St. Bede the Venerable ~ St. Gregory VII ~ St. Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi

FOCAL POINT: Our devotion of Mary is firmly rooted in the revealed Word and based on solid dogmatic foundations.   Ordination: Fr. Anthony Bus, 1984, USA   For our Congregation, our superiors and vocations to the Congregation. In thanksgiving for the generosity of our benefactors. For deceased members of the Congregation of the Resurrection.   […]

St. Philip Neri

FOCAL POINT: Let us recall Mary’s unceasing and efficacious intercession on our behalf.   Deceased: Fr. Simon Winter, 1967, Kitchener, Canada Br. Josef Antyga, 1970, Vienna, Austria Fr. Leonard Mustal, 1975, Lodrino, Switzerland Fr. Pawl Mietki, 2010, Krakow, Poland Fr. Charles Messler, 2017, St. Louis, USA   Birthday: Br. Pawel Drach, 1991, Poland   First […]

St. Augustine of Canterbury

FOCAL POINT: Our devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary finds its ultimate justification in the unfathomable and free will of God, who loved Her and did great things for Her.   Deceased: Br. Stanislaus Gorka, 1929, Chicago, USA Fr. Stanley Tarczan, 1971, Chicago, USA   Birthday: Cl. Michael Charles Mabuluja, 1993, Tanzania   Ordinations: Fr. […]

Pentecost Sunday

FOCAL POINT: Devotion of Mary brings greater pastoral effectiveness and constitutes a force for renewing Christian living.   Deceased: Fr. Edwin Mitrenga, 1985, Park Ridge, USA Fr. Jerome Andracki, 2001, Chicago, USA   Birthdays: Fr. Stanislaw Lasota, 1953, USA Br. Mariusz Zieba, 1977, Poland Cl. Vitalis Masika, 1988, Tanzania   Ordination: Fr. Edward Jaskula, 1955, […]

Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

FOCAL POINT: We turn to Mary with filial confidence, to Her who is ever ready to listen with the mother’s affection.   Birthday: Fr. Raphael Ma, 1988, Canada   Ordinations: Fr. Harry Reitzel, 1965, Canada Fr. James Valk, 1965, Canada   For fidelity to our charism and to our religious vows. For the one who […]

May 30

FOCAL POINT: In Mary we recognize God’s plan of salvation for all creation.   Deceased: Fr. Aleksander Szymonski, 1878, Adrianople, Bulgaria Fr. Joseph Bartkowicz, 1986, Chicago, USA   Birthday: Fr. Krzysztof Mortka, 1956, Poland   First Vows: Fr. Timothy Uniac, 1982, Canada Fr. Manuel Williams, 1982, USA   Ordinations: Fr. Tomasz Koperek, 2015, Poland Fr. […]

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 […]

November 8

FOCAL POINT: “The fundamental motive for all the Congregation’s pastoral efforts in its parishes for the benefit of children and youth, will be the concern for the new person, reborn through the Sacrament of Baptism, the Christian’s first resurrection.” (Con. 214)   Deceased: Fr. Stanislaus Swierczek, 1969, Woodstock, USA   Birthday: Fr. Stanislaus Pankiewicz, 1958, […]

Third Sunday of Lent

FOCAL POINT: “This dedication entails an act of faith whereby we respond to God’s call to give ourselves completely – with all our talents, abilities and powers – to Him, to the Church, and the Congregation.” (Con. 13)   Deceased: Fr. John Grabowski, 1973, Woodstock, USA   That we may be more aware of each […]