FOCAL POINT: “A religious will make the greatest progress in personal growth where there is trust and respect among all the members. This trust and respect is strengthened by encouragement and acceptance and is motivated by truth and charity. Love flowing from truth will be the predominant force of the entire formation process.” (Con. 158) […]
FOCAL POINT: “The goal of the post-Novitiate formation is the personal development of the whole man: to help him grow in Christian maturity by becoming more aware of his sinfulness and Gods’ manifest love, to help him deepen his vowed commitment to the Risen Christ, to help him adapt his personal life in order to […]
FOCAL POINT: “Spiritual formation continues along the lines laid out in the Novitiate program: a deepening awareness of the life and works of the Founders, a growing union with the Risen Christ through prayer and the exercise of fraternal charity in living the common life in simplicity, and an increasingly self-disciplined life based on the […]
FOCAL POINT: “Doctrinal formation continues through growth in the personal assimilation of the mysteries of faith and in the ability to communicate these mysteries in terms understandable to the culture and the times.” (Con. 164) Deceased: Fr. Aloysius Orzechowski, 1998, Chicago, USA For our parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for those who […]
FOCAL POINT: “The ministry of a brother embraces all the areas of the apostolic work of the Congregation except those which require Holy Orders.” (Con. 167) Deceased: Fr. Henry Gryczman, 1935, Chicago, USA For the grace to imitate our Founders, and for fidelity to our charism and mission. For the courage and hope […]
FOCAL POINT: “Those responsible for formation should be mature religious adequately prepared for these offices and filled with the spirit of the Church and the Charism of our Congregation.” (Con. 168) Bishop Ordination: Bishop Robert Kurtz, 1995, Bermuda Ordination: Fr. Henry Licznerski, 1992, USA First Vows: Fr. Marian Szablewski, 1959, Poland Fr. […]
FOCAL POINT: “Those responsible for formation will be careful to respect the human dignity and the special divine vocation of persons entrusted to their care. In guiding the growth and development of the individual, Formators will take into account his natural and supernatural endowments, as well as, interests and inclinations, so as to enable the […]
FOCAL POINT: “In order to meet these demands , the religious have an obligation to foster their own spiritual and professional growth by spiritual direction, personal reading, private study and attendance at seminars, workshops and other study programs.” (Con. 172) Deceased: Fr. Peter Graf, 1960, Sudbury, Canada Fr. Jerome Kroetsch, 2012, Kitchener, Canada […]
FOCAL POINT: “Each member is charged with the serious obligation and responsibility of fostering and developing vocations for the Congregation.” (Con. 171) Deceased: Fr. Piotr Athanasov, 1894, Adrianople, Bulgaria For fidelity to our religious vows and for the spirit of the resurrection. For those who have left the Congregation. For deceased benefactors, in […]
FOCAL POINT: “The Congregation has the right to make itself known in order to foster vocations and seek candidates.” (Con. 171) Deceased: Br. Michael Oleksiewicz, 1942, Chicago, USA Birthdays: Fr. Michael Yohana Henrico Kachwele, 1990, Tanzania For the Church, our Holy Father, and for our local ordinary. For vocations to the Congregation […]
FOCAL POINT: “The Community shall offer Mass once a month in each house for the following intentions: for the Holy Father; for blessings for our Congregation; for living and deceased benefactors and parents of members of the Congregation; for the deceased members of the Congregation; and for vocations to the consecrated life and priesthood.” (Con. […]
FOCAL POINT: “One hundred Masses will be celebrated for each deceased member or novice of the Congregation.” (Con. 74) Deceased: Cl. Kazimierz Szyberna, 1905, Mentorella, Italy Birthday: Fr. Wladyslaw Tarnowski, 1934, Poland For our country, for civil rulers on the local and national levels. May the example of St. Matthew inspire us […]
