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Written by Admin
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Monday, January 30 2006 09:24 |
For more than a hundred years Rogationist fathers and brothers have lived their lives in the service of the Church for obtaining any and holy Vocations from God. As a pontifical clerical religious Institute, founded by St. Hannibal Mary Di Francia (1851-1927), the Congregation of the Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus (RCJ) finds its spirituality in the words of Jesus in the Gospel “The harvest is rich but the workers are few. Pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest that He may send workers into His harvest" (Mt.9:37-38/Lk.10:2). Our name Rogationist, taken from the Latin word Rogate which means Pray, qualifies us for a great mission to implore God for numerous and good apostles for His Church. We are the Apostles of the Rogate whose entire life are centered to the daily prayer for Vocations to the priestly and consecrated life in the Church, propagation of this prayer worldwide as well as care and promotion of human and spiritual welfare of orphans, needy children and the poor.
Today the small Caravan of the Rogationists that has started from Southern Italy has reached other countries in Europe, the United States, Albania, Brazil, Argentina, Rwanda, the Philippines, India, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Korea and Indonesia. In the Philippines the Rogationists started their presence and activities in 1976.
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