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Fourth Pre-Chapter Online Session, June 21, 2023

The fourth Pre-Chapter online session for the General Chapter was a bit special. After Fr. Chris Chaplin’s introduction, Fr. Humberto Henriques spoke of this General Chapter as a prayer. How is the Holy Spirit moving? What does she invite us to as disciples on the road to Emaus? Then he shared an inspiring video. The …

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Third Pre-Chapter Online Session, June 20, 2023

Fr. Chris Chaplin, msc, began this third Pre-Chapter online session for the General Chapter explaining what the participants had to do and what the goal for this session was. As in previous sessions, Fr. Humberto Henriques, msc, led a time of quiet and prayer to prepare everyone spiritually for the meeting. He read the passage …

Pre-Chapter Reflections on Congregational Feedback

During the coming months the preparatory sessions for the 2023 General Chapter of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are being held online. The second of these online conferences on June 20 and 21, will deal with the first of a series of important documents to come from our MSC entities across the world. This …

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Second Pre-Chapter Online Session, May 31, 2023

The second Pre-Chapter online session for the General Chapter held on May 31 has been very important. Facilitators of the General Chapter Assembly in September Ms. Frances Heery and Br. Joe McKee FMS were introduced to participants, and they explained the importance of the current moment in our Congregation, and they said that this is …

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Welcoming remarks and opening of the Delegates’ preparation sessions

Welcome to this stage of the journey on the Emmaus Road. We begin by walking, getting to know each other, and recognizing each other as brothers. With all our cultural and ecclesial diversity, we are heirs of a Missionary Spirituality, a Spirituality of the Heart. The disciples of Emmaus were walking from and with their …