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Cor Vitae Webinar – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 MSC Ongoing Formation Commission

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

Spirituality of the Heart: Responsibility & Vulnerability

December 29, 2021January 5, 2022 Chris Chaplin MSC

December is an important month as we celebrate that our life in Christ begins with the Incarnation. It also marks the beginning of our own history as Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The responsibility of continuing to add to this extensive missionary energy, is in the hands of every MSC alive today. We celebrate with great joy and gratitude this fact that God loves us. This love empowers in us the responsibility and vulnerability of giving our lives for others.

Cor Vitae Team – Spirituality of the Heart – Fratelli Tutti

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 MSC Ongoing Formation Commission

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”.

Change: What to do?

November 18, 2021November 23, 2021 Chris Chaplin MSC

This paper was presented to the participants of the 2021 General Conference to reflect on the process of deep change through generative listening in the congregation. It continues the process of Spirituality of the Heart began at the 2021 General Conference. This paper was written by Chris Chaplin msc.

Spirituality of the Heart: A Process Approach

November 18, 2021November 23, 2021 Chris Chaplin MSC

Text of talk given at the 2019 General Conference in Busan, Korea, on SPIRITUALITY OF THE HEART: A PROCESS APPROACH. This paper was written by Chris Chaplin msc

Cor Vitae – Spirituality of the Heart – St. Joseph

November 17, 2021November 23, 2021 MSC Ongoing Formation Commission

Fr. Ben Alforque, MSC of the Cor Vitae Formation Team presented recently a webinar in the Spirituality iof the Heart Series on the life of Saint Joseph. The aim of the webinar was threefold; to appreciate the role of St. Joseph in the life of Jesus, to appreciate the devotion to St. Joseph in the history and tradition of the Church, and to appreciate the place of St. Joseph in the Spirituality of the Heart.

Leading from Within a SPIRITUALITY of the HEART

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 MSC Ongoing Formation Commission

In his article, Leading from Within, Parker Palmer reflects on five ways spiritual leaders tend to cast ‘shadow’ rather than ‘light’ in their ministry of leadership. In this presentation, Gerardine Doherty, fdnsc offers her interpretations on some of the ways these realities are casting ‘shadows’ in today’s church.

Chevalier and Synodality

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 MSC Ongoing Formation Commission

Greetings to our MSC confrères around the world and special thoughts and blessings on this day of the Anniversary of the death of our beloved founder, Fr. Chevalier. The following text is worthy of our ongoing reflection. It is in part the homily given by the Superior General, Fr. Abzalón, during our Feast Day community celebration of Mass with members of the Italian Province, including Fr. Mario Scalici, MSC, the Italian Provincial and the four formandi of the province. We trust you all had joyful and inspiring celebrations and that you can use the following words to help inspire you in your mission.

Section 7 – Self-Understanding – Needs

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 MSC Ongoing Formation Commission

This is the seventh section in this series of reflections on self-understanding for the sake of mission. We now proceed to explore the dynamics of needs that are consistent and those that are inconsistent, and why. This will shed light on why our behaviour some times puzzles us, when we know what we should do but we fail to do so.

New MSC Book – The Joy of Ageing

October 4, 2021October 23, 2021 MSC Ongoing Formation Commission

Though ageing can be a painful, stressful time for many people, Brian Gallagher finds consolation in a new perspective on life, as he ages. The Joy of Ageing reflects on the joys and the struggles, the memories and the dreams as we grow older. Brian finds a tempered joy even in the inevitable diminishment of ageing. He writes from his own experience and after many years of listening to others as a spiritual guide. This book offers a clear Christian approach to ageing: it is a major contribution to a spirituality of ageing.