19.07.2013Meeting of “Around Final Vows” in Yogyakarta (Brs)
We are about to finish our second week. From Monday to Friday, we usually have conferences in the morning, followed by personal reflection, small group discussion and open forum till the afternoon. All that was led by Fr. Santhosh, Fr. Lambert and Fr. Tarsi.
We also h...
18.07.2013Meeting of the General Financial Commission (Brs)
On July 15th 2013 we had our first meeting of the financial commission in Rome. The participants were: Manfred Kollig (Germany), José Ignacio (Nacho) Moreno Santamaría (Ibérica) and Raja Sebastian (General Econome).
We went through the financial r...
17.07.2013Chapter of the Province of Africa (Brs)
The fifth Chapter of the Province of Africa takes place from July 14 to 20 at the novitiate in Boane, Mozambique. Particitapting in it are 13 capitulants, sister Colette Buhangize (superior of the sisters in Africa), as well as Alberto Toutin and Javier Alvarez-Ossorio (G...
16.07.2013Opening of the SSCC Missionary Week (WYD)
Today July 15, opened the ss.cc missionary week, in view of the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro. In the morning, the Provincial Superior of Brazil, Vinicius Maciel sscc, made ??an opening speech thanking all the young people who came from different places where the Co...
16.07.2013Initial Formation in India (Brothers)
The initial formation in India has three stages: prenovitiate, with a period of “candidacy” as its first part; novitiate as the second one; and theologate or professed stage as the third one. They are three distinct parts of the same journey towards sscc religious ...
11.07.2013SAINT BENEDICT (Abbot), Secondary Patron of the SSCC Congregation (Brs & Srs)
"There was a man of venerable life, blessed by grace and by name ..." So begins St. Gregory the narrative of the life of St. Benedict, collecting the testimony of the immediate disciples.
Benedict was born in Norcia (Umbria), around the year 480. Educated in Rome...