Happy Easter! The Resurrection of Christ by Paolo Veronese (c. 1580) Public domain. We who are Christians have a further cause for joy: like Jesus, we know that we are loved by God our Father. This love transforms our lives and fills us with joy… We do not pretend that life is all beauty. We are aware of darkness and sin, of poverty and pain. But we know Jesus has…
Filippino Lippi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Happy 42nd Anniversary to the I V E! Today, the Institute of the Incarnate Word and our Religious Family, celebrates 42 years of foundation. We ask you to pray especially for our priests on this very important day for them. We want to be anchored in the sacrosanct mystery of the Incarnation which is “the first and fundamental mystery of Jesus Christ.”[1] Rooted…
The Holy Family in Nazareth, Hna. Maria de Jesus Sacramentado Riera, SSVM Today, Solemnity of St. Joseph, the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara celebrate 38 years of foundation. God has abundantly blessed us through the protection and intercession of St. Joseph, since our foundation day of March 19, 1988 in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina. We ask you to join us in celebrating this great patron! Happy…
On February 14, the Feast of the great Slavic missionaries Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Damian Gonsalves, IVE, was ordained a priest of Christ in Charity, Guyana at St. Francis Xavier Church. He is the first Guyanese IVE vocation to be ordained to the priesthood. Father Damian is the fifth IVE priest ordained this year in the Province of the Immaculate Conception. Last week, four were ordained in Washington, DC, but…
“This is a most glorious day for Holy Mother Church and for the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word!” These were the fitting opening words of the homily of Bishop Chad Zielinski (New Ulm) in the Ordination Mass of four new priests and one new deacon for the Institute of the Incarnate Word. On Saturday, February 7, 2026, these five men were ordained at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, DC.…
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Madonna col Bambino, Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. 1300) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons From our province of the Immaculate Conception, we wish a Happy New Year to all! We dedicate this New Year of 2026 to Jesus Christ, Lord of History, through the hands of His Mother, Mary. The Octave of Christmas ends on the first day of the new year, which is dedicated…
The Nativity, Federico Barocci (1597) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Christ is born! “Christ, the Redeemer of the world, is the one who penetrated in a unique unrepeatable way into the mystery of man and entered his ‘heart’. Rightly therefore does the Second Vatican Council teach: ‘The truth is that only in the mystery of the Incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light. For Adam, the first…
Feast of Our Lady of Lujan, patroness of our Religious Family We want to wish you a happy Feast of Our Lady of Lujan! Today we celebrate Our Lady of Lujan, named by the Holy See in 2011 as the patroness of our Religious Family. As she is also the patroness of Argentina, we entrust the soul of Pope Francis to her hands, and pray for her maternal intercession as…
Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons We join the Universal Church in mourning the death of Pope Francis. We pray for the repose of his soul.The Bishops of the United States have asked that the faithful pray a novena for the repose of his soul from April 26 to May 4. You may find the text of the prayers here.We also ask you to…
We wish to wish you a very happy Solemnity of St. Joseph, Foster Father of the Son of God and spouse of the Virgin Mary. “To other saints, Our Lord seems to have given power to succor us in some special necessity, but to this glorious saint (I know by my experience), he has given the power to help us in all things. Our Lord would have us understand that,…
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