked by history, the past and the future meet in a special way, for today, in the ancient house of Saint Benedict, live and work young Heralds of the Gospel. The church was entrusted to them a little more than a year ago by the diocese of Rome. They are at the disposition of pilgrims from around the world who go there to contemplate the supernatural riches and artistic marvels of this venerable temple. When you go to Rome, please visit San Benedetto in Piscinula, home of the Heralds of the Gospel in the Eternal City, and also home to you.

Boreal Sunrise

2008-02-04T08:11:00.000-08:00

Name: St. Benedicts

Location: Schomberg,ON,Canada

This is a typical Winter sunrise, at our centre.