October 2007 Fr Straub

GATHERING WITH FATHER PABLO STRAUB C.SS.R. AT MARGARET WILLIAM’S PRAYER GROUP IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 2007  Photographs

Meeting with father Pablo a Saint Alphonsus Redemptorist, is like meeting a real fatherly figure of our Catholic Church. He is obedient to Sacred Tradition, he is following the guidance of his Shepherd the Holy Father Benedict the XVI, he has a solid conduct in his priestly life, in other words: you know you are sharing with a real Catholic priest! Now days it is unfortunately that we couldn’t say that of some clergy in the Church. So I celebrate this encounter with him and thank God for his life.

We shared about the state of the world today in general, about the state of the faith in the human family of today. We spoke about the missionary life and the great needs of evangelization through out the world. We spoke about sad cases of High hierarchy of the Church that goes against the guidance of the Pope and does it publicly. We mentioned about the great difficulty that it is going to be for them when they face the Tribunal of Jesus on that day and the horrifying damage done to so many believers especially the weak in the faith that fall away from the Church with the list gesture of wrong coming from the Church leaders.

We agreed on putting together a retreat at his congregation in Guerrero Mexico this coming 14^th of November while I’m Missioning in Mexico. 

Father Pablo has been a leading Catholic priest that has provided the Catholic Church with hundreds of new vocations. He has been in Latin America for the last 47 years.

His apostolate has also involved the media, like his shows in EWTN and other networks. 

May the Lord bless him and at his current 75 years of age give him a long life among us so that we continue receiving the blessings of his faithful priesthood.