Spirituality and Community Life

Preparations For the Spirituality Congress Ensue

ROME, ITALY. A Spirituality Congress is part of the activities for the celebration of the 175th foundation anniversary of the Congregation in 2024. The General Government created a preparatory commission headed by the General Prefect of Spirituality and Community...

CESC and Forge at the Service of the Spiritual Animation of the Congregation

From 26 December to 29 December 2022, the group of Claretians from the team of CESC met in the formation house at Colmenar Viejo in Spain. There were nine participants, and it was presided over by the General Prefect of Spirituality and Community Life, Fr. Carlos E....

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...

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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31 March

“During that whole seven years, I was on the go from one town to another. I traveled alone and on foot. I had a...

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30 March

“…I turn to the Lord and ask Him with all my heart, "O my Lord, you are my love, my honor, my hope, and my refuge! You...

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29 March

“Humility is like the root of the tree, and meekness is its fruit” Aut 372 ROOT AND FRUIT OF CHRISTIAN LIFE Actually a...

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28 March

“Experience has taught me that one of the most powerful forces for good is the press, although when abused it can also...

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27 March

“My God, I wish that I could prevent anyone from offending you; rather, I wish that I could make you known, loved, and...

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26 March

“Many times each day I ask Jesus to help me understand what he wants me to do with regard to our Project, because I am...

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25 March

“The Heart of Mary was the Temple of the Holy Spirit and more than a temple because from the most pure blood of this...

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24 March

“The soul that with meditation does not go back on the wings of faith to the Creator of all things, and who is more...

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23 March

“How narrow and depressed is the human heart to receive that which is opposing and painful to its earthly...

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22 March

“I will think that God is looking at me. I will think that God is talking to me with inspirations and dispositions… I...

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21 March

“Jesus Christ instituted the Blessed Sacrament so as to stay with us until the end of the world. What a love! For the...

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20 March

“Here I am completely tied down in an archdiocese, when my spirit is really for the whole world: even in this little...

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19 March

“News of the technical ability the Lord had given me spread through Barcelona. This moved some gentlemen to call on my...

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18 March

“What used to hurt me the most was to hear that my parents would have to scold a worker for not doing his job...

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15 March

“The chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, or the communion rail of each parish, is the exact thermometer to know the...

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14 March

“I know many men and women who, in the middle of noisy streets and squares, find a way to encounter in their hearts a...

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13 March

“For several days I had been feeling very fervent and full of longing to die for Jesus Christ. The love of God seemed...

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12 March

“Preaching the divine Word (…) should never be neglected, especially during festive periods but most importantly...

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