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5 05, 2026

Pilgrimage to France to return to the spiritual sources of the Congregation

By |2026-05-08T17:59:50+02:005 May 2026|Categories: France, Italy|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Between April 13 and 17, 2026, a group of priests, brothers, and lay people associated with the Congregation of the Fathers of Christian Doctrine—the Doctrinaries—made a pilgrimage to France with a twofold purpose: to celebrate the centenary of the [...]

29 04, 2026

Vigevano hosts the annual reunion of Negrone Institute alumni

By |2026-04-29T15:23:12+02:0029 April 2026|Categories: Italy|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Annual alumni reunion on Sunday, April 19, 2026, in the chapel of the Negrone Institute in Vigevano. The Mass was concelebrated by Monsignor Maurizio Gervasoni, Bishop of Vigevano, and by the Doctrinaries Giorgio Levorato and Giambattista Carnevale Garè. Also [...]

23 04, 2026

In Rugero, Burundi, a week dedicated to discovering San Cesare de Bus

By |2026-04-23T12:01:33+02:0023 April 2026|Categories: Burundi|Tags: , , , , , |

Since the parish of Rugero was founded, we realized that Cesar de Bus, the patron saint, was little known, and that many parishioners even found his name difficult to pronounce. We therefore felt the urgency to make him known to [...]

27 03, 2026

Cesar-stock, spiritual exercises in Almese (Turin)

By |2026-03-27T17:33:23+01:0027 March 2026|Categories: Cesar-Stock, Italy|Tags: |

The Doctrinaries, the family of San Cesare de Bus, are offering a retreat for young people to begin their spiritual exercises from April 30 to May 3, 2026, at the Casa dell'Amicizia, Via Casato Vicendone, 17 in Almese (Turin). [...]

26 03, 2026

Giving life “without measure”: the legacy of Father Lodovico Santoro

By |2026-03-26T12:03:34+01:0026 March 2026|Categories: Italy|Tags: , , , |

by Andrea GagliarducciEveryone remembers him for his smile, his affability, and his role as a priest among the people. Or better yet, a "living catechism," as Marilena Dragone and Giuseppe Gagliarducci write in a slim book dedicated to the life [...]

12 03, 2026

Parish of San Cesare de Bus in Rugero: First Six Months Report

By |2026-03-12T18:46:11+01:0012 March 2026|Categories: Burundi|Tags: , , , |

p. Schadrack Matthieu Dunia, dc The celebration for the canonical erection of the new parish of Rugero, dedicated to Saint Cesar de Bus, on September 1, 2025, was presided over by Msgr. Joachim Ntahondereye, Bishop of Muyinga, with Father [...]

11 03, 2026

The Group of Doctrinaries Lay People of Guaíra in Brazil: catechists in the Footsteps of St. Caesar

By |2026-03-11T17:09:54+01:0011 March 2026|Categories: Brazil|Tags: , |

Elisete Siqueira The Group of Doctrinaries Lay People of Guaíra was born a few years ago when, at the invitation of the Doctrinaries Fathers, some lay people embarked on a journey to learn about the exemplary and unusual life [...]

9 03, 2026

Burundi, four new Lectors

By |2026-03-09T17:28:59+01:009 March 2026|Categories: Burundi|Tags: , |

p. Fidèle Ntunzwenimana, dc The Congregation of Doctrinaries in Burundi has welcomed new apostle catechists: they are the professed Amos Ciza, Jean de Dieu Kwizera, Aimé Irambona and Mélance Nkunzimana. The Lectors were instituted last February 8th during the [...]

4 03, 2026

Father Binay Kumar Guria has been a priest for 25 years.

By |2026-03-04T17:41:29+01:004 March 2026|Categories: India, Italy|Tags: , , , , , |

Celebration for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Father Binay Kumar Guria's ordination, Sunday, March 1, 2026, during the 10:00 a.m. Mass in the parish of Gesù Nazareno in Turin. Durante la concelebrazione con il Superiore Generale della Congregazione, padre Sergio [...]

2 03, 2026

Doctrinarial Family Movement, it’s time to move on

By |2026-03-02T19:43:35+01:002 March 2026|Categories: Italy|Tags: , , , |

The second national training session for the Doctrinarial Family Movement (MFD) took place on Sunday, February 22. The communities of Vittoria (Rg), Salerno, Rome, Turin, and Vigevano (Pv) met in their respective parishes on Sunday afternoon for a two-hour [...]

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