“To fully understand the mission of secular institutes, it is necessary to know and understand the mission of the laity” (Emilio Tresalti) We have learned today with great sadness of the death in Rome of Professor Emilio Tresalti, at the age of 86. For a long time Director General of the Cristo Re Institute, he

Watykan, 18 stycznia 2021 r. Do wszystkich osób konsekrowanych Zwracamy się do Was w przeddzień ważnego dla nas wszystkich dnia, mężczyzn i kobiet konsekrowanych, ponieważ jest on poświęcony naszemu szczególnemu powołaniu, które na różne sposoby sprawia, że jaśnieje miłość Boga do mężczyzny, kobiety i całego wszechświata. Drugiego lutego, tego roku, będziemy obchodzić XXV Dzień Życia

Convegno „Carisma e creatività” sui beni culturali degli istituti di vita consacrata – 30 settembre / 1 ottobre 2021 promosso dalla Congregazione per gli istituti di Vita Consacrata e le Società di Vita Apostolica e dal Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura. CIVCSVA website

ACSI Newsletter December 2020   Message from the President Dear Friends, We are in Advent season. Everyone who is born a Christian understands the significance of Advent prior to Christmas. While the commercial world is engaged in advertising Christmas trees, caps, Santa Claus attire, turkeys and cakes of varieties, we Christians have a singular task.

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

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?  

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

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

„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