Los Negrales, Spain. From April 22 to July 10, 2025, the very first French-language edition of the Forge, named...
Spirituality and Community Life
Young Claretian Priests Strengthened in Quinquennium Program in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya. From June 12 to 16, 2025, the Prefecture of Formation of St. Charles Lwanga Independent Delegation...
Encounter with Claret 2025: Mission Rekindled
Los Negrales, Spain. On May 25, the “Encounter with Claret 2025” concluded—a month of deep spiritual experience for 10...
30 October
“The world has always striven to hinder and persecute me, but our Lord has taken care of me and frustrated all its...
29 October
“Seeing that the Lord, out of sheer good will and no merit on my part, was calling me to stem the torrent of...
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...
27 October
“In prayer, humility, faith, hope, charity, religion and other virtues are practiced.” Diálogos sobre la oración, en...
26 October
“The other group that most claimed my attention was the clergy. If all those studying for service in the Church were...
25 October
“From the very beginning, the style I aimed at was that of the Gospel: simple and clear” Aut 297 FACILITATE THE...
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...
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...
Spiritual Exercises at Buenafente
Buenafuente del Sistal, Spain. Forge 23 participants went for a 9-day Spiritual Exercises at the Cistercian Monastery...
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...
21 October
“I was one of eleven children: 1. My sister Rose, born in 1800. Formerly married, she is now a widow. She has always...
The Life and Mission of Our Congregation Continue: Erection of Three New Independent Delegations and Appointment of the New Provincial Government of Fatima
Rome Italy. The following decisions have been taken and adopted during the first week of intensive sessions of the...
20 October
“What God wants of you is that you do good the same as you are doing with interior peace, with silence, without...
19 October
“Frankly I tell you that I am fed up with eight years of persecutions for this blessed Escorial. Don Dionisio, with...
18 October
“You have to look at and imitate the humility and meekness of Jesus; humility is the foundation of all the virtues;...
17 October
“Holiness supposes two things: being clean from sin and eminent in virtue. With the aim of acquiring it, you ought to...
16 October
“Prayer is for man what the soul is for the body and what water is for the earth, it is the key to heaven. It is for...
15 October
“Jesus rode upon a donkey when He entered Jerusalem in triumph. I, too, gladly offer myself to Jesus to make use of me...
14 October
“I will occupy myself in praising God, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints as they are prayers and devotions and I...
13 October
“Ignorance in matters of religion is great nowadays, almost general; and the worst part is that there are very many...
12 October
“I have here the ultimate and principal pledge that you need to be a good missionary: honour Mary and love God a lot.”...
11 October
“At the beginning of my stay in Vich I was undergoing an experience not unlike what goes on in a blacksmith’s shop....
10 October
“I have never made a penny’s profit from the Works I have seen through the presses. On the contrary, I have given away...
9 October
“When I started preaching missions in 1840, we were in the midst of a civil war between the royalists and the...
Visit To A Segovian Forge
Segovia, Spain. On Saturday, October 6, the participants of the Forge 23 had the opportunity to visit a forge in...
8 October
“When I left the Canary Islands the bishop wanted to give me a new hat and coat but I wouldn’t hear of it. All I took...
7 October
“We honour … the Blessed Virgin Mary, our most tender mother; we imitate her virtues, we continuously give her thanks...
6 October
“October 6th 1850, the feast of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusian order I had once wished to join….., was my...
5 October
“In the case of children, the only work required is that of planting, whereas adults require both weeding and...
Adorers of God the Father
Alpedrete, Spain. The Claretians of the Forge that is being held these months in Los Negrales started with the...
4 October
“When one is poor and really wants to be poor, freely and not by force, then he enjoys the sweetness of poverty and,...
3 October
“Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament is our moral and physical life. Moral, which consists in knowing and loving,...
2 October
“Societies have become weak and are starving because they have ceased to receive the daily bread of God’s Word. Every...
1 October
“The Word has been, is and will always be the queen of the world” Aut 449 THE WORD, QUEEN OF THE WORLD When St. Paul...
Forge 23 Started
Madrid, Spain. It has been 25 years since the first residential Forge was held in the fall of 1993 in Colmenar Viejo...
30 September
*299.- “Doing and suffering are the greatest proofs of love.” Aut 424 THE GREAT PROOFS OF LOVE In a solemn declaration...