CONSECRATION AND SECULARITY

The revolution brought about by Provida Mater Ecclesia Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church regardin the Secular Institutes Provida Mater Ecclesia was a revolutionary gesture in the Church. Secular institutes are themselves an act of courage that the Church made at that moment; giving a structure and institutionalize the Secular Institutes. And from

Proclama y conclusiones finales del XII Congreso de Institutos Seculares de América Latina y el Caribe

Los miembros de los Institutos Seculares de América Latina y el Caribe, reunidos en Buenos Aires, Argentina, en el mes de julio de 2018, en el XII Congreso Latinoamericano, convocados bajo el lema: “Vivimos animados por el Espíritu” (Gál.5, 25), para reflexionar acerca de nuestra misión en el mundo y en la sociedad. QUEREMOS: Ser

Ms. Mary Sebastian passed away. She was elected as the Executive Council Member of the World Conference of Secular Institutes (1992 – 1996)

Ms. Mary Sebastian of the Secular Institute of the Maids of the Poor Mary Sebastian passed away peacefully on 16th August, 2018, in Lucknow, India. She was 83. She made her first commitment in the Institute in 1956 and her final commitment took place in 1962. She worked hard for the unity of all Secular

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”