Letters
Letter from the Coordinator, No. 23 (23.03.2016)
Caravaggio: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas EASTER 2016 Alleluia! Christ is risen and we are called to rise with him into a new life! Happy Easter! Fr. Jacek Letter from the Coordinator, No. 23 (23.03.2016) Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission. The Initial Phase of General Chapter is coming soon. Representatives from all Europe will meet in Toruń (Poland) from 5th to 13th April 2016. The experiences of the last years will help us evaluate the apostolic life of the Units within the...
read moreChristmas 2015 – Letter from the Coordinator, No 22
Christmas 2015 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life”. (John 3:16) On this holy night may your heart be illuminated with love, joy and peace. May the blessing of the Lord shine on you this Christmas and forever. with prayer Fr. Jacek Zdrzałek Letter from the Coordinator, No 22 (20.12.2015) Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission. The Year 2015 is almost over. We all have different experiences of...
read moreLetter from the Coordinator, No 21 (19.09.2015)
Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission. The summer time is over. I wish to thank everyone who was involved in the various evangelization and formation projects during these past months in the CRE. Every common meeting gives us not only the opportunity to know each other (Redemptorists and lay people from 22 countries in the CRE) but also gives us more experience for collaboration and evangelization at present and in the future. I am happy that some of our meetings continue every year because...
read moreLetter from the Coordinator, No. 20 – EASTER 2015
Happy Easter! The tomb is open, the Lord Jesus has passed through death. He is alive! May the Lord be with us as he was with the faithful on that first Easter. Fr. Jacek Letter from the Coordinator, No. 20 (30.03.2015) Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission. Everybody knows that the pastoral challenges of our time demand from us more collaboration in the areas of our apostolic priorities. As usual our Conference invites as many as possible among us for various common apostolic, missionary and...
read moreLetter from the Coordinator, No 19 (7.02.2015)
Letter from the Coordinator, No 19 (7.02.2015) Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission. Our Mission in Albania Greetings from the community in Albania! I am writing this letter during my first visit to the new Redemptorist mission in Tirana. During my time here I have been greatly impressed by the life and work of the community. Our mission takes care of 3 parishes, and two filial churches, covering an area of approximately by 30km by 10km, where around 30,000 Catholics live. From the first...
read moreLetter from the Coordinator, No 18 (18.12.2014)
Christmas 2014 Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission. “Indeed they know that only the mystery of the Word Incarnate throws true light on the mystery of humanity and on the full reality of its calling.” Constitution 19 May this holy night awaken in us new faith in the truth of Emmanuel, God-with-us. Jacek Zdrzałek CSsR The new year of 2015 is coming but first I want to thank God for many the graces which we have received in 2014. It was really a blessed year for us in our Conference of...
read moreLetter from the Coordinator, No 17 (14.08.2014)
Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission. Welcome to Luxembourg! Great news! We will start our new mission in Albania on 13th of September. I ask you to pray for our missionaries and also for the people to whom they are going. But I would like to invite you also to another mission initiative – to the interprovincial community in Luxembourg. We won’t start a totally new initiative as in Albania but according to the theme of this sexennium we want to “preach the Gospel ever anew”. A little...
read moreLetter from the Coordinator, No 16. Presentation of the members of our new Interprovincial Community in Tirana
Letter from the Coordinator, No 16 (17.06.2014) Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission. Të dashur Baskëvëllezër – Lutuni për ne! (My Dear Confreres, pray for us! – in Albanian) I am delighted to present to you, the three confreres that have been appointed by the Council of the Conference of Redemptorists of Europe, to form the first interprovincial community of the conference. I am grateful to the Provincials of Madrid, London and Warsaw for their generosity in releasing...
read moreLetter from the Coordinator, No 15 (06.04.2014)
I invite you to consider some common formation projects in our Conference which will be held during summer time. In this Year for the Promotion of the Redemptorist Missionary Vocation these proposals can give all the participants a greater possibility of knowing, living and sharing our Redemptorist missionary vocation. The month of preparation for confreres who are in Transition to Ministry (14.07 – 05.08 2014) For some years, the month of preparation for Perpetual Vows has taken place in Tuchów, Poland. A special feature of this preparation...
read moreLetter from the Coordinator, No 14 (2014)
Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission, We have just started Lent. During the General Audience on Ash Wednesday Pope Francis said: “Lent comes to us as a providential time to change course, to regain the capacity to react in face of the reality of evil that always challenges us.” Because Lent is a time of personal conversion and a time of special pastoral activities, may our Redeemer give you faith, strength and missionary courage for all your apostolic works during this season. The whole...
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