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New Claretian Presence-Mission in South Sudan

In line with the Congregation’s dream to go to the peripheries (QC 43), on the 8th of June 2024, on the Feast Day of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a new Claretian presence was started in South Sudan, the youngest country in the world since its independence from Sudan...

Claretians in Korea Celebrate Annual Retreat and 175th Anniversary

Nampyeong, Korea. The Claretians in Korea held a twin celebration from June 3 to 8, 2024, marking their Annual Retreat alongside the 175th Anniversary of the of the Foundation of the congregation,  in Nampyeong, Korea. The retreat served as a time of fraternal...

Claretian Missionaries in the Gabon Region Evaluate their Mission to Better Plan for the Future

Libreville, Gabon. The Assembly of the Independent Delegation of Padre Xifré, in the region of Gabon was held on the 4th and 5th of June 2024 in the Claretian community of Essassa, on the outskirts of Libreville. It was attended by all the Claretian missionaries...

P. PABLO ANTÓN VARA, CMF

       May 23, 1940 – June 09, 2024 (Province of Centroamérica/ Provincia de Centroamérica)

6 August

“Oh Virgin and Mother of God, I offer myself as your son, and in the honour and glory of your purity I consecrate to...

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5 August

“The world was converted by the preaching of the crucified Jesus and by the frequent reception of Holy Communion. The...

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4 August

If you saw your father being beaten and stabbed, wouldn’t you run to defend him? Wouldn't it be a crime for you to...

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3 August

I surrender all as a son and priest of Mary. She will be my Mother, Teacher and Director and everything I do and...

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2 August

“The Heart of Mary was not only a living member of Jesus Christ by faith and charity, but also the origin and source...

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1 August

“A farm without cultivation produces nothing either for the owner or farmer. Religion without worship serves nothing,...

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31 July

[In the Jesuit novitiate] “I had something to learn from everyone, and in truth I learned it, with the help of God's...

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30 July

“In the province of Tarragona I was loved by nearly all the people, but there were a few who wished me dead. The...

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29 July

“At the beginning of my stay in Vic I was undergoing an experience not unlike what goes on in a blacksmith's shop. The...

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28 July

"The most productive means I have used has been adult instruction. It has helped me rescue adults from an ignorance...

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27 July

“The Lord has freed me from death. In this square there were five blockades, one in each entrance to a street....... I...

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26 July

Seeing the great lack of evangelical and apostolic preachers in our Spanish territories, the people’s great desire to...

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25 July

“The ministry of the Word--at once the most exalted and invincible of all ministries because it has overcome the world...

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24 July

“It is very important to be devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She will free you from evils and troubles of body and...

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23 July

Jesus Christ was pierced in his heart from where blood and water flowed out and were formed the seven sacraments of...

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22 July

“Four main things: Silence, patience, prayer and hope. Because the merit is in one´s suffering with regard to what he...

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21 July

“Before he crows, the cock first beats his wings; I, before preaching, should move and beat the wings of study and...

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20 July

“When I was ten years old, I was allowed to make my First Communion. Words cannot tell what I felt on that day when I...

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19 July

“My heart is broken by pain when I see in this diocese of Vic so many priests without having to do anything and so...

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18 July

“It is not enough or sufficient to fulfil; like good Christians that we assist at Mass and receive communion to make...

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