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Written by Didier Rance
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
Rumanian children
1. Actual situation of the faith level
On the religious level we can distinguish in the Balkans (see the chart on p. 8-9)
Nations with a majority in the Orthodox tradition: Serbia, Rumania, Moldavia, Bulgaria, and Greece
Except for the last, which remained in the West after 1945, all of the countries share the same facts of History: Christianization through Byzantium on the model of the “Church-State symphony” and thus an absence of an autonomous ecclesial tradition; the shock of Islam until the 20th century. This shock accentuated the subjection of the religious to the political; a very heavy weight from the time of Communism for the Orthodox Churches, for their instrumentation by the power that existed added to the anti-religious battle; there was a persistence in the mentalities of the lack of division between belonging to a nation and their religious belief.
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Written by Fr. Alessandro Laini, A.A.
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
Rome, August 18 to September 6, 2008
Commitment and send-off
Friday September 5, we found ourselves at 7 AM at the tomb of St. Peter to celebrate the Eucharist presided by Fr. General, Richard Lamoureux, who, in his homily, spoke about the newness that Christ inaugurated and which we, the heirs of Saint Augustine and of Father d’Alzon are called to live by. This newness is Christ himself, the new man whom we must know, imitate, love, and follow while journeying with Him.
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Written by Richard E. Lamoureux, a.a.
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
Dear brothers,
In one of my letters to you, which I entitled “A lasting covenant”, I shared a few thoughts on what it means to say “forever” when we commit ourselves to a spouse or to religious life. I’m still thinking about that same topic, especially now after having spent some time in Brazil working with many of the Congregation’s formators and after talking with a number of young religious from Latin America, who have been pained by the recent departure of some of their confreres.
Holding firm to one’s commitments is a grace and a mystery. Who can say why someone chooses to do differently? Trying to understand what transpires in a person’s heart is more than difficult. And it is at least as difficult to try to understand the impact that the surrounding culture has on us when we make such a choice.
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