Secular Institutes in Africa: some advice from their own experience

Dear Members of the Secular Institut, Thanks to the updated statistics we got from all our members, we discovered with pleasure that 55 Secular Institutes have 1.658 members in 37 countries of Africa. A wonderful surprise! And also a great, wide and diverse experience that is worth sharing. So we asked these Institutes their suggestions

USCSI National Meeting – September 28-30, 2018

A great figure returned to the Father

Philomena Rego was 82. She was an ardent missionary. She held the responsibility of the Institute as Directress General for two terms. She was as a General Council member of the Institute. Her love for the poor was great. Till her death came she started a fund for the education of the poor children. As

Consecrated persons are called to be the dawn of the Church

CONGREGATION FOR THE INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE AND THE SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE Press Release Consecrated persons are called to be the dawn of the Church Vatican City, May 7, 2018 The International Conference “Consecratio et consecratio per evangelica consilia”, organized by the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic

ACSI: newsletter 10/2018

Dear Friends, While living in the world the members of Secular Institutes try to make Christ present in the world and are committed to sanctifying it from within. They face a number of challenges when they encounter different people, situations and circumstances. Pope Francis in His homily invited the faithful to ask “the Lord for

Consecrated Life: a Conference on the theme of ‘Consecration’

CONGREGATION FOR THE INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE AND THE SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE Press Release Consecrated Life: a Conference on the theme of ‘Consecration’ Vatican City, April 25, 2018 The International Conference “Consecratio et consecratio per evangelica consilia”, organized by the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, will

Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis: Gaudete et exsultate

Vaticannews.va By Christopher Wells “The Lord asks everything of us, and in return offers us true life, the happiness for which we were created.” In his third Apostolic Exhortation (following Evangelii gaudium and Amoris laetitia) Pope Francis reflects on the call to holiness, and how we can respond to that call in the modern world. “My modest goal”

Presidency and the Executive of the CMIS met in Rome in March 8 to 12

The Presidency and the Executive of the CMIS met in Rome in March 8 to 12 in Villa Aurelia, with an important program: a discussion and an assessment about Primo Feliciter, 70 years after its promulgation; a provisional assess about the distribution of “Consecration and secularity”, the Letter of the Prefect to all bishops in

Economy in the service of charism and mission

The Congregation for the Institutes of consecrated life just published an important document : “Economy in the service of charism and mission”, about the economic management of any Institute ( published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana ). Is is now available in Italian and Spanish, and very soon in inglese and French. In the last years

Last news from the US Conference of Secular Institutes – March, 2018

Dear friends, This year Lent began on Valentine’s Day and thus is a vivid reminder that Lent should be a time to grow in love. We look with gratitude at all Jesus went through for love of the Father and love for us in his passion and death. It is a season set aside to