Rome, November 1st, 2019 “In order to build the Kingdom, Jesus called men to make them disciples” Directory of Spirituality, 118 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, On Sunday, November 24th, the last of the liturgical year, we will celebrate the solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the universe, a feast that was instituted relatively […]
San José, USA, September 1st, 2019 “Love that is not born from the cross of Christ is weak” Directory of Spirituality, 137 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, The mystery that identifies us, that of the Incarnation of the Word, is directly related to the mystery of the Cross that we will celebrate in a
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San Luis, Argentina, March 1st, 2019 “God placed him at the head of his family” Redemptoris Custos, 8 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians and Novices, As you know, on the 19th of this month we will celebrate the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, guardian of God the Father’s most precious treasures: the Incarnate Word and His Most
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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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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Directory of Consecrated Life, 2 Rome, Italy, September 1, 2017 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, The Sacred Congregation for Religious and for Secular Institutes (current CIVCSVA), in its document “Essential Elements of the Church’s Teaching on Religious Life,” teaches that “religious consecration is lived within a given institute according to constitutions which the Church,
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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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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
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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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