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Posted by Cssr Admin on Feb 7, 2021

Hope in a time of Crisis – Online Spring Conference (Zoom)

Saturday March 6th 2021 3pm – 6pm CET / 2pm – 5pm GMT The RYVM Commission of the Redemptorist Conference of Europe is preparing an online meeting for Redemptorists and RYVM youth leaders from Europe. The gathering will be hosted by the Youth Ministry Co-ordinators of the Dublin Province. This promises to be very enjoyable and engaging experience for all. There will be time for reflection, prayer and...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Dec 27, 2020

Christmas 2020 – Letter of the Coordinator (22.12.2020)

„The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” Isaiah 9: 1 . Dear confreres, Dear partners in mission, The year 2020 put us all in a completely unexpected situation. The Covid-19 pandemic has given us experiences that were surprising and completely new. Such a massive threat to the health of all people from an infectious disease...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Dec 8, 2020

Meeting of the Redemptorist Youth Ministry of Europe

In this time of pandemic, we are deprived of personal encounter. In all our Redemptorist communities we are suffering the difficulty of not being able to live the faith in community, but there are also many initiatives that help us to continue the path of Hope that Jesus proposes to us in the Gospel. On Saturday, December 5th, delegates of the Redemptorist Youth & Vocational Ministry (RYVM) from the...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Nov 20, 2020

The experience of an international novitiate

In Ciorani, Italy, the motherhouse of the Congregation, almost three months have now passed since the beginning of Novitiate 2020/2021. The group of novices is quite heterogeneous; in fact, it is composed of Rocco and Giandomenico (from the Province of Naples), Davide (Rome), Daniel (Madrid), Jan and Samuel (Bratislava-Prague). The Master is Fr. Maurizio Iannuario. On the morning of September 1st, there...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Oct 14, 2020

‘Fratelli Tutti’ read from Albania

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to say goodbye to the Apostolic Nuncio in Albania, who has been assigned to the Philippines after three years of service in the so-called ‘Land of Eagles.’ In this farewell meeting, the Nuncio highlighted Albanian society’s values, in comparison with his native society, the United States. It is true that Albania, as a kind of island, still conserves many social values...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Oct 10, 2020

Assembly of the Conference of Europe (CRE)

The annual Assembly of the Conference of Europe took place from 5th to 8th October 2020. Originally it was planned that the meeting of the representatives of the European CSsR provinces should take place in Albania in order to offer the opportunity to get to know better the common mission of the European Redemptorists there as well as the situation of society and church in one of the poorest countries in...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Oct 9, 2020

The Central Preparatory Commission met online

From September 29 to October 2, the Central Preparatory Commission of the next General Chapter held a meeting with the General Council and the Coordinators of five Redemptorist Conferences. Due to the pandemic limitations, the meeting was conducted in mixed mode – Fr. General with his consultors hosted the online meeting from Rome; the others confreres were joining from their local communities in...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Oct 5, 2020

At the origins of our spirituality to begin the academic year

As Interprovincial Student of the Conference of Europe in Rome, we started the academic year with a week of preparation from 21 to 27 September 2020. Our Studentate is led by Fr. Jacek Zdrzalek (Warsaw) and Fr. Pietro Nguyên Anh Kiet (Vietnam) and consists of 5 students: Fabrizio Podda and Gianluigi Colucci (Rome), Giuseppe Pham Dinh Cuong and Paolo Hồ Văn Nam (Vietnam), Sérgio Miguel Magalhaes Silva...