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United in the Mission

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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Works of Mercy

Rome, Italy, November 1st, 2018. Solemnity of All Saints “Charity is indispensable for the evangelization of the culture” Constitutions, 174 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians and Novices: In accordance with our charism to make “Jesus Christ … the Lord of all that is truly human,” our apostolate must be to devote ourselves “to preaching the Word

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“Servants of the Truth”

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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Transfiguration

The Dispositions of the Mission

Rome, Italy, August 1, 2018. “To love souls to the point of sacrificing themselves with heroism and without reserve” Constitutions, 182 Dear Fathers, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices, Just a few days away from “solemnly” celebrating the Transfiguration of the Lord, I wanted to send you this letter today with the encouragement that it might serve

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“The Word of God […] is precisely our Institute’s true strength”

“The Word of God […] is precisely our Institute’s true strength”

Directory of Spirituality, 238 DirecMemorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Rome, Italy September 30, 2017 Dear Priests, Brothers, Seminarians, and Novices,  Today we celebrate the memory of the august doctor of the Church, St. Jerome, one whose doctrine richly nourishes our proper law and gives shape to various specific aspects of

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On the Urgency of Pastoral Care for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life

On the Urgency of Pastoral Care for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life

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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