St. Camillus received from God the charism of bearing witness to the world the always present love of Christ for the sick and the suffering. Together with the three vows common to all religious Congregations of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience,

By Domenico Casera in Camillianum – Libri di storia e spiritualità camilliana – Vari, N.15, 1997, pp. 79-88 I thought a great deal about this title, which was given to me without a prior agreement: as it stood, it frightened

In January 1713, pope Clement XI assigned to the Camillians the Roman parish church of St. John of Malva in the neighbourhood of Trastevere. In February 1714, the Vicar General of the Order presented to the Congregation for the Regular

From Felice Ruffini, San Camillo de Lellis (Edizioni Velar) On the way to Manfredonia 1 February 1575: Camillus with his donkey and baskets containing a ‘quantity of pasta’ left for S. Giovanni Rotondo to go to the friary of St.

“The Lord says: “The measure you give will be the measure you get back” (Lk. 6,38). Listen to the meaning of perfect truth, consider this optimal means to acquire the precious margarita of charity, of which the holy gospel says:

Under the most fresh yoke of perpetual poverty» “Dressed in our poor habit, which, according to the opinion of the superior, is old and valued as a sign of mortification” Regarding poverty, the teaching of St. Camillus is one of

“To live only in Jesus the Crucified” “Have for great gain the grace of dying for our Crucified Lord Jesus Christ…” The Crucifix is a constant reference in the life of St. Camillus. We read in Cicatelli: “With them (the

Paper given by Fr. Lucio Albertini at the meeting of the communities of East Veneto in Mottinello, 18 November 1982 I do not believe that St. Camillus ever produced a school of formation for religious life (at a practical, operational

By Giovanni Maria Rossi, Camillian I do not wish to present an exhaustive historical study: this is not my field and today, given the way things are, I cannot engage in extensive research. I just want to present some results

fr. Emidio Spogli A date, a turning point In August 1582 Camillus de Lellis had the insight of creating a company of pious and good men to solve the grave problems that existed as regards care for the sick admitted

From Un uomo divenuto santo (‘A Man who Became a Saint’) by Giorgio Cosmacini In looking at the model of Camillian care, like that of the ideal nurse, we cannot but see Camillus as a ‘precursor’ of the figures of