On my way...
Posted on 11/24/2010 9:41:33 AM PST by Notwithstanding
Manuela Camagni, one of the four “memores domini” – consecrated laity who help to care for the Holy Father – was killed last night in a road accident, Italian news agencies are reporting.
Il Velino reports that Manuela was hit by a car yesterday at 11.40pm in a Rome suburb while returning from a dinner with friends. Rescued by the driver of the car, doctors operated on her head injuries but could not save her.
Manuela was part of a team of “guardian angels” who take care of the Pope. They include Loredana, Cristina and Carmela – the three other “memores domini” – and Msgrs. Georg Gaenswain and Alfred Xuereb.
Prior to working at the Apostolic Palace, she served the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, when he was Bishop of Tunis.
The Pope refers to his close team of helpers in the book “Light of the World” as his “papal family”. As well as Mass and Evening Prayer, he says they also dine and watch movies together, as well as celebrate and exchange gifts at Christmas and on feast days.
Members of the association “memores domini”, part of the Communion and Liberation movement, follow a vocation of total dedication to God while living in the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
Manuela Camagni was one of four women living in the papal apartment to service the Pope's household. She was tragically hit by a car and died hours later from head trauma. She was part of the Pontifical Family and was responsible for cleaning the apartment, kitchen, chapel and clothing of the Pope.
In his recent book interview, Benedict XVI said that he often eats lunch with the caretakers and stewards of the residence.
Manuela Camagni was a consecrated layperson in the Catholic movement “Communion and Liberation.”
Communion and Liberation (CL) website: http://www.clonline.us/home.cfm
Video: http://www.romereports.com/palio/Popes-caretaker-dies-in-car-accident-english-3133.html
Manuela Camagni was one of four women living in the papal apartment to service the Pope’s household. She was tragically hit by a car and died hours later from head trauma. She was part of the Pontifical Family and was responsible for cleaning the apartment, kitchen, chapel and clothing of the Pope.
In his recent book interview, Benedict XVI said that he often eats lunch with the caretakers and stewards of the residence.
Manuela Camagni was a consecrated layperson in the Catholic movement “Communion and Liberation.”
Communion and Liberation (CL) website: http://www.clonline.us/home.cfm
In his new book Light of the World, Pope Benedict describes the everyday life of the papal household, in which he includes his secretaries and the women of Memores Domini:
“We celebrate Christmas together, listen to the holiday music, and exchange gifts. The feast days of our patron saints are celebrated, and occasionally we also sing Evening Prayer together. So we celebrate feasts together. And then, besides our common meals, there is above all Holy Mass in common in the morning. That is an especially important moment in which we are all with each other in a particularly intense way in the light of the Lord.”
Papal heartache alert
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On my way...
paging Michael O’Brien.
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Every CEO knows that it is never wise to get too close to female subordinates. It can be a real career wrecker...
How do I get four of these ‘guardian angels’?
Point well taken. As a practicing non-catholic, I shouldn’t be venturing into this territory. Just looked a bit suspicious to me. Thanks.
How do I get four of these ‘guardian angels’?
A car fatality in Italy? Imagine that.
A message from Father Carron appears on the CL “Traces” website in Italy: http://www.tracce.it/?id=302&id_n=18856
Below is an attempt at translation with much help from google translate (http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracce.it%2F%3Fid%3D302%26id_n%3D18856&act=url):
THE FACTS
“Not a hair of your head will perish”
24/11/2010 - The message of Father Julian Carron for the death of Manuela Camagni, Memores Domini of the pontifical family, the victim of a traffic accident.
Upon hearing the news of the sudden death of Manuela Camagni, Memores Domini who serves in the papal apartment, Father Julian Carron, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, has sent this message to the whole movement:
“Dear friends, the sudden death of our friend Manuela Camagni is one of the mysterious ways in which the Lord requires us to think of him, renewing the assurance that ‘not even a hair of your head will perish’, as we said in the Liturgy today. Gather even more intensely in the embrace of the Holy Father, as children who want to share all his wounded humanity. ‘No one has greater love than he who lays down his life for his friends.’ The gift of her life manifested itself clearly and surprisingly through the availability of Manuela’s mission both in the experience of Tunis and also in service to the Holy Father. Her sacrifice will renew in us all the truth of our ‘yes’ because Christ’s victory is becoming more and more in our hearts. Don Giussani, beseech the Madonna for the gifts of eternal happiness for our friend and consolation for the Pope.”
The press office of the CL
Milan, November 24, 2010
Point well taken. As a practicing non-catholic, I shouldn’t be venturing into this territory. Just looked a bit suspicious to me. Thanks.
Your welcome. I can understand the suspicions, and discussing them is the best way to deal with them. Often dialogue between people with differences is a good thing—I think an open minded venturing into the territory of others is desirable. Unfortunately, a small minority with closed minds often makes dialogue impossible. In all things charity.
These women have taken a vow of celibacy.
“A car fatality in Italy? Imagine that.”
Was there in late 02 after 9-11. Not only can you get wacked by a crazed motorist in a smart car, the scooter wackos will run you down without a blink. There are always accidents with scooters and cars. They just pick themselves up (if they can) and drive off. Nobody is at fault. Fix the damage on your own and tough luck....
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