In these last days of our work, we are experiencing the truth of the Latin dictum Motus in fine velocior (The journey gets faster toward the end). In fact, things are moving ahead rapidly because we don’t want to find ourselves without enough time to deal with the important matters needed to conclude this Meeting well. Continue reading
The Word, which the Liturgy offers us every day, continues to accompany us in a very effective and surprising way, recalling us to the foundations our apostolic vocation, as Fr.Valdir Castro, Superior General of the SSP, reminded us in his sermon this morning. To our great surprise, he came to the house this morning to concelebrate the Liturgy with the Pauline priest who is providing this service for us. In his homily, Fr. Valdir focused on the theme of our Interchapter Meeting, Continue reading
Collaboration on the continental level: is it just a dream? Or is it a value that offers us the chance to grow? These are the two questions we focused on today in our group work as we evaluated our efforts in this area. In the last few years, our circumscriptions have made some progress in collaboration in the spheres of the apostolate and formation, and have experienced how beneficial it is to be open to the sisters of the same continent and get to know them better. Continue reading
In four days the Interchapter will be over. Today we worked very intensively to determine our priority and three specific ways to implement it on our journey toward the 11th General Chapter, striving to adapt this priority to the real needs of our communities, without however, lowering our aim. Continue reading
It is with joy that we have been sharing with you what we have been doing during this Interchapter Meeting. Our thoughts, reflections, abundant prayers, dialogues and comparison of ideas…all are aimed at helping us penetrate the charism more profoundly so as to ensure that it is a living and dynamic reality today. We are letting ourselves be guided by the directives of the 10th General Chapter and the proposals of the Seminar on Apostolic Mysticism, which are enriching our orientations. Continue reading
It was with deep emotion that, at the conclusion of the Interchapter’s “Enlightenment Stage,” we listened to the talk of Fr. Agatino Gugliara, ssp, who spoke about the “four wheels” of the Pauline cart–an image used by Fr. Alberione to describe our style of life, which precedes and goes beyond our apostolic activities. Continue reading
In line with our itinerary, today we considered The Sources of Inspiration for Alberione’s Concept of Integrality as presented to us by Fr. Giuseppe Forlai, who described the three models of the priesthood from which Fr. Alberione drew inspiration in making his foundations: the missionary-prophetic model, the pastoral model and the sacramental model. Continue reading
With gratitude and affection for your prayers and solidarity with us through your many messages, we send you these few lines to let you know what our Assembly did today. Continue reading
The day opened with a festive celebration of the Feast of the Birth of Mary, who accompanied us in a special way today. Continue reading
Today was dedicated to getting to know the situation of the Congregation, which is situated in the midst of a world in profound transformation and thus with which we share the same contradictions, problems, hopes and expectations. Continue reading
