October 3

FOCAL POINT: “He loves people with the love of Christ, and he is concerned for their spiritual welfare.” (Con. 194)   Deceased: Fr. Terrance McGuire, 2015, Kitchener, Canada   First […]

St. Francis of Assisi

FOCAL POINT: “The desire to bring each person to Christ vivifies his apostolate and makes him ready and capable of overcoming any obstacle and, if need be, of laying down […]

St. Faustina Kowalska

FOCAL POINT: For the religious “his entire consecrated life will be filled with an apostolic spirit, and his apostolic life permeated with a religious spirit.” (Con. 194)   Deceased: Br. […]

Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher & St. Bruno

FOCAL POINT: “In this spirit, each Resurrectionist can be occupied with the work of Christ and acquire a spirituality proper to a pastor of God’s people.” (Con. 195)   Deceased: […]

Our Lady of the Rosary

FOCAL POINT: The religious “will learn to renounce his own convenience in order to exercise greater efforts in fulfilling his pastoral duties and in implementing new approaches to pastoral ministry […]

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

FOCAL POINT: Resurrectionists “will actuate the spirit of the Congregation which demands that he dies to self and rises with Christ in order that his new life with Christ will […]

October 10

FOCAL POINT: “Each member of the Congregation shall regard it his duty to be concerned about vocations. Let him ‘beg the harvest Master to send out laborers to gather His […]

St. John XXIII

FOCAL POINT: “Let him remember, too, that it is especially through brotherly love and the joyful fulfillment of his apostolate that he will attract others to share his religious consecration.” […]

October 12

FOCAL POINT: “The Congregation strives to bring an ecumenical spirit to every apostolate. It is concerned about people of all persuasions yet avoids a false conciliatory approach, superficiality or imprudent […]

October 13

FOCAL POINT: Our ecumenical “activity will be in harmony with the faith which the Catholic Church has always professed.” (Con. 197)   Deceased: Fr. Anthony Firetto, 1973, Waterloo, Canada   […]

St. Callistus

FOCAL POINT: “It is also important that the religious pray for unity, dialogue on differences and cooperate in common concerns. In this way, they can extend their love to all […]