We have received several Messages from Africa and Elsewhere for the Feast of Consecrated Life on February 2nd, 2026. If any Photos were taken in your area, please feel free to send them!
Message from the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life: Prophecy of Presence: Consecrated Life, Where Dignity was Wounded and Faith Tested.
… “In the Diversity of Forms, a Single Prophecy took shape: to remain with Love, without abandoning, without remaining Silent, making One’s Life the Word for that time in History.
It was precisely within that Prophecy of remaining that a Testimony of Peace matures. Pope Leo XIV has persistently recalled this in his Addresses, indicating Peace not as an Abstract Utopia, but as a Demanding and Daily Journey that required Listening, Dialogue, Patience, Conversion of Mind and Heart, and Rejection of the Logic of the Strong prevailing over the Weak. Peace was not born from Opposition, but from Encounter, from Shared Responsibility, from the Capacity for Listening and Synodal journeying, from Love for all in the Manner of the Gospel, according to which all are brothers and sisters. For that reason, Consecrated Life, when it remains close to the Wounds of Humanity without yielding to the Logic of Conflict, yet without renouncing speaking God’s Truth about Humanity and History, becomes—often without Fanfare—an Artisan of Peace. Dear Consecrated Women and Men, we thank you for your Perseverance when the Fruits seem distant, for the Peace you sow even when it is not recognized.
We continue to cherish the Experience of the Jubilee of Consecrated Life, which called us to be Pilgrims of Hope on the Path of Peace. This was not a Slogan or a Formula. We experienced it concretely even in the Journey that prepared Our Gathering in Rome. Rather, it was an Evangelical Style to continue to embody every day, wherever Dignity was wounded and Faith was tested.
We entrusted each and every one of you to the Lord, that He may make you steadfast in Hope and Gentle in Heart, capable of remaining, of consoling, of beginning anew: and thus to be, in the Church and in the World, a Prophecy of presence and a Seed of Peace.”
Feast of the Consecrated Men and Women at the Parish of Saint Stephen the Martyr, Kariwa – Moshi
The Celebration of the Holy Mass to pray for all the Religious in the World in the Catholic Diocese of Moshi was presided by the Most Reverend Bishop Ludovick Joseph Minde, of the Catholic Diocese of Moshi… During the Mass, more than 1,000 Religious from 42 Congregations, including the Brothers of Christian Instruction, were commended for their Distinguished Mission and Apostolate in the Church within the Catholic Diocese of Moshi.
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The Occasion brought together Priests, Religious Brothers, Nuns, Monks, Novices, Postulants, and Aspirants from across the Diocese. In his Homily, Bishop Ludovick Joseph Minde emphasized Humility as the Foundation of Mission. Drawing inspiration from Simeon and Anna, he urged Consecrated Persons to reject Individualism in favor of Synodality. The Bishop’s Message was clear: we were called to Journey together as one Family, to bear Witness to Christ through Community Life and a Shared Purpose within the Catholic Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania.
News reported by Bro. Benedict ODHIAMBO (Moshi, Tanzania)
Community of Casa Generalizia – Rome
On the Evening of February 2nd , while a Celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome brought together a Large Gathering of Religious Men and Women, the Community of the Casa chose to remain in its Parish of San Giuseppe all’ Aurelio to Celebrate the Feast of Consecrated Life. Twenty-three Religious Congregations exist within the Parish, including Several Generalates. The Celebration was presided over by Archbishop Flavio Pace, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, and Chaplain to the Piccole Suore de la Divina Provvidenza, Our “Neighbors.”
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Uganda – Kampala
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Celebrations at Lubaga on February 2nd, 2026, the Feast of Consecrated Life in the Archdiocese of Kampala.
Some Statistics on Consecrated Life in the World (Vatican – End of December 2025)
Religious (Non Priests) Religious Women
