Saint Therese of the Child Jesus

FOCAL POINT: “Under the pressure of apostolic activity, the Resurrectionist will maintain a unity in his work and spirituality.” (Con. 194)   Deceased: Fr. Joseph Zwierzycki, 1963, Chicago, USA Fr. Ernest Schumacher, 2001, Louisville, USA   Bishop Ordination: Bishop Wesley Spiewak, 2015, Bermuda   For the Church, our Holy Father, and for our local ordinary. […]

St. Lawrence of Brindisi

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, […]

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation – Labour Day

FOCAL POINT: “Prayer is at the very heart of religious formation. Religious need to be versed in the various forms of prayer and, through time spent in prayer each day, need to experience a deep awareness of God in their lives.” (Con. 153)   Deceased: Br. Stanislaw Golonka, 1941, Rome, Italy Fr. Walter Wilczek, 2010, […]

Blessed Andre Grasset

FOCAL POINT: “Prayer is to be constant and preserving so that their studies, apostolate and indeed all their activities will flow from a prayerful heart, united at all times with God, our heavenly Father.” (Con 153)   Birthday: Fr. Daniel Hinc, 1982, Poland   For our Congregation, our superior and for vocations to our Congregation. […]

Saint Gregory the Great

FOCAL POINT: “Since prayer and spiritual growth in general take place primarily in the privy of one’s heart, it is essential that each person in formation seek and receive proper and competent spiritual direction.” (Con. 154)   Deceased: Fr. William Benninger, 1946, Rome, Italy Fr. Leszek Czyz, 1994, Sulislawice, Poland   Birthday: Fr. James Gibson, […]

Blessed Dina Belanger

FOCAL POINT: “In the formation of an integrated and mature religious, it is important that all aspects and talents of the religious be developed simultaneously: the physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and social.” (Con. 155)   Deceased: Br. Jan Lalewicz, 1954, Radziwillow, Poland Fr. Bernard Bak, 1973, Chicago, USA Fr. Joseph Schaeffer, 1975, Rome, Italy Fr. […]

September 5

FOCAL POINT: “In order that the religious may realize his full potential in his vocation, a favorable environment is needed. The Congregation strives to provide an atmosphere of freedom in the context of well-defined personal responsibility.” (Con. 156)   Deceased: Fr. Stanley Sokulski, 1964, Chicago, USA Br. Stanislaw Bartyzel, 1991, Poznan, Poland Fr. Frederick Oberholzer, […]

September 6

FOCAL POINT: “A young religious will be granted the freedom to show initiative and creativity and to develop his talents; moreover, he will be urged to use this freedom for the good of the community in which he lives.” (Con. 156)   Deceased: Fr. Andrew Gettelfinger, 1936, St. Mary, USA   Birthdays: Fr. Philip Justinian, […]

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

FOCAL POINT: “Trust, dialogue and communication are of the utmost importance to exercising this freedom. Freedom exercised in this responsible manner will enhance the quality of obedience as the religious grows from a more external submission to authority to a healthier sense of co-responsibility for the work and well-being of the Congregation.” (Con. 156)   […]

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

FOCAL POINT: “Let there be unity of heart and mind between a religious and those in authority. This union implies a common responsibility for the present and future good of the Congregation.” (Con. 157)   Deceased: Fr. Walter Mikosz, 1965, Montgomery, USA Fr. Joseph Siemiaszko, 1993, Chicago, USA   Birthday: Fr. Tadeusz Nosal, 1944, Poland […]