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Claretian Missionaries hold 2nd Conference on Mary, Centered on the Magnificat

Quezon City, Philippines. On May 1, 2025, the Claretian Missionaries of the Fr. Rhoel Gallardo Province organized the 2nd Conference on Mary at the Fr. Rhoel Gallardo Hall of Claret School of Quezon City. Supported by the Prefecture of Communications through its...

M.R. JORGE IVÁN CASTAÑO RUBIO, CMF

       November 25, 1935 – May 2, 2025 (Province of Colombia-Venezuela/ Provincia de Colombia-Venezuela)

A Quinquennial Session Focused on Hope and Digital Mission

Kinshasa, DR Congo. From April 22 to 26, 2025, the Père Claret Scholasticate Community in Kinshasa hosted the annual Quinquennial session of the Independent Delegation of Congo of the Claretian Missionaries. Fourteen participants – priests, deacons, and brothers –...

FR. MATÍAS GARCÍA GIL, CMF

       April 02, 1932 – April 30, 2025 (Province of Brazil / Provincia de Brasil)

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...

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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...

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19 October

“Frankly I tell you that I am fed up with eight years of persecutions for this blessed Escorial. Don Dionisio, with...

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18 October

“You have to look at and imitate the humility and meekness of Jesus; humility is the foundation of all the virtues;...

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17 October

“Holiness supposes two things: being clean from sin and eminent in virtue. With the aim of acquiring it, you ought to...

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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...

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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...

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14 October

“I will occupy myself in praising God, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints as they are prayers and devotions and I...

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13 October

“Ignorance in matters of religion is great nowadays, almost general; and the worst part is that there are very many...

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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.”...

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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....

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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...

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9 October

“When I started preaching missions in 1840, we were in the midst of a civil war between the royalists and the...

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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...

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7 October

“We honour … the Blessed Virgin Mary, our most tender mother; we imitate her virtues, we continuously give her thanks...

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6 October

“October 6th 1850, the feast of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusian order I had once wished to join….., was my...

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