“ 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
“A smile is the first step towards peace.” Lord, give me the gift to smile kindly at those I meet.
" 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
«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
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