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Pope praises Little Sisters of Jesus for friendship with the poor
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- October 2, 2017
Inspired by Blessed Charles de Foucauld, Madeleine Hutin — a Frenchwoman later known as Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus — founded the Little Sisters of Jesus in Algeria in 1939, sharing the lives of mainly Muslim nomads. As the order grew and spread to other countries, the sisters shared the lives of factory workers, Roma, circus and carnival workers, and other communities of poor people.
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Charity is at the heart of the church, pope tells Vincentians
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- September 27, 2017
In a message to the Vincentian family, Pope Francis praised St. Vincent de Paul’s prophetic intuition “of valuing the extraordinary feminine abilities that emerged in St. Louise de Marillac’s spiritual finesse and human sensibility.” The pope said the members of both congregations St. Vincent founded — the Daughters of Charity and the Congregation of the Mission — must continue to find their footing upon the rock, which is the “poor Jesus who asks to be recognized in those who are poor and without a voice.”
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Pope urges Trappists to share their silence, simplicity
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- September 25, 2017
Pope Francis said the Trappist dedication to prayer is “an expression of your love for God and a reflection of a love that embraces all of humanity.” Being contemplatives, he said, is a process or journey in which the monks and nuns become “men and women of prayer, ever more pervaded by love for the Lord and transformed into his friends.”
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CMSM speaker: Religious brothers often overlooked in church life
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 21, 2017
Religious brothers are not there to serve the priests of their order, except through the mutual responsibilities that characterize any group that aspires to be a real community. The annual meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men recently discussed the role of religious brothers at their annual meeting.
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Sister Teresa Maya, new LCWR president, brings bicultural view to role
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- August 12, 2017
The new president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Sister Teresa Maya, is an American born in Mexico and with plenty of experience living in both countries. She is bringing that experience of knowing both cultures to leading an organization that works with an increasing number of Latinos.
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Philadelphia just got a group of young Carmelite nuns
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- August 8, 2017
Carmelite nuns in Philadelphia offer their work and prayer for Christians throughout all of the world: the intentions of the Holy Father, the cardinals, and Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, but especially for the conversion of sinners.
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