 You are busy and in hurry. You are on go. Simply, you missed the chance to participate. Your agenda does not give you a chance to take part in the Lenten retreat. Or, you are looking for some additional resources during Lent. Whatever your situation and intention is, we invite you to stop by and reflect for a while. We invite you to listen (or download) to Lenten retreat reflections from St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Brooklyn, NY which originally were delivered (in English) on Monday and Tuesday this week by Fr. Astor Rodriguez CM from Vincentian Eastern Province.
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 Rozpoczęliśmy Wielki Post. Czas wyjścia na pustkowie, refleksji i pokuty, czas spotkania Boga, pełnego miłoserdzia. Tradycyjnie przez najbliższe sześć będziemy rozważać tajemnicę Meki Pana Naszego i Jego smierć w nabożenstwie Gorzkich Żalów. W tegorocznych rozważaniach, jak mówi kaznodzieja, ks. Jan Szylar CM, wikariusz parafii św. Stanisława Kostki na Greenpoincie, “przypatrzymy się wartościom, bez których niemożliwe jest życie chrzescijańskie. Zobaczymy, jak podczas Męki Chrystusa przejawiały się wiara, nadzieja i miłość, prawda, posłuszeństwo oraz ich zaprzeczenia: niewiara, rozpacz,nienawiść, kłamstwo, nieposłuszeństwo.” Tematem pierwszego kazania pasyjnego jest “wiara i niewiara”
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As followers of Christ “we are called to imitate Him in this unique relationship with the Father as well as imitate His reaching out in meeting the marginalized of society” – Superior General, Fr. Gregory Gay CM states in the beginning of his annual Lenten Letter which we publish below. Reaching out marginalized is the main theme of his message. He continues, “I am particularly touched to see how many young people focus their attention, rather than on themselves, on the needs of those who are poor as we too look closely at our world and all the different situations of suffering.” In this season of Lent, Superior General concludes, “let us refresh and be creative in deepening our relationship with those who are poor, walking with them as advocates for what is just and right.”
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Congregation of the Mission, and Vincentian Family are multilingual. Therefore nobody wonders that a document like Lenten Letter of the Superior General is published in more than in primary languages only. 2011 LETTER FOR LENT is available in eight different languages commonly used in our global community: English, Spanish, French, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Slovak and German. It is available in as many formats and styles as never before. Thanks to innovative solutions used this year, you can view, read and download the document in standard formats (MS Word, plain text – *.rtf, *.pdf). you can read it and easily share it in your browser or send to your mobile device (Scribd.com application). You can download it as smartphone/tablet friendly ebook (for iPhone, iPad, Galaxy, Android, Kindle and other similar) which is becoming more and more popular recently.
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 “Forty years have passed, it’s a beautiful age; forty years, and even one more day. Be ready for twice as much now and perhaps the triple one, who knows?” lyrics of the title song from 70s’ and 80s’ popular Polish TV series “Czterdziestolatek” (A Man in Forties) say . And today (February 28), we can sing this song to Father Jan URBANIAK CM who celebrates his 40th (Ruby) anniversary as a priest . Almost half of his priesthood life he dedicated to St. Stanislaus Kostka in Brooklyn, NY.
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 “The greed of possession leads to violence, exploitation and death,” which is why during Lent the church encourages almsgiving, “which is the capacity to share,” Pope Benedict XVI said in the message for Lent 2011 which was released at a Vatican on February 22. The theme of the the message was taken from the Letter to the Colossians: “You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him.” In his message, the Pope took the year’s Lenten Sunday Gospels and used them to draw lessons he said would be helpful in making the Lenten journey toward Christian conversion.
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 In 1992 Pope John Paul II designated 11 February, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, to be an annual day of prayer and consideration of the sick and of those who care for them. This is now known as the World Day of Prayer for the Sick which becomes, as the venerable John Paul II desired, the propitious occasion to reflect on the mystery of suffering and, above all, to make our communities and civil society more sensitive to sick brothers and sisters …”. In his message for the 29th World Day of the Sick (which you can read below), Pope Benedict XVI has written, “the true measure of humanity is essentially determined in relationship to suffering and the sufferer. A society unable to accept its suffering members and incapable of helping to share their suffering and to bear it inwardly through ‘compassion’ is a cruel and inhuman society”.
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 In 1997 Venerable Pope John Paul II begun commemoration of the World Day of Consecrated Life which is celebrated on the Feast of Presentation of the Lorld. In the United States this day is observed on the Sunday after February 2. In 2011, it is on Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 6. Central celebrations took place in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI presided at the Vespers, an evening prayer of the Church, and delivered special address titled “A Life Dedicated to Listening and to Proclaiming His Word”. Its English translation is available below.
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