Holy Week

FOCAL POINT:

“In forming this conviction [to practice external poverty], we will weigh our personal needs and the needs of our apostolate against the call of our vocation to imitate the poverty of Christ.” (Con. 22)

Deceased:

Fr. Andrzej Paszkiewicz, 1932, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Fr. Michael Weiler, 1970, Detroit, USA
Fr. Piotr Kobus, 1975, Krakow, Poland

Birthdays:

Fr. Krzysztof Kasperek, 1962, Poland

1. For an awareness that we are religious in the Church and for the Church, and for a spirit of docility to the wishes of the Holy Father.
2. For the sick, the aged and the lonely. For the one who will die first among us.
3. For the needs of the Church and the Congregation in developing countries.

FURTHER REFLECTION:

“As an international community, our call is to become an intercultural community in which there is a deep understanding and respect for all cultures, the mutual exchange of ideas and cultural norms, as well as the development of deep relationships.” (Witnesses to the Resurrection, 15)