Spirituality and Community Life

Missionaries Till the End and After: Forge 06/22 Concludes

Forge 06/22, which began on October 9, 2022 with 17 participants from 15 major organisms and hailing from 9 countries, concluded on 20 December 2022 with a solemn sending forth Eucharist, presided over by Rev. Fr. Miguel Angel Velasco, former general prefect of...

Pilgrimage to Rome by The Brothers in Forge

The participants of the Forge 06/22 had a memorable pilgrimage to Rome, walking the footsteps of Saints Peter and Paul, of the early Christian community and their martyrs in Rome, and of Father Claret who spent considerable time in Rome. The pilgrimage, undertaken...

A Claretian Inspires A Novel

A novel written by the Colombian Héctor Abad, author of well-known novels such as "El olvido que seremos", has just been published this October. The title of this latest novel is "Salvo mi corazón, todo está bien". A novel about priests written by a novelist that has...

Forge 06/2022 takes off at Colmenar Viejo

Colmenar Viejo, Spain. After a 3-year hiatus forced on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the English edition of Forge, the Claretian Renewal Encounter, began on October 9, 2022, at Colmenar Viejo, Madrid. This 6th English edition of Forge was auspiciously launched at the...

3 May

‘First of all we must ask God as St Augustine did: Noverim te, noverim me: Let me, Lord, know who You are and know who...

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2 May

‘I will ask the Blessed Virgin Mary for a burning love, perfect union with God, the most profound humility, and a...

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1 May

‘The whole ambition of a soul that loves God must consist in surpassing others in humility… He who loves God, does...

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30 April

“…the priest who works without meekness serves Satan, not Christ.” Aut 376 THE MEEK CONQUER In the first letter of St....

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29 April

“Reading good books has always been considered highly useful, but nowadays it is a real necessity. I say that it is...

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28 April

All things, even the most insignificant, reveal to us the power of God, his wisdom, his goodness and other attributes....

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27 April

Because it was not so publicised that I would preach in these missions, they advised me not to preach them, for they...

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26 April

“ Love decorum in the house of the Lord, in the ornaments and adornments, especially, seriousness with the divine...

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25 April

“If creatures fail you, if you are threatened by temptation, if your are afflicted by tribulation and the pains of...

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24 April

If a community, a religion is lacking in spirit, it does not persevere. He who does not have the spirit of Christ...

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23 April

“Jesus Christ was condemned to death and he carried the cross. He taught us how to be crucified to the world and the...

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22 April

Faced with a choice of two goods, each of which would give God equal glory, I feel called to choose the poorer, the...

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21 April

“Oh my God, how patient you were with me!” Aut 65 GOD’S STRANGE CALENDAR It is said that patience is the capacity to...

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20 April

I learned from this that everyone, even the rudest people, should be treated kindly and affably and that much more may...

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19 April

“As regards the foundation of Jaca, I do not know what to tell you, I always fearful in giving advice concerning the...

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18 April

True peace is not found in the retreat and withdrawal from the task which God wants to entrust to his servants. When...

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17 April

“When people receive communion only once a year, there is much coldness, when they receive communion twice a year,...

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16 April

“The Spirit of the Lord inspires where it wills, when it wills and whom it wills,. On our part, the important thing is...

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15 April

The doctors and Fathers of the Church say that if the tree is known by its fruits as it is written in the Gospel, what...

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14 April

According to the comparison which St. Augustine took from the prophet David, the examples of the saints are to us,...

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13 April

There are many rooms in the Father’s house, and each will be given glory according to the faithfulness with which they...

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12 April

Most Blessed Mother, may the courtesy of your Immaculate Heart, in accepting us as your Sons, be praised a thousand...

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11 April

Procure and do every possible good to your neighbour, spiritual and corporal, temporal and eternal. And when it is not...

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10 April

“ I had to overcome many difficulties at the hands of the ecclesiastical superiors and the population before I could...

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9 April

I will try to maintain the same humour and equilibrium without letting myself be highly predominated over by sadness...

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8 April

“ I am so soft-hearted and compassionate that I can't bear seeing misfortune or misery without doing something to...

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7 April

The most holy Virgin lived poorly and died very poorly. Religiosas en sus casas o las Hijas del Santísimo é Inmaculado...

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6 April

It was not difficult for God to create the riches of heaven and earth. With just a word, let it be done, all was...

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5 April

We should love the most holy Virgin Mary because it is what God wants… To love is to want the best for the one loved,...

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4 April

“And this forced me to ask the Superior to relieve me of my duty as Regent and free me from any parish obligations and...

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3 April

For the peoples, Provinces and Kingdoms to have peace and prosperity and be happy, it is important that they try and...

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2 April

“To be Mary’s devotee is a sign of predestination, just as it is a sign of disapproval not to be her devotee or to...

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1 April

We should love the Blessed Virgin Mary because she deserves it. Mary the most Holy deserves it for the many graces she...

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