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who represent the different expressions and groups

of the Lay Canossian Family.

a gathering of the delegates

to explore more deeply the Canossian spiritualityand re-discover its novelty, its dynamism, its passion,and its capacity to offer alternative ways of livingCOMMUNION

July 30- August 7 2006

CHARITY is a fire that spreads and seeks to embrace everything.

St. MAGDALENE OF CANOSSA

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Called by the Father as a Canossian Family,Called by the Father as a Canossian Family,we journey together on the road that conducts us to the we journey together on the road that conducts us to the

IVth Congress and, IVth Congress and, united by the Spirit of the greatest Love, with joy, we pray:united by the Spirit of the greatest Love, with joy, we pray:

We thank you, Lord God,for the gift of charism given to

Saint Magdalene.Grant to us to participate in the same gift

that Jesus be known and loved more and more.

Send on us your Spirit.Infuse in us your wisdom and courage,

to proclaim the beauty of the Gospeland to share in every place

Your Word that transforms life.

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Open our hearts to assume without measure the love

which we contemplate in Jesus Crucified, Divine Source;

Grant that we may reveal it in turn to all our brothers and sisters

especially to the poorest whom we meet.In our personal journey,

help us to be prophets of communion,builders of peace and witnesses of hope.

Accompany our paththat we may be sanctified in our daily life,

animated by charity and fed by the sap of faith and the fraternity.

In the imitation of Mary, Most Holy Mother of Sorrows,

make us open to the action of your Spirit.Form us toward patience,

docility, meekness, and sweetnessand educate us to be your humble instruments

in our families and in our situations in life.Guard and protect, O God, the whole Canossian Family.

Guide and sustain us in our mission in the Church,

for the glory of God alone and the salvation of souls.

Amen.

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designed by the:LAY CANOSSIANS ofARGENTINA

delegates coming fromall parts of the worldwhere the LAY CANOSSIANFAMILYis present

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Jesus Crucified breathes only CHARITY.St. MAGDALENE OF CANOSSA

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Lay persons who:•discover that they are in harmony

with the charism of •Magdalen of Canossa,

• feel themselves called to live Christ Crucified's charity in a

secular dimension

•ask to share in the life and mission of the Canossian Family

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•agree to allow themselves to be formed by the GREATEST LOVE and by devotion to OUR LADY OF SORROWS

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•so as to bear witness to the Gospel in every environment of life,

paying particular attention to the little ones,

•the poor in the various expressions of poverty, •the suffering, •the young, •the elderly…•and the requests that their own local church may make

ALC

The calling to be a Lay Canossian is realised in different ways:

• with the promise renewable every year,

• with private vows,• with a commitment

to the missions "Ad Gentes"• with the free choice to live in a community,

in a manner and for a time that is mutually agreed.

The Association is spread throughout the world.

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Our vocation is made up of

SECULARITY and CONSECRATION brought together

in perfect harmony.

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Ours is a life lived in the world and immersed in temporal activities.

We do things in a new way.

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Our vocation finds its particular expression within our families and work environments.

In these places, we pay particular attention to little ones, those who are last or most in difficulty.

These experiences are fundamental to

our calling:

• a personal and community

journey consisting of listening to the Word, prayer and

contemplation

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•a journey of real, concrete sharing with the

needy and those who come last through the

reality of service, starting with the normal

everyday things •in the family, •at work and •in the parish

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