Kerala, India. The St. Thomas Province of the Claretian Missionaries rejoiced in May 2025 as three deacons were...
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Habemus Papam
Dear brothers, Habemus Papam! With the whole Church, we lift our hearts in thanksgiving to the Lord for the gift of...
FR. MARIO FERNANDO CALVO GONZÁLEZ, CMF
September 19, 1924 – May 8, 2025 (Province of San José del Sur / Provincia de San...
Day 10 – Vocation Culture and Scheme: “Go forth and allow to go in”
Rome, Italy. Today, Wednesday, 28 November 2018, the Claretian Family attended the Audience with Pope Francis at the...
FR. FACUNDO PÉREZ GUTIÉRREZ CMF
He died in Granada (Spain) on November 28, 2018. He was 90 years old. And he belonged to the Province of Betica. Rest...
Pope Francis – General Audience 2018-11-28
Paul VI Audience Hall, Vatican City. The Claretian Family attended the General Audience with Pope Francis on...
Conclusion of the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Chennai Province
Barrackpore, India. The silver Jubilee Year of the Province of Chennai had marked a greater significance in the life...
28 November
“The Blessed Virgin Mary will be pleased, if you keep silence and are devout in church; if you offer heart your heart...
Day 9: Vocational Accompaniment in Claretian Family
Rome, Italy. The participants from Asia prepared a morning prayer full of symbols of the realities of the youth. They...
Three Claretian Missionaries Seized in Cameroon
Rome, Italy. In the early morning of Saturday, 24 November 2018, Father General and Secretary General received the...
ASCLA West Missionary Meet 2018
Ernakulam, India. The ASCLA West Missionary Meet 2018 begins today, November 27, 2018 at the Claretian Provincial...
27 November
“Experience has taught me that one of the most powerful forces for good is the press, although when abused it can also...
The Meeting Resumes – Day 8
Rome, Italy. After a day of rest and tour around the historical places of Rome and the Vatican on Sunday, the...
26 November
“I believed that a certain class of sinners must be caught after the fashion of a man cooking snails. He puts them in...
Claretian Family Coordinating Team Meeting
Rome, Italy. The Claretian Family Coordinating Team had its meeting during the weekend, 23 to 25 November 2018 at the...
A Visit to Mother Trinidad de la Santa Madre Iglesia
Rome, Italy. Father General, Mathew Vattamattam, CMF, recounts his experience on his visit to Mother Trinidad de la...
Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, CMF, Elected Member of the Union of Superiors General (USG) Executive Council
Ariccia, Italy. Father General, Mathew Vattamatam, CMF, was elected Member of the Executive Council of the Union of...
25 November
“I have learned that zeal is an ardent and violent love that needs to be wisely controlled. Otherwise it might go...
1st Week Recap of Claretian Family Meeting on Youth and Vocations Ministry
Rome, Italy. We present to you the recap video of the first week of the Claretian Family Meeting on Youth and...
24 November
“Although Father Joseph Xifre, Superior of the Missionary Sons of the Heart of Mary, has frequently spoken and written...
Day 5 of the Claretian Family YVM Meeting
Rome, Italy. In the morning, the Salesian psychologist and educator, pastoral worker for young people in difficulty in...
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...
4th Day of Claretian Family YVM Meeting
Rome, Italy. In the morning of the fourth day, Frs. Bobin Punnackapadavil and Thomas Paingottu, CMFF helped the...
Annual Retreat of Indonesia – Timor Leste Independent Delegation
Malang, Indonesia. Moving on the trifold path of transformation with the whole Congregation as well as Delegation, the...
22 November
“The Exercises of St. Ignatius are one of the most powerful tools I have used in the conversion of priests, which is...
VIDEO MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 34th WORLD YOUTH DAY 2019
Dear young people, World Youth Day is fast approaching. It will be held in Panama in January and the theme is Mary’s...
Third day of the Claretian Family YVM Meeting
Rome, Italy. Today the participants dedicated the whole day in knowing deeper the CLARETIAN FAMILY. They were guided...
91st Annual and General Assembly of the Union of Superior Generals (USG)
Ariccia, Italy. Parting from the theme of the recently concluded Synod of Bishops on young people held in Rome last...
Claretian Family Formator’s Accompaniment Workshop on Formation
Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The second phase of the Claretian Family Formator’s Accompaniment Workshop on Formation...
Fr. André Kalundoke Satchiquata, CMF (Misión de Mozambique)
Fr. André Kalundoke Satchiquata, CMF of Mozambique Mission tells us of his experience of the day.
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...
Second Day Experience at the Claretian Family YVM Meeting
Sis. Helmy Daina'bur of the Religious of Mary Immaculate Claretian Missionary Sisters shares to us her experience of...
Summary of the Second Day
Rome, Italy. On the second day of the Claretian Family Youth and Vocations Ministry Meeting, Fr. Gonzalo Fernández,...
Fr. Arnest on Youth and Vocations Ministry of Northeast India
Fr. Arnest Kharmawlong, CMF Youth and Vocations Ministry of Northeast India Independent Delegation #claretianfamilyyvm
Vocação Claretiana e Pastoral Juvenil dos Claretianos no Brasil
Pe. Fagner Geraldo de Almeida Pereira, CMF Vocação Claretiana e Pastoral Juvenil dos Claretianos no Brasil...
FR. DARIO SIVIERI CMF
He died in Altamura (Italy) on November 19, 2018. He was 90 years old. And he belonged to the Delegation of Italy....
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...
Claretian Family Youth and Vocations Ministry Meeting
Rome, Italy. Almost seventy persons from all over the world, responsible for the Youth Ministry and Vocations of the...
Centenary of the Claretians in Agurain-Salvatierra
Salvatierra, Spain. The Province of Euskal Herria celebrated on November 17 the centenary of the Claretian presence in...