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Second annual Capuchin Family Day: July 3

Featured Second annual Capuchin Family Day: July 3

Our Capuchin family is made up not only of the friars, present in more than one hundred countries, but also of our contemplative Capuchin Poor Clare sisters, by many institutes of consecrated life aggregated to our Order, and by associations and groups that share in our spiritual heritage.

Each year on July 3, the anniversary of the approval of the Capuchin reform with the bull Religionis zelus of Pope Clement V, we have the opportunity to rekindle our sense of connection.

This coming July 3, which will be a Tuesday, is an opportunity to GIVE THANKS, TO SHARE, and TO PLAN TOGETHER as a Capuchin family. It’s a time to give thanks in prayer for the great gift of the Capuchin inspiration that has lifted up almost five centuries of movements and service in the Church. It’s also a chance to gather together, visit with one another, encourage one another to keep our fraternal bonds alive, and to give value to each other’s expression of our common charism. Finally, this is a fitting moment to recount for ourselves who we are, to let each other know what we are doing, and to plan further collaboration.

The superiors general of the congregations present in Rome will participate in a celebration of Capuchin Family Day at the house of the Capuchin Sisters of the Sacred Heart, who will also be celebrating their general chapter at that time. Together with our own General Minister, after some time for listening to one another, we will celebrate the Eucharist and share a festive lunch. This year we intend to give particular attention to the topic of formation, especially the challenges and temptations we face in this area.

We are also invited to observe Capuchin Family Day at the provincial and local level, together with nearby monasteries and with brothers and sisters of aggregated institutes. In this way each of us has an opportunity to take a step forward in nourishing our spirit of family, to hold out a hand, to grow in love for our identity, and to renew our enthusiasm as we offer our service to the people of God in the Capuchin life.

Br. Leonardo Ariel González
Delegate of the General Minister
for the Capuchin sisters of the Second Order
and the institutes aggregated to the Order

 

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