“ The competence of the Dicastery is to promote, encourage and regulate the practice of the evangelical counsels, how they are lived out in the approved forms of consecrated life and all matters concerning the life and activity of Societies of Apostolic Life throughout the Latin Church. ” Pope Francis
" All charisms are for the mission, and they are precisely so with the incalculable richness of their variety; so that the Church may bear witness to and proclaim the Gospel to everyone and in every situation. " Pope Francis
" May the Virgin Mary obtain for us the grace that our life as consecrated persons always be a feast of the encounter with Christ; and in this way, like her, we will be able to bring the light of his love to everyone: his light, not ours! Bring him, not ourselves! " Pope Francis
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16 June 2023
USMI Sulmona
On 20 May 2023 Archbishop Carballo, Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, gave a conference on the topic of Mission. The event was held in the presence of Bishop Michele Fusco and was a moment of spiritual enrichment and formation for the participants.
16 June 2023
Encounter with the CLAR: consecrated life in Latin America
“The Church is not an immobile and finite reality, it is a project, which at the breath of the Spirit and in openness to the signs of times and places, is transformed to become more credible and consistent, more meaningful and evangelical. In this context lies the prophetic value of Religious Life.” Bearers of this evangelical vocation, the Religious Confederation of Latin America (CLAR) was received in audience by the Prefect, Card. João Braz de Aviz, at the Dicastery on the morning of 17 May 2023. The purpose of the encounter was to articulate CLAR’s mission and vision on synodality and to update the Dicastery on the condition of religious life in Latin America and the Caribbean: “Today more than ever we are convinced that true reform comes from encountering Jesus, in echoing his Word, in learning his attitudes and criteria, in assimilating his style. This is well known by the Women of the Dawn, those who were able to transform their existence through their encounter with Jesus, those who, moved by love, began to walk.” To further the reflection, the booklet Con ellas: mujeres consagradas en el espíritu de sinodalidad was given to the Prefect as a gift. This text helps qualify all that consecrated women, starting with their identity, can bring to the synodal dynamic of the Church.
16 June 2023
Blessing of the Abbot of Montecassino
On Saturday, 13 May, at 5 p.m., the rite of blessing of Abbot D. Luca Fallica in the Cathedral Basilica of Montecassino, was presided over by His Eminence, Cardinal Angelo de Donatis, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome. The concelebration was attended by many priests, abbots and bishops including His Excellency Most Rev. José Rodríguez Carballo Archbishop Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and the Undersecretary Most Rev. Fr. Pier Luigi Nava, SMM.
16 June 2023
St. Peter Favre Center for Formators to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life
The Prefect of DICLSAL, Card. João Braz de Aviz, in response to the invitation of the Rev. Father Pro-Director of the St. Peter Favre Center for Formators for the Priesthood and Consecrated Life, of the Pontifical Gregorian University, on 9 May 2023 delivered a talk titled: “The initial and ongoing formation of consecrated persons today: Challenges and perspectives according to DICLSAL.” After discussing the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata, the Cardinal Prefect recalled that in the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, of the Second Vatican Council, the Church speaks of religious as members of the People of God (cf. n. 44 § 3), stressing that this state of life constituted by the profession of the evangelical counsels is solidly related to the life and holiness of the Church (cf. idem § 4). In addition, the Cardinal Prefect recalled that the Decree. Perfectae Caritatis in turn deals with the life and discipline of institutes according to the needs of present times (cf. PC 1). In this sense, among the general principles proposed for the update of religious life is a continuous return to the sources of Christian life and the primitive and original inspiration of the Institutes as well as adaptation to the new circumstances of the times. At the conclusion, the Cardinal Prefect spoke of the depth and richness of guidance represented by Pope Francis’ Magisterium on Consecrated Life, particularly the Apostolic Letter to all Consecrated Persons on the occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life in which the Holy Father wanted first of all to re-propose to the whole Church the beauty and preciousness of this peculiar form of sequela Christi, represented by all those who have decided to leave everything to imitate Christ.
«Communion today is a challenge on which the future of our world, the Church and consecrated life may depend. To be missionaries of communion, it is necessary first of all to live it among ourselves, in our communities and in mutual relations, and then to cultivate it with everyone, without ...
Pope Francis, Address to participants in the General Chapter of the Missionaries Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 3 October 2022
«Blessed are we, consecrated men and women, if we strive to sow peace with our daily actions, with attitudes and gestures of service, fraternity, dialogue, mercy; and if, in prayer, we unceasingly ask Jesus Christ, “our peace”, (Eph 2:14) for the gift of peace».
Pope Francis, Address to participants in the Assembly of the USG, 26 November 2022
In the People of God, sent to bring the Gospel to all humanity, you consecrated persons have a specific role, that derives from the particular gift you have received: a gift that gives your witness a special character and value, for the very fact that you are fully dedicated to God and to his ...
Message of the Holy Father to consecrated people gathered in the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore on the occasion of World Day for Consecrated ...
«You must be sowers of hope, which is not the same thing as being sowers of optimism, no, of hope, which is something else. The encounter with the Risen Jesus fills us with hope, and “this means that we are to be God’s leaven in the midst of humanity”. In other words, “it means proclaiming and ...
Pope Francis, Address to participants in the General Assembly of the USMI, 13 april 2023