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John Kilcrann: Spiritan Justice and Peace...
We have, indeed, a very significant number of confreres making Justice and Peace commitments. Perhaps one of our failings in the past has been that we did not recognise this…
1 Mar 2001
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Bruno Diatta, a Spiritan novice. Quoted...
How is it possible to announce the Good News to people who are imprisoned in deplorable conditions, who are sick and half-starved? Most people would find this a bit irrational.…
1 Feb 2001
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Pierre Schouver, Pentecost Letter, 1997
Our brothers and sisters in Africa, including our conFrères, have a lesson for us as we come up against obstacles and an awareness of how weak we are. We sometimes…
15 May 1997
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Pierre Schouver, Superior General. Pentecost Letter,...
We must be faithful to our missionary tradition of learning languages and taking root amongst a people. We should not feel guilty about limiting our work to a specific human…
15 May 1996
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John Paul II: Ecclesia in Africa,...
The Synod Fathers affirmed that 'today more than ever there is a need to form future priests in the true cultural values of their country, in a sense of honesty,…
14 Sep 1995
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John Paul II: Ecclesia in Africa,...
Together with the Synod Fathers, I urge a serious commitment to foster conditions of greater social justice and good government on the African continent, in order to prepare the ground…
14 Sep 1995
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John Paul II: Ecclesia in Africa,...
It is essential that the new evangelisation be centred on a transforming encounter with the living person of Christ. The first proclamation ought to bring about this overwhelming and exhilarating…
14 Sep 1995
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John Paul II: Ecclesia in Africa,...
This emptying of self (Jn 12:24.32), this kenosis necessary for exaltation, which is the way of Christ and of each of his disciples (Ph. 2;6-9) sheds light on the encounter…
14 Sep 1995
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John Paul II: Ecclesia in Africa,...
Not only did the Synod speak of inculturation, but it also made use of it, taking the Church as God's family as its guiding idea for the evangelisation in Africa.…
14 Sep 1995
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John Paul II: "Ecclesia in Africa",...
The glory and splendour or the present period of Africa's evangelisation are illustrated in a truly admirable way by the Saints whom modern Africa has given to the Church. Pope…
14 Sep 1995
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John Paul II: Ecclesia in Africa,...
One of the most bitter fruits of wars and economic hardships is the sad phenomenon of refugees and displaced persons. The ideal solution is the re-establishment of a just peace,…
14 Sep 1995
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John Paul II: Ecclesia in Africa,...
The Synod Fathers affirmed that today, more than ever before, there is a need to form future priests in the true cultural values of their country, in a sense of…
14 Sep 1995
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Michael Amaladoss S.J., Planète-Mission, Lourdes 1994
The fundamental missionary attitude is one of dialogue, respecting the freedom of other believers and the mystery of God who is already at work within them. We must be open…
1 Jan 1994
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Maynooth 4:16
Conflict, racialism and the cult of the individual are all too prevalent in the world of today. By coming together from so many different places and cultures, we are saying…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth
The Itaici Chapter had been remarkable for the emphasis it put on Spiritan experience as a source for seeing where the Spirit was leading us. It is in experience that…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth General Chapter, Spirituality Ch. 2
The Spirit goes ahead of us on the path of mission and signs of his presence accompany our work. Mission is therefore a pilgrimage, an adventure, contemplation and discovery of…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth: Our Mission, p. 98
Mission, seen as the announcing of the Good News of the Kingdom, has always been at the very heart of our Spiritan life (SRL 1). But recently, a certain style…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth General Chapter: chap. 3, p....
The Spirit implants in us the desire to serve the poor and oppressed and shapes our hearts to respond to this desire. The Spirit is behind all the sources of…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth 2, 11-19
From the beginning, our mission has favoured the poor. Today, we reaffirm our commitment to the poor. As for Justice and Peace, the members of the Chapter noted that an…
8 Aug 1988
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General Chapter, Maynooth 7.2.2
Some Provinces are becoming increasingly weak and lack the personnel to continue their commitments. They need the help of the Congregation. They could get this from the other older Provinces…
8 Aug 1988
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General Chapter, Maynooth 7.2.2
The older Provinces are realising that Spiritan mission is also in their own back yard, so, for example, they are taking on commitments in the service of immigrants, refugees and…
8 Aug 1988
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Pierre Schouver: Introduction to the Chapter...
Our founders were quoted many times and the Chapter gave its approval to a programme for making us more aware of our tradition. This was in answer to an increased…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth: 1.19. Gary Warner
We do not come empty-handed; we bring valuable experience, talents and skills to the Congregation. As lay people, we can work with you to forge new or deeper patterns of…
8 Aug 1988
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John Skinnader: Maynooth, 1.5
Today, Justice and Peace ministry is taking on various forms. Education: both formal and informal, defending the rights of people, helping people to organise themselves for the defence of their…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth 5: 12&13
We will develop collaboration between Spiritan institutes and institutes in which we participate, especially in the areas of training, jus-tice and peace and missionary awareness. The role of the General…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth 2.13
Formal and informal education are not something on the margins of our apostolate but an integral part of our mission of evangelisation. This conviction is based on two considerations: on…
8 Aug 1988
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Maynooth 8
There is a growing interest in our history within the Congregation. Undoubtedly, it is the development of mission and the orientations of Vatican II that have led us to look…
8 Aug 1988
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Gabriel Mbilingi: Maynooth 1:9
In an atmosphere of war, faith, hope and fraternity constitute the secret that explains the great capacity for suffering and the overcoming of difficulties which one finds in people who…
8 Aug 1988
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P. Schouver, Supérieur Général, Lettre Noël...
Les voies de la mission au-delà des frontières sont ouvertes là-bas (en Extrême-Orient). J’ai en mémoire : un Franciscain dans les montagnes de Taiwan, au milieu des populations indigènes comme…
25 Dec 1986
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Frans Timmermans: Report to General Chapter,...
Dialogue is mission. This is the first time in history that the Church in its Magisterium recognises other Religions as true partners in a common search for God. We cannot…
15 Jul 1986
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General Chapter, 1980. no. 116
In the context of the wider changes of our times, the Foundations themselves share in the birth of a new missionary era in the Church. From different continents there is…
8 Aug 1980
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P. Frans Timmermans, Supérieur général, Rapport...
Dès à présent la Congrégation doit accepter que l’Eglise d’origine fasse partie de la Mission. On ne peut pas malheureusement dire que c’est vrai partout. Il existe encore de profondes…
15 Jul 1980
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Fr. Timmermans: Report to the 15th...
We have taken the following conviction as basic in all our animation: a) It is false to say that from now on anything and everything is mission - that everything…
15 Jul 1980
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Tony Geoghegan, 31.07.1978, Spiritan Papers nº18....
The outstanding trait of Bishop Shanahan in regard to friendship and love is his constant refusal to separate theological and human love. He never feared 'particular friendships'. He saw everything…
31 Jul 1978
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Joseph Lécuyer: Spiritan Papers no 3,...
Going over the writings of Poullart de Places meditatively (a thing we seem to do seldom today) and abstracting from their dated style, there comes across a sense of great…
6 Mar 1977
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Frans Timmermans, Supérieur général, Lettre d’avril/mai...
On parle (maintenant) d’une « politique du personnel » menée au niveau du Centre et non pas seulement au niveau des Provinces. Tout cela est la toile de fond sur…
1 May 1976
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Letter of Frans Timmermans, Superior General:...
We may rightly say that with this "internationality" we shall make ourselves a much clearer sign of what Mission is all about: bringing together, reconciling in Christ, breaking down walls.…
1 Apr 1976
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Frans Timmermans, Superior General: Letter of...
We may safely say that by this internationality, we shall make ourselves a much clearer sign of what Mission is all about: bringing together, reconciling in Christ, breaking down walls.…
1 Apr 1976
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Pope Paul VI: Evangelii Nuntiandi, 21
Above all, the Gospel must be proclaimed by witness. Take a Christian or a handful of Christians who, in the midst of their own community, show their capacity for understanding…
8 Dec 1975
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Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, nº42
Preaching is always indispensable. We are well aware that modern man is sated by talk. The fatigue produced these days by so much empty talk and the relevance of many…
8 Dec 1975
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Paul VI: "Evangelii Nuntiandi", nº46
In the long run, is there any other way of handing on the Gospel than by transmitting to another person one's personal experience of faith? It must not happen that…
8 Dec 1975
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Paul VI:Evangelii Nuntiandi, nº78
The preacher of the Gospel will be a person who, even at the price of personal renunciation and suffering, always seeks the truth that he must transmit to others. He…
8 Dec 1975
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Evangelii Nuntiandi, nº77
The power of evangelisation will find itself considerably diminished if those who proclaim the Gospel are divided among themselves in all sorts of ways. Is this not perhaps one of…
8 Dec 1975
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Joseph Lécuyer, Superior General, talking of...
Simplicity means the refusal of everything that is complicated, out of the ordinary, showy, excessive; no spectacular poverty, no dramatic tormenting obedience, no dazzling mortifications. But it also means a…
4 Feb 1974
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Pontifical Council for the Instruments of...
Every communication must comply with certain essential requirements, and these are sincerity, honesty and truthfulness. Good intentions and a clear conscience do not thereby make a communication sound and reliable.…
31 Jan 1971
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Joseph Lécuyer, Superior General, 11.01.1969, before...
Our renewal has two main objectives: to reinvigorate the spiritual life of each member of the Congregation and to relocate our missionary work in the context of the present needs…
11 Jan 1969
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Joseph Lécuyer, Superior General: Convocation to...
The dominant tendency (of the first session of the Chapter) was to give priority to life over law: in the light of the concrete reality of our missionary life, some…
11 Jan 1969
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Common Declaration of Paul VI &...
In accomplishing this act of reconciliation, the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church see it as the expression of a sincere desire for reconciliation and an invitation to pursue…
7 Dec 1965
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