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 […]

St. John of Kanty

FOCAL POINT: “They were now inspired to dedicate themselves to the Risen Saviour and to call themselves the ‘Brothers of the Resurrection.’” (Historical Preface)   Deceased: Br. Feliks Piechota, 1917, Adrianople, Bulgaria Fr. Edward Glowacki, 1919, Rome, Italy Fr. Menno Hinsperger, 1966, London, Canada Fr. Henry Kryger, 2002, St. Louis, USA   For fidelity to […]

Fourth Sunday of Advent

FOCAL POINT: “They were now dead to sin and alive with the Risen Christ in a new life dedicated to truth and charity.” (Historical Preface)   For a strengthening of our hope, in order that we may receive Christ with joy. For those in affliction, temptation or agony, may the coming feast be for them […]

The Nativity of the Lord

Deceased: Cl. Josef Janaszkiewicz, 1893, Lwow, Poland Br. Jan Widuch, 1912, Krakow, Poland   For the Church, our Congregation, parents, relatives, friends and benefactors. For blessings upon all Resurrectionists and Apostles of the Resurrection on this Christmas day. For the grace to use our giftedness to enrich the Church.   FURTHER REFLECTION: “Marriage is firstly […]

St. Stephen

FOCAL POINT: Love of God, for one another, and for the people we serve is a characteristic of the Congregation of the Resurrection.   Deceased: Fr. Mitchell Pawelko, 1996, Des Plaines, USA   Birthday: Fr. Szczepan Matula, 1980, Poland   For our Congregation, our Holy Father and for our local ordinary. For bricklayers and stonemasons […]

St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

FOCAL POINT: “May the generous living of these Constitutions encourage all the members of this institute to an ever-deeper commitment to announce and give witness to the Paschal Mystery with the spirit of their Founder, Bogdan Janski, and co-founders, Rev. Frs. Peter Semenenko and Jerome Kajsiewicz.” (Joao Braz Card. De Aviz)   Deceased: Cl. Ignacy […]

The Holy Innocents

FOCAL POINT: Reflection on the Charism and Mission of the Congregation will bring greater appreciation for our call to the Congregation.   Deceased: Fr. John Bulbrook, 1969, Quebec, Canada   For the grace to imitate our Founders, and for the spirit of the resurrection. For the male children, murdered on the order of King Herod, […]

St. Thomas Becket

FOCAL POINT: By the example of love of Community we give witness to the fact that Christ is alive and present in the world today.   Deceased: Fr. Gary Palangio, 2016, Kitchener, Canada   Birthday: Fr. Fabio de Siqueira Fonseca, 1970, Brazil   For ever greater fidelity to our religious vows and to the charism […]

December 30

FOCAL POINT: Resurrectionists strive, with the help of God, to remove from their lives anything that can separate them from God.   Deceased: Fr. Anthony Fischer, 1939, London, Canada Fr. Wilfrid Zettel, 1984, Hamilton, Canada Br. Clifford Bringleson, 2012, Waterloo, Canada Fr. Krzysztof Wojcicki, 2013, Skierniewice, Poland   For living and deceased parents of member […]

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

FOCAL POINT: The Congregation is a faith community, in which each member is shown the same love and acceptance which he enjoys from God.   Deceased: Br. Aloysius Jeske, 1906, Chicago, USA Fr. Walenty Khaun, 1917, Mentorella, Italy Br. Andrzej Szafranko, 1943, Rome, Italy Br. Peter Durkota, 1957, North Bay, Canada Fr. Andrew Kloska, 1987, […]

Mary, the Holy Mother of God – World Day of Peace

FOCAL POINT: “We desire to be faithful to the grace received by our Founders, a grace we now share by our call to the Congregation of the Resurrection.” (Charism Statement)   Deceased: Fr. Wladyslaw Witkowski, 1998, Paris, France Br. Michal Buchert, 1958. Vienna, Austria Br. Clarence Gregory, 2001, Kitchener, Ontario Fr. Wladyslaw Piaskowski, 2009, Poznan, […]

Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen

FOCAL POINT: “We recognize certain truths to be especially important for our life and work as Resurrectionists because they give expression to this grace and call.” (Charism Statement)   Birthdays: Fr. James Link, 1949, Kentucky Fr. Gregoria Stachowiak, 1956, Poland Fr. Krzysztof Janik, 1980, Poland   For the Holy Catholic Church, our Holy Father and […]