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Against the Unacceptable Crime of Human Trafficking

Encouraged in a special way since 2015 by Pope Francis, many Christian communities celebrate, around February 8—the liturgical memorial of St. Josephine Bakhita—a World Day of Prayer and Reflection on the appalling reality of human trafficking. This crime affects...

Consecrated Life Week XV 2025: Living the Consecration, Fidelity, and Witness in a VUCA World

Kupang, Indonesia. The Independent Delegation of Indonesia-Timor Leste held the 15th Consecrated Life Week from January 30 to February 1, 2025, under the theme “Living the Consecration, Fidelity, and Witness in a VUCA World.” VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty,...

Rooted and Audacious on the Path of Synodality: IV Chapter the Colombia-Venezuela Province

Bogotá, Colombia. From January 23 to 31, the Claretian Missionaries of the Province of Colombia-Venezuela celebrated their IV Provincial Chapter, a space for discernment and renewal that allowed for the updating of the Provincial Missionary Life Plan. Inspired by...

 FR. FRANCO FOCI, CMF

       February 20, 1939 – February 04, 2025 (Province of Sanctus Paulus/ Provincia de Sanctus Paulus)

1 July

“Tomorrow I leave for a town called Pinto for preaching and administering the sacrament of confirmation; and then I...

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30 June

*43.- “Also the zeal of St. Paul has always awakened my deepest enthusiasm. He went from place to place, a chosen...

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29 June

*359 “I am much encouraged in reading about what the apostles did and suffered. St. Peter in his first sermon...

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28 June

*266 “As much as the enemies of religion keep awake, we are asleep; they keep the printing presses going day and...

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27 June

*108 Let us do things as one who serves Christ and not man, and in this way will we do them well, in a good way and...

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26 June

*246.- “I will say before meals: Lord, I eat to have strength and serve you better. Before going to bed: Lord, I do...

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25 June

*236.- “It is not enough to have a confessor to whom to present with sincerity our sins; We need also a teacher to...

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24 June

*226.- “Jesus gave us the Blesses Virgin Mary as our Mother. He entrusted us to care for her as mother, and she will...

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23 June

*216.- “I will be like a Servant who does only what his master wants. I will imitate Jesus during the thirty years of...

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22 June

*206.- “I resolve to keep an even temper and disposition, never allowing myself to be carried away by anger,...

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21 June

*89.- “I have never made a retreat so full of sufferings and trials but neither, perhaps, so replete with great...

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20 June

The services I liked best were those connected with the Blessed Sacrament, and I attended these with great devotion...

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18 June

The good communicant compares well to the iron rod that is placed into the forge where it becomes fire. Yes the soul...

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19 June

“from the savings that I have in this I will send him something; when we get this case we will use D. Lorenzo so that...

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17 June

The good communicant compares well to the iron rod that is placed into the forge where it becomes fire. Yes the soul...

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16 June

Just as the body has its food, the soul also has its own food, which is the Eucharist. It is called the bread of...

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