Partnership in Mission
Hope in a time of Crisis – Online Spring Conference (Zoom)
Saturday March 6th 2021 3pm – 6pm CET / 2pm – 5pm GMT The RYVM Commission of the Redemptorist Conference of Europe is preparing an online meeting for Redemptorists and RYVM youth leaders from Europe. The gathering will be hosted by the Youth Ministry Co-ordinators of the Dublin Province. This promises to be very enjoyable and engaging experience for all. There will be time for reflection, prayer and discussion (in language groups). We will reflect and look back on our ministry with young people in these challenging times. Our keynote speaker...
read moreJubilee Year in honor of St. Clement – Letter of the Superior General
02 February 2020 Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Dear Confreres, Sisters and Partners in Mission, March 15, 2020 marks the bicentenary of the death of St. Clement Maria Hofbauer, often referred to as “the apostle of Warsaw and Vienna” and the “second Founder of the Congregation”. The contribution of St. Clement to the history and development of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer has left a lasting mark on our spirituality and mission. For this reason, the General Government decided to proclaim a Jubilee Year in honor...
read moreMeeting with the Missionary Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer
The General Government of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer and Superior General of the Redemptorists Fr. General, Michael Brehl, Fr. C. Alberto Eseverri and the Coordinator of the Conference of Europe, Fr. Johannes Römelt met together in the morning October 11 in the house of S. Gioacchino in Rome. The Sisters were represented by M. Margaret Obereder, the Superior General, and Sisters: Erika, Oksana, Ruth María, Monika, Grisol, Flor María, and Teodora. It was a brief fraternal meeting to exchanged current information on the...
read moreEuropean Youth and Vocational Ministry on its cooperation in next years
The European Meeting of the Redemptorist Youth in Bratislava in Slovakia planned for the next year and areas of new cooperation were the main points of the agenda of the meeting of the youth pastors of the Conference of the Redemptorists in Europe that was held in Cracow in Poland, September 27-29th 2019. Nearly 30 Redemptorists and lay persons took part in that meeting to get more information about the gathering in Bratislava and to decide on the next meeting in 2023. The responsible for the youth ministry are aware of a need for stronger...
read moreCSsR around the world, a new project
What if a couple of Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer decided to visit Redemptorist communities around the world? What stories, initiatives and challenges would they find? These questions brought us here to this new project. After sharing ideas with other Redemptorist missionaries, we have decided to leave Porto, our hometown in Portugal, and dedicate at least one year of our lives to it. We want to be good listeners at the heart of the family and we want to learn our History in site; a History which is made of many vocational...
read moreMeeting on the New Missionary Initiatives of the Conference of Europe
The working group for New Missionary Initiatives of the Conference of Europe met from Thursday, January 3rd until Saturday, January 5th, 2019 in Madrid. The community of Our Lady of Perpetual Help welcomed all the members: the coordinator Fr. Miguel Castro (Madrid), Fr. Charles Randall (London), Fr. Daniele Carta (Rome), Fr. Rastislav Dluhý (Bratislav-Prague) and the Lay Missionary of the Most Holy Redeemer José Oliveira (Lisbon). The starting point of all the work developed during the first two days was The Apostolic and Restructuring Plan...
read moreWorking group Partnership in Mission meets in Portugal
The Partnership in Mission (PIM) working group of the Secretariat for Evangelization of the CRE met for the first time from October 19 to 21 in Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto). The members of this working group are Mrs Susana Braguês (Portugal), Mr. Bohus Zivcak (Bratislava-Prague), Father Martin Leitgöb (Vienna-Munich) and Mr. Eric Corsius (St. Clement). In addition to these, Fr. Rui Santiago (provincial vicar of Portugal) and Fr. Johannes Römelt (coordinator CRE) attended a part of the meeting. The working group spoke about the themes and tasks...
read moreFeast of St. Alphonsus – Letter of the Coordinator No 2 (01.08.2018)
Dear Confreres, Dear Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Dear Partners in Mission, The Redemptorist European Youth Meeting 2018 ALL TOGETHER was concluded last Sunday in Granada. These were intense days of meeting and celebrating the faith. From a number of participants I have heard very positive and even enthusiastic reactions. Once again I would like to thank the preparatory group of the Redemptorists and our partners from the Province of Madrid and beyond, who, through their careful work in advance, have made this Youth Mission...
read morePartnership in Mission (P.I.M.) Working Group Meeting; Porto 17/06/17
A meeting of the Partnership in Mission (P.I.M.) Working Group of the C.R.E. was held in the Redemptorist Community in Porto on 17/06/17. Present were Fr. Martin Huk C.Ss.R., (Bratisalva/Prague), Daniel Primo (Madrid) and Henrietta O’Meara (Dublin), with apologies from Martin Brandner (Vienna). The focus of the meeting was to reflect on the work of the P.I.M. group over the past six years in preparation for the C.R.E. third phase of the General Chapter in September 2017 and to do some forward planning. The meeting discussed the organising of...
read morePartnership in Mission Meeting
A meeting of the P.I.M. Group of the C.R.E. took place in San Gioacchino Rome on June 11th 2016. Present at the meeting were Martin Huk C.Ss.R., Daniel Primo and Henrietta O Meara, with apologies from Martin Brandner. The meeting reviewed the conclusions of the Conference held in Madrid in December 2015. It was acknowledged that the levels of collaboration and involvement by lay people in the units of C.R.E. is varied and somewhat unclear. It was proposed that Provincials of all units will be surveyed to establish how many units have...
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