Marian Community - Oasis of Peace

Convent of the Consolation

71026, Deliceto (FG)

ITALY

0881-1991018

Call from 09.00 to 12.00, from 14.00 to 17.00, from 19.30 to 21.00

For requests for hospitality, please indicate your name and surname, e-mail address and telephone number in the message.

Contact the Deliceto house

Contact the Deliceto house

Marian Community - Oasis of Peace

Convent of the Consolation

71026, Deliceto (FG)

ITALY

0881-1991018

Call from 09.00 to 12.00, from 14.00 to 17.00, from 19.30 to 21.00

For requests for hospitality, please indicate your name and surname, e-mail address and telephone number in the message.

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DELICETO (FG)

Our presence in the archdiocese of Foggia - Bovino dates back to October 16, 1993, when some brothers and sisters established themselves in the Convent of Our Lady of Consolation in Deliceto. This convent was formerly a Redemptorist house and is of special historical value. It is located among the hills and oak forest, a few kilometers from the township.

The Consolation was actually founded in 1470 even before the redemptorists were settled there by some hermit friars of the Order of St. Augustine led by Blessed Felix of Corsano. Father Felix, a theologian and scholar, gave birth to a reform of the Augustinian rule here in the Consolation, called the Delicetana rule. Blessed Felix died and was buried in the Consolation around 1529 and was considered by all to be a saint. Underneath the Convent of Consolation is a cave named after Blessed Felix, who used to retire there in prayer and meditation. 

In 1652 the Augustinians left the Convent of Consolation, which, after almost a century of having been entrusted by the local bishops to the care of a few "hermits," was eventually entrusted in 1744 to the recently formed Congregation of the Redemptorists, who would remain there until 1866.

Of special historic note is the memory of St. Gerard Maiella who lived the greater part of his religious life in the Consolation and also St. Alphonsus M. de Liguori, Founder of the Redemptorists, who not only lived in the Consolation but wrote many of his famous works there. It is believed that here he wrote the popular Italian Christmas carol "Tu scendi dalle stelle". 

Home to the novitiate of the CMOP, the Deliceto convent is also a vibrant center of spirituality and hospitality. Its location, among fields of wheat and oak forests, allows an atmosphere of special contemplation and connection with nature for individuals and groups. On July 20th, 2020, the church of St. Mary of Consolation was erected as a diocesan Sanctuary.

DELICETO

Upcoming events in Deliceto 

• program of prayer and hospitality initiatives 2022-2023

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Comunità Mariana - Oasi della Pace

Convento della Consolazione

71026, Deliceto (FG)

ITALIA

0881-1991018

Call from 09.00 to12.00, from 14.00 to 17.00, from 19.30 to 21.00

oasispacis.fg@gmail.com

For hospitality requests, please indicate your name and surname, e-mail address and telephone number in the message.

Holy Mass

From Monday to Sunday at 18:00pm

Every Thursday after mass, half an hour of guided ecucharistic adoration.

On the third Sunday, after Mass, adoration with healing prayer

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How to get

Arrival by train:

Arrival at Foggia station, buses leave for Deliceto outside the station..

Arrival by bus:

there are various possibilities with different transport companies to Candela or to Foggia (from Foggia then you can take the buses to Deliceto from the station square).

Arrival by car:

​From the Naples-Canosa motorway, Candela exit, follow the signs for Deliceto; from the Bari-Napoli motorway, exit Foggia, follow the signs for Potenza and then the signs for Deliceto. Once in the village, follow the signs for "Consolazione" (the Community is 5km outside the town).

Arrival by plane :

From Bari airport, bus connection: Airport - Foggia, in Foggia you can take the buses to Deliceto from the station square.

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OASIS IN THE WORLD

"Remembering that the Oasis of Peace lives in the heart of every consecrated person, we are called to live, always and in all circumstances, in the spirit and style of our life, and to be always and everywhere peacemakers in the world" (RdV 124).

Wherever a member of the CMOP lives or works, there the Community is. Aggregated spouses and consecrated seculars are an integral part of our Ecclesial Family and work, in their respective ecclesial realities, in communion with the local Bishop and the Holy Father. In this way we are present in other regions of Italy, Brazil and other countries scattered throughout the world.

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