Los Negrales, Spain. From April 9 to June 27, 2026, 16 Claretian missionaries representing 12 nationalities and 10...
The Forge
Rome, a Meeting Point for CESC–Forge at the Close of 2025
Rome, Italy. From 26 to 30 December 2025, the annual CESC–Forge Meeting took place at the General Curia in Rome, a...
The 9th Edition of Claret Forge Renewal Programme concludes successfully
Los Negrales, Madrid, Spain. The ninth English edition of the Forge Claretian Renewal Encounter concluded on 8...
Forge: Claretian Renewal Encounter – 9th English Edition
Los Negrales, Spain. The 9th English edition of FORGE: Claretian Renewal Encounter opened on 20 September 2025 and...
The FORGE, First French Edition: A Flame of Hope for Claretian Missionaries
Los Negrales, Spain. From April 22 to July 10, 2025, the very first French-language edition of the Forge, named...
Letter to the Congregation from the Alumni of 8th Edition of English Forge
The 8th Edition of the English Forge, held from September 22 to December 10, 2024, brought together 11 members from...
The 26th edition of the Forge kicks off in Los Negrales
Madrid, Spain. The 26th edition of the Forge officially began on Friday, 5 April 2024, at Los Negrales House in...
Annual meeting of the Spiritual Animation Teams of the Congregation
Colmenar Viejo, Spain. The members of CESC (Claretian Spirituality Center) and the Forge Team had their customary...
Forge 07/23 Concludes at Los Negrales
Madrid, Spain. The seventh English edition of the Claretian renewal encounter Forge that began on October 1, 2023,...
FORGE 07/23 Takes Off At Los Negrales
Madrid, Spain: The seventh English edition of FORGE, the signature renewal encounter of Claretian Missionaries, took...
Reunited To Revise The Forge
Madrid, Spain. In his Autobiography, Claret shared an allegory about The Forge that provides interesting insight. He...
Missionaries Till the End and After: Forge 06/22 Concludes
Forge 06/22, which began on October 9, 2022 with 17 participants from 15 major organisms and hailing from 9 countries,...
Pilgrimage to Rome by The Brothers in Forge
The participants of the Forge 06/22 had a memorable pilgrimage to Rome, walking the footsteps of Saints Peter and...
Forge 06/2022 takes off at Colmenar Viejo
Colmenar Viejo, Spain. After a 3-year hiatus forced on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the English edition of Forge, the...
At the end of another journey
Madrid, Spain. On July 2, 2022, Forge-25 came to an end. The participants arrived at this milestone with a good...
Forge 25: Silver Jubilee in Post-pandemic
Madrid, Spain. Sixteen Claretian Missionaries from the Major Organisms of Brasil, Centroamérica, Perú-Bolivia,...
ANNUAL MEETING OF CESC AND THE GENERAL PREFECT OF SPIRITUALITY AND COMMUNITY LIFE
From 5 to 9 December 2021, the first meeting of the new six-year period of the members of the CESC Team with the...
From Spain to Sri Lanka: Online Retreat of St. Joseph Vaz Independent Delegation
Ragama, Sri Lanka. St. Joseph Vaz Independent Delegation held its annual retreat from July 6 to 10, 2020. But unlike...
The Forge As A Family
Madrid, Spain. On February 28, 2020, at the beginning of the Lenten Season, the "Forge for the 70 Years and Above"...
Forge 24: With the Pastors
Madrid, Spain. The 24th edition of The Forge continues advancing at the Claretian Renewal Center in Los Negrales...
ADORE TO ABLAZE: First Stage of # Fragua24
Madrid Spain. The 24th edition of La Fragua continues its course at the Claretian Renewal Center in Los Negrales...
The Forge: Meeting Place
Madrid, Spain. We are a "new Forge." The Forge 24 summons us. In it we look at each other and in it we “forge”. We are...
Class of Forge 05/19 Successfully Completes the Encounter
Los Negrales, Spain. The Fifth edition of Forge, the Claretian Renewal Encounter, which began on March 31, ended on...
To The Congregation, With Love From Class of Forge 05/19
Beloved Congregation: As we conclude 75 days of Forge Encounter, we thank you, our beloved brothers, for your...
Forge 5th Edition Takes Off
Madrid, Spain. The fifth English edition of the Forge, the Claretian Renewal Encounter, began on Sunday, March 31,...
The Gift of the Forge
Madrid Spain. What a joy to exclaim: first Forge for the elders well concluded! Nine Claretian Missionaries who have...
Forge Another Stage of Life
Madrid, Spain. The unprecedented, the first edition of the newly coined Ongoing Formation for Claretians aged 70 and...
Closing of the Forge 23
As we end the "Residential Forge" in Spanish, we would like to share to all our brothers in the Congregation what we...
Forge 23 Update: Light Between Mists
Vic, Spain. They were days of mist and fog pierced by a soft triumphant light. This is how the pilgrimage days in...
Spiritual Exercises at Buenafente
Buenafuente del Sistal, Spain. Forge 23 participants went for a 9-day Spiritual Exercises at the Cistercian Monastery...
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...
Adorers of God the Father
Alpedrete, Spain. The Claretians of the Forge that is being held these months in Los Negrales started with the...
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...
Silver Anniversary of the First Edition of “The Forge”
Alpedrete, Spain. On September 17, 2018, organized by the General Prefect of Spirituality, the 25th Anniversary of the...
“The Claretian Year” in the Making
Alpedrete, Spain. The Team of the Claretian Spirituality Center (CESC) and of the Forge Center for Claretian Renewal,...
Claretian Renewal Encounter-Forge in St. Charles Lwanga Delegation
Nairobi, Kenya. The Claretian Renewal Encounter-Forge in St. Charles Lwanga Delegation begun on the 2nd July 2018 at...
LETTER TO THE CONGREGATION FROM THE PARTICIPANTS OF FORGE 04/18 (ENGLISH)
Dear Beloved Congregation, This letter comes to you from the 13 participants of the Forge Encounter from April 8 until...
BACK TO THE FUTURE: FORGE IN ENGLISH CONCLUDES
Los Negrales, Spain. The English edition of the Claretian Renewal Encounter, Forge, in its fourth phase, ended here at...
Sent by The Spirit: Forge Enters the Third Phase
Los Negrales, Spain. On May 28, 2018, the Forge Claretian Renewal Encounter group in English has entered the third and...