San Luis, Argentina, May 1, 2017 Dear Fathers, Seminarians, and Novices, The apparitions of the Mother of God in Fatima, Portugal between the months of May and October of 1917 were without a doubt “the greatest religious event of the first half of the twentieth century, an explosion, an overwhelming eruption of the supernatural in […]
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Constitutions, 31 Rome, Italy, April 1, 2017. Dear Priests, Brothers, and Seminarians, Within a few weeks, we will be celebrating the joy of the Paschal Mystery, which is for us “an inexhaustible source of spirituality,”[1] and “the manifestation par excellence of the love of God for men,”[2] for, He loved them to the end.[3] How
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March 1, 2017 Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Seminarians, As we approach the sacrosanct mystery of the Incarnation of the Word in the most pure womb of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, I want to greet you all yet again with great affection. Contemplating deeply the marvelous event in which our spirituality finds its roots, that
On the Urgency of Pastoral Care for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life Read More »
February 1, 2017 Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Seminarians: The feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the temple, celebrated on February 2, was instituted by St. John Paul II as the day in which the entire Church gives thanks to God for consecrated life, recognizing in it “a precious and necessary gift for the
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January 1, 2017 Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Seminarians, The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in its document Directives on Formation in Religious Institutes upholds that “the personal life of a religious must not become dichotomized between the generic end of religious life and the specific end of the institute;
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Rome, Italy November 27, 2016 “Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy… Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.” (Lc 2: 10-11) Dear Priests, Brothers, and Seminarians, With great joy and deep affection, I greet all of you in
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Rome, Italy October 10, 2016 Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Seminarians, In Article 4 of our Constitutions, which deals with the proper charism of our Institute, we profess to be essentially missionaries and Marian,[1] and it states that we desire to work “in supreme docility to the Holy Spirit and according to the example of the
The 300th anniversary of the death of St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Read More »
Rome, ItalySeptember 30th, 2016. Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Seminarians: This coming 16th of October, the Holy Father will raise the Argentine priest José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero (1840-1914) to the honors of the altar, who was a distinguished promoter and director of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and Saint John Paul II
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August 31st, 2016 Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Seminarians, As you all know, by God’s grace, at the closing Mass of the past General Chapter, and as result of a unanimous decision of the Chapter Fathers, we consecrated the Institute to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Said consecration took place through the “enthronement” of His image,
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Rome, July 31st, 2016 18th Sunday in the Ordinary Time Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Friends: Between the 13th of May and the 13th of October in 1917 the six apparitions at Fatima – with their message of repentance, comfort, warning, and singular protection – took place. In May of next year, we will celebrate the
Nine-Month Novena in Preparation for the Centennial of the Fatima Apparitions Read More »
