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| Teresian Astronaut greeted by the Pope |
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Curia OCD
Roma (15-07-2009).-
The space astronaut Ronald Garan was among the faithful who came together in St. Peters Square, Rome, for the papal audience on Wednesday June 24. At the end of the audience he was able to greet the Holy Father in person. He is the American commander who from May 31 to June 14, 2008 participated in the operation to transport and attach the Japanese laboratory module, Kibo (hope) to the international space station.
As we recorded previously in Communicationes, he took with him on this operation a relic of St. Therese, that since then has circulated in space on board the Shuttle Discovery. In the 2011 operation he will take into space another relic. The original idea was suggested to him by the Discalced Carmelite nuns of New Caney (Texas), when he asked them for prayers for his space undertaking. They agreed with the desire of St. Therese, who prophetically made known: I have the vocation of an apostle I would like to travel around the world, to preach your name and to plant your glorious cross in the pagan world. My love, one Mission only would not be enough for me. I would like to proclaim the Gospel at the same time in the five continents, and to the most remote islands I would like to be a missionary not only for one year, but to be one since the creation of the world until the end of time (Ms B 3r°).
The astronaut, Garan, with his family has created the Manna Energy Foundation, that with the technology from NASA and finances from UN has developed a system to consign drinking water to the peoples of Rwanda and to install solar panels in schools and hospitals.
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