St. Agnes
2027-01-21
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18th – 25th)
FOCAL POINT:
“We experience our nothingness without God. We know the misery of our inherited weakness and corruption, which results from our personal sins.” (Con. 1)

For all of those who work in the parish apostolate, together with permanent deacons, lay ministers and catechists.
May the power of God’s Holy Word inspire and guide our lives.
In thanksgiving for the example of virginity, and the gift of martyrdom, given to us by St. Agnes.
May the message of the Resurrection unite all Christians in a common faith.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“We will build team ministry among priests, deacons, brothers, other religious and lay pastoral ministers.” (Provincial Pastoral Handbook, 3)

St. Vincent
2027-01-22
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18th – 25th)
FOCAL POINT:
“This knowledge [of our nothingness, misery and corruption] leads to a new experience of God’s love, because He is ready to forgive and to come to our aid.” (Con. 1)

Deceased:
Fr. Valentino Lanciotti, 1927, Rome, Italy

For all those who work in the educational apostolate, the lay teachers, staff and students.
For vocations to our Congregation.
For those who gave their life for the faith, and today we recognize the martyrdom of St. Vincent.
For the Holy Church and for unity among all Christians.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Our personal conversion and death to sin becomes for others the most potent invitation to follow the Risen Christ.” (Provincial Pastoral Handbook, 1)

January 23
2027-01-23
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18th – 25th)
FOCAL POINT:
“Our renewed experience of God’s unconditional love leads to a recognition of our own unworthiness. This paschal dynamic continues throughout our whole life.” (Con. 1)

Deceased
Fr. Bronislaw Przewlocki, 1897, Bandera, USA
Fr. Marion Gienko, 1998, Chicago, USA

Birthdays:
Fr. Piotr Przywecki, 1961, Poland

For our general, provincial and regional curia’s.
For the provinces, regions and houses directly dependent on our superior general.
That through the intercession of the saints, our dearly beloved sick may be healed and strengthened in their journeys.
For the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we strive for greater Christian unity.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“The principles of the Paschal Mystery are used as a guide for what is happening in the lives of both the members and those they touch in their apostolates.” (Resurrectionist Formation, 178)

St. Francis de Sales
2027-01-24
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18th – 25th)
FOCAL POINT:
“As Resurrectionists we will strive to witness to the transforming power of God’s love, not only in our own personal lives, but also in community life.” (Con. 1)

Deceased:
Fr. William Vincent Kloepfer, 1925, Kitchener, Canada

Birthdays:
Fr. Stephen Glab, 1954, USA
Fr. Jan Dziechciar, 1961, Poland

For provincial and regional commissions, and for our international commissions.
For our benefactors, living and deceased.
In thanksgiving for the deep faith and gentle pastoral care which St. Francis de Sales modeled for us.
That the transforming power of God’s love may lead to ever greater Christian unity.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“The Risen One calls us together in community to sit at his feet and be nourished as his disciples, not for our own sake, but so that, like Mary Magdalene, he may send us out to witness to the transforming power of God’s love.” (Witnesses to the Resurrection, 10)

Conversion of St. Paul
2027-01-25
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18th – 25th)
FOCAL POINT:
“We will allow this love to overcome the fears and heal the wounds that keep us isolated from one another so that we can become a true community of disciples united in mind and heart.” (Con. 1)

Deceased:
Fr. Casimir Tadla, 2016, Des Plaines, USA

Birthdays:
Fr. Stefan Duda, 1935, Poland
Fr. Marian Szablewski, 1940, Poland
Fr. Gabriel Koch, 1976, Poland

For the church, our Holy Father and our bishops, especially our local bishop.
On this feast of the conversion of St. Paul, we pray for our own ongoing conversion.
For all who have died.
For the grace of St. Paul to inspire us in our efforts for Christian unity.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“We are called to form communities of the Risen Christ and from them we are sent out into the world. Therefore, great care should be made to preserve our common life while we respond to the apostolic needs of today.” (Witnesses to the Resurrection, 10)

Word of God Sunday (3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
2027-01-26
FOCAL POINT:
“In our apostolic life, we will urge others to a renewal of their lives, which will lead eventually to the resurrection of society.” (Con.1)

Deceased:
Fr. Basili Garufalov, 1943, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Fr. Jerome Arnold, 1981, Brantford, Canada
Fr. Ernest Socha, 1995, Chicago, USA
Fr. Vern Brunning, 2007, Cambridge, Canada
Br. Harry Chisholm, 2014, Kitchener, Canada
Fr. Lech Wycichowski, 2022, Hamilton, Canada

For our Congregation, our apostolates, our superiors, and for vocations to our Congregation.
For all the members of our local house.
On this Lord’s Day let us be open to the movement of the Spirit in our lives and the power of the Eucharist to transform our lives.
On this Sunday, dedicated to the Word of God, may the Word of God enrich and strengthen us in our lives of faith.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Our leadership in the parish should encourage our people to recognize, accept, and use well their God-given gifts in the service of God and the Church.” (Provincial Pastoral Handbook, 3)

St. Angela Merici
2027-01-27
FOCAL POINT:
“We will proclaim the Paschal Mystery in our apostolates through preaching and teaching the certainty of God’s love for each of us and His will to save us by uniting us to the death and resurrection of Jesus.” (Con. 1)

Deceased:
Br. Francesco Moron, 1873, Rome, Italy
Fr. John Klek, 1995, Chicago, USA

For our country, and for all civil rulers.
For parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for all those who have recommended themselves to our prayers.
For the Company of St. Ursula, founded by St. Angela Merici, whose ministry is the education of women.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“As Resurrectionists, we embrace the Paschal Mystery by which we strive to die to self and rise with Christ in order to more fully live the life of Christ.” (Provincial Pastoral Handbook, 1)

St. Thomas Aquinas
2027-01-28
FOCAL POINT:
“We will proclaim the Paschal Mystery by carefully prepared celebrations of the Easter Triduum and every Sunday as the day of the Risen Lord.” (Con. 1)

Deceased:
Fr. Henryk Mloczkowski, 2000, Poznan, Poland
Fr. Jozef Dolina, 2011, Warsaw, Poland
Fr. Frederick Ciesla, 2016, Glenview, USA

For our members in the mission: in Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria and Tanzania.
For vocations to the priesthood and religious life, especially vocations to our own Congregation.
May the example of St. Thomas Aquinas inspire us to deepen our knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Members of our Province who minister in parishes and related pastoral outreach will make the Paschal Mystery a central value for their personal, community and ministerial lives.” (Provincial Pastoral Handbook, 1)

January 29
2027-01-29
FOCAL POINT:
“Salvation history is a continual manifestation of God’s love for us. It was out of love that He created us. It is also out of love that He has redeemed us and made us His sons.” (Con. 2)

Deceased:
Fr. Stefan Meszkov, 1976, Malko Tirnovo, Bulgaria

For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation and agony.
For all the Communities of consecrated female religious who minister with us in our apostolates.
For the poor in spirit, that the kingdom of God may be theirs.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Remember the past with gratitude, live the present with passion, and embrace the future with hope.” (Address by Pope Francis to General Chapter 2017, 3)

January 30
2027-01-30
FOCAL POINT:
“In our own day, God continues to manifest this love for us in the person of the Risen Christ, who is still present among us, sanctifying us through His Church, especially in its liturgical celebrations.” (Con. 2)

Deceased:
Fr. LOUIS FUNCKEN, 1890, Roemond, Netherlands
Fr. Karol Cygan, 1894, Lwow, Poland
Fr. William LaFlamme, 2018, Kitchener, Canada

Birthdays:
Fr. Roman Palma, 1949, Poland
Fr. Arkadiusz Kita, 1972, Poland
Cl. Szymon Minkowski, 1994, Poland

For our deceased members and benefactors, and for all the faithful departed.
For the one who will die first among us.
For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.
For St. Jerome’s University, may the vision of Louis Funcken continue to shine forth in all that they do.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“This encounter [with the Risen Lord] will make you run once more, filled with joy and without delay, to the community, and from the community to the entire world, in order to tell others that the Risen Lord is risen indeed!” (Address by Pope Francis to General Chapter 2017, 2)

St. John Bosco
2027-01-31
FOCAL POINT:
“A very special manifestation of God’s love was made to our Founders and to all who have followed them in the Congregation of the Resurrection because we have received Christ’s invitation to leave all and follow him.” (Con. 2)

Deceased:
Br. Fabian Jankowski, 1988, Chicago, USA
Fr. Charles Fedy, 2015, Guelph, Canada

For fidelity to our charism, our vows and the spirit of our founders.
For our seminarians, the directors and students.
For the Salesians as the celebrate their Founder, St. John Bosco.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“I ask you to make fraternal life in community your primary form of evangelization.” (Address by Pope Francis to General Chapter 2017, 2)

February 1
2027-02-01
FOCAL POINT:
“The work of the Holy Spirit is evident in these overwhelming manifestations of God’s love and goodness.” (Con. 3)

Deceased:
Br. Joseph Arbus, 1905, St. Mary’s, USA

Birthdays:
Fr. Tomasz Wojciechowski, 1982, USA

First Vows:
Fr. Roberta Cachoeira Javorski, 1998, Brazil

For the church, our Holy Father and all of the bishops in communion with him.
For the sick, the suffering and the dying, and for those who are lonely.
For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Our encounter with the Risen Lord, now empowers us, in turn, to believe for ourselves that He is really the Saviour of the world.” (Witnesses to the Resurrection, 1)

Presentation of the Lord & World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life
2027-02-02
FOCAL POINT:
“In response to His call, we have freely chosen to enter the Congregation of the Resurrection. In the Congregation, through the profession of vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, we propose to deepen out baptismal covenant by a life-long commitment to the love and service of our Risen Saviour.” (Con. 3)

Deceased:
Br. Piotr Marczak, 1888, Rome, Italy
Fr. Anselm Babski, 1925, Chicago, USA
Fr. Stanislaw Owczarczyk, 1934, Rome, Italy
Fr. Clarence Clark, 1978, Hamilton, Bermuda

Birthdays:
Fr. Henryk Karbowiak, 1944, Poland
Cl. Diogo Sousa Dos Santos, 2002, Brazil

First Vows:
Fr. Zbigniew Kozielec, 1958, Poland
Fr. Bronislaw Zaranski, 1959, Poland
Fr. Luciano Piotrowski, 1983, Poland
Fr. Evandro Miranda Rosa, 1996, Brazil
Fr. Marcio Correa Mendes, 2002, Brazil
Fr. Alexandre Lopes Alessio, 2003, Brazil
Fr. Diodilo Antoni da Costa Filho, 2003, Brazil
Fr. Edson Siqueira da Silva, 2005, Brazil
Fr. Fabio de Siqueira Fonseca, 2007, Brazil
Fr. Andre Malta Martins, 2010, Brazil

For our Congregation and our superiors, especially our local superior.
For pastors, administrators and counsellors.
For all consecrated religious.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Living the vows is a paschal experience, a conversion experience, because the religious has freely chosen to renounce one way of living the Christian life in order to live another that expresses faith, hope and love more immediately and more strongly.” (Resurrectionist Formation, 122)

St. Blasé and Ansgar
2027-02-03
FOCAL POINT:
“The eternal ‘alleluia’ of the Church’s Paschal season sums up our constant effort to praise the Lord.” (Con. 3)

Deceased:
Fr. Luigi Oldoini, 1884, La Spezia, Italy
Fr. Adolph Istok, 2002, Des Plaines, USA
Fr. Henryk Worsowicz 2015, Miechow, Poland

Birthdays:
Fr. Dariusz Tabor, 1958, Poland

For all of the members of our Congregation, for perseverance in their vocation and for vocations.
For peace in the world.
For the healing of all ailments of the throat on this feast of St. Blasé.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“The experience of God’s love in the Paschal Mystery of Christ, which made us people of hope, and the paschal dynamic of dying to ourselves and rising with Christ are a life-long process.” (Continuing a Vision of Hope, 14)

February 4
2027-02-04
FOCAL POINT:
“Our entire life and work in the Congregation is to give glory to God, because He is infinite goodness and love.” (Con. 4)

Deceased:
Fr. Anthony Laskowski, 1978, Chicago, USA
Fr. Louis Mattus, 1981, St. Mary’s, USA
Bro. Piotr Grybos, 2014, Rome, Italy

Birthdays:
Fr. Arthur Kardas, 1964, Poland

Ordination:
Fr. Michal Kruszewski, 2012, Gdansk, Poland

For our country, the government and people, and for all civil rulers.
For the poor and underdeveloped countries.
May the God of peace make us complete in everything good.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Our hearts are burning with zeal and joy as our understanding of our charism and mission is enhanced.” (New Horizons of Hope, 1)

St. Agatha
2027-02-05
FOCAL POINT:
“In gratitude for His love and goodness to us, we desire to respond to God’s invitation by our life and vocation, offering Him love for love. ‘We, for our part, love because He first loved us’ (1 Jn 4:15).” (Con. 4)

For our parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for all of those who have recommended themselves to our prayers.
For the sick, the suffering and the dying.
For all people and institutions named in honour of St. Agatha.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Like the disciples of Emmaus, allow the Risen One to walk at your side, both as individuals and in community, especially along the path of disappointment and abandonment.” (Address of Pope Francis to General Chapter 2017, 2)

St. Paul Miki and Companions
2027-02-06
FOCAL POINT:
“As members of the Congregation of the Resurrection, we give glory to God by manifesting the presence of the Risen Christ to the world.” (Con. 5)

Deceased:
Br. Theodore Pieczarek, 1923, Chicago, USA
Fr. John Ksiazek, 1990, Park Ridge, USA

Birthdays:
Fr. Jaroslaw Plaza, 1978, Poland

For our members in the missions: in Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria and Tanzania.
For assistance in our efforts to exercise a preferential option for the poor.
For the example of martyrs, such as St. Paul Miki and Companions, who offer themselves as a sacrifice for others.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Whether in our apostolic work or in our ecumenical encounters, rather than wait for our fellow Christians to come to us to discover our interest in them, we must search them out and show Christian concern for them through patient dialogue and cooperation in works of mutual concern.” (Provincial Statutes, 79)

February 7
2027-02-07
FOCAL POINT:
“We will strive for our own personal sanctification by accepting Christ as our model and by living a life of ever-greater union with Him.” (Con. 5)

Deceased:
Fr. Ignacy Witkowski, 1912, Vienna, Austria

Birthdays:
Fr. Florian Stasinski, 1948, Poland

For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation and agony.
For catechumens preparing to receive the sacraments of initiation.
For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“As religious we witness who we are and are called to be by the way we use all that we are and all that has been given to us.” (Provincial Statutes, 4).

Sts. Jerome Emiliani and Josephine Bakhita
2027-02-08
FOCAL POINT:
“This life of union with Christ expresses itself through our union with our brothers in community, and will overflow into our apostolic life, which strives to bring to completion the establishment of Christ’s kingdom.” (Con. 5)

Deceased:
Br. Marian Turalski, 1988, Brantford, Canada

For our deceased members and benefactors, for all of the faithful departed, and for the one who will die first among us.
For all of the suffering members of Christ’s body throughout the world, that their sufferings may bring them closer to the Lord.
For the Somaschi Fathers who celebrate their founder, St. Jerome Emiliani, and for the Canossian Sisters who celebrate one of their members today, St. Josephine Bakhita.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“An expression of a strong common life is that hospitality which invites our own Resurrectionists brothers and others not only into our home but also into our lives of faith, and ultimately attracts new members to our Congregation.” (Vision of Hope, 4)

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2027-02-09
FOCAL POINT:
“The goal of each of us who has been called to the Congregation of the Resurrection is to strive for his own personal resurrection with Christ in community and for the resurrection of society.” (Con. 5)

Deceased:
Br. Jozef Goj, 1923, Rome, Italy
Fr. William J. Kloepfer, 1942, St. Agatha, Canada
Fr. Leo Siess, 1977, Dundas, Canada
Fr. Zdzislaw Kmiecik, 1983, Gdansk, Poland

Birthdays:
Fr. Jan Nikel, 1953, Poland

For increased fidelity to our religious vows and to the spirit of our founders.
For perseverance in our vocation and fidelity to our charism and mission.
For peace in our world.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“One’s vocation takes on a new perspective and dynamism when one has come to see life primarily as a response to God’s love.” (Resurrectionist Formation, 11)

St. Scholastica
2027-02-10
FOCAL POINT:
“Our religious profession calls us to perfect our Christian life by following Christ so intimately that we live, die, and rise with Him.” (Con. 6)

Deceased:
Fr. Leo Jasinski, 1925, Chicago, USA
Fr. Alexandre Maluza, 2023, Osasco, Brazil

For the sick and the aged, and for those who are in any way incapacitated.
For those who are experiencing problems with their vocation.
For God’s blessings upon those parishes and institutions named for St. Scholastica.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Community life can be strengthened by the study of our Constitutions, supporting us and challenging us in our personal and communal life.” (Witnesses to the Resurrection, 4)

World Day of the Sick
2027-02-11
FOCAL POINT:
“Christ destroyed sin by dying and empowers us to remove sin and selfishness from our lives by dying to ourselves through the generous acceptance of the renunciation implied in the perfect observance of our vows and in the many difficulties and disappointments of daily life, which constitute some of the crosses that Christ invites us to carry.” (Con. 6)

Deceased:
Fr. Gioacchino Scipioni, 1980, La Spezia, Italy
Br. Vincenzo Beccerica, 1908, Rome, Italy
Fr. Boleslaw Micewski, 2020, Zlocieniec, Poland
Fr. Andrzej Kurek, 2024, Ostrowiec, Swietokrzyski, Poland

For the church, our Holy Father, for the local church and for the ordinary of the diocese.
For all of those who are considering joining our Congregation.
For all who have died in the faith of Christ, may the reward of heaven be theirs.
That we may not neglect our responsibility to care for the sick and suffering.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“The Gospel according to Luke presented Jesus Christ as the first Christian, the model Christian, the one we are to imitate in living out the life of the Resurrection given us through the waters of baptism.” (Formation Policies and Procedures, 4)

February 12
2027-02-12
FOCAL POINT:
“We will empty and wholly deny ourselves, in order that Christ may dwell in us and act through us. Then we will be able to say with Saint Paul: ‘… the life I live now is not my own; Christ is living in me’ (Galatians 2:20).” (Con. 6)

Deceased:
Archbp. Salvatore Baccarini, 1962, Capua, Italy

Birthdays:
Fr. Marek Tomski, 1957, Poland

For our Congregation, our general, provincial and regional superiors and their councilors.
For our local community and our local superior.
For vocations to the Congregation of the Resurrection.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“The fruitful exercise of obedience requires open and meaningful dialogue between the local superior and the members of his house, individually as well as collectively.” (Provincial Statutes, 10)

February 13
2027-02-13
FOCAL POINT:
“In order to rise with Christ, we need to be open to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit who sanctifies us and conforms us to Christ.” (Con. 7)

Deceased:
Fr. Francis Gordon, 1931, Chicago, USA
Bp. Brian Hennessy, 1997, Southhampton, Bermuda
Fr. Joseph Furmanek, 1998, Des Plaines, USA
Fr. Stanislaw Ignaczak, 2005, Poznan, Poland

Birthdays:
Fr. Grzegorz Wisniewski, 1956, Poland
Fr. Maciej A. Gawlik, 1968, Poland

For postulants, affiliates, novices and seminarians, that they may persevere in their vocations.
For vocations to our community.
For blessings on all married couples.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“If we persevere praying for vocations, God will surely inspire men with the same divine call that our Founders received and pledged in the church.” (Witnesses to the Resurrection, 9)

St. Cyril & St. Methodius
2027-02-14
FOCAL POINT:
“That just as Christ’s primary concerns were to be completely dedicated to performing the will of His Father and loving service for His brothers and sisters, so also will these be the animating principles of our consecrated life.” (Con. 7)

Deceased:
Fr. John Ratajczak, 1952, Chicago, USA

Birthdays:
Fr. Jozef Laniak, 1947, Poland
Cl. Brayan Edward Gigo, 1994, Tanzania
Cl. Emmanuel Ntula, 1987, Tanzania

For our country, for civil rulers on the local and national level, for justice and peace.
For the jobless, the homeless, the poor and the hungry.
In thanksgiving for the service to the Church which Saints Cyril and Methodius model for us.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“If the resurrection of Christ is our greatest certainty and our most precious treasure, how can we not run to proclaim it to others.” (Address by Pope Francis to General Chapter, 2017, 2)

February 15
2027-02-15
FOCAL POINT:
“We will thus begin to share in the new creation, the life of the Risen Saviour.” (Con. 7)

Deceased:
Cl. Adolfo Lanciotti, 1901, Rome, Italy
Fr. Mitchell Starzynski, 1976, Chicago, USA

Birthdays:
Fr. Jose Flavio Sotero Barbosa, 1992, Brazil

For our parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for all those who recommended themselves to our prayers.
For those we promised to pray for.
For those who we educated in our schools and parishes.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“I urge you to be builders of evangelical communities and not merely their consumers.” (Address by Pope Francis to General Chapter, 2017, 2)

Founders’ Day
2027-02-17
FOCAL POINT:
For the glorification of our Founders in the hearts and minds of all Resurrectionists, and for fidelity to our call, our Charism, and our Mission which we share with the Founders.

First Vows:
Br. Miroslaw Kludka, 1997, Poland
Br. Mariusz Zieba, 1998, Poland
Br. Mariusz Biedal, 2005, Poland

Ordination:
Fr. Roberto Cachoeira Javorski, 2004, Brazil

For our community, in thanksgiving for blessings received, and asking continued blessings.
For vocations to our Congregation.
For our living and deceased benefactors.
In thanksgiving for our Founders and the early disciples of the Congregation.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“It is my hope that the unshakeable faith of our Fathers be for all of us an impetus to rediscover, revitalize and strengthen our faith, to share it with others, to spread it and to witness to it with our consistency in both its personal and communal dimension. … Our Founders, after having lived their conversion in France, sealed thereafter by the Sacrament of Reconciliation, began – with the help of God’s grace – the process of being transformed into ‘new men’; a process which de facto lasted (for so it must) for their whole lives.” (Circular Letter to the Brothers 2012, 3 – 4)

First Sunday of Lent
2027-02-18
FOCAL POINT:
“God has honoured Mary by choosing Her to be the Mother of our Saviour. She is also the Mother of the Church which is His body. In our tradition, we have claimed Her as the Mother of our Congregation and have been dedicated to promoting Her honour.” (Con.8)

Deceased:
Fr. Chester Szulc, 1949, Chicago, USA

Birthdays:
Fr. Tadeusz Gajda, 1952, Poland

For the conversion of sinners, and for all in affliction, temptation and agony.
For the Sisters of the Resurrection and their apostolates.
For the grace to respond to God’s call.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“May Mary, who in a singular way experienced and continues to experience the mystery of her Son’s Resurrection, watch over our journey with a mothers love.” (Address by Pope Francis to General Chapter 2017, 3)

February 19
2027-02-19
FOCAL POINT:
“She [Mary] is the model of what salvation is for each of us. In Her Immaculate Conception, She is freed from sin. As the Mother of Sorrows, She shared in the sufferings of Her Son. In Her Assumption, She was raised up to share in the risen life of Jesus.” (Con. 8)

Deceased:
Fr. Stanley Gembala 1984, Chicago, USA
Fr. Joseph Gluchowski, 1997, Des Plains, USA

Ordination:
Fr. Edward Zakowicz, 1994, Poland

For our deceased members and benefactors, for all the faithful departed, and for the one who will die first among us.
For a deeper understanding of the Paschal Mystery.
For our benefactors: in thanksgiving for their continued generosity to the Congregation.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Consider the elements of the Paschal Mystery: (1) dying is necessary as a condition for rising; (2) the new life that ensues is far more lovely than the dying has been; and (3) the new life could not possibly have been expected. Otherwise, the dying would not have been so hard and so deeply resisted.” (New Horizons of Hope, 2)

February 20
2027-02-20
FOCAL POINT:
“If we follow Her [Mary] as our model, we learn to share in the passion, death and resurrection of Her Son and we too will be freed from sin and will share in His new life in the Spirit.” (Con. 8)

Deceased:
Fr. Wiktor Skorka, 1950, Poznan, Poland
Fr. Albert Ruetz, 1980, Waterloo, Canada

Birthdays:
Fr. Jim Donohue, 1955, Canada
Cl. Diogo Sousa Dos Santos, 2002, Brazil

For increased fidelity to our religious vows and to the spirit of our Founders.
For continued interest in the sources of our history and spirituality.
For those who have asked us to pray for their intentions.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“As Resurrectionists, we pledge ourselves to promote the efficacy and validity of the Paschal Mystery wherever and whenever the occasion presents itself in our apostolic work and communal life according to our Constitutions.” (Provincial Statutes, 1)
