CONSECRATED LIFE - Acre shines with sunlight and joy on the day of the opening of the eighth centennial since the beginning of the Franciscan presence in the Holy Land. To celebrate this important anniversary, the friars of the Custody chose to leave right from the place where the first Franciscans arrived in 1217. About seventy friars from Jerusalem and Galilee...
CONSECRATED LIFE - The Junior professed members of the Pauline Family gathered in Rome from 3-5 March 2017 for their annual meeting, which this year was guided by Fr. Giacomo Perego, ssp, a biblical scholar, and revolved around the theme of discernment. To walk together in the footsteps...
CONSECRATED LIFE - When Sr. Ana Gabriela Castro arrived in the United States from Morelia, Mexico, in 1988 as a Guadalupan Missionary Sister of the Holy Spirit, she felt isolated — not from her own community, but from the rest of religious life throughout the country. Because she was no longer in Latin America, she felt disconnected from religious life in her home country...
CONSECRATED LIFE - The poet Br. Pacifico, one of the companions of St Francis of Assisi, established the first Franciscan Community in France at Vézelay in 1217, before continuing the journey to Saint Denis (Paris). After eight centuries, the Franciscan family counts in France today more than 3000 members (OFM, OFMConv, OFMCap., Poor Clares...
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CONSECRATED LIFE - A PDF copy of the final report of the Vatican's Congregation for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on the apostolic visitation of US women religious may be found below, as well as the text of the remarks made during the press conference. LCWR's response to the report is also available here.
CONSECRATED LIFE - On 1 June, 1867, Msgr. Daniel Comboni founded in Verona the “Institute for African Missions” which was transformed into a religious Congregation on 28 October, 1885 and acquired pontifical right on 7 June, 1895. On this 150th Anniversary of the Foundation, we wish to remember that which all...
CONSECRATED LIFE - The Salesian Sisters in Cambodia have just started a year-long preparation and celebration of the 25th Anniversary of FMA presence in Cambodia. Starting with the Mass last December 8, the Sisters, together with teachers and staff, representative students and past pupils, volunteers and co-workers gathered together at the Eucharistic...
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CONSECRATED LIFE - Thursday, 1st December 2016 at UISG, Rome, 3 to 6 pm. Present: SEDOS Staff, Executive Committee members, 53 participants. Absent: Br. Emili Turù, President of SEDOS, was unable to attend the AGA because he was accompanying a Brother from Aleppo to receive an award. 
CONSECRATED LIFE - The Sisters of Notre Dame will hold their General Chapter in Coesfeld, Germany, the place of their founding, from September 28, 2016, through October 24, 2016. They kindly request that you accompany them in prayer during this time – that they may be open to the graces of the Holy Spirit as they elect a leadership...
CONSECRATED LIFE - Today 12 October, the Holy Father Pope Francis, appointed Fr Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, SDB, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Manaus, Brazil, assigning him the titular see of Feradi. Canavarros dos Santos was born on 5 December 1967 in Corumbá in the state of Mato Grosso...
CONSECRATED LIFE - The 36th General Congregation has elected Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, of the Jesuit Province of Venezuela as Superior General. Father Sosa was born in Caracas, Venezuela on 12 November 1948. Until his election, Father Sosa has been Delegate for Interprovincial Houses of the Society in Rome, as well as serving...
CONSECRATED LIFE - Religious communities in Slovakia have prepared a special educational project that is being offered to schools and catechetical centers in all dioceses. Various aspects of the consecrated life and charismas of religious congregations and orders will be introduced in a series of 45 short documentaries. The initiators of the project...
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CONSECRATED LIFE - The UISG is pleased to announce the availability of our Canonical Consultation Service during the month of July 2016. Sr. Tiziana Merletti, sfp, a Canon Lawyer from Italy, has very kindly agreed to be available to meet with UISG members during the following days: July 4-5-6-7-8; Location: UISG – 2nd Floor...
CONSECRATED LIFE - 1,460 Friars Minor are present in Asia and Oceania and they carry out a valuable work of evangelical witness of life and service to the poor, "a sign to awaken hope", says OFM Minister General, Friar Michael Perry. As reported to Fides by the General Curia OFM, currently there are 13,507 Friars Minor in the world...
CONSECRATED LIFE - Today, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a letter Iuvenescit Ecclesia (‘The Church Regenerates’) on “the relationship between the hierarchical and charismatic gifts for the life and the mission of the Church,” during a presentation in the Holy See Press Office. Provided below are the main points...
CONSECRATED LIFE - There is a young and vital presence of religious sisters, novices and postulants in U.S. Catholic life, a new survey has found. The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious has released its latest survey of its 120 member communities in 137 U.S. dioceses. Mother Mary Agnes Donovan, S.V., council chairperson...
CONSECRATED LIFE - On the following day of the opening of the Assembly, two storytellers were invited to share their leadership experience. Veronica O’Reilly, CSJ, shared some of the difficulties she encountered as congregational leader of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada. She spoke of the darkness of her own unknown...
