FOCAL POINT: “This consecration of ourselves to Christ manifests itself through the love and service which we give to others, who are all Christ’s brothers and sisters, and through the exercise of a spiritual fatherhood.” (Con. 17) Deceased: Fr. Valentine Swientek, 1943, Chicago, USA Br. Andrzej Poniewierski, 1944, Rome, Italy Birthdays: Fr. Marian […]
FOCAL POINT: “Our consecration is also a prophetic sign of the resurrected life after death when people ‘neither marry nor are given in marriage’ (Matthew 22:30), but when all will be directly united with Christ and with one another in complete love and peace.” (Con. 17) Deceased: Fr. Nicolaus Radev, 1992, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Br. […]
FOCAL POINT: “Since chastity is a gift of God, we pray that God grant it to us and assist us to grow in this virtue.” (Con. 18) Deceased: Fr. John Bujalski, 1970, Chicago, USA Fr. James Johnstone, 2015, Kitchener, Canada Fr. Jan Mazurek, 2016, Vienna, Austria For our Congregation, and for our superiors. […]
Focal Point: “In addition to prayer, we shall add the practice of mortification to help us to grow in self-discipline, which enables us to avoid what endangers our observance of chastity.” (Con. 18) Birthdays: Br. John Cline, 1942, Canada Fr. Josef Domoradski, 1951, Poland Fr. Mariusz Mazur, 1969, Poland For increased fidelity to […]
FOCAL POINT: “True fraternal charity realized in our community life is a strong aid to chastity.” (Con. 18) Deceased: Fr. Francis Repinski, 1927, Chicago, USA Fr. Walenty Flieger, 2019, Gdansk, Poland. For all those who have recommended themselves to our prayers. That through the intercession of St. Patrick, we may be evangelizers to […]
FOCAL POINT: “In response to Christ’s invitation, and recalling the example of His own personal life, we vow to live a life of evangelical poverty.” (Con. 19) Deceased: Br. Benedetto Benedetti, 1921, St. Angelo, Italy That the Lord may help us to remove from our lives anything that separates us from Him, or […]
FOCAL POINT: “That the profession of poverty for the sake of following Christ implies a life of labor and moderation.” (Con. 20) Deceased: Fr. Constantinus Chaulland, 1883, Adrianople, Bulgaria Fr. Piotr Kaglik, 2003, Vienna, Austria Fr. Wieslaw Langner, 2006, Koscierzyna, Poland Ordination: Fr. Marian Szablewski, 1965, Poland For our bishop, and for […]
FOCAL POINT: “By force of the vow , a complete dependence on our Superiors in the use and disposition of goods as well as the renouncing of at least the administration of our own patrimony.” (Con. 20) Deceased: Fr. Carl Benninger, 1956, Louisville, USA Fr. Peter Pigott, 2022, Kitchener, Canada Birthdays: Fr. Wincenty […]
FOCAL POINT: “By evangelical poverty, we worship God by acknowledging our total dependence on Him.” (Con. 21) Deceased: Fr. John Iwicki, 1992, Bensenville, USA Birthdays: Fr. Joseph Glab, 1945, USA Fr. Pedro Loll, 1947, Poland Br. Miroslaw Kludka, 1969, Poland For our parents, relatives, friends and benefactors. For those seeking employment. For […]
FOCUS POINT: “We detach ourselves from material things so that we may give ourselves more fully to the imitation of the poor Christ and to the exercise of the apostolate.” (Con. 21) Birthdays: CI. Petro Kushaha Francis, 1998, Tanzania CI. Gabriel Malone Ramos Bastos, 2001, Brazil That we may hear and accept the gospel […]
FOCAL POINT: “We give witness to the world of the supreme importance of storing up treasure in heaven.” (Con. 21) Birthdays: Fr. Lucjan Bartkowiak, 1974, Poland Ordinations: Fr. Edward Lipiec, 1969, Poland Fr. Tadeusz Nosal, 1969, Poland That we may identify with Christ and with his mission, accepting our call ‘to serve […]
FOCAL POINT: “Since Christ was a person who was poor both in fact and in spirit, our practice of evangelical poverty will be both external and internal.” (Con. 22) Deceased: Archbp. Joseph Weber, 1918, Chicago, USA Fr. Joseph Prusinski, 1980, Chicago, USA Br. Andrzej Gierczak, 1981, Rome, Italy Fr. James Antosz, 1989, Du Bois, […]
