{"id":9414,"date":"2025-10-30T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/2025\/10\/30\/jubilee-for-consecrated-life-in-rome\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:26:59","slug":"jubilee-for-consecrated-life-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/2025\/10\/30\/jubilee-for-consecrated-life-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilee for Consecrated Life in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9414\" class=\"elementor elementor-9414 elementor-9404\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc33113 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc33113\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f03f10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f03f10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What a wonderful way to conclude the first International Meeting of Secretaries in the Cenacle! <br>Led by Sr. Susay Valdez, General Secretary, the participants \u2014 together with the General Superior, Sr. V\u00e9ronique Fabre and members of the Generalate community \u2014 joined hundreds of consecrated persons for the Jubilee Mass at St. Peter\u2019s Square on the morning of October 9. Representing the General House and the provinces\/region of Asia, Brazil, Europe-Togo, Madagascar, and North America, the Cenacle Sisters gathered in joy and unity for this significant celebration.<br> <\/p><p><strong>Pope Leo XIV<\/strong> presided over the Eucharistic celebration, offering a profound reflection on the words of Jesus: <em>&#8220;Ask, seek, and knock.&#8221;<\/em> In his homily, the Pope beautifully connected these words with the evangelical counsels: <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e60e09d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e60e09d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c\u2018To ask,\u2019 in fact, is to recognize, through poverty, that everything is a gift from the Lord and to give thanks for it. \u2018To seek\u2019 is to open oneself, through obedience, to discovering each day the path we must take on the journey towards holiness, following God\u2019s plans. \u2018To knock\u2019 is to ask for and to offer the gifts we have received to our brothers and sisters with a chaste heart, striving to love everyone with respect and generosity.\u201d<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-397aef3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"397aef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/fr\/homilies\/2025\/documents\/20251009-giubileo-vita-consacrata.html\">Read the full homily here.<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8afd44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8afd44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sr. Beth Cruz also served as a Volunteer Staff member. She helped prepare and distribute participants\u2019 kits. At the Jesuit General Curia, their team provided assistance to the members of the new forms of consecrated life during their formation workshop on Spiritual Conversation, facilitated by Fr. David McCallum, SJ.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bed4018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bed4018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/web_news_20251030_2-1024x591.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9418\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/web_news_20251030_2-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/web_news_20251030_2-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/web_news_20251030_2-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/web_news_20251030_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04118c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04118c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This Jubilee was a <strong>grace-filled experience<\/strong> \u2014 a testament to how the Spirit continues to inspire, call, and create new pathways for God\u2019s people to respond with love and fidelity. In a world often marked by <strong>volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity<\/strong>, the prophetic witness of consecrated life remains <strong>a sign of hope and transformation<\/strong>. <\/p><p> <\/p><p>\ud83d\udd17 <strong>More news and photos:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaconsacrata.va\/en\/eventi\/iubilaeum2025\/documenti.html\">https:\/\/www.vitaconsacrata.va\/en\/eventi\/iubilaeum2025\/documenti.html<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cenacle Sisters Participate in the Jubilee for Consecrated Life in Rome.<br \/>October 8\u201312, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congregational-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9426,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9414\/revisions\/9426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}