When a Piarist narrates his vocational story, we will always hear him placing the children at the center of his life, because Christ’s face is reflected in the faces of the little ones. The Piarist religious unconditionally follows in the footsteps of Christ and, through his...
I am Fabricio Passos, a Piarist priest, currently living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. I seek to live my Piarist vocation as a path of proximity, especially with the youngest. Coexistence with the youth expresses a choice of life and ministerial oxygen for the proclamation of the Gospel....
Today I want to share with you an incredible experience that causes me admiration and gratitude. Discernment is a process of encountering oneself and life in Truth to which we are invited by Jesus, the Risen One, who calls us to have life in abundance. The task...
For the past four years I have been assigned as campus minister of St. Mary's International School, an all-boys Catholic international school in Tokyo under the Brothers of Christian Instruction (Mennaisian Brothers). I used to have some doubts in engaging with this pastoral work because...
STAND BY US IN CALIFORNIAS By Fr. Salvador Riera, Sch. P. For a few months, the Piarists of the Californias’ Vocational Ministry Team (with a presence on both sides of the western border of Mexico and the United States) have held our meetings by video conference. We...
I arrived to Tijuana, Mexico, to start a new stage in my training as a Piarist and I did not know what my apostolate would be there. I was commissioned to collaborate in the Vocational Ministry, which was new to me. This has helped me to...
Some vocational activities, such as retreats and workshops, have ceased during the contingency. But, despite the pandemic, God continues to call. We cannot be close to each other, physically, but God is within you. He keeps whispering in your mind and knocking on the doors of...
As a Junior, my vocation journey in the Piarists could be described in three aspects. First, the community life. Many brothers come from different countries in our Juniorate Community and I do not have any companion brothers from my own country, South Korea. At first,...