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TOWARD the IVth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

TOWARD the IVth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS. LAY CANOSSIAN FAMILY. (LCF). what?. a gathering of the delegates. who represent the different expressions and groups of the Lay Canossian Family. why?. goal of the Congress. to explore more deeply the Canossian spirituality and re-discover

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TOWARD the IVth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

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  1. TOWARD the IVth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS LAY CANOSSIAN FAMILY (LCF)

  2. what? a gathering of the delegates who represent the different expressions and groups of the Lay Canossian Family.

  3. why? goal of the Congress to explore more deeply the Canossian spirituality and re-discover its novelty, its dynamism, its passion, and its capacity to offer alternative ways of living COMMUNION

  4. when? - where? July 30- August 7 2006 VERONA, ITALY

  5. our theme PROPHETS OF COMMUNION CHARITY is a fire that spreads and seeks to embrace everything. St. MAGDALENE OF CANOSSA

  6. our prayer Called by the Father as a Canossian Family, we journey together on the road that conducts us to the IVth Congress and, united by the Spirit of the greatest Love, with joy, we pray: We thank you, Lord God, for the gift of charism given to Saint Magdalene. Grant to us to participate in the same gift that Jesus be known and loved more and more. Send on us your Spirit. Infuse in us your wisdom and courage, to proclaim the beauty of the Gospel and to share in every place Your Word that transforms life. “MAKE US PROPHETIC PRESENCE”

  7. our prayer Open our hearts to assume without measure the love which we contemplate in Jesus Crucified, Divine Source; Grant that we may reveal it in turn to all our brothers and sisters especially to the poorest whom we meet. In our personal journey, help us to be prophets of communion, builders of peace and witnesses of hope. Accompany our path that we may be sanctified in our daily life, animated by charity and fed by the sap of faith and the fraternity. “MAKE US PROPHETIC PRESENCE”

  8. our prayer In the imitation of Mary, Most Holy Mother of Sorrows, make us open to the action of your Spirit. Form us toward patience, docility, meekness, and sweetness and educate us to be your humble instruments in our families and in our situations in life. Guard and protect, O God, the whole Canossian Family. Guide and sustain us in our mission in the Church, for the glory of God alone and the salvation of souls. Amen. “MAKE US PROPHETIC PRESENCE”

  9. our logo designed by the: LAY CANOSSIANS of ARGENTINA

  10. participants AMERICA AFRICA delegates coming from all parts of the world where the LAY CANOSSIAN FAMILY is present ASIA-OCEANIA EUROPE

  11. Lay Canossian Family Jesus Crucified breathes only CHARITY. St. MAGDALENE OF CANOSSA ALC LCBS CF SMM

  12. ASSOCIATION of LAY CANOSSIANS ALC Lay persons who: • discover that they are in harmony with the charism of • Magdalen of Canossa, • feel themselves called to live Christ Crucified's charity in a secular dimension • ask to share in the life and mission of the Canossian Family

  13. ALC ASSOCIATION of LAY CANOSSIANS • agree to allow themselves to be formed by the GREATEST LOVE and by devotion to • OUR LADY OF SORROWS

  14. ALC ASSOCIATION of LAY CANOSSIANS • so as to bear witness to the Gospel • in every environment of life, • paying particular attention to • the little ones, • the poor in the various expressions of poverty, • the suffering, • the young, • the elderly… • and the requests • that their own local church • may make

  15. ALC ASSOCIATION of LAY CANOSSIANS • The calling to be a Lay Canossian • is realised in different ways: • with the promise • renewable every year, • with private vows, • with a commitment • to the missions "Ad Gentes" • with the free choice to live in a community, in a manner and for a time • that is mutually agreed.

  16. ALC ASSOCIATION of LAY CANOSSIANS The Association is spread throughout the world.

  17. SECULAR MISSIONARIES of MAGDALENE SMM Our vocation is made up of SECULARITY and CONSECRATION brought together in perfect harmony.

  18. SECULAR MISSIONARIES of MAGDALENE SMM Ours is a life lived in the world and immersed in temporal activities. We do things in a new way.

  19. LAY CANOSSIAN BROTHERS & SISTERS LCBS Our vocation finds its particular expression within our families and work environments. In these places, we pay particular attention to little ones, those who are last or most in difficulty.

  20. CF CANOSSIAN FRATERNITY • These experiences are fundamental to our calling: • a personal and community journey consisting of listening to the Word, prayer and contemplation

  21. FC CANOSSIAN FRATERNITY • a journey of real, concrete sharing with the needy and those who come last through the reality of service, • starting with the normal everyday things • in the family, • at work and • in the parish

  22. the challenge of MAGDALENE calls us... ...above all, make JESUS known and loved', to all the peoples of the earth!

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