Saint Philip Neri was an Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory in the 16th century. He was born in Florence in 1515 and showed an early passion for helping the poor and preaching. After experiencing a spiritual ecstasy, he moved to Rome and devoted himself fully to charity work. He established various organizations to help the sick and travelers. Philip was ordained as a priest in 1551 and founded the Oratory, gathering people for prayer and discussion. The Oratory grew in popularity and influenced many people. Pope Gregory XIII officially recognized the Congregation of the Oratory in 1575. Philip Neri spent his last years in Rome, dying in 1595 after a life dedicated to

1. Saint Philip Neri
an Italian priest
and founder of
the Congregation
of the Oratory
(Florence, 21 July 1515;
† Rome, May 26, 1595)

2. Parents - Francesco Neri and Lucrezia da Mosciano.
Siblings - Caterina, Elisabetta, Antonio.
His father Francesco, was a notary. His mother died in 1520.
His father later remarried to Alessandra di Michele Lensi
who became very fond of her husband's children.

3. His family was resident in the parishof San Pier
Gattolino. He received baptism in"Bel San
Giovanni", the Baptistery of all Florentines.

4. Philip received his first
education in the family, later
he was sent to study under
master Clemente, and began to
attend the convent of St. Mark
the Evangelist in Florence,
once under the direction
of the Dominican friar
Girolamo Savonarola

5. During his years of study at the
convent of San Marco, the young
Filippo Neri became passionate
about two texts that would
influence his subsequent
apostolate: the Laudi by Jacopone
da Todi, which he later set to music,
and the Facezie by Pievano Arlotto,
a humorous book written
by a Florentine priest.

6. Among
his daily
meditations
was the
Autobiography
of Saint
Camilla da
Varano

7. He lived in Florence until he was 18, then he was
sent to live with his uncle, Bartolomeo Romolo,

8. to Cassino (then called San Germano)
to begin the profession of a trader.

9. In 1534 he stayed in Rome as tutor of Michele and Ippolito Caccia,
sons of the head of the papal Customs, the Florentine Galeotto del Caccia.
The two children would later follow the religious path, one becoming a
diocesan priest in a locality near Florence, the other a Carthusian monk

10. In those years he began to feel his own religious
vocation. He built a small chapel in a rock
overlooking the sea called "Montagna Spaccata" in
Gaeta, where he went every day to pray in silence.

11. His uncle, who was particularly
fond of him, having no heirs, had
decided to leave his nephew, after
death, all his possessions (20,000
scudi) which he however refused,
wanting to devote himself to a
more humble life. He adopted
the habit of a hermit

12. At that time one of his favorite forms
of devotion was the nocturnal visit to
the seven churches of Rome: St Peter,
St Paul extra walls, St Sebastiano,
St Giovanni in Laterano, Santa Croce,
St Lorenzo and St Maria Maggiore.

13. Saint Philip established (on Shrove Thursday in 1552 in open opposition to the pagan
celebrations of Carnival) the Tour of the Seven Churches, a pilgrimage on foot to the
seven main churches of the city: St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, St. Paul's Basilica
outside the walls, basilica of St John Lateran, basilica of St Lawrence, basilica of Saint
Mary Major, basilica of Holy Cross of Gerusalemme, basilica of Saint Sebastian

14. He attended philosophy courses at the University of Sapienza and at
the monks of Saint Augustine. At the end of 1537 he sold the books
and offered the proceeds to a young Calabrian in search of fortune,
a certain Guglielmo Sirleto, who would later become a cardinal.

15. He began to lend his work of charity
at the Saint Jame’s hospital

16. where many years later he met
and befriended Camillo de Lellis.
Probably in the winter of 1538
he also came into contact with
Ignatius of Loyola and the first
members of the Society of Jesus

17. in 1544, on the day of Pentecost, while at prayer at the catacombs of San
Sebastiano, Philip Neri underwent an extraordinary event (according to the
saint an outpouring of the Holy Spirit) which caused an expansion of his
heart and ribs, an event scientifically attested to by doctors after his death

18. Following this experience, Philip left the house of the Caccia family to
retire to live as a hermit in the streets of Rome, sleeping under the
arcades of the churches or in makeshift shelters. He was often seen
walking through the city squares dressed in a cassock with a hood.
Saint Felice da Cantalice, a great friend

19. Walking through
Campo de 'Fiori and
in the alleys of
Trastevere he met
young people who
mocked him.
He did not miss the
opportunity and,
joining their party,
winning them over
with his friendliness.

20. He would began with a joke and some games, but then he improvised as a preacher,
saying: "Brothers, be happy, laugh, joke as long as you want, but don't sin!"

21. In the same period, he took care of the sick,
abandoned to themselves or entrusted to
a few volunteers, in the hospitals of San
Giovanni and Santo Spirito, as well as
the poor in the brotherhood of Charity,
established by Pope Clement VII
and in the oratory of Divino Amore.

22. As his apostolate for the needy became more urgent, as many were
forced to sleep in makeshift shelters, he decided on the advice of
Persiano Rosa, his spiritual father, to found the so-called Brotherhood
of the Holy Trinity of pilgrims, created precisely to welcome and take
care of travelers, pilgrims and poor people of the Roman villages.

23. Initially composed of
fifteen men, attracted
by his preaching in the
church of Saint Salvatore
in Campo, and installed
in the little house of
Persiano Rosa,
this confraternity was
of great assistance to
pilgrims, especially in
the Holy Year of 1550

24. La Confraternita aveva
adottato la pratica delle
Quarantore nella chiesa
di San Salvatore
in Campo e Filippo
ne era l'anima
La prima domenica
del mese egli non
abbandonava mai la
chiesa e, saltuariamente,
teneva ai presenti
un breve discorso

25. Not being able to preach continuously without encountering obstacles, the confessor urged
him to receive priestly ordination. Although for thirteen years he had stopped studying,
but his whole life had been an unconscious preparation for the priesthood.
He received the subdeaconate in the church of Saint Thomas in Parione,
on Holy Saturday, on March 29, the diaconate in the basilica of Saint John Lateran.
On 23 May 1551 he received the sacrament of Orders from Bishop Sebastiano Lunel.

26. Immediately after his ordination, the saint moved to the annexed
house in San Girolamo della Carità, where his confessor lived.
Thirteen priests were assigned to the church for the service of the
archconfraternity founded by Cardinal Giulio de 'Medici for
the burial of the poor, to give alms to the needy, and visit prisoners.

27. Philip Neri also loved living outdoors in order to feel
greater contact with God and his creatures

28. Prayer for Philip was his whole
life. Sometimes he remained up
to forty hours in succession
enraptured in God and often
spent the whole night in the
catacombs of San Sebastiano.
To give himself to
contemplation he was able to
stay three days without eating.

29. he became famous as a confessor taking
this sacrament as an occasion for dialogue
and the formation of "penitents";

30. He sometimes gave famous penances in confession – example – a woman,
who had the habit of badmouthing others, was commanded by the saint
to pluck the feathers off a dead hen, scatter them in the street and then to
collect all the plumes that had been blown away. When asked why by the
woman, he replied that this was what gossiping was like, her bad words
spread everywhere but they could not be collected anymore.

31. Philip Neri listened to the repentance of his faithful from dawn until
noon, the time when he celebrated mass. -From these dialogues and
encounters the first nucleus of his institution was born: - the Oratory.

32. In times when pedagogy was authoritarian and often abusive, Philip was famous
for addressing his children with extraordinary patience and benevolence and
even today his exhortation is remembered in Rome: «Be good (if you can ...)! "

33. Some of his disciples became priests,
began a life in community and Philip
became their rector and established the rules. –
Among those who entered the oratory
were Cesare Baronio, Neri's first successor,
Antonio Gallonio, his future biographer.

34. In 1564, under pressure from the Florentine communities,
Pope Pius IV entrusted to Philip Neri the control of the Church
of San Giovanni Battista de 'Fiorentini which the saint,
wishing to remain in San Girolamo della Carità, entrusted
to the young people of the Oratory who became priests,
as per example Cesare Baronio and Alessandro Fedeli

35. In 1575 Pope Gregory XIII erected the Congregation of the Oratory and granted
it the Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, which became its principal center.

36. Philip promoted activities in various fields: he
gathered ordinary men simply to pray or read the
Bible involved artists, musicians, men of science. His
happy temperament was a great asset to him in the
education of the boys, for whom he founded a school

37. During the prayers of his Oratory, Neri loved to make short
sung interludes, so as to make the reading of the Gospel more
pleasant and, consequently, an encounter with God.
He himself loved to sing some sonnets he had composed.

38. But he also aroused envy and jealousy, in particular in two
monks and of doctor Vincenzo Teccosi, who lived at San
Girolamo itself. A series of quarrels and insults followed.

39. Upon the foundation of the first real oratory, which had been a granary above
the nave of the church of San Girolamo della Carità, the saint attracted criticism
and the envy of a small circle of other clericals, such as Cardinal Virgilio Rosari
who even once forbade him to celebrate the sacrament of confession

40. Cardinal Carlo
Borromeo of
Milan used to ask
this Florentine
priest for advice
on burning issues

41. MIRACLES - Phílip called to Paolo di Massimo, and he woke up from
death. He asked Paolo if he died willingly; and he said yes, because he
would join his sister and mother in heaven. «then go in peace ...» the
priest exclaimed while the boy closed his eyes «[...] and be blessed and
pray to God for me»; then he "immediately returned to die again".

42. Saint Philip Neri heals the Pope

43. In Santa Maria in Vallicella he spent his last years,
from 1581 to 1595, when he died. He suffered terrible
illnesses, with continuous healings and relapses.

44. Philip Neri's teaching can be
summarized in four points:
1 – to show special
tenderness towards
one's neighbor,
2 - spiritual and corporal
mortifications, especially
against vanity,
3 - cheerfulness and
good humor to
strengthen the spiritual
and psychic energies,
4 - evangelical simplicity,

45. After his death his holiness was immediately exalted.
He was proclaimed a saint in 1622 and later declared
co-patron of Rome. Among the names of him we
remember that of Saint of Joy and Apostle of Rome.

46. Philip Neri is the patron saint of the city of Gioia del Colle in the metropolitan city of Bari,
of Candida in the province of Avellino, of Tursi in the province of Matera, of Guardia
Sanframondi in the province of Benevento, of Roseto Valfortore in the province of Foggia
and secondary patron of Veglie (in the province of Lecce). He is also co-patron of Venice,
of Manfredonia together with San Lorenzo Maiorano, and of Gravina in Puglia

47. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 21-5-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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48. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 13-3-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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