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DIARY 2023:THROUGH THE YEAR WITH 12 VALUES OF JESUS...

By Fr Denis McBride C.Ss.R

What are the core values that guide you through life? Our core values are qualities that reside in our heart, shaping the choices we make, the way we relate with other people and the roads we decide to travel in life.

What about Jesus’ values? What shaped the choices he made and the roads he decided to take?

In this 2023 Diary, Through the Year with 12 Values of Jesus, Fr Denis McBride C.Ss.R. tries to answer these questions by sharing and reflecting on what he considers to be twelve core values of Jesus.

Our 2023 diary is A5 in size and has a practical full week to view across a double page spread. It includes an introduction from Fr Denis, year planners for both 2023 and 2024, key dates and feast days, notes pages, and a ribbon page marker. All of these features make it the ideal faith companion, appointment organiser and thoughtful gift.

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Our Brother, the New Doctor...

Doctor of Philosophy

in Educational Psychology

Brother Tendai Lemeyu CSsR

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Brother, Doctor, Tendai Lemeyu CSsR, Makorokoto!

Novices clothed in the CSsR Habit - Oct 2022...

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Fr Gideon Sidinga CSsR, the Novice Master,

Br Benjamin Posvo CSsR and our six novices

making their Noviciate in Tafare, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Clothed in the Redemptorist Habit

on the Feast of St Gerard Majella CSsR, 16th October.

Congratulations and we do promise you our prayers.

Pray for us!

26th General Chapter of Redemptorists – Summary...

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The solemn Mass with the rite of handing out the missionary crosses, presided over by Father Rogério Gomes CSsR., the new Superior General, celebrated in the Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Rome on October 6, was the final moment of the XXVI General Chapter, which took place from September 11 to October 6 in Ciampino, near Rome.

The General Chapter welcomed the reports of the past six years from the Superior General and the Bursar and listened to the reports of the Conference Coordinators representing all the Provinces, Vice-Provinces and Missions of the respective continents. The Capitulars discussed the current situation of the Redemptorist Congregation in the world and analysed the essential elements of its identity and mission.

In the third week of proceedings, the Chapter elected a new General Government – Fr. Rogerio Gomes was elected Superior General. The following confreres were elected General Consultors: Fr. Zdzislaw Francois Stanula CSsR.(Vicar General), Fr. Nikolas Ayouba CSsR., Fr. Jairo Diaz CSsR., Br. Larry Lujan CSsR., Fr. Ivel Mendanha CSsR. and Fr. Paul Vinh CSsR.

Improvised words by the Holy Father during the Audience...

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This morning, Saturday 1 October 2022, in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Francis received the participants in the XXVI General Chapter in the audience.

After the words of the newly elected Superior General, Father Rogério Gomes presented to the Holy Father some of the conclusions of the reflections and the commitment of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer for the next 6 years, the Holy Father addressed the St. Alphonsus’ spiritual sons with a message for the occasion.

Improvised words in Spanish by the Holy Father during the Audience:

"I would like to say a few more words spontaneously.

To go on mission, to go out on mission is the missionary dimension, which you mentioned in your speech. I was impressed by your phrase: Lasciare le zone di confort and go on mission. I wonder what are the comfort zones that a Congregation has, that a province has, a community has, and that each one of us has? Ask yourselves that question because it was said that each one accommodates the vows as he wants. And then, he can practice poverty with a bank account, chastity with a companion, and obedience by dialoguing and deciding what he wants. These are very contorted forms. However, the one that always produces deformation in the three vows is comfort. That is where the evil comes in, by trying to be comfortable, to be comfortable, to live a bourgeois life, without going out and going out on mission, and going out on mission, and going out on mission. So each one of us should analyze our temptation of comfort. We all have that temptation. We all have that temptation.

Redemptorists are Courageous Missionaries...

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The New CSsR Vicar General...

Congratulations Fr Stanula CSsR

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Pope Francis speaks with the Redemptorists...

October 01, 2022

ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE GENERAL CHAPTER OF THE
CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER (REDEMPTORISTS)
Clementina room
Saturday, 1st October 2022

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Dear brothers, good morning and welcome!

I greet with joy all the Redemptorist missionaries present in the 85 countries in which the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer operates. I also greet all those on the path of formation, the Redemptorist religious, the whole charismatic family and the laity associated with the mission. I greet you with affection and I thank the new Superior General, Father Rogério Gomes, for the words he addressed to me.
Celebrating a General Chapter is not a canonical formality. It is living a Pentecost, which has the capacity to make all things new (cf. Rev 21,5). In the Upper Room the disciples of Jesus had doubts, insecurities, fears, they wanted to remain firm and protected; but the Spirit who blows where he wants (cf. Jn 3: 8) causes them to move, to go out, to go towards the peripheries to bring the kerygma, the beautiful News.

In these days you are addressing five important themes for your Congregation: identity, mission, consecrated life, formation and governance. These are fundamental themes, connected to each other, to rethink your charism in the light of the signs of the times. This community discernment is rooted in the capacity of each of you to seek the mystery of Christ the Redeemer, which is the reason for your consecration and your service to the men and women who live on the existential peripheries of our history today. It is rooted in the fruitfulness of the Alphonsian charism, as the lymph that nourishes the spiritual life and mission of each one and makes it flourish again. I encourage you to dare, having the Gospel and the Magisterium of the Church as the only boundary. Do not be afraid to take new paths, to dialogue with the world (cf. Const. 19), in the light of your rich tradition of moral theology. Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty in the service of the most needy and people who don't count.

In your Constitutions there is a very beautiful expression, where it is said that Redemptorists are willing to face every trial to bring Christ's redemption to everyone (cf. n. 20). Availability. We do not take this word for granted! It means giving oneself entirely to the mission, with all one's heart; dies impendere pro redemptis, right up to the last consequences, with the gaze fixed on Jesus who, "despite being in the condition of God [...], emptied himself by assuming the condition of a servant, becoming similar to men "(Phil 2: 6-7); and he became a good Samaritan, a servant (cf Lk 10,25-37; Jn 13,1-15).

Successor of Saint and Doctor Alphonsus Maria de Liguori...

Most Rev'd Fr Rogerio Gomes CSsR

was elected by the

26th CSsR General Chapter

as the

Superior General

of the

Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

(the Redemptorists).

Please pray for him as begins this journey ahead.

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A snap of the 26th General Chapter...

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Redemptorists Brothers at General Chapter...

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The Redemptorist Brothers of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer participate at the at the 26th General Chapter. Following the footsteps of the first Redemptorist Brother, the Servant of God Br. Virtus Curzius, CSsR and the miracle-worker Br. Saint Gerard Majella, CSsR, the Brothers fulfill their religious calling in community and mission as sons of Saint Alphonsus di Liguori. They represent the Redemptorist Brothers from all five conferences.

Br. Jeffrey Rolle, CSsR – General Consultor

Br. Fernando Batista Cordeiro, CSsR from the Province of Campo Grande – Vice-Secretary General

Br. Benjamin Posvo, CSsR from the Region of Zimbabwe – Regional Superior of Zimbabwe and Brother Representative of the Conference of Africa-Madagascar

Br. Allan Queveno Manzano, CSsR from the Vice-Province of Manila – Brother Representative of the Conference of Asia-Oceania

Br. Michael Duxbury, CSsR from the Province of London – Brother Representative of the Conference of Europe

Br. José Mauro Maciel, CSsR from the Province of São Paulo – Brother Representative of the Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean

Br. Eumir Bautista, CSsR from the Province of Canada – Brother Representative of the Conference of North America