August 3

FOCAL POINT: “Hope is expressed and developed when they share one another’s sorrows and joys and when they encourage and support one another in pursuit of their spiritual and apostolic goals.” (Con. 135)   Deceased: Br. Luigi Scafazucca, 1917, Rome, Italy Fr. Theodore Wroblewski, 1959, Chicago, USA Fr. Frederick Keleher, 1983, Kitchener, Canada Fr. Piotr […]

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

FOCAL POINT: “Love is expressed and developed by their efforts to bring the care, compassion and forgiveness of Christ to one another and by their efforts to become signs of the unrestricted quality of His love, by the sincere manifestation of their love for all of the religious with whom they have been asked to […]

Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major & Blessed Frederic Janssoone

FOCAL POINT: “Local communities will give witness to the presence of the Spirit, as the bond of love among the religious. For this love to be present, relationships will be based upon openness, trust, understanding and acceptance.” (Con. 136)   Birthday: Fr. Czeslaw Marchewicz, 1957, Poland   For the Church, the Holy Father and our […]

The Transfiguration of the Lord

FOCAL POINT: “Through the power of the Spirit, the religious can become visible signs that it is possible to live together in love, guided by Gospel principles.” (Con. 136)   Deceased: Fr. Hugo Hayes, 1965, Hamilton, Canada   For our Congregation, our superiors, especially our local superior, and for vocations to our Congregation. On this […]

St. Sixtus II and St. Cajetan

FOCAL POINT: “Community life will serve as a model for the other Christian communities which result from apostolic efforts. These Christian communities will serve as models for other similar communities within the local Church.” (Con. 136)   Deceased: Bp. Joannes Garufalov, 1951, Sofia, Bulgaria Fr. Leo Cushing, 1961, St. Agatha, Canada   For our country, […]

St. Dominic

FOCAL POINT: “Bogdan Janski founded the Congregation on the belief that society can be resurrected only through the establishment of Christian communities where the truth that was revealed by Jesus is lived out in love. The realization of his vision calls for the establishment of vital and highly visible local communities as an essential element […]

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

FOCAL POINT: “This view of its Mission helps the religious to understand that the time and energy required to establish vital Christian communities in local Houses does not deprive the apostolate of fruitfulness; on the contrary, this expenditure of time and energy is an expression of their apostolate.” (Con. 137)   Deceased: Fr. Feliks Szmit, […]

St. Lawrence

FOCAL POINT: “Each House will pursue its spiritual program and apostolic mission on the basis of local decisions, but always in accordance with the spirit of the Congregation and the prescriptions of the Constitutions and Provincial and Regional Statutes. This calls for leadership on the part of the local superior, even while stressing the observance […]

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

FOCAL POINT: “The local community meeting was an important element in the life of the community of believers which Bogdan Janski gathered together. At such meetings, the religious evaluate their life and mission in the light of the Gospel, of the Charism of the Congregation and of the signs of the times.” (Con. 139)   […]

St. Jane Frances de Chantal

FOCAL POINT: “will support, encourage and affirm each other and call each other to conversion through a more fruitful response to the values of Jesus.” (Con. 139)   Ordination: Fr. Philip Justinian, 2021, Tanzania Fr. Joseph Chacha, 2022, Tanzania Fr. Vitalis Masika, 2022, Tanzania   For our deceased members and benefactors, and for the one […]

Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus

FOCAL POINT: “When they trust one another enough to speak the truth in love, the tensions which arise out of their daily living situation are reduced or eliminated through the experience of reconciliation.” (Con. 139)   Deceased: Cl. Franciszek Brzozowski, 1931, Lwow, Poland Br. Clement Baltruszajtis, 1931, Chicago, USA Fr. Jan Gracz, 1942, Dachau, Germany […]

St. Maximilian Kolbe

FOCAL POINT: “Each local House is to establish a degree of order by setting aside times for prayer, meals, relaxation, celebration and silence. The observance of this order will be carried out in an atmosphere of ease and flexibility. A balance will be maintained between the needs of the community life and legitimate personal needs.” […]