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, […]

March 1 & World Day of Prayer

FOCAL POINT: “As members of the Congregation of the Resurrection we regard as the supreme rule of our lives the following of Christ, whom the Gospel presents as poor, chaste and obedient.” (Con. 12)   Deceased: Br. Francesco di Norma, 1898, Rome, Italy   That we may seek to know Christ and the power flowing […]

St. Casimir

FOCAL POINT: “Life according to the vows helps us to develop as persons and to attain Christian maturity.” (Con. 14)   Deceased: Fr. Chester Mitoraj, 2005, Chicago, USA   Birthdays: Fr. Czeslaw Kaszubowski, 1963, Poland Fr. Maciej Sasiak, 1970, Poland   For the people entrusted to our care in parishes and schools. For the conversion […]

March 5

FOCAL POINT: “The vows are the expression of the free and total gift of ourselves to God.” (Con. 14)   Deceased: Fr. Stanislaw Suwala, 2016, Gdansk, Poland Fr. Leonard Krzywda, 2017, Chicago, USA Fr. Gerard Janikowksi, 2021, Koscierzyna, Poland   Birthdays: Fr. Edward Howe, 1964, USA   For the sick, the suffering and the dying. […]

March 6

FOCAL POINT: “We accept the detachment implied in the observance of our vows in order to become more firmly attached to Christ.” (Con. 14)   Deceased: Fr. Emil Stec, 2005, De Plaines, USA   Birthdays: Fr. Slawomir Dominik Sobolewski, 1961, Poland   For our members in the missions. For vocations to the Congregation of the […]

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity

FOCAL POINT: “The practice of the vows contributes to the realization of our common life and to the fulfillment of our mission.” (Con. 14)   Deceased: Fr. Teodor Dimitrov, 1962, Malko Tirnovo, Bulgaria Br. Bronislaw Piaskowski, 1993, Gdansk, Poland   For the Church, for our Holy Father, and our local ordinary. For a spirit of […]

St. John of God

FOCAL POINT: “The vows are a visible sign to the people of God. They point to the possibility of living according to the counsels of Jesus.” (Con. 15)   Deceased: Fr. Giuseppe de Nardis, 1871, Rome, Italy Fr. Franciszek Torbus, 1939, Lwow, Poland Fr. Franciszek Bem, 1972, Gdansk, Poland   Birthdays: Fr. Steven Bartczyszyn, 1958, […]

St. Frances of Rome

FOCAL POINT: “They are a prophetic witness to the primacy of God and higher values: the supernatural and the eternal as contrasted with the natural and temporal.” (Con. 16)   Deceased: Fr. Daniel Apostolov, 1954, Dragomirovo, Bulgaria Fr. Fabian Ayers, 1997, Louisville, USA Fr. Antoni Chabraszewski, 2010, Szamotuly, Poland Fr. John Lesousky, 2021, Louisville, USA  […]