THE SPIRIT: HOPE OF A NEW WORLD The natural phenomena that most impress people’s imagination—fire, lightning, hurricane, earthquake, thunder (Ex 19:16-19)—are used in the Bible to describe God’s manifestations. To present the outpouring of the Spirit of the Lord, the sacred authors also resorted to images. They have said that the Spirit […]
HE IS BESIDE EVERY PERSON, FOREVER With the entry of Jesus into the glory of the Father, has anything changed on earth? Externally, nothing. People’s life continued to be the same as before: sowing and reaping, trading, building houses, traveling, weeping and celebrating, all as before. Even the apostles received no discount […]
CLARETIAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA MATRICULANTS CHALLENGED TO “BE CHRIST-ANIMATED” Nekede, Nigeria. “Be Christ-animated,” were the words of the Chancellor and Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri Most Rev. Anthony J.V. Obinna to the matriculants of the Claretian University of Nigeria (CUN) during the maiden Matriculation Ceremony on May 13, 2022, at the university campus […]
AND OFF WE GO TO MADAGASCAR TO MAKE THE “DREAM” COME TRUE! “My spirit is for the whole world”, was the “Dream” of Saint Anthony Mary Claret in 1949 which has once again become real with the beginning of the awaited new mission in Madagascar. After two years of waiting due to the pandemic and […]
DELEGATION GOING FORTH: ROOTED AND AUDACIOUS IN MISSION Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. On Monday, May 16, 2022, at 3:30 PM, the Claretian Missionaries of Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico began their VIII Ordinary Assembly of the Independent Delegation of Antillas. In the Assembly, held in Manresa, in the capital Santo Domingo, two delegates of […]
MAPPING THE REALITY OF THE CLARETIAN YOUTH OF SANCTUS PAULUS Vic, Spain. On May 13-15, 2022, the workshop for the Claretian and lay leaders of the Youth and Vocation Ministry (YVM) of Sanctus Paulus Province took place at the Spirituality Center of Vic. YVM General Prefect, Bro. Carlos Verga, CMF, together with the Prefect of Apostolate […]
Bengaluru, India. As part of the Ongoing Formation, the Claretian Province of Bangalore organized a Renewal Encounter for its young priests ordained between 2014 and 2020. The renewal program took place at Provincial Curia from 11th to 13th May 2022. There were 14 young Claretians who took part in the renewal encounter. The primary purpose of this coming […]
FROM THE GOSPEL THE SPIRIT ALWAYS DRAWS NEW THINGS In the face of ‘rampant religious ignorance,’ someone proposes to revive the Catechism of Christian Doctrine, published by Pius X in 1913, with its 433 questions and answers, a synthesis of all the themes of theology and morality. This booklet certainly marked an epoch, but […]
CELEBRATION OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF CLARETIAN PRESENCE IN BAMENDA Bamenda, Cameroon. These few days have been filled with Joy and Thanksgiving for the Claretian family in the Archdiocese of Bamenda. Festivities started in Saint Claret Relief Academy, followed by the final profession of three Claretian students: Joseph, Moise, and William. In effect, this celebration began last year […]
AS HE WALKED PAST HIM, HE SAW HIM AND WAS MOVED Córdoba, Argentina. On Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 18:00 hrs at the San Antonio María Claret Vicariate, in the neighborhood of Los Boulevares, in Córdoba, Deacon Daniel Ortiz, CMF was ordained with the imposition of priestly Orders by Bishop Juan José Chaparro, CMF. The celebration […]