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 […]
FOCAL POINT: “A frequent encounter with the Risen Christ in the Sacrament of Reconciliation forms an essential part of our liturgical prayer because it is here that we acknowledge our complete dependence on Him and receive the power to die to sin and to become conformed to Him. This Sacrament also effects reconciliation between ourselves […]
FOCAL POINT: “We hold the Liturgy of the Hours in special esteem because in it Christ and His Church pour out unending praise to the Father and intercede for the salvation of the whole world.” (Con. 59) Deceased: Br. Pawel Madzia, 1912, Adrianople, Bulgaria Fr. Piotr Pietryka, 1927, Krakow, Poland Fr. Adalbert Kowalczyk, 1972, […]
