December 24

FOCAL POINT: “They were now dead to sin and alive with the Risen Christ in a new life dedicated to truth and charity.” (Historical Preface)   For a strengthening of our hope, in order that we may receive Christ with joy. For those in affliction, temptation or agony, may the coming feast be for them […]

The Nativity of the Lord

Deceased: Cl. Josef Janaszkiewicz, 1893, Lwow, Poland Br. Jan Widuch, 1912, Krakow, Poland   For the Church, our Congregation, parents, relatives, friends and benefactors. For blessings upon all Resurrectionists and Apostles of the Resurrection on this Christmas day. For the grace to use our giftedness to enrich the Church.   FURTHER REFLECTION: “Marriage is firstly […]

St. Stephen

FOCAL POINT: Love of God, for one another, and for the people we serve is a characteristic of the Congregation of the Resurrection.   Deceased: Fr. Mitchell Pawelko, 1996, Des Plaines, USA   Birthday: Fr. Szczepan Matula, 1980, Poland   For our Congregation, our Holy Father and for our local ordinary. For bricklayers and stonemasons […]

St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

FOCAL POINT: “May the generous living of these Constitutions encourage all the members of this institute to an ever-deeper commitment to announce and give witness to the Paschal Mystery with the spirit of their Founder, Bogdan Janski, and co-founders, Rev. Frs. Peter Semenenko and Jerome Kajsiewicz.” (Joao Braz Card. De Aviz)   Deceased: Cl. Ignacy […]

The Holy Innocents

FOCAL POINT: Reflection on the Charism and Mission of the Congregation will bring greater appreciation for our call to the Congregation.   Deceased: Fr. John Bulbrook, 1969, Quebec, Canada   For the grace to imitate our Founders, and for the spirit of the resurrection. For the male children, murdered on the order of King Herod, […]

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

FOCAL POINT: By the example of love of Community we give witness to the fact that Christ is alive and present in the world today.   Deceased: Fr. Gary Palangio, 2016, Kitchener, Canada   Birthday: Fr. Fabio de Siqueira Fonseca, 1970, Brazil   For ever greater fidelity to our religious vows and to the charism […]

December 30

FOCAL POINT: Resurrectionists strive, with the help of God, to remove from their lives anything that can separate them from God.   Deceased: Fr. Anthony Fischer, 1939, London, Canada Fr. Wilfrid Zettel, 1984, Hamilton, Canada Br. Clifford Bringleson, 2012, Waterloo, Canada Fr. Krzysztof Wojcicki, 2013, Skierniewice, Poland   For living and deceased parents of member […]

Saint Sylvester I

FOCAL POINT: The Congregation is a faith community, in which each member is shown the same love and acceptance which he enjoys from God.   Deceased: Br. Aloysius Jeske, 1906, Chicago, USA Fr. Walenty Khaun, 1917, Mentorella, Italy Br. Andrzej Szafranko, 1943, Rome, Italy Br. Peter Durkota, 1957, North Bay, Canada Fr. Andrew Kloska, 1987, […]

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

FOCAL POINT: “Besides daily participation in morning prayers and evening prayers, each religious will spend at least one hour each day in private prayer and reflection.” (Con. 70)   Deceased: Fr. Chester Brzegowy, 1957, Chicago, USA Fr. Joseph Baniewicz, 1968, Chicago, USA Fr. Jan Dybowski, 2012, Szczecinek, Poland   Birthday: Fr. Evandro Miranda Rosa, 1975, […]

Saint Bernard

FOCAL POINT: “The response of the individual to the call of Christ to personally imitate His life of chastity, poverty and obedience by a life lived in the Congregation marks the beginning of the process of formation.” (Con. 149)   Deceased: Fr. Stanislaw Zelazek, 1990, Poznan, Poland   Birthdays: Fr. Roberto Cachoeira Javorski, 1963, Brazil […]

St. Pius X

FOCAL POINT: “A man, when he enters consecrated life, needs help to understand the nature, the dignity and the importance of his vocation. Since the reality of this call is the basis of all formation, Formators, in the name of the Congregation, shall identify and confirm its presence.” (Con. 149)   Deceased: Fr. Wladyslaw Miernik, […]

Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

FOCAL POINT: “The Congregation believes that the words of Christ addressed to all Christians through baptism, ‘It was not you who chose me, it was I who chose you’ (John 15:16), are equally true to the call to consecrated life in the Congregation.” (Con. 149)   Deceased: Fr. Stanislaw Tatar, 1979, Sulislawice, Poland   First […]