FOCAL POINT: “Religious profession, rooted in the Sacrament of Baptism, enables the religious to share in Christ’s emptying of Himself and His life in the Spirit.” (Con. 150)   Deceased: […]

FOCAL POINT: “Formation aims primarily at fostering the participation of the religious in the Paschal Mystery whereby, guided by the Holy Spirit, he dies to self in order to live […]

FOCAL POINT: “Religious profession is effected in and through the Church. The religious binds himself in a special way to undertake the mission of the Church and to spend his […]

FOCAL POINT: “Formation, therefore, is ecclesial: it seeks to make the religious conscious of his participation in the mission of the Church and to develop his talents so that he […]

FOCAL POINT: “Religious understand that apostolic activity, rooted in and joined with contemplation, belongs to the very nature of consecrated life; for it is a holy service and work of […]

FOCAL POINT: “In the formation of the religious, as is the tradition of the Congregation, Mary will be presented as a model. She is the perfect disciple of Jesus and […]

FOCAL POINT: , “faith enabled Her to accept to gift of God’s love and to trust that all the promises made to Her would be fulfilled. Her hope enabled Her […]

FOCAL POINT: “obedience enabled Her to cooperate with all of God’s plans for Her. Her humility led Her to accept Her own lowliness even while She acknowledged and proclaimed the […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]