Tag: Consecrated Life
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Acts of mercy towards others
This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP for the Mass of the fourth Sunday of Easter Year A for Consecrated Life at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney 26 April 2026.
‘The adventure is worth it’: Four Sydney religious on their lives...
Following the annual Mass for Consecrated Life at St Mary’s Cathedral on 26 April, The Catholic Weekly spoke to four religious sisters and brothers celebrating jubilee years: Sr Cecilia Joseph Dulik OP, Sr Josapha Lergessner SSPS, Sr Anna Pham thi Ngat FMA, and Fr William Goldman CSsR.
Pope praises religious for courageous witness serving the marginalised
Pope Leo XIV praised consecrated men and women for going to the world's peripheries and refusing to abandon their people, even in the midst of conflict.
Report shares insights into consecrated religious who, bishop says, reveal God’s...
Consecrated men and women "reveal God's invitation to love him with one's whole life" on earth, in hope of doing so eternally in heaven, said Archbishop Ronald A Hicks, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.
Pope to hermits: Your isolation is a connection with God, others,...
Modern hermits seek solitude not to escape the world but to learn how to listen more closely to God, to their neighbors and to creation, Pope Leo XIV said as he met about 50 Italian hermits who came to the Vatican for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life.
Consecrated men, women point the path to peace, salvation, pope says
Consecrated men and women can wake up the world, being small beacons of light pointing the way to God's plan of peace and salvation for humanity, Pope Leo XIV said.
Discovering home: A journey to Consecrated Life
In 2011, a 27-year-old Bernadette Toohey stepped into the Missionaries of God's Love (MGL) sisters' home in Varroville for a Consecrated Life Weekend, not knowing how these two days would change the course of her life.
Consecrated virgin “gives all, day and night,” amid Russia’s war in...
A consecrated virgin in Ukraine said she is grateful for her vocation, which enables her to "give all, day and night," to those impoverished by Russia's decade-long war against her nation.
Consecrated life is not for the worldly ambitious
Pope Francis took a break from his July vacation to hold an official meeting with representatives of six religious congregations on the occasion of their general chapters.
Pope: Religious vocations must be ‘kept and cultivated every day’
Through the gift of their vocation and their different charisms, consecrated men and women play a central role in the Catholic Church's mission to spread the Gospel.
New learning tool to help religious women combat their greatest crisis:...
A new learning tool has been created to help the over half a million religious sisters and consecrated women combat one of the greatest crises facing the Catholic Church: abuse.
Religious vocation is by no means a bed of roses
Pope Francis met with priests and consecrated religious in the Basilica of St Zeno, where the relics of the patron saint are kept. Located in Verona, the pope took time to greet the men and women, praising the radical life they've chosen to lead.
