December 11

FOCAL POINT: “We call others, especially youth and families, to communities of the Risen Christ in which faith, hope and love radiate as a sign of union with Christ and His Mother, Mary, in the Church.” (Mission Statement)   Deceased: Fr. Luigi Scafuro, 1948, Pescara, Italy Fr. Lucjan Krawiec, 2021, Poznan, Poland   Birthday: Br. […]

Our Lady of Guadalupe and National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous People

FOCAL POINT: “Our Congregation must be a model of Christian community in which people are one in heart and mind.” (Mission Statement)   Deceased: Fr. Jan Giecewicz, 1936, Vienna, Austria Fr. Richard Balazs, 2020, Chicago, USA   Birthday: Br. William Hallas, 1947, USA   Ordination: Fr. Krzysztof Mortka, 1987, Poland   For the conversion of […]

St. Lucy

FOCAL POINT: “We reach out to all people through our pastoral-educational ministry but especially join in solidarity with people diminished by unjust structures.” (Mission Statement)   Deceased: Fr. Franciszek Zachara, 1931, Radziwillow, Poland Br. Stanislaw Baba, 2000, Poznan, Poland Deacon Brian Karley, 2019, Louisville, USA   Birthdays: Fr. Krzysztof Swol, 1967, Poland Fr. Alexandre Maluza, […]

St. John of the Cross

FOCAL POINT: “We assist the laity in their own efforts to become prophets to the world and to transform it by providing them with a deeper experience of the paschal dynamic in their lives.” (Mission Statement)   Deceased: Fr. Ladislaus Okulczyk, 1964, Winnetka, USA Fr. Jan Reinke, 1975, Krakow, Poland Fr. John Mix, 1988, Des […]

December 15

FOCAL POINT: “As an international Community, we assist each other in various parts of the world by sharing our ministries, experiences and resources.” (Mission Statement)   Deceased: Br. Antonio Folcarelli, 1875, Rome, Italy   Birthdays: Br. David Ernst, 1938, Canada Fr. Joseph Malczyk, 1941, USA Fr. Jerzy Zieba, 1965, USA   Ordination: Fr. Andrzej Pakula, […]

December 16

FOCAL POINT: “We share Christ’s own desire to enkindle the fire of divine love in the heart of every person on this earth.” (Mission Statement)   Deceased: Fr. Walerian Kalinka, 1886, Lwow, Poland Fr. Francis Ruetz, 2012, Waterloo, Canada   Birthday: Fr. Ryszard Bala, 1961, Poland   For our Congregation, our superiors, and for vocations. […]

Third Sunday of Advent

FOCAL POINT: As we strive to live Community, which is to be a true reflection of the Paschal Mystery, let us surrender ourselves to God, allowing the power of the Spirit to form Christ in us.   Deceased: Fr. Piotr Szkodrov, 1889, Adrianople, Bulgaria Fr. Paul Sobczak, 1922, Chicago, USA Fr. Henry Schmidt, 1968, London, […]

December 18

FOCAL POINT: We are called to be open to the Church’s call for the preferential option for the poor in our present and future apostolates.   Deceased: Cl. Pawel Dembinski, 1904, Siemianowice, Poland Br. Giovanni Bevilaqua, 1912, Adrianople, Bulgaria Br. John Lipski, 1926, St. Louis, USA Fr. Josef Obuchowski, 2020, Gdansk, Poland   Birthday: Fr. […]

December 19

FOCAL POINT: “The Congregation of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ began in Paris, France, on February 17, 1836, under the leadership of Bogdan Janski.” (Historical Preface)   Deceased: Br. Feliks Korman, 1922, Radziwillow, Poland Fr. Kenneth Bratko, 2004, Schaumburg, USA   Birthday: Fr. Dariusz Juliusz Teodorowski, 1957, Poland   For our parents, relatives, […]

December 20

FOCAL POINT: “After the death of the Founder on July 2, 1840, his disciples under the direction of Peter Semenenko and Jerome Kajsiewicz, the co-Founders of the Congregation, continued to develop his ideas and to live in community.” (Historical Preface)   Deceased: Fr. Joseph Capiga, 1986, Hamilton, Canada Fr. Leon Wojtyniak, 1991, Resende, Brazil   […]

St. Peter Canisius

FOCAL POINT: “On Easter Sunday, March 27, 1842, along with five other confreres, they professed their first religious vows in the Catacombs of St. Sebastian in Rome.” (Historical Preface)   Deceased: Fr. Clayton Hergott, 1977, Dundas, Canada Fr. Casimir Wilczynski, 2005, Montgomery, USA   For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation […]

December 22

FOCAL POINT: “The first rule was written during the Lenten season of 1842 and became the basis for community life and personal sanctification.” (Historical Preface)   Deceased: Fr. Stanislaus Siatka, 1933, Chicago, USA   For our deceased members and benefactors, and for the one who will die first among us. For our local superior. For […]