Alpedrete, Spain. The Claretians of the Forge that is being held these months in Los Negrales started with the “Adorers of the Father” phase, the first section of an itinerary that encourages a process of transformation. They started with an intensive workshop on retuning one’s prayer, centered particularly on silence, meditation, and lectio divina. These are not new things. However, the Forge ambiance allows them to strengthen, care for, and stimulate the participants in the fidelity of being Listeners of the Word, to continue being its servants.
Los Negrales, Madrid, Spain. The ninth English edition of the Forge Claretian Renewal Encounter concluded on 8 December 2025 with a Sending Forth Eucharist presided by Rev. Fr. Gonzalo Fernández Sanz, CMF. Fourteen missionaries from Brazil, India, Nigeria, and the...
Los Negrales, Spain. The 9th English edition of FORGE: Claretian Renewal Encounter opened on 20 September 2025 and will continue until 8 December 2025. Inspired by the experience narrated by our Founder in his Autobiography (n. 342), the Forge is not only the symbol...
Los Negrales, Spain. From April 22 to July 10, 2025, the very first French-language edition of the Forge, named Forge1/25, was held in Los Negrales, a suburb of Madrid. Thirteen Claretian missionaries from three Major Organisms in French-speaking Africa — Congo,...
