Spirituality and Community Life

“United We Serve Better”: Claretian Leadership Workshop for the General Curia

Rome, Italy. From 4th to 8th November 2024, the General Curia of the Claretian Missionaries hosted an intensive five-day seminar on Claretian leadership in service of the Congregation. With the facilitation of Fr Gonzalo Fernández, CMF, the event brought together more...

Young missionaries deepen Fraternity and Leadership in Bolivia Encounter

Tarata, Bolivia: From October 14 to 17, 2024, a gathering of young missionaries from the Peru-Bolivia Province took place at the Franciscan Convent of San Severino in Tarata, Bolivia. Organized jointly by the Prefectures of Formation and Spirituality, this event...

The Eighth English Edition of FORGE Begins At Los Negrales

Madrid, Spain:  The eighth English edition of FORGE, the Claretian Renewal Encounter, was officially inaugurated at the Forge Center in Los Negrales on September 23, 2024, with the inaugural Eucharist presided over by Rev. Fr. José Cristo Rey Garcia Paredes, CMF, the...

Claretian Formators Course Kicks Off in Vic, Spain

Vic, Spain. The formation course for formators began on the 1st of May 2024 at the School of the Heart of Mary, an initiative of the General Prefecture of Formation of the General Government. The event, which is being hosted by the Claret Spirituality House in Vic,...

24 November

“Although Father Joseph Xifre, Superior of the Missionary Sons of the Heart of Mary, has frequently spoken and written...

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23 November

“To love God truly means to suffer for the beloved. To know whether it is true, we have to check it with the fire of...

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22 November

“The Exercises of St. Ignatius are one of the most powerful tools I have used in the conversion of priests, which is...

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21 November

“I have always wanted to die a poor man in some hospital, or on the scaffold as a martyr, or to be put to death by the...

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20 November

“My Jesus, there is one thing I ask that I know you will grant. Yes, my Jesus, I ask you for love, for great flames of...

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18 November

“God, in the soul of the just, does what fire does: he illumines, heats up and converts into fire the fuel, melts the...

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17 November

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart and you will find rest. For my yoke is...

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15 November

“As if looking in a mirror, I should look at each created thing from where God´s goodness, wisdom, power and beauty...

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14 November

“My neighbour, I love and cherish you for a thousand reasons Aut 448 LOVE FOR MY BROTHER AND SISTERS When we look at...

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12 November

“Thoroughly convinced that to be a good missionary it is both useful and essential to have love. I have searched for...

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9 November

“These ten precepts (of God´s law) are like many other branches coming from two main branches, the love of God and...

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7 November

“O my God, I give you my word that I shall do this: I shall preach, write, and circulate good books and pamphlets in...

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5 November

“I never quarrelled with anyone but strove to be kind with all. I avoided all clowning and disliked silly and mocking...

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4 November

“I have never made a penny's profit from the works I have seen through the presses. On the contrary I have given away...

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3 November

“We have to love Mary, most holy and be her devotees, because the devotion to Mary, most holy is the very powerful...

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2 November

“I am yearning to go to heaven to see Jesus loved and praised by the whole celestial palace; it will be a greater...

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1 November

I frequently read the lives of those saints who were distinguished for their zeal in saving souls, and I felt the good...

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31 October

“At each town I preached in, the first half of the service was marked by persecutions and calumnies by the wicked of...

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30 October

“The world has always striven to hinder and persecute me, but our Lord has taken care of me and frustrated all its...

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28 October

“The love for God does not consist only in language and words but also, and mainly, in deeds and truth, that is in...

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27 October

“In prayer, humility, faith, hope, charity, religion and other virtues are practiced.” Diálogos sobre la oración, en...

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26 October

“The other group that most claimed my attention was the clergy. If all those studying for service in the Church were...

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25 October

“From the very beginning, the style I aimed at was that of the Gospel: simple and clear” Aut 297 FACILITATE THE...

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24 October

“It seems that I have now fulfilled my mission. In Paris and Rome I have preached the law of God: in Paris as the...

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23 October

“Rip out of your heart all pride which is the root and principle of all the sins” Avisos a un sacerdote: que acaba de...

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22 October

“If you want to aspire to contemplation and union with God you must be a man of prayer as in prayer you receive the...

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