Congregation of the Resurrection

June 8
2026-06-08
FOCAL POINT:
“Our relationship with our superior is built on love.” (Con. 46)

Birthday:
Fr. Richard Grek, 1940, USA

Ordinations:
Fr. Stefan Koperek, 1963, Poland
Fr. Zbigniew Kozielec, 1963, Poland

For those who have recommended themselves to our prayers.
For peace in the world.
For the guidance of the Holy Spirit upon the Superior General and his curia.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“We recognize the Risen Lord through our relationships with other people.” (Witnesses to the Resurrection, 1)

June 7
2026-06-07
FOCAL POINT:
“For when we obey our leaders and submit to them in this way, we give clear evidence of dying to self, we offer God a most pleasing sacrifice, and we imitate Christ, ‘who learned obedience from what He suffered’ (Hebrews 5:8).” (Con. 45)

Birthday:
Fr. Jan Poja, 1961, Poland

For our country, and for our parents, relatives, friends and benefactors.
For those who have asked us to pray for them.
For the guidance of the Holy Spirit upon all religious leaders.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“In recognition that the Risen Lord is the way, the truth and the life, one of the goals of formation is to become followers of Christ’s resurrection; to long to be inwardly renewed, dying to ourselves in order that the Risen Lord may live in us and that our lives may serve as signs of the transforming power of God’s love.” (Formation Policies and Procedures, 14)

St. Norbert
2026-06-06
FOCAL POINT:
“We should obey with the full knowledge and the deep conviction that not only superiors but we too can be wrong, and that we do what is best when, through obedience, we lovingly fulfill even what is contrary to our views and inclinations.” (Con. 45)

Deceased:
Br. Franciszek Musial, 1906, Lwow, Poland
Fr. Joseph Jacobi, 1965, St. Louis, USA

Birthday:
Fr. Salvatore Restivo, 1951, Canada

Ordination:
Fr. Nelson da Silva Santos, 1999, Brazil

For fidelity to our vows and the spirit of resurrection.
For all families and those families struggling to survive.
For the gift of wisdom for our superiors.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“One of the tasks of formation will be to assist members to become future-oriented, rather than to remain rooted in the secure but increasingly irrelevant past.” (Formation Policies and Procedures, 11)

St. Boniface
2026-06-05
FOCAL POINT:
“If our proposals are rejected, we should willingly fulfill the command for the love of God.” (Con. 45)

Birthday:
Fr. Adam Raczynski, 1960, Poland

Ordinations:
Fr. Tomasz Baniak, 2010, Poland
Fr. Ivan Hamburg, 2010, Poland
Fr. Piotr Korycinski, 2010, Poland
Fr. Marcin Paca, 2010, Poland
Fr. Tomasz Sulkowski, 2010, Poland
Fr. Michael Szlachciak, 2010, Poland

For our Congregation, our superiors and for vocations.
For those who will make a retreat this summer.
In thanksgiving for our benefactors, living and deceased.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Those members we absent themselves regularly from common prayer should be gently encouraged and lovingly invited to participate.” (Provincial Statute, 2b)

The Most Holy Trinity
2026-06-04
FOCAL POINT:
“If we have views about a matter, or about the way it should be done, contrary to the orders we have received, we ought to consider the matter seriously before God and then present our views to the superior, who may never have considered the issue from this point of view.” (Con. 45)

For the Church, our Holy Father and for our local ordinary.
For those seeking employment.
For those who have asked us to remember them in our prayers.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“For Resurrectionists spiritual growth means in particular to grow in the virtue of hope, through an ever more profound participation in the dynamic of the Paschal Mystery encompassing his entire life.” (Ongoing Formation, 5)

St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
2026-06-03
FOCAL POINT:
“In conscience, we consider as the will of God that we fulfill whatever the superior may have commanded or forbidden, unless it is evidently sinful.” (Con, 44)

Birthday:
Fr. Robert Rapinszuk, 1979, Poland

Ordination:
Fr. Ray Reitzel, 1961, Canada

For all students, teachers and support staff as the school nears completion.
For vocations to our Congregation.
For all deceased Resurrectionists.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“In order that the members of the Province be involved in reviewing and reassessing community life and work and evaluating opportunities for the future, the provincial superior after his election, with the consent of his provincial council, will appoint or confirm ‘ad hoc’ and standing committees.” (Provincial Statute, 37)

Sts. Marcellinus and Peter
2026-06-02
FOCAL POINT:
“We look upon our superiors as God’s representative. Beside obeying their commands, we strive to see these commands as wise and good.” (Con. 44)

Deceased:
Br. Maciej Grochowski, 1955, Warsaw, Poland

Birthdays:
Fr. Kazimierz Trawicki, 1954, Poland
Fr. Eric Wagner, 1981, USA

Ordination:
Fr. Toby Collins, 2007, Canada

For the safety of those going on vacation during these summer months.
For all the members of our local house.
For those in our Congregation who are struggling with their faith.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Knowledge of self is a privileged occasion of a new experience of God’s unconditional love.” (Ongoing Formation, 7)

St. Justine
2026-06-01
FOCAL POINT:
“Perfect obedience is supernatural and internal, as well as external.” (Con. 44)

Deceased:
Br. Louis Domagala, 1935, Chicago, USA

For vocations to our Congregation.
That the martyrdom of St. Justin may inspire us to deeper faith.
For all families, especially those struggling to survive.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Apostolates should flow from community, i.e., apostolates should enhance community life and community life should enhance apostolates.” (Provincial Statute, 60)

St. Lawrence of Brindisi
2025-07-21
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, Brazil

For growth in our trust, acceptance and affirmation of one another within Community.
For our country, and for civil rulers on the local and national level.
For those who, by their example and teaching, uphold the teachings of the church, and today we remember the example of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor of the Church.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“Consecrated men and women are sent forth to proclaim, by the witness of their lives, the value of Christian fraternity and the transforming power of the Good News.” (Vita Consecrata, 51)

Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
2024-10-01
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.
For all doctors of the Church, may the example of Saint Theresa guide them in their scholarly pursuits.
For our parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for those who have commended themselves to our prayers.

FURTHER REFLECTION:
“This is why the earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she ‘groans in travail’ (Rom. 8:22).” (Laudato Si’ 1)
