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In the school of synodality: various online courses begin in july

Fuente: Vatican News

Virtual meeting with Cardinal Grech (Archive photo) 

A series of conferences on the theology and practice of synodality has been launched to accompany the clergy and laity in the process of ecclesial renewal begun with the Synod 2021-2023. Proposed on the web in different languages, the meetings are held by speakers from around the world to offer an intercultural vision of the Church. Registration is open for the first course.

Tiziana Campisi – Vatican City

An intercontinental and intercultural project to accompany formation in theology and the practice of synodality: is the aim of the program of online courses for bishops, priests, men and women religious, lay men and women, conceived within the framework of the synodal journey that the Church is undertaking and which invites us to generate processes of conversion and reform. The courses are free of charge, offered in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French and Italian, and are given by speakers from all continents, who will offer a global and intercultural vision of the Church. In the context of the process of ecclesial renewal initiated with the Synod 2021-2023 «For a Synodal Church: communion, participation and mission» – which will culminate with the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023 – the initiative aims to support all the People of God called to this process of ecclesial renewal.

First meeting in July

The first course will be held in July, over three weeks, and will include lessons, conferences, reflections and the sharing of experiences on the processes of discernment and common decision-making in the Church. The Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), the Union of Superiors General (USG), the Latin American Confederation of Religious (CLAR), the Union of European Conferences of Superiors and Major Superiors (UCESM) and the Conference of Jesuit Provincials of Latin America and the Caribbean (CPAL), are sponsoring the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).

Registration can be done through this site: bit.ly/registersynod

Source: Vatican News

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Clar’s message in the face of political instability of our countries

The General Assembly of CLAR, gathered in Rionegro – Antioquia (Colombia) from June 1 to 4, 2022, was an opportunity to scrutinize once again the signs of the times and in them, listen to the voice of the Spirit that never ceases to open our ears so that we listen as disciples (Is 50,4). 

As Religious Life on pilgrimage today in Latin America and the Caribbean, we see with deep concern the deterioration of democracy, the social fabric and the growing political instability in several of our sister countries where fundamental freedoms are being compromised. In the framework of the Summit of the Americas, meeting in Los Angeles, we make a vehement call to political, social and economic leaders to prioritize the response to the rifts that the Covid 19 pandemic has exposed in the health, educational and social systems. 

It is unacceptable that the threat to democracy, climate change and the lack of equitable access to economic, social and political opportunities continue to disproportionately and severely affect the lives of the most vulnerable and systematically excluded people in each of our countries. Today we raise our voice of solidarity, united with the poor and the earth, who cry out more forcefully than ever for life. We also express our closeness and affection in solidarity with our religious brothers and sisters, especially in Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela in these moments of extreme difficulty and insecurity. The situation of their communities of faith and life, and especially that of the persons and communities they accompany, challenges us and invites us to care for one another with the certainty that we carry a treasure in earthen vessels and in a condition of fragility (2 Cor 4:7). 

Together with you, we ask for all Religious Life, and for those who join the movement of global solidarity with the marginalized of history and with the earth: courage, inner serenity and full trust in God’s action that permanently restores social and environmental justice. We call upon Religious Life to be vigilant, watchful and supportive in prayer, communication and political and social advocacy for the most vulnerable. 

Committed and persevering witness strengthens us, and this strength inspires us with solidarity and hope. Mary, the Woman of the Dawn, continues to accompany and guide the journey of our people as she did with the first Church when it was going through the night of persecution and intolerance. With her and with the women of the Dawn, we unite in this journey in favor of life. 

Participants XXI CLAR General Assembly

 Bogota, D.C., June 9, 2022 

Source : CLAR

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UISG plenary session: How the synod changes religious life

The newspaper of the Holy See, «L’Osservatore Romano», has published a final report on the five-day Plenary Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), held in Rome from May 2-6, 2022 on the theme: «Embracing Vulnerability on a Synodal Journey».

The Assembly concluded on the evening of May 6 in Rome. More than 700 women religious, heads of congregations from all over the world, gathered on the above-mentioned dates, giving life to a rich debate of which we have tried to give an account in the articles published in this newspaper during the week.

Embracing Vulnerability on a Synodal Journey

For the first time, the assembly was held in a mixed set-up: five hundred sisters in person and another two hundred online. Each day, a prayerful meditation opened the proceedings. Mary, Elisabeth and Ruth, icons of vulnerability and synodality, did not only accompany the sisters each day, but above all, they reminded that: «Through our vulnerability and synodality, God can work wonders».

Sister Jolanta Maria Kafka, President of the UISG, opened the assembly by expressing the hope that «in the light of Christ, our hope, our work can reach the greater assembly that is the Church.

Many speakers offered reflections on vulnerability and synodality. According to Ted Dunn, an expert in psychology, «embracing our vulnerability is part of an inner interpersonal transformation.» Although today «religious life faces tortuous crossroads, in grace it will rise again,» he stressed. Three religious shared their personal experience of dealing with vulnerable situations in the course of their vocation.

Sister Carmen Mora Sena (who spoke on «being a leader in times of pandemic») said she was convinced that «the model of leadership in communities that we need today must be nurtured by an awareness of vulnerability».

Sister Anne Falola («as a missionary») shared her discovery of being a minority in the place of her mission: «Living the kenosis of Christ places religious women in a situation of objective vulnerability».

And Sister Siham Zgheib («in conflict situations») recounted her experience of life in the Syrian civil war, specifically that of «living in permanent danger of being kidnapped, tortured, raped, forced to wear the hijab, but above all with the fear of being forced to deny our faith.» She resisted, thanks to the thought of the cross, the Eucharist and the words of the foundress of her congregation, the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary: «In the time of darkness, decisions made in the time of light cannot be changed».

During the plenary assembly there was also space for reflection on religious life in the time of the pandemic, «a time among the worst but also among the best,» as defined by Sister Patricia Murray, Secretary of the International Union of Superior Generals, since the online report favored the establishment of new contacts among the different congregations, across different cultures and geographical borders.

Jessie Rogers, dean of Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland, recalled how the sisters can always make visible «the footprints of God», on the one hand by remembering the past and, on the other, by forgetting «just enough to open a space for the newness of God». This is possible through the wonder of contemplation, compassionate attention to others, a robust hope and an intimate conviction that: «The foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom».

Sister Nathalie Becquart, Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, and Jesuit Father David McCallum, for their part, insisted on the contribution that religious women can make to the synodal process and also on how it can radically change religious life.

After the emotional meeting with Pope Francis on Thursday 5, the work concluded with the participation of the Superior Generals in working groups organized in continental groups. Sister Gemma Simmonds and Sister Maria Cimperman presented to the participants a summary of the indications that the various congregations have already communicated to the Synod Secretariat.

Before the closing Eucharist, presided over by Fr. Arturo Sosa Abascal, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the President of the International Union of Superiors General, Sr. Jolanta Kafka, declared, «We conclude this assembly enlightened and strengthened: for this I thank all those who have contributed to its development.»

Source: L’Osservatore Romano

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We walk together in communion, participation and mission with…

The Walk 2022, besides remembering the martyrdom of Alejandro and Inés, 35 years after their death (July 21, 1987), also encourages us to the current commitment to walk with/as people of God, with/as the simple people of the Amazon.

The 16th Walk 2022 will have three modalities: on foot, by bike and virtual, to facilitate the participation of the greatest number of people, according to their possibilities, but always from the same spirit: «We walk together in communion, participation and mission», that is, in tune with the invitation of Pope Francis to the whole Church.

Our fundamental motivations to carry out this walk are:

To know and make known the life, mission and dedication of Alejandro and Inés, as witnesses who encourage us in our present life and choices.

To assume the signs of the times and the challenges of the reality of this moment: health pandemics, poverty, violence, contamination, extractivism and corruption.

Encourage and strengthen the missionary option from inculturation and interculturality, with an ecological reality damaged by pollution, but that encourages our lives to build and announce the Kingdom of God «so that all may have life».

Let us allow ourselves to be enlightened and inspired by the Latin American and Caribbean Ecclesial Assembly and the Synod of Synodality, encouraged by Pope Francis.

 Source: website alejandroeines.org

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Pope Francis will make an apostolic trip to Canada

Photo: Audience with the members of Métis National Council, March 28, 2022

«We are immensely grateful to the Holy Father for having accepted our invitation to continue the path of healing and reconciliation with the indigenous peoples of this land».

With these words, the Bishop of Saint-Jérome, Raymond Poisson, President of the Canadian Bishops’ Conference, welcomed, on behalf of the Catholic bishops of Canada, the official confirmation of the Pontiff’s visit.

In fact, on May 13, the Holy See Press Office issued a statement stating that after having accepted «the invitation of the civil and ecclesial authorities and of the indigenous communities, the Holy Father Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Canada from July 24 to 30, visiting the cities of Edmonton, Quebec and Iqaluit».

Genuine desire for truth, justice and healing

As the statement of the Canadian Bishops’ Conference sent to Fides recalls, from March 28 to April 1 the Holy Father heard from the indigenous delegates, accompanied by some Canadian bishops, «the stories of those who have suffered at the hands of members of the Catholic Church and responded with compassion, sorrow and a genuine desire for truth, justice and healing».

The Issue of Residential Schools

The visit of the Canadian Native delegations is part of the process called «Indigenous Healing & Reconciliation», undertaken by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Indigenous Catholic Council (CICC), aimed above all at healing the painful issue of the residential schools, those institutes initiated at the end of the 19th century by the Canadian government and entrusted to the local Christian Churches, including the Catholic Church. In these schools, created with the aim of integrating the natives and active until the 1980’s, the children were often abused and mistreated, and ended up paying by their lives their diversity.

The words of the Pope

Pope Francis expressed his dismay and sorrow during the meeting after learning of the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

«I follow with sorrow the news from Canada about the gruesome discovery of the remains of 215 children, students of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, in the province of British Columbia. I join the Canadian Bishops and the entire Catholic Church in Canada in expressing my closeness to the Canadian people, traumatized by this shocking news. The sad discovery heightens our awareness of the pain and suffering of the past. The political and religious authorities of Canada continue to work with determination to shed light on this sad event and humbly commit themselves to a path of reconciliation and healing.»

In September, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement expressing its «remorse» for the mistreatment and death of thousands of Native children in schools that the government entrusted to Catholic communities as part of its Native Integration Policy.

Pope Francis was personally invited by Inuit delegates to visit the North during their March meetings.

«We continue to walk together on this important journey of healing and reconciliation.»

Source: Vatican News

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137th Foundation anniversary of our Congregation Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family

On May 11, the Congregation of Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family celebrates the 137 years of its foundation.

To commemorate this event, is to remember with gratitude the cradle of the congregational origins since the year 1885 under the protection of «Our Lady of Montiel», whose Sanctuary is located in the town of Benaguacil, Valencia – Spain.

The foundation of this Congregation arose as a response to the action of the Holy Spirit who, at the time, inspired the young Capuchin Friar Luis Amigó y Ferrer to give birth to it, making it a gift for the Church and a response to the «signs of the times» which, at the time, translated into caring for the most needy brothers and sisters, particularly in hospitals, educational centers, orphanages and missions. The Gospel and the Franciscan-Capuchin spirituality were its reference points to.

Today, as in the past, the Congregation continues to give life and update the Charism received, in fidelity to the Spirit and purpose that saw its birth, open to the new poverty and reality of the people. It is present in four continents and 34 countries.



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International day of families

The International Day of Families is celebrated every year on May 15, in order to raise awareness of the role of the family in the education and formation of children from early childhood, as well as to promote family ties and family unity.

The origin of this important date dates back to the eighties. However, in 1994 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed this day official, taking into account that the family is the central nucleus of any society.

Since then, the International Day of Families has been an emblematic date to highlight the value of the family worldwide. Human beings depend on the family to achieve a healthy and complete integration in their environment and thus reach levels of coexistence, where the rules and norms that govern society are respected.

SOURCE: DIAINTERNACIONALDE.com

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On may 15, The Church will have seven new saints

The Holy Father has set the date for the canonization of seven Blessed men and women, which could not be set because of the pandemic, as he had decreed in the Ordinary Public Consistory of May 3. This was reported by the Holy See Press Office in a communiqué recalling that they will be canonized:

Lazarus, called Devasahayam, layman, martyr; Cesare de Bus, priest, founder of the Congregation of the Fathers of Christian Doctrine; Luigi Maria Palazzolo, priest, founder of the Institute of the Sisters of the Poor – Palazzolo Institute; Giustino Maria Russolillo, priest, founder of the Society of Divine Vocations and of the Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Vocations; Charles de Foucauld, diocesan priest; Maria Francesca di Gesù (born Anna Maria Rubatto), foundress of the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of Loano; Maria Domenica Mantovani, co-foundress and first Superior General of the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family.

The Pope highlights the «Christian life and exemplary holiness» of these seven new Blessed men and women.

Source: Vatican News

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The visit of Pope Francis to Malta in april

The Pope will have a two-day apostolic journey to the Republic of Malta from 2nd to 3rd April 2022, visiting the cities of Valletta, Rabat, Floriana, and the island of Gozo. Pope Francis has accepted the invitation of its President, the civil authorities, and the Catholic Church of this country. 

The Pope was supposed to visit Malta on 31st  May 2020, but that apostolic journey was postponed due to the situation of the coronavirus pandemic.

The theme of the apostolic journey of the Pope, “They showed us unusual kindness”, refers to the hospitality shown to St. Paul by the Maltese people when a ship carrying him to Rome was shipwrecked there in 60 AD. It  highlights the plight of the migrants crossing the Mediterranean toward Europe, and it wants to be a source of encouragement for a new evangelization in the island nation.

There are other Popes who have made apostolic visits to Malta:  Pope St. John Paul II visited Malta in the year 1990 and 2001 and Pope Benedict XVI also visited the island in 2010. Pope St. John Paul II beatified George Preca, who became Malta’s first Saint in 2007.

Source: https://www.vaticannews.va/

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133th Anniversary of Amigonian brothers

The Congregation of Religious Capuchin Tertiary of Our Lady of Sorrows will celebrate its 133th years of foundation; they were founded, four years after the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family, thanks to the promptings of the Holy Spirit to the Spanish Capuchin Friar Luis Amigó y Ferrer, on April 12th 1889.

The Congregation is named Religious Capuchin Tertiary of Our Lady of Sorrows: Capuchin, because the Congregation is aggregated to the Franciscan Capuchin Order in spirit, name, and habit; Tertiary, because the Religious professes the Rule and Life of the Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Assisi; of Our Lady of Sorrows, not only to distinguish the Congregation from other possible Tertiary Capuchin Institute  but  after the devotion of our Father Founder to Our Lady of Sorrows and to entrust the Congregation and her mission to Our Lady’s intercession.

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