From the General Postulation
14 October 2016 was the anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of our beloved Brother, Saint Benedict Menni, in Rome, in 1866, in the private chapel of the Deputy Director of the Hospital, Brother Pietro de Villanova Castellacci. He celebrated his First Mass on 15 October, in the Church of Saint John Calibita at Tiber Island Hospital.
150 years on, Brother Elia Tripaldi, the Order’s Postulator General, blessed a plaque on the left-hand side of the altar and celebrated Mass in the same Chapel, attended by a group of Brothers, and of Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus who animated the Eucharistic liturgy with songs.