Miles Jesu participates in the Church’s mission principally through the new evangelization: led by the spirit of the Gospel for the sanctification of the world from within as leaven. Our goal is to provide a specific means for the laity to recognize and live out the call to become saints, not only by work but by family and social commitment, and to help others become saints. This calls for leaders in seeking the Kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God.
Miles Jesu UpdateAfter more than two years of work I am happy to announce that the draft of the new Constitutions for Miles Jesu has been given to Cardinal Agostino Vallini of the Vicariate of Rome for his revision in consultation with the Congregation of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
A Special Patron for an Election YearOn January 29, 2012, Hildegard Freund Burjan was beatified by Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes in a ceremony at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. A wife, mother, polititian and lay apostle, she is a striking example for our times.
When in RomeThe entire month was imbued with a strong family spirit. With around forty members, there were five birthdays (plus five cakes and five servings of gelato—well, perhaps more than five servings of gelato because Italy’s ice cream is addictive). It was beautiful to meet many brothers and sisters from Ukraine, Nigeria, Slovakia, India and the U.S.
The Church in the United StatesOn January 19, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI received the bishops of the mid-Atlantic region on their official ad limina visit (the personal meeting in Rome with the Holy Father which every prelate is to make every five years). In words which both encourage and exhort, His Holiness offers a prophetic mandate not just to the Pastors, but to the whole flock that is the Catholic Church in the United States.
In the Heart of the ChurchIn the city of Rome I found the heart of the Church. As I stood in St. Peter’s Basilica, and later saw the Pope at his summer residence, I could almost experience the life of the Church being pumped out to countries around the world. It was fitting, then, that Miles Jesu’s month-long formation program took place in this city – for Miles Jesu has always wanted to be close to the heart of the Church.
