The Clear intention of following Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint John Paul II wrote, “Philosophy … is the mirror which reflects the culture of a people.”[1] Therefore, the study of philosophy is for us—dedicated specifically to the evangelization of the culture[2]—of singular and eminent relevance. This is pointed out in our Constitutions, where we read […]
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The Put out into the deep[1] pronounced by the Incarnate Word on the shores of the lake of Gennesaret and whose echo mystically resounds since then, has been embraced through the span of the centuries by countless souls who, taking the demands of the Gospel seriously, are prepared to die, like the grain of wheat,
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Apostolic Creativity “One cannot be an apostle without being creative; and without being creative, one cannot be a missionary.”[1] Hence, for us who confess to be “essentially missionaries,”[2] one of the non-negotiable elements adjoined to the charism of the Institute is precisely apostolic creativity. It is an element that follows from the very mandate
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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
The Church in the Wilderness Recently, the American commentator Tucker Carlson said in his weekly column: “Is God dead? That’s the question that Time Magazine famously asked way back in 1966 when Time Magazine mattered. The answer then and now is no, God is not dead, but a lot of the people who believed in
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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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Our joy should be spiritual and supernatural Directory of Consecrated Life, 392 Fulton Shen says that “Our world is growing old with seriousness…The priest today has a mission to maintain the diaphanous character of the universe and thus preserve humor.”[1] Within a few days time we are going to celebrate together with all the Christians
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For the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven[1] Constitutions, 257 Each year the Institute of the Incarnate Word’s members make the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola wherein the Spanish saint “invites [us] to the great conquest of sanctity.”[2] Throughout the ‘second week’ of said Exercises, we are given the opportunity to meditate
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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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