Diaconal ordination of Br. Oscar Mendoza SCJ
On Saturday, November 30, feast day of Saint Andrew, the Apostle, Br. Oscar Mendoza SCJ was ordained a deacon in St Francis Xavier parish in La Colmena. Read More…
In Memoriam…
Mrs Malan Tanoh Renée, mother of Br Kouamé Brou Aurélien Émeric SCJ of the community of Saint-Palais, died on 21 November. She was 74 years old.
Nov 22, 2024
The visit of the Superior General to the Central African Vicariate is over.
On 14 November, the Superior General, Fr. Gustavo Agín SCJ, concluded his canonical visit to the Vicariate of the Central African Republic. The Vicariate of the Central African Republic, a “periphery among peripheries”, has an extensive field of mission for the Betharramites who arrive out there and are willing to put their lives at the service of the poorest.
NEF November 2024
“By accepting the Will of God, the same Jesus who spoke to the people in parables, takes us aside and explains to us the deep meaning of things (Mk 4:34). He educates us in our innermost self. And in this deep relationship with Him (which is not simple ‘cosiness’) the experience of formation grows. We learn to be docile to the Divine Master, who has his own timetable, content and methods...” (Fr. Gustavo Agín SCJ)
Nov 14, 2024
Relic of the blood of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Betharramite Parish of Pistoia
From 25 to 27 October, on the 800th anniversary of the stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi, the relic of his Holy Blood made a stop in Pistoia, in Saint Francis parish entrusted to the care of the religious of our Congregation.
Canonical visit of the superior general: a source of hope.
Following his schedule for the visits to the Vicariates of the Congregation, our Superior General, Fr. Gustavo Agín, visited the communities in Italy from 29 September to 18 October. The visit ended with an assembly that took place in our parish of Lissone.
Annual retreat in the English Vicariate
The English vicariate had organised the Annual retreat at Shallow ford retreat centre from Monday 7th to 11th of this month.
NEF October 2024
“In our mission we need to constantly update ourselves, since our responses cannot be like recipes that are repeated, but must be the fruit of a profound evangelical discernment, carried out together, while we are on the journey. We need to entrust ourselves deeply to the action of the Holy Spirit who guides the Church without ceasing and to respond synodally to the challenges and cries of the present. Far from encouraging the immobility of a clericalist dogmatism or the anxious activism of a pastoral pragmatism, we should begin by accepting with realism this time of fragility, of inevitable confrontation, where we are faced not only with the sin of the world in a culture of death, but with the agonies of the Church itself, which have left deep wounds... that still seem open…
Oct 14, 2024
In memoriam…
On October 9, Mr S.Ravi, father of Fr Pascal Ravi scj, Superior of the community of Hojai-Langting (Vicariate of India) has died.
Oct 11, 2024
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