FOCAL POINT: “The strength of the Congregation is dependent upon the intensity of the spiritual life and the fruitful apostolic life of each local community. Therefore, individual houses will be vital Christian communities where the faith, hope and love of each religious is both expressed and developed.” (Con. 135) Deceased: Fr. Norbert Dentinger, 1966, […]
FOCAL POINT: “Faith is expressed and developed as the religious share their Christian values, celebrate the Eucharist together and pray together.” (Con. 135) Deceased: Fr. Joseph Serszen, 1946, St. Louis, USA Birthday: Fr. Paul Sims, 1957, Canada For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation and agony. For vocations […]
FOCAL POINT: “Hope is expressed and developed when they share one another’s sorrows and joys and when they encourage and support one another in pursuit of their spiritual and apostolic goals.” (Con. 135) Deceased: Br. Luigi Scafazucca, 1917, Rome, Italy Fr. Theodore Wroblewski, 1959, Chicago, USA Fr. Frederick Keleher, 1983, Kitchener, Canada Fr. Piotr […]
FOCAL POINT: “Love is expressed and developed by their efforts to bring the care, compassion and forgiveness of Christ to one another and by their efforts to become signs of the unrestricted quality of His love, by the sincere manifestation of their love for all of the religious with whom they have been asked to […]
FOCAL POINT: “Local communities will give witness to the presence of the Spirit, as the bond of love among the religious. For this love to be present, relationships will be based upon openness, trust, understanding and acceptance.” (Con. 136) Birthday: Fr. Czeslaw Marchewicz, 1957, Poland For the Church, the Holy Father and our […]
FOCAL POINT: “Through the power of the Spirit, the religious can become visible signs that it is possible to live together in love, guided by Gospel principles.” (Con. 136) Deceased: Fr. Hugo Hayes, 1965, Hamilton, Canada For our Congregation, our superiors, especially our local superior, and for vocations to our Congregation. On this […]
FOCAL POINT: “Community life will serve as a model for the other Christian communities which result from apostolic efforts. These Christian communities will serve as models for other similar communities within the local Church.” (Con. 136) Deceased: Bp. Joannes Garufalov, 1951, Sofia, Bulgaria Fr. Leo Cushing, 1961, St. Agatha, Canada For our country, […]
FOCAL POINT: “Bogdan Janski founded the Congregation on the belief that society can be resurrected only through the establishment of Christian communities where the truth that was revealed by Jesus is lived out in love. The realization of his vision calls for the establishment of vital and highly visible local communities as an essential element […]
FOCAL POINT: “This view of its Mission helps the religious to understand that the time and energy required to establish vital Christian communities in local Houses does not deprive the apostolate of fruitfulness; on the contrary, this expenditure of time and energy is an expression of their apostolate.” (Con. 137) Deceased: Fr. Feliks Szmit, […]
FOCAL POINT: “Each House will pursue its spiritual program and apostolic mission on the basis of local decisions, but always in accordance with the spirit of the Congregation and the prescriptions of the Constitutions and Provincial and Regional Statutes. This calls for leadership on the part of the local superior, even while stressing the observance […]
FOCAL POINT: “The local community meeting was an important element in the life of the community of believers which Bogdan Janski gathered together. At such meetings, the religious evaluate their life and mission in the light of the Gospel, of the Charism of the Congregation and of the signs of the times.” (Con. 139) […]
FOCAL POINT: “will support, encourage and affirm each other and call each other to conversion through a more fruitful response to the values of Jesus.” (Con. 139) Ordination: Fr. Philip Justinian, 2021, Tanzania Fr. Joseph Chacha, 2022, Tanzania Fr. Vitalis Masika, 2022, Tanzania For our deceased members and benefactors, and for the one […]
