FOCAL POINT: “Each member is charged with the serious obligation and responsibility of fostering and developing vocations for the Congregation.” (Con. 171) Deceased: Fr. Piotr Athanasov, 1894, Adrianople, Bulgaria For fidelity to our religious vows and for the spirit of the resurrection. For those who have left the Congregation. For deceased benefactors, in […]
FOCAL POINT: “The Congregation has the right to make itself known in order to foster vocations and seek candidates.” (Con. 171) Deceased: Br. Michael Oleksiewicz, 1942, Chicago, USA Birthdays: Fr. Michael Yohana Henrico Kachwele, 1990, Tanzania For the Church, our Holy Father, and for our local ordinary. For vocations to the Congregation […]
FOCAL POINT: “The Community shall offer Mass once a month in each house for the following intentions: for the Holy Father; for blessings for our Congregation; for living and deceased benefactors and parents of members of the Congregation; for the deceased members of the Congregation; and for vocations to the consecrated life and priesthood.” (Con. […]
FOCAL POINT: “One hundred Masses will be celebrated for each deceased member or novice of the Congregation.” (Con. 74) Deceased: Cl. Kazimierz Szyberna, 1905, Mentorella, Italy Birthday: Fr. Wladyslaw Tarnowski, 1934, Poland For our country, for civil rulers on the local and national levels. May the example of St. Matthew inspire us […]
FOCAL POINT: “Mass shall be offered in each House for the Ordinary of the diocese on the anniversary of his ordination as Bishop.” (Con. 75) Birthdays: Fr. Andre Malta Martins, 1979, Brazil Fr. Tomasz Koperek, 1984, Poland Ordination: Fr. Patrick Aiello, 1956, Canada For our parents, relatives, friends and benefactors, and for […]
FOCAL POINT: “Mass will be offered in each House for the Superior General and for the Provincial or Regional Superior on the anniversary of their election.” (Con. 76) Deceased: Fr. Ignatius Perius, 1926, Louisville, USA Birthday: Fr. Michal Szlachciak, 1984, Poland For the grace to imitate our Founders. For all of those […]
FOCAL POINT: “The feasts of the Resurrection, the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption and Our Lady of Sorrows are considered Community feasts and are to be celebrated in a solemn manner. On the vigil of these feasts, each religious should offer some form of mortification.” (Con. 78) Deceased: Fr. Mitchell Tadla, 1984, Chicago, USA Fr. […]
FOCAL POINT: “Since the Congregation is dedicated to the Lord’s Paschal Mystery, it strives to live the new life and hope of this mystery in every phase of its apostolic life, so that the religious achieve their own resurrection and that of society.” (Con. 191) Deceased: Fr. Steven Dabkowski, 1917, St. Louis, USA […]
FOCAL POINT: “Apostolic endeavors always take into account the demands of a changing world and the needs of the contemporary Church as well as the needs of community life.” (Con. 191) Deceased: Fr. Waclaw Nowacki, 1895, Krakow, Poland Br. Rajmund Jaszczynski, 1939, Warsaw, Poland Fr. James O’Connor, 1969, La Paz, Bolivia Fr. Walter Strub, […]
FOCAL POINT: “Examples of ministries which have had and still have a great significance for us are education and parish work.” (Con. 192) Deceased: Fr. Charles Mrowinski, 2008, Des Plaines, USA Birthday: Fr. Stanislaw Zaryczny, 1966, Poland Ordination: Fr. Jim Marcos Penaloza Polo, 2008, Brazil For the deceased members of the […]
FOCAL POINT: “The Congregation recognizes as its own those ministries in which religious – themselves being a model of Christian community – will be able to create communities, to work together with the laity, and to maintain and deepen their international character.” (Con. 192) For fidelity to our religious vows and for the spirit […]
FOCAL POINT: “For the Resurrectionist, the apostolate represents a call through Christ to lead an apostolic life imbued with a deep and lasting faith, ‘without which it is impossible to please God’ (Hebrew 11:6)”. (Con. 193) Birthday: Michal Osuch, 1953, Poland For our community apostolates of parish work and teaching, and for the […]
