The Mountaineer – Christmas 2020

Christmas 2020 Dear Friends, Well, here we are – Christmas in the year of COVID-19. Can we travel? Will we be able to gather with our family? How can I shop for gifts that I cannot see or touch? Will the post office deliver my packages on time? Will we even be able to worship

Lastest news from the United States Conference

Dear friends, Outside my window a frisky squirrel is gathering nuts to put away in his secret hiding place to prepare for leaner times. This afternoon it will be out to the garden to bring in the last squash, peppers, and tomatoes before the frost predicted for this week. It seems to be a season of preparation, doesn’t it?  

STUDIUM 2020/2021

La Congregazione per gli Istituti di Vita Consacrata e le Società di Vita Apostolica, da più di 60 anni accompagna i consacrati e le consacrate nel cammino di formazione continua attraverso lo Studium, Scuola interdisciplinare per la formazione al Magistero e alla Normativa canonica sulle Forme di Vita Consacrata nella Chiesa. Essa propone un iter formativo biennale

Lucía Alvear: Llenar el corazón de profecía y esperanza

La revista Estar se complace en presentar a Lucía Alvear Ramírez, residente en la ciudad de Medellín (Colombia). Autora del libro Secularidad Consagrada en el Magisterio de la Iglesia (Barranquilla, 2015). Miembro del instituto secular Fieles Siervas de Jesús, Instituto de Vida Consagrada de Derecho Pontifcio fundado en Colombia en 1941, por la dirigente de

News from the USA. The Mountaineer. Summer 2020

Dear Friends, feels like I have not accomplished much. I haven‘t put many miles on my car, I haven‘t attended meetings, I haven‘t seen my friends… Oh, how wrong is that interpretation. There have been four months to grow in holiness, to practice patience, to put my trust in God into action.  

Last news from the United States. The Mountaineer. Spring 2020

Dear Friends, Christ is risen; He is truly risen! He is victorious over death and darkness. What a gift the Easter message is for a world at war with Covid-19. Doesn‘t this feel like a time when we really need to see him in the clouds of heaven, reassuring us of his ever-present love and

Easter 2020

„I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live.” Jn 11, 25 Dear members of Secular Institutes around the world and affected by the coronavirus pandemic, In our „now” we experience the Easter Triduum, the mystery of life overcoming death. On behalf of the Executive Council of

Últimas noticias de los Institutos Seculares de Argentina

Tres días, una sola noche La liturgia, al referirse a las ceremonias del Triduo Pascual (Jueves Santo, Viernes Santo y Sábado de Gloria), habla de “una única ceremonia dividida en tres días”. Pero también podemos considerarlo como una única noche que representa el itinerario de nuestra propia vida. Todo comienza con la Cena, reunión de

La CMIS invita tutti gli Istituti e i loro membri a partecipare a questa bella iniziativa spirituale

La UISG – Unione Internazionale delle Superiori Generali  ha lanciato un video messaggio invitando ad una giornata di preghiera in tutto il mondo il giorno 22 marzo, per tutte le persone direttamente colpite dal COVID19. Come presidenza della CMIS abbiamo deciso di aderire ed invitiamo anche tutti gli Istituti membri della nostra Conferenza a unirsi

Last news from the United States. The Mountaineer. Winter 2019-2020

Dear Friends, Lent is a season that calls us to deeper love. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are practices which the Church offers to us as a stimulus to put things back in order; that is, to place God, who is Love, in the center of our lives once again. We are reminded to follow Jesus’