CONSECRATED LIFE EXPRESSES SUPERABUNDANCE OF DIVINE LOVE
VATICAN CITY, 3 FEB 2010 (VIS) – In St. Peter’s Basilica at 5.30 p.m. yesterday Benedict XVI presided at the celebration of Vespers for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the Day of...
View ArticleBishops Launch National Website To Promote Vocations To Priesthood And...
‘ForYourVocation.org’ offers resources for people in discernment Includes info for parents, teachers, catechists, vocation directors Efforts respond to Pope Benedict XVI’s call to use social media...
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Annual Event Calls On Parishes to Promote Vocations Through Prayer and Education
View Article‘An Urgent Need to Respond to the Divine Call’
Pope Benedict XVI Releases Message for 50th World Day of Prayer for Vocations
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Pope’s Homily on the Feast of the Presentation
Here is the translation of Pope Benedict's homily at a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica commemorating the Feast of the Presentation as well as the 27th World Day for Consecrated Life. * * * Dear brothers...
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Prefect of Consecrated Life Congregation on World Day
Last Saturday, the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, the Church observed the World Day of Consecrated Life, instituted by Blessed John Paul II. ZENIT spoke with the Brazilian cardinal...
View ArticleFarewell to Pope From Superiors of Men Religious
Most Holy Father: Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ! Presently assembled for our annual winter meeting, we, the National Board of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men in the United States, extend...
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Holy See Responds to Statements Regarding Doctrinal Assessment on Women...
The Holy See responded to recent media commentary on statements attributed to Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life, regarding the handling of the...
View ArticleHoly See Statement Regarding Collaboration on Renewed Theological Vision of...
Here is the translation of a statement made by the Holy See Press Office regarding the collaboration between the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for the Institutes of...
View ArticlePope Dedicates 2015 "Year of Consecrated Life"
Emphasizing the importance of the religious vocation, Pope Francis announced today that the year 2015 will be dedicated to Consecrated Life. The Holy Father made the announcement during the 82nd...
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Vatican Unveils Year for Consecrated Life Plans
The Church will celebrate a Year for Consecrated Life in 2015 to mark two key anniversaries, provide help to religious at a time of crisis in the Church, and to “evangelize” the vocation. The three...
View ArticleWorld Day for Consecrated Life, Feb 2, 2014
World Day for Consecrated Life will be celebrated in the Church on Sunday, February 2, 2014 and in parishes on the weekend of February 1-2, 2014. Please pray for all those who have made commitments in...
View ArticlePope Francis Leads Faithful in Prayer For Consecrated Life
During his weekly Angelus address, Pope Francis reflected on the importance of those in consecrated life, saying that a Church without sisters is unimaginable. The Day of Consecrated Life coincided...
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Thai religious renew vows on Day for Consecrated Life
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Feb 4, 2014 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Vowed religious in Thailand gathered to celebrate the World Day for Consecrated Life this weekend, fostering and encouraging...
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Giving Thanks for Consecrated Life
Here is the homily by Father Francis Bradley at a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Gift of Consecrated Life, celebrated Sunday in Saint Joseph's Church, Galliagh. Father Bradley is the Diocesan...
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Pope’s Address in Gethsemane to Priests, Religious and Seminarians
Here is the address Pope Francis gave this afternoon to priests, religious and seminarians in the Church of All Nations in Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives. * * * “He came out and went…...
View ArticlePope Asks Holy Land Priests to Consider Their Response to Christ’s Suffering
On the last day of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Francis invited bishops, priests and religious of the region to ask themselves, "Who am I, before the sufferings of my Lord?" The Pope met...
View ArticlePope’s Address to Korea’s Religious Communities
About 5.45pm Saturday, the Holy Father met members of Korea's religious communities at the auditorium of the "School of Love" in Kkottongnae, where normally there are classes of spirituality. An...
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Celebrations Begin to Mark 200 Years Since Birth of Don Bosco
A year of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Saint Don Bosco began Saturday. The bicentennial of the founder of the Salesian Congregation will take place Aug. 16th, 2015. Here...
View ArticlePope Urges Korean Religious to Share Joy of Their Vocation, Spurn Worldly Riches
Pope Francis has urged religious to share their joy with the world and to never be like hypocrites, living like the wealthy. Speaking to members of South Korea's religious communities on Saturday...
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