FOCAL POINT: “Each religious has the right to appeal the decision of his immediate superior to a higher superior. The higher superior will be informed of the decision of the immediate superior.” (Con. 53) Deceased: Fr. Leonard Prusinski, 1995, Des Plaines, USA Birthday: Fr. Jacek Wojcik, 1971, Poland Ordination: Fr. Timothy Uniac, […]
FOCAL POINT: “Higher superiors will always advice the more immediate superiors of commands and privileges they have extended to members of local houses.” (Con. 53) Deceased: Cl. Stanislaw Michno, 1955, Puszczykowo, Poland For the Church, our Holy Father and for our local ordinary. For our Congregation, our superiors, and for vocations to our […]
FOCAL POINT: “The Scriptures reveal Christ to us as a man of prayer who frequently offered praise and thanks to His Father.” (Con. 54) Deceased: Fr. Edward Waechter, 1964, Erlanger, USA Fr. Joseph Baker, 1986, Chicago, USA Fr. Clarence Hauser, 2011, Waterloo, Canada Fr. Adam Piasecki, 2020, Chicago, USA Fr. Frederick Scinto, 2022, Kitchener, […]
FOCAL POINT: “Through the grace of Baptism, we have received the gift of the Spirit, who makes us God’s sons: ‘… a spirit of adoption through which we cry out ‘Abba!’ (that is, Father!) (Romans 8:15).’” (Con. 54) Deceased: Fr. Pawel Palka, 1926, Adrianople, Bulgaria Br. Josef Korman, 1941, Stryj, Poland Fr. John Bresden, […]
FOCAL POINT: “Mindful that our own personal sanctification and effective apostolic work flow from a vital union with Him, we too strive to become men of prayer.” (Con. 54) Deceased: Fr. Pawel Tudyka, 1921, Gdansk, Poland Fr. Stanislaw Skierawski, 1945, Gniew, Poland For the Church, our Holy Father and the local ordinary. For […]
FOCAL POINT: “From the very beginning we were convinced that, if our own personal conversion and that of other brothers who were on the way to closer union with God were to be effective, it was proper and necessary that we withdraw from the social circles in which we lived and gather together to form […]
FOCAL POINT: “Mary teaches us how to intercede for the needs of others and to pray for the outpouring of the Spirit upon the Church.” (Con. 55) Deceased: Fr. Alexander Kocon, 1991, Chicago, USA Fr. Norman Choate, 2011, North Fort Myers, USA Fr. Mieczyslaw Czubaj, 2015, Morawica, Poland Birthday: Fr. Jerzy Walkusz, 1934, […]
FOCAL POINT: “We honor Mary as Mother of our Congregation by imitating Her life of prayer, by praying to Her and by observing Her feasts in the liturgy.” (Con. 55) Ordinations: Fr. Henry Ruszel, 1954, USA Fr. Szymon Zaniewski, 2020, Poland For all of those who have recommended themselves to our prayers. For […]
FOCAL POINT: “Liturgical prayer, which is offered to God in union with Christ and in His name, is given the primary place in our life of prayer, because it is in this prayer especially that we offer the Father perfect praise and also that we experience our oneness with all the people of God.” (Con. […]
FOCAL POINT: “The Eucharist is the central act of our daily life because it is here, through our participation in Christ’s Paschal Mystery by dying and rising with Him, that we encounter the deepest meaning of the Resurrection.” (Con. 57) Deceased: Br. Franciszek Staniewski, 1885, Rome, Italy Fr. Joseph Wise, 1999, Des Plaines, USA […]
FOCAL POINT: “In the Eucharist, we also experience reconciliation with our brothers and sisters and unity of heart and soul as we, together with Christ, offer ourselves to the Father.” (Con. 57) Deceased: Fr. Leonard Long, 1966, Waukegan, USA Fr. Hubert Gehl, 1985, Kitchener, Canada For our deceased members and benefactors and for […]
FOCAL POINT: “It is in the Eucharist that Christ, our spiritual food, enables us to strengthen our baptismal and religious commitments. A natural outcome of our participation in the Eucharist is our devotion to Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.” (Con. 57) Deceased: Fr. Wincenty Wenglicki, 1956, Sulislawice, Poland Fr. Leon Chocieszynski, 1970, Vienna, Austria […]
