Marian Devotion According to article 4 of our Constitutions, which expresses the charism proper to the Institute, we confess ourselves to be essentially “missionaries and Marian”[1] and manifest that we have a firm resolution of working “in supreme docility to the Holy Spirit and according to the example of the Virgin Mary”[2] in order […]
Rome, Italy, May 1st, 2019 Mary, Mother and Teacher of Our Priesthood Pastores dabo vobis, 82 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, I have once more the pleasure of addressing all of you through this circular letter, just a few days from celebrating our Queen and Mother, the Most Blessed Virgin of Luján. This year,
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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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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 »
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
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