The Pro Sanctity Movement in Latvia and Lithuania

§ Pro Sanctity is a world-wide Movement that spreads the Universal Call to Holiness. Prayer, music, publications, and organized activities for people of all ages help us remind people that God made every single one of us to be a saint!

§ We help people grow in self-knowledge, love of neighbor, love of Mother Church, and love of God.

§ Pro Sanctity promotes trust – in ourselves, in others, in the Lord.

§ Pro Sanctity helps people discover God's presence in their ordinary, daily lives, and provides opportunities to learn how to pray.

§ We support one another in concrete ways, living the Pro Sanctity motto: All Saints! All Brothers and Sisters!

Fr. Edgars CAKULS, Bishop Antons JUSTS, Communicants and Team

because everybody is created in God's image, each person is called to the fullness of love: to sanctity

Methodologies

Through meetings, individual dialogues, using booklets, leaflets, video-cassettes, songs, interactive groups, workshops; prayers: adoration, explanation of the Word of God; we are present in Riga, Jelgava, Madona, Daugavpils, Aglona, Liepaja … usually in a year we travel 40.000 km with our car (normal streets and not highways!).

The Apostolic Oblates – Consecrated Members in the Pro Sanctity Movement

As consecrated women, we Apostolic Oblates take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. We dedicate our lives to helping others understand the great love that God has for each individual and helping people respond with trust and hope to His love. The Pro Sanctity Movement is the core of our apostolate.

Our daily life in Latvia

© The day starts at 5.30 a.m., winter or summer! (We like to put our lives in God's heart by praying first thing. We dedicate the first hours of our day to prayer – including Lauds, the liturgical prayer of the Church; and meditation, half an hour on texts of the Bible, saints, the spirituality of our Founder, etc.) Then we go to Holy Mass. We can't help others if first we do not receive the grace of God!

© The main part of our mornings is dedicated to personal preparation: reading, studying, writing; afternoons are free for welcoming all who want personal conversation, spiritual direction, or other help.

Mondays: Meetings with couples

Tuesdays and Thursdays: Prayer and adoration for youth in Churches of Riga

Wednesdays: Youth Gathering

During the weekend we usually organize seminars, which consist of studies, retreats, or other opportunities.

Sunday is really the favorite day for meetings: at 10.00 we have a meeting with the children of St. Francis's Church in Riga; at 12.00 in our room we meet with associate members of our Movement; at 14.00 we sponsor an English language Mass for all foreigners here in Riga. Afterward follows catechism class for English speaking children.

Every week we meet with approximately 350 persons, not counting those who participate in activities that we organize in different parishes (Mass, adoration …)

Our day then concludes with thanksgiving to the Lord not before … 23.00p.m.

Today

as consecrated Apostolic Oblates, there are two in Latvia; there are two more Latvian girls doing their formation in Rome where we have a Centre of Formation. (Worldwide there are over 200 Oblates.)
as Pro Sanctity associate members, in Latvia we are 65; in Lithuania - 30! (There are thousands of dedicated Pro Sanctity members throughout the world.)
This year together with our associate members, we recorded a CD with songs written by our youth, and published two books – one in Latvian, the other in Russian about the prayers of our Founder!

Our Founder:
Guglielmo Giaquinta

Send offers to:
Pro Sanctitate
Klostera iela 4
Account No 0551002488124
Hansabanka
SWIFT code LV13HABA

Tel: 371 6319789
e-mail: liliane123@hotmail.com

Rita Rafalo and Lilian Beltrand, Apostolic Oblates

Pro Sanctity Movement

Klostera, Iela 4

LV 1050 Riga, Latvia

Would you like to help us in our apostolate and ministry? The needs are overwhelming, but we place our trust in the Lord, and He has never let us down!

YES! I WANT TO HELP.

I will pray daily for Pro Sanctity and the Apostolic Oblates in Latvia and Lithuania.

I would like to donate monthly $______ to help with the material needs of the Movement. (Do you want monthly e-mail reminders? Yes or No? Do you want monthly reminders through the mail? Yes or No?)

I am making a one-time gift $_______ to help spread the universal call to holiness in Latvia and Lithuania.

I would like more information about the Pro Sanctity Movement and the Apostolic Oblates.

Please make checks payable to Apostolic Oblates. Your gift is tax deductible as allowed by law. May our Lord bless you abundantly for your generosity!

Name: _______________________________

Address: _____________________________

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e-mail address _________________________

(Please include your e-mail address if you indicated that you would like monthly e-mail reminders; OR if you would like to receive Pro Sanctity’s e-mail prayers and announcements.)

Mail to: Apostolic Oblates

6762 Western Avenue

Omaha NE 68132