Building Integrity for Mission
The linking of ‘mission’ and ‘devotion’ today would probably seem outlandish to many with a risk of tying it to some time-bound piety. Chevalier sensed part of this difficulty when he refrained from speaking of devotion to the Sacred Heart as ‘a devotion’, preferring to see it as a summary of Christianity itself. Mission is not merely a matter of spreading information; nor merely a matter of something we do for others; it is something we are.
Greetings to you! Best wishes to you for a happy and healthy New Year 2022. The Cor Vitae is team is looking forward to the 2022 programs with enthusiasm and excitement to new the surprises. Check out the details here
The following beautiful and interesting presentation on Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is from Sr. Merle Salazar, fdnsc. Merle is well know to many of you through her work with Cor Novum and now Cor Vitae. She is a Daughter of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart from the Philippines and is currently serving as a member of the FDNSC General Leadership Team of the FDNSC in Rome. Merle has a refreshing and scholarly approach to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The text is an itinerary through the slides of Merle’s original PowerPoint made available to you for viewing here. We hope you enjoy this presentation
Pope Francis’ message for World Peace Day, held annually on Jan. 1, focuses on dialogue, education and work as tools for building lasting peace. The message for January 1, 2022 begins with a quote from the prophet Isaiah: “How lovely on the mountains are the feet of the messenger of joy who reports peace” (Isaiah 52:7). However, peace as an integral development remains a distant dream for many.
Staff, students and guests were delighted to be able to gather in-person and online to celebrate the conclusion of the Siloam and Spiritual Leaders year. Our wonderful students graduated from their year of study with us, and soon move into 2022 Read More …
This part-time formation program takes a transformative approach to ministry formation. It focuses on the theory and practice of a contemplative and discerning approach to pastoral ministry. It is designed for lay ecclesial ministers, pastoral care practitioners, teachers and school principals, clergy, community and spiritual leaders, and others who are in positions of leadership in faith communities. This is an Online program with Heart of Life Spirituality Centre, Melbourne, Australia (a work of the Australian Province).
Back in August, Pope Francis sent a message of encouragement to participants in the Rimini Meeting for Friendship amongst Peoples, calling them to be courageous in seeking Christ-filled paths to start again after the pandemic. He emphasised that personal responsibility was the key to improving a post-pandemic world.
This is a Recording of Monsignor John Renken’s webinar of November 2021. On the Delicts of Sexual Abuse in the Revised Penal Law of the Latin Catholic Church. What’s so new about the revised body of penal laws that Pope Francis has promulgated for the Latin Catholic Church? What changes has he made about the delicts of sexual abuse in the Church? What are these delicts, and who commits them? What does this new law say about those who keep sexual abuse “secret,” whether by not reporting it or by covering it up?
Symposium on the Priesthood 17th – 19th February 2022, Pope Paul VI Hall, Vatican City. Theme: Toward a Fundamental Theology of Priesthood. Online Registration via link available.
In the continuing series of Spirituality of the Heart online presentations produced by the Cor Vitae Formation Team, Ben Alforque MSC presents this webinar on the Papal Encyclical “Fratelli Tutti”.