Krakow, Poland. Forty-one Claretians ordained in the last decade gathered in Krakow from 20 to 23 November 2025 for...
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Perpetual vows, a gift that seals a life of dedication
El Salvador. On November 15, 2025, at the Heart of Mary Parish, Gilmer Sánchez Chán, CMF, professed his perpetual vows...
New Claretian Presence in Haiti
Fort-Liberté, Haiti. The Claretian Missionaries marked 25 years of presence in Haiti by launching a new mission in the...
Europe: let life spread in the parishes!
More than one hundred and twenty people (about seventy lay people and fifty Claretians) ask themselves together how to...
QUINQUENNIUM ENCOUNTER 2021 – EAST NIGERIA PROVINCE
Nekede, Nigeria. The Quinquennium Encounter of the East Nigeria Province for the year 2021 spanned from 12 -16 of...
A NEW PRIEST TO ST. JOSEPH VAZ INDEPENDENT DELEGATION – SRI LANKA
Colombo, Sri Lanka. Deacon Iresh Nimarshana Fernando, CMF, was ordained a priest by Rt. Rev. Dr. Harold Anthony...
MESSAGE FROM THE IV ASSEMBLY OF MICLA (CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES OF AMERICA)
America, April 16, 2021 Dear brothers, with Easter joy we greet you and send you this message of our IV Assembly as...
One hundred years of the magazine “Commentarium pro religiosis et missionariis”
Rome, Italy. The magazine "Commentarium pro religiosis et missionariis" commemorates one hundred years of publication;...
BR. JULIÁN MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ
He died on April 14, 2021 in Colmenar Viejo, Spain, due to a serious intestinal problem. He was 92 years old. And he...
“Fussimanya”: the application of Claretian-inspired prayers and songs
This application is called Fussimanya in allusion to the Virgin of Fussimanya, whose hermitage is located about seven...
CONSECRATED FOR LIFE IN THE WORLD. CONSECRATED LIFE IN TODAY’S SOCIETY. 49TH-50TH NATIONAL WEEK OF CONSECRATED LIFE (ONLINE)
The Theological Institute of Religious Life is organizing its 49th-50th National Week for Institutes of Consecrated...
Fr. Xabier Larrañaga Oyarzabal CMF – Consultor to the Congregation of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Rome, Italy. On 10 April 2021, Pope Francis appointed Father Xabier Larrañaga Oyarzabal, CMF, Director of the...
FR. ERHARD BECK
He died on April 9, 2021 in Würzburg, Germany. He was 94 years old. And he belonged to the Deutschland Province. May...
Fifty years of Claretian Mission in Cameroon
Yaoundé, Cameroon. The Claretian Missionaries arrived in Cameroon in 1970 (in the French-speaking part, precisely in...
Inauguration of the First Assembly of the Independent Delegation St. Joseph Vaz
Negombo, Sri Lanka. The Independent Delegation of St. Joseph Vaz is holding its General Assembly from April 6-9, 2021...
Claret Publishing Group Online Meeting
Rome, Italy. Twenty-one members of the seventeen publishing houses of the Claret Publishing Group held their triennial...
FR. CLAUDIO BARROETA AMORRORTU
He died on April 6, 2021 in Pamplona, Spain. He was 98 years old. And he belonged to the Sanctus Paulus Province. May...
Towards the XXVI General Chapter – Circular Letter
Click on the following link to download and read the Circular Letter of our Superior General, Father Mathew...
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...