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Posted by Cssr Admin on Apr 25, 2019

A different Holy Week in Albania

The Passover Triduum has been a Passover for many years, last year I was fortunate to witness the whole Holy Week in a Cistercian monastery in Cóbreces, Santander. This year I was in Albania. Albania is a country where we Catholics are a minority. However, it is also a country where all creeds are respected, and, without being any official religion of the State. All have their most important days...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Apr 19, 2019

Easter 2018 – Letter of the Coordinator No 4 (18.04.2019)

While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!” Luke 24, 4-6 . Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission, These days we...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Apr 18, 2019

Invitation – Coordinators meeting Youth Ministry CSsR in Europe

. Coordinators meeting of the Redemptorist Youth and Vocation Ministry of the Conference of Redemptorists of Europe The Synod of Bishops on young people encourages us to continue the work of listening to young people and to promote initiatives in the field of youth ministry. The XXV General Chapter has shown us the pastoral care of young people and vocations as one of the priorities of the Congregation...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Mar 26, 2019

Formation of Major Superiors: Group 2, Rome, 24-30, March 2019

The Formation of English-speaking Major Superiors of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer began on the evening of March 24 in Rome. The majority of superiors attending the program, come from the Conference of Asia-Oceania (13), there were also superiors from the conference North America (5), also superiors from the Conference of Europe (7) and the Conference of Africa and Madagascar (4). Together...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Mar 24, 2019

Meeting of the General Government with the Coordinators of the Conferences in Rome

Every year the General Government meets with the five Coordinators of the Conferences of Redemptorists in an extended session to evaluate the situation of the conferences and to plan the next steps. This year the meeting took place from Monday 18th March to Friday 22nd March in Sant’ Alfonso, Rome. The meeting was conducted by the Superior General Fr. Michael Brehl. All the members of the General...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Mar 16, 2019

Formation of Major Superiors: Group Latin languages, Rome, 10-16, March 2019

The Formation of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French-speaking Major Superiors of the Congregation began on the evening of March 10 in Rome. While the majority of superiors in attendance come from the Conference of Latin American and the Caribbean (23), there were also superiors from the Conference of Europe (6) and the Conference of Africa and Madagascar (5). Together with the Conference Coordinators,...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Feb 28, 2019

RYVM Commission of the Conference of Europe held in Two Nations

The commission of the Redemptorist Youth Vocation Ministry (RYVM) of the Conference of Redemptorists of Europe (CRE) held a meeting on 19 and 20 February 2019. The purpose of the commission is to know, encourage and coordinate Vocational Youth Ministry on the continent in each of its units, as well as accompanying the preparation of the European youth meeting, which normally takes place every three...

Posted by Cssr Admin on Jan 22, 2019

Renewal of vows in the Mission of Albania

The Albanian Mission witnessed a unique event where a Redemptorist missionary, for the first time, has renewed his vows in this country on 13th January 2019. The celebration took place on Sunday to commemorate the Baptism of the Lord, in the Parish of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori in Kamëz. Brother Álvaro Ortiz Jiménez de Cisneros is a theological student of the Province of Madrid, who has a year of...