Celebrate and welcome the General Chapter
I write this fraternal letter shortly before leaving for Mexico, to participate in the 48th General Chapter of our Order. We have been waiting for some time for this Chapter, which had to be postponed for several months because of the health situation we are...
A new Piarist Vocational Year
Throughout the next year 2022 we will be living a new Piarist Vocational Year. It has been convened by the General Congregation in the framework of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the constitution of the Pious Schools as a religious Order of solemn vows...
“Even if it’s just a glass of water”
On the numerous occasions in which throughout these years I have been able to meet so many people who love Calasanz and collaborate with the Pious Schools, I have tended to speak to them using a passage from the Gospel of St. Matthew (Mt 11: 42) that is particularly...
Memory and Prophecy. A story to remember, a story to be built
Memory and Prophecy are two complementary dimensions of the entire historical experience of Consecrated Life in the Church. It is likely that only if we combine them well can we extract from both the deep wealth that they contain. We look at our history to strengthen...