SOMASCAN NEWS: OUR FORMER GENERAL THE MOST REV. FR. PIERINO MORENO, CRS RETURNED TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE! Requiescat in Pace!

"Our Loving Lord, we entrust to you the soul of our beloved Father General, Pierino Moreno. As he was the our tower of strength for our Somascan Congregation during his younger days may You be his strength in life-after death. As he was for us the successor of St. Jerome Emiliani, grant him the grace to be with our founder saint in the Company of the Blessed in Heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen." -- Fr. Abe Arganiosa, CRS

Fr. Pierino MORENO , CRS - Our religious, ex-Superior General of our Congregation, age 81, of the Community of Istituto Emiliani at Rapallo, (Genova-Italy), has died Today, on November 11, 2009. The God of mercy welcome this dear confrere of ours into His home and grant him the reward promised to the just!

The funeral liturgy will be celebrated Friday, on November 13, at 15:00 [Local time], in our Church of San Francesco in Rapallo.

Let the love of Christ that unites us both in life and death be a pledge of remembrance in our mandated Eucharistic celebration and suffrage prayers.