Diapositiva 1

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TOWARD the IVth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
LAY CANOSSIAN FAMILY
(LCF)
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what?
a gathering of the delegates
who represent the different expressions and
groups of the Lay Canossian Family.
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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
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when? - where?
July 30- August 7 2006
VERONA, ITALY
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our theme
PROPHETS OF COMMUNION
CHARITY is a fire that spreads and seeks to
embrace everything. St. MAGDALENE
OF CANOSSA
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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
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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
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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
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our logo
designed by the LAY CANOSSIANS of ARGENTINA
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participants
AMERICA
AFRICA
delegates coming from all parts of the
world where the LAY CANOSSIAN FAMILY is present
ASIA-OCEANIA
EUROPE
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Lay Canossian Family
Jesus Crucified breathes only CHARITY.
St. MAGDALENE OF CANOSSA
ALC
LCBS
CF
SMM
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ALC
ASSOCIATION of LAY CANOSSIANS
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

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ALC
ASSOCIATION of LAY CANOSSIANS

• agree to allow themselves to be formed by the
  GREATEST LOVE and by devotion to
• OUR LADY OF SORROWS

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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

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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.

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ALC
ASSOCIATION of LAY CANOSSIANS
The Association is spread throughout the world.
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SMM
SECULAR MISSIONARIES of MAGDALENE
Our vocation is made up of SECULARITY and
CONSECRATION brought together in perfect
harmony.
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SMM
SECULAR MISSIONARIES of MAGDALENE
Ours is a life lived in the world and immersed in
temporal activities. We do things in a new
way.
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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.
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CF
CANOSSIAN FRATERNITY

• These experiences are fundamental to our calling
• a personal and community journey consisting of
  listening to the Word, prayer and contemplation

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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

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