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Posted by Cssr Admin on Jun 19, 2022

“Go & share” – RYVM Meeting 2022 in Toruń

On July 27-31, 2022, the Parish of St. Joseph in Toruń, Poland, will host the XII. European Meeting of Redemptorist Youth under the motto “Go&share!”. The last meeting took place in 2018 in Granada, Spain. After a four-year break, Toruń will host the participants of the next edition. The event will bring together young people from all over Europe and will be an opportunity to celebrate faith...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Jun 6, 2022

Meeting of Provincial Councils of the North-West European Provinces

Provincial Superiors with members of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Provincial Councils of the North-West European Provinces gathered from 1-3 June 2022 in Rome. Fr. Alberto Eseverri, C.Ss.R., Vicar General, and Fr. Johannes Römelt, C.Ss.R., Coordinator of the Redemptorist Conference of Europe, also participated. The meeting marked the next step on the path to the Federation of the four Redemptorist Units...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Jun 5, 2022

Redemptorist Fr. Taras Kchik speaks about his ministry in bombed-out Chernihiv, Ukraine

Redemptorist Fr. Taras Kchik offers an update on the situation in Chernihiv in “Ukrainian priest helps town that suffered Russian bombardment” by Crux Rome Bureau Chief Inés San Martín. According to the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, Chernihiv was surrounded and attacked for 40 days straight. At least 3,700 buildings were destroyed during the shelling and partial capture of the Chernihiv region...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Jun 5, 2022

Missionary Storytelling Weekend

Through some chance encounters, links between different Redemptorist initiatives in Europe have grown in recent years. On the weekend of 20-22 May, some Redemptorists and partners in mission took the time to meet for prayer, sharing, eating and relaxing. It became a weekend without planning and preparing decisions. Therefore, at the beginning, each participant shed their “titles and qualifications”, no...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Jun 5, 2022

Meeting of the Ordinary Councils of Southern Europe in Trois Epis

On 10-11 May 2022, the Ordinary Councils of Southern Europe met in Trois Epis to continue the journey towards unification, imagining what and how to work together in Mission, Formation, Economy, youth ministry RYVM and with the Laity. They also prepared the Electoral Law that will lead to the establishment of the Chapter that will choose the Government of the new...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Apr 17, 2022

Easter 2022 – Letter of the Coordinator (16.04.2022)

Jesus is God-made-man like each of us, and he expresses himself like a man but with the strength of his divinity. Instead, when is the identity of Jesus solemnly proclaimed in the Gospel? When the centurion says: “Truly he was the Son of God”. That is when it is said, as soon as he has given his life on the Cross, because one can no longer be mistaken: one can see that God is omnipotent in love and in no...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Apr 11, 2022

P. Taras Kchik, CSsR “We do our utmost to help those who trust us”.

Interview in the magazine “Icono” (Spain) with Fr Taras Kchik, a 36-year-old Ukrainian Redemptorist. For the past few years, he has been a formator of Ukrainian students in Lviv and now lives in the Redemptorist community of Ivano-Frankivsk in the southeast of the country. “Every day begins with the stress of finding out which city was hit during the night”, Fr Taras Kchik, CSsR. How has your daily...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Apr 11, 2022

Phase I of the 26th General Chapter in Europe concluded

Rome, the Eternal City, was the meeting place for Phase I of the 26th General Chapter of the Conference of Redemptorists in Europe. This phase took place in the Passionist retreat house from 21 to 31 March, next to the Roman Colosseum. Michael Brehl, Superior General, together with three General Councillors, the Coordinator of the Conference of Europe and the representatives of the units of Europe, except...