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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Rome, June 1, 2019 United in the Mission Directory of Fraternal Life, 25 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, During the month that the Church dedicates to contemplating and honoring the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, which in the Last Supper proclaimed us his friends – after having first told us to love one another
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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, 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, December 1, 2017 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger Lk 2: 12 Gospel of the Midnight Mass of the Nativity of the Lord Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, As we approach the beginning of Advent, which is a
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Constitutions, 7 Rome, Italy, November 1, 2017. Solemnity of All Saints Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, Pope John XXII, in a very renowned phrase, affirmed “Give me a religious who has been faithful to the rule for his whole life and I will canonize him without any further examination.” This sentence, both brief and
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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 August 1, 2017 Dear Priests, Seminarians, Brothers, and Novices, The miracle of the Transfiguration of our Lord which celebration we are approaching “reminds us of the specific end of our small Religious Family: to evangelize the culture – to transfigure it into Christ.” However, it is this mystery—in addition to that of the
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Rome, Italy, July 1, 2017 Dear Priests, Seminarians, Brothers, and Novices, “One cannot be an apostle without being creative; and without being creative, one cannot be a missionary.” For us, who confess to have an “essential call to be missionaries,” one of the non-negotiable elements of the charism of our Institute is precisely this apostolic
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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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