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Institute on Religious Life
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
Mike Wick
Feb. 15, 2005 Director
of Operations
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God’s Call to the Consecrated Life
Chicago, IL – The Institute on Religious Life (IRL)
announces the release of the 2-DVD set: Completely
Christ’s: The Radical Call of the
Consecrated Life, created in collaboration with LifeWork Press and
featuring several of its Affiliate religious communities. Produced by Rick Sarkisian, Ph.D., Completely Christ’s features one DVD
devoted to helping Catholics, especially young people, discern God’s call for
their lives (with special emphasis on the priestly and consecrated life), and a
“bonus” DVD featuring a previously unreleased message on vocations from Bl.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
“God has a unique call for each of His children – a
special and unrepeatable role in the story of salvation – but too many
Catholics simply don’t listen for their call,” Sarkisian said. “Completely
Christ’s is packed with fresh advice and powerful insights on the
priesthood and consecrated life, designed not only to help you discern God’s
call for your life, but to respond to it and live it out in the real world
every day.”
Using a three-step process to help viewers “find,
follow and fulfill” God’s call, Completely
Christ’s features compelling interviews with men and women who have
followed God’s call to the consecrated life.
The key speakers include Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ; Fr. Benedict Groeschel,
CFR; Fr. Brian Crawford, OSJ; Sr. Marie Suzanne, OCD; Sr. Gloria Therese, OCD;
and Br. Louis Mary, OFM Conv. Sarkisian
also shares his perspective as a lay expert on vocations.
The “bonus” DVD presents a never-before-seen message
by Mother Teresa, speaking on vocations at a 1981 Institute on Religious Life
conference. The DVD presents not only
her message, but also her responses to questions from the audience.
The
Institute on Religious Life was was
founded in 1974 by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., to foster and support vocations to
the consecrated life. It has almost 150 affiliated communities and over 4000
individual associate members among bishops, priests, religious and laity.
Through its many programs, publications and public events, the IRL strives to
“create a culture of vocations,” as the Holy Father has been urging the Church
to do.
The cost of the Completely Christ’s DVD is
$24.95 + $6 S&H. To purchase a copy, please contact the IRL Office at
773-267-1195 or visit www.religiouslife.com.
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Copy of this press release at: www.religiouslife.com/pr_02-15-05.phtml.