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First meeting of Claretian Bishops: joy, communion, missionary passion
Rome, Italy. Eighteen Claretian bishops from across the globe took part in the first-ever encounter of Claretian...
In-Person Meeting of the General SOMI Team
Rome, Italy. For the third time since the 2021 General Chapter, the General Team of Solidarity and Mission (SOMI) of...
FR. JAIME MORENO UMAÑA
He died on April 3, 2021 in Bogotá, Colombia, due a heart attack. He was 88 years old. And he belonged to the Colombia...
Easter Message 2021 from Superior General
There is no greater love than laying down one’s life for one’s friends (Jn 15:13). In this Easter, let us renew our...
April 2021
3 Olmedo Rivero, Jesús (Fátima – 50 Ord.) 11 Maia, Américo Paulo dos Santos Freit (Fátima – 25 Ord.) 15 Baskar Amal...
CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES CONNECT TO COMMEMORATE EARTH HOUR 2021
New York, USA. On March 27, the Claretian Missionaries joined the world community to participate in Earth Hour. For...
FR. JOSÉ EUGENIO NÓBREGA CORREIA DA CÁMARA
He died on March 31, 2021 in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, due Covid-19. He was 57 years old. And he belonged to the...
CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES PARTICIPATE IN THE 65TH SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW65) 2021
New York, USA. Three Religious Sisters of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Missionary Sisters) and six Lay Claretians from...
The cities of Sabadell and Barcelona recognize the social commitment of Pedro Casaldáliga, CMF
Catalonia, Spain. Pere Casaldàliga, CMF received, posthumously, the Medal of the City of Sabadell to the citizen...
FR. LUIZ VICENTE DA SILVA, CMF
He died on March 30, 2021 in Batatais, Brazil, due Covid-19. He was 89 years old. And he belonged to the Brasil...
CONNECTING FAITH AND CHARITY
Kupang, Indonesia. Faith is not only expressed and celebrated in liturgical ceremonies, but must also bear real fruit...
IX Encounter of the Claretian Family R+FC 2021
Memory and celebration Central America. The IX Encounter of the Claretian Family in memory of the martyrdom of St....
FR. MIGUEL ROMERO TABOADA, CMF
He died on March 28, 2021 in Colmenar Viejo, Spain, due bacterial pneumonia. He was 91 years old. And he belonged to...
FR. ELEUTERIO DIONISIO PINEDA MOSQUERA, CMF
He died on March 27, 2021 in Lima, Peru, due Covid-19. He was 69 years old. And he belonged to the Perú-Bolivia...
25th Anniversary of the Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata
Rome, Italy. The Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life...
Good News in the Lay Claretian Movement
The first community of Lay Claretians in Nicaragua Madriz, Nicaragua. Last March 21, in the community of Las Sabanas,...
FR. RICHARD TODD, CMF
He died on March 25, 2021 in Chicago, USA. He was 93 years old. And he belonged to the USA-Canada Province. May he...
Online Colloquium Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata (1996-2021)
Spain. On March 25, 2021 we invite you to the Online Colloquium in Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the...
Centenary of the foundation of the Cordimarian Missionary Sisters (MCM)
Mexico City, Mexico. The Cordimarian Missionary Sisters celebrate this year their first centenary of foundation,...
FR. ÓSCAR RODRÍGUEZ LINARES, CMF
He died on March 23, 2021 in Morelia, Mexico, due to cardiac arrest. He was 82 years old. And he belonged to the...
“St. Joseph, you take care of it!”
Rome, Italy. On March 19, the General Curia community celebrated, as it does every year, the feast of its patron, St....
Claretian Missionaries cultivating rice in shared mission
Tarus-Noelbaki, Indonesia. Eugenius Paul Madoni, CMF (Delegation Econome), accompanied by Fr. Cyprianus Asa, CMF and...
CLARETIAN STUDENTS RENEWED THEIR RELIGIOUS VOWS
Argentina. On the eve of St. Joseph's Day, March 18, the renewal of vows of eight Claretian students of the Province...
Welcome Fr. Joseph Ikemefuna to the General Government Communications Team
In concordance with the General Council, Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, CMF, Superior General, has appointed Fr. Joseph...
THE VENERABLE MARIANO AVELLANA, AN EXAMPLE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC
Santiago, Chile. Two thousand and twenty will go down in history as the year in which, without knowing how, an unusual...
BIBLE TEAMS FROM CHILE PARTICIPATED IN THE GLOBAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
Santiago, Chile. On March 11, the Global Day of Action for Climate organized by the global environmental movement of...
“God has not called us to lock ourselves in our comfort zones”
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Migration continues to be a significant concern in countries where this reality is...
Maximino Cerezo Barredo, CMF: “My painting is not a neutral message. It cries out to be liberation”
Salamanca, Spain. Villaviciosa with its most important years of childhood, Gijón and the discovery of his Claretian...
José Cristo Rey García Paredes, Consultor of CIVCSVA
Madrid, Spain. A letter from the Secretariat of State communicated a few days ago to Fr. José Cristo Rey García...
PROFESSION OF PERPETUAL VOWS OF BRO. HUGO AGRAZAL ORTEGA, CMF
Coclé, Panama. On Saturday, March 13, in the parish of San Juan Bautista de Aguadulce, in Cocle, Panama, in the...
ANOINTED TO SERVE
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. On March 13, 2021, Student Jesús Martínez Lara, CMF, of the Province of Mexico, received the...
FR. CÉSAR MANUEL VAZ SACRAMENTO, CMF
He died on March 14, 2021 in Huambo, Angola. He was 43 years old. And he belonged to the Mãe da África Delegation. May...
FR. CARLOS JOSÉ DÍAZ SIERRA, CMF
He died on March 12, 2021 in Granada, Spain. He was 92 years old. And he belonged to the Fátima Province. May he rest...
Economy, mission and Consecrated Life: a reflection that cannot be stopped
Madrid, Spain. As the presentation of the Theological Institute of Religious Life's course points out, administering...
The Province of Chennai held its first annual retreat
Chennai, India. The Chennai Province held its first annual retreat from February 21-26, 2021. The retreat was held at...
Bible Seminar in the Independent Delegation of Congo
Kikwit, DR Congo. From Monday, March 1 to Thursday, March 4, 2021, the Claretian Biblical Pastoral Ministry of Congo...
General Government meeting prior to intensive sessions in 2021
Rome, Italy. The General Government, prior to the intensive sessions of March 8-27, held a retreat from March 2-5 at...
THE YEAR OF ST. ANTONIO MARIA CLARET IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA
La Maya, Cuba. Last February 16 was the 170th anniversary of the arrival of Antonio María Claret to the Archdiocese of...