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

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

International Meeting: Consecratio et Consecratio per Evangelica Consilia. Rome, May 3 – 6, 2018

IMPORTANT UPDATE Prot. n. Sp.R. 1973/18 This Dicastery, following a careful and incisive discernment of today’s reality in the Church, has started a reflection process upon the diverse meanings being given to the expressions ‘consecration’ and ‘consecrated life’. An important phase of this process will be the International Congress “Consecratio et consecratio per evangelica consilia”

3rd Secular Institutes Philippines National Assembly

Held in historic Cebu’s Talisay City Don Bosco Retreat House from 29 November to 3 December 2017, the 3rd Secular Institutes-Philippines (SIP) National Assembly brought in 33 participants from 9 institutes. These are the Associate of Notre Dame (AND), Secular Institutes of the Daughters St. Anne (SIDSA), Fils de Notre Dame de Vie (FNDV), Madonna

Pope’s Message to participants in the Italian Conference of Secular Institutes

From 28 to 29 October in Rome, at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute, the Italian Conference of Secular Institutes (CIIS) is gathered, with the patronage of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic life, to reflect on the theme: “Beyond and within. Secular institutes: stories of passion and prophecy for