Pentecost Novena 2022

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The novena proposed in preparation for the feast of Pentecost 2022 is drawn from the reflections and decisions of Bagamoyo II General Chapter, which took place in October 2021. The prime orientation of this Chapter emphasized the Mission of the Congregation in today’s world. The themes chosen are: human fraternity, interreligious dialogue, Justice and Peace, the safeguarding of creation, refugees and migrants, the protection of minors and vulnerable adults, the education of young people, synodality, the poor.

Information on the presentation of the ‘Positio’ regarding the virtues of our Founder, the Servant of God Claude François Poullart des Places

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Information on the presentation of the ‘Positio’ regarding the virtues of our Founder, the Servant of God Claude François Poullart des Places   On the 16th of November 2005, the Diocesan Enquiry carried out in the Archdiocese of Paris, was delivered to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome by Fr. Jean-Jacques Boeglin,…

Pentecost Letter for 2020

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Come, Holy Spirit, and Renew the Face of the Earth (cf. Ps 104, 30) In the midst of winter, I discovered within me an invincible summer.” Albert Camus, the French philosopher, wrote these inspiring words in a short essay (Return to Tipasa, 1954) some seven years after he had published his extraordinary work, The Plague,…

POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL CHAPTER

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Dear Confreres and Lay Spiritan Associates, At our meeting this morning, 15th April 2020, the General Council decided to postpone the 21st General Chapter of the Congregation indefinitely in the light of the uncertainty created by the current global pandemic. As the virus continues to spread and countries struggle to get the pandemic under control,…