Rome, January 1st, 2019. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God The Catholic Church breathes with two lungs: the Eastern and the Western Cf. Directory of Spirituality, 260 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians and Novices, I have the pleasure of greeting you all on this joyful day in which the entire Church celebrates the first and very […]
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Rome, December 1st, 2018. “Abandoned to Providence” Constitutions, 231 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians and Novices: The mystery of Christmas that we are about to celebrate brings us face to face with God’s providential mystery. This Child who seeks a place to be born in and is rejected because there was no room for Him in
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Rome, Italy, November 1st, 2018. Solemnity of All Saints “Charity is indispensable for the evangelization of the culture” Constitutions, 174 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians and Novices: In accordance with our charism to make “Jesus Christ … the Lord of all that is truly human,” our apostolate must be to devote ourselves “to preaching the Word
Directory of Misiones Ad Gentes Rome, Italy, October 1, 2018. Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Doctor of the Church and Patron of the missions Dearest Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians and Novices, The Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen wrote, “The most difficult thing to encounter in today’s world is controversy. This is because there are few who
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San José, USA, September 1, 2018. “This doctrine of the Cross must be what we preach” Directory of Spirituality, 140 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, “The crucified Son of God is the historic event upon which every attempt of the mind to construct an adequate explanation of the meaning of existence upon merely human
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Rome, Italy, August 1, 2018. “To love souls to the point of sacrificing themselves with heroism and without reserve” Constitutions, 182 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, Just a few days away from “solemnly” celebrating the Transfiguration of the Lord, I wanted to send you this letter today with the encouragement that it might serve
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Rome, Italy, July 1, 2018. “We should assume the responsibility of teaching catechism to children and adults” Constitutions, 181 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, Our beloved Saint John Paul the Great often affirmed: “fidelity to the priestly mission is fidelity to love of the proclamation of the Gospel.” In our case, fidelity has concrete
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Rome, Italy, June 1, 2018 “Men who are authentically free” Constitutions, 200 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, Benedict XVI once said to seminarians in Rome: “At all times, freedom has been humanity’s great dream, since the beginning, but particularly in modern times.” And, although in the 20th century the freedom of human beings was
Rome, Italy May, 1, 2018. The Month of Mary “The preventive system is charity” Directory of Minor Seminaries, 144 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, The beautiful month of May is sprinkled with Marian feasts which lead us to experiment the tenderness and the Maternal closeness of the Mother of God. Today our religious in
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Rome, Italy, April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord “Live as if we were resurrected” Directory of Spirituality, 39 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, A very happy Easter Sunday of the Resurrection to all of you! May God grant that the ineffable joy and the brightness of the Risen Christ
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