Contemplation and Witness Directory of Consecrated Life, 234 It is necessary to affirm that the current crisis of religious life is preponderantly and principally rooted in the deviation, lack, or simple abandoning of an authentic and profound life of prayer. The Holy Father himself said: “We are facing a ‘hemorrhage’ that is weakening consecrated life […]
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When ‘the Church’ Lets Us Down Every now and then, people find counterfeit money, yet no one would ever say that the American dollar isn’t worth anything. Astronomers have discovered spots on the sun; nevertheless, we have never heard anyone deny that the sun is the light that illumines the world. And yet, we know
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In 1929, Pope Pius XI wrote a letter to all seminarians, especially to his “Jesuit sons,” asking them to enter a new seminary that had just been founded in Rome to prepare young priests for possible missionary work in Russia. Walter Ciszek, who had entered the Company of Jesus in the United States the year
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The “Absolutely” and “Totally” “Essentials” Cf. Constitutions, 17, 95, 174 and 210; Directory of Spirituality, 37 Upon reading our proper law, especially the Constitutions and Directory of Spirituality, which are our principal documents, you notice that the term essential is used five times.* On two of these occasions, our proper law adds the adverbs “absolutely”[1]
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Rome, Italy June 1, 2017 Month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Dear Priests, Seminarians, Brothers, and Novices, “If the Church wants good ministers—said John of Avila—she must provide a proper education for them.” For this reason it has been and continues to be our deep aspiration “to form priests for the Catholic Church
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