REGINA: Crosses?
CANON CRISTOFOLI: Certainly, the devil is furious when a Catholic Apostolate is founded and he attacks but, thanks to God, most of the time it is only material.
REGINA: There have been a lot of new developments and projects for the future of the ICRSP’s Apostolate in Preston.
CANON CRISTOFOLI: What is very reassuring is that none of these projects were mine! I can affirm that I would never have thought, on arriving in Preston, that one year later we would have the charge of a second church, Saint Benedict’s Academy, a pre-seminary with five candidates, and of course, a convent with our dear Sisters Adorers... I would never have imagined that! When projects come from ourselves, it is not always good.
REGINA: Why do you say that?
CANON CRISTOFOLI: In the Institute, we have always preferred to receive the gifts of Divine Providence. Monsignor Wach, our General Superior, as a priest in Rome, never dreamed of founding an Institute. Years later, we would never have imagined having a feminine branch etc. etc.
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