2017 Annual Meeting of the USCSI

The Charism of Secular Institutes as Seen through the Eyes of our Founders The Annual Meeting provides opportunity for representatives from all United States Secular Institutes to gather and share with one another and to act together on behalf of matters relevant to the purposes of the USCSI.

Congress on Vocational Ministry. Rome, december 1st to 3rd, 2017

Conference for Major Superiors and Vocation Animation Personnel, to be held in Rome from November 30th to December 3rd 2017, at the PontificaI Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (Via degli Aldobrandeschi, 190).

Consecration and Secularity. Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church regarding Secular Institutes

  We were waiting for it for a long time: here is the official text about the main features defining the identity of our vocation. It is a Letter written by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of consecrated life, for to the bishops of the whole Church. It is the result of

Gli istituti secolari alla luce dell’«Evangelii gaudium». Uscire nel mondo (Italian)

L’Osservatore Romano, 21 luglio 2017 Di José Rodríguez Carballo Evangelii gaudium parte da un principio chiaro: la Chiesa è chiamata ad “uscire” per annunciare il Vangelo a tutti, in tutti i luoghi e in tutte le occasioni, senza ritardi e senza paure. Si tratta di mettersi in una situazione di “uscita”, di andare oltre, di stare

Suggestions to prepare a plan of formation in Secular Institutes

Rome, July 6. 2017 Dear  Responsible, During the Year of consecrated life, one of the main subjects was formation in all the Institutes of consecrated life. Afterwards in August 2016, the General Assembly of the CMIS debated about this question and asked the Executive Council to identify useful elements for all the secular Institutes. Finally

XII Latin American Congress of Secular Institutes

Buenos Aires, 12 de Junio 2017 Estimados Miembros del Consejo Ejecutivo de la CISAL Estimados Presidentes de las Confederaciones, Federaciones y Juntas de Institutos Seculares de América Latina y el Caribe Estimados Responsables Generales / Regionales de los Institutos   Queridos hermanos/as en Cristo: Ya caminando hacia el “XII Congreso Latinoamericano de Institutos Seculares” a

ACSI Newsletter. April 2017

EB/NL-7/April 2017 Dear Friends, On April 24th, 2005, from Saint Peter’s Square, Benedict XVI reminded all of us: “Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the

Meeting of the CMIS Executive Council

Next March 25th and 26th, the members of the CMIS Executive Council will be in Rome for an important meeting. Their exchanges will cover different themes they have been developing, notably on the Identity Charter, formation and communication. During this meeting, the Executive Council members will also meet with Cardinal Joao Bráz de Aviz, prefect of

Annual Secular Institute meeting in England – NCSI

RESIDENTIAL WEEKEND 2017 Friday 28 April – Sunday 30 April 2017 Oblate Retreat Centre, Wistaston Hall, 89 Broughton Lane, Crewe CW2 8JS www.orc-crewe.org Secular Institutes seventy years after “Provida Mater Ecclesia” Reflection and discussion led by Pierre Langeron, Secretary to CMIS (World Conference of Secular Institutes) Cost: Weekend £132; or Saturday only £30, or £40 to include

XXI World of Consecrated Life.
Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis

Vatican Basilica Thursday, 2 February 2017 When the parents of Jesus brought the Child in fulfilment of the prescriptions of the law, Simeon, “guided by the Spirit” (Lk 2:27), took the Child in his arms and broke out in a hymn of blessing and praise. “My eyes”, he said, “have seen your salvation, which you