Truth

servants of truth

“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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the cross

The Predication of the Cross

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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On the Catechesis of the IVE

On the Catechesis of the IVE

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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“[We] must become ‘other Christs’ through the holiness of our lives”

“[We] must become ‘other Christs’ through the holiness of our lives”

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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“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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Transfiguration

“Transfigure the world”

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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