In 2024, the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity published a study document on the role of the bishop of Rome, focused on ecumenical relations. In this article, Nathan Smith highlights several points from the document relevant to religious communities.  Click here to download a copy of the essay. [...]

Review for Religious is pleased to publish a copy of the Very Rev. Jeffrey Kirch, CPPS's Presidential Address to the 2024 Assembly of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. In his address, Fr. Kirch reflects on the changing realities that religious life faces today, addressing challenges such as [...]

Review for Religious is pleased to publish a copy of the Very Rev. Jeffrey Kirch, CPPS's Presidential Address to the 2023 Assembly of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. In his address, Fr. Kirch contextualizes some of the major issues male religious are facing today, hones in on charism as [...]

In this essay, Fr. Aaron Wessman, GHM provides a list of resources he has found especially useful in his research on polarization, contextualizing their content and where they may be especially helpful.  Click here to download a copy of the essay. Fr. Aaron Wessman, GHM, publishes on topics [...]

Spiritual direction training rarely attends to functional or practical features of the ministry. In this article, Fr. Kenneth Davis, OFM Conv. addresses two prominent functional features directors should attend to: the physical environment of the spiritual direction encounter and the use of files or documentation. Click here to download [...]

In this article, Sr. Susan Louise Eder, OSFS explores the unlikely backstories that gave rise to two unique representations of Salesian spirituality. St. Jane Frances Frémyot de Chantal and St. Léonie Aviat, she argues, both represent in their personal stories the gentle strength at the center of the charism [...]

Fr. Kenneth G. Davis, OFM Conv., discusses an evaluative question for spiritual directors: how do I know that I am doing what I think I am doing as a spiritual director? Suggesting that ongoing, formal evaluation is a helpful tool for spiritual directors to use, he offers a matrix [...]

This article makes the case for an elder identity crisis for religious associated with retirement. Heeding the call to an inner journey, religious typically deal with three movements of recognition:  pervasiveness of egocentrism, inaccurate self-knowledge, and factors limiting one’s inner freedom.  In asking the Holy Spirt to be guide [...]