FORMATION PROGRAM

FOR THE BIENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE 8TH CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF SAINT ELISABETH OF HUNGARY

THE LIFE OF ST. ELISABETH -First Year	THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT -Second Year
1. The original family of St. Elisabeth	1.Family: tradition, history, source
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2. The years of youth in the court of Thuringia	2. Youth and formation giving up things for God, this home and the heavenly one
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3.The marriage	3. Marriage The spirituality of marriage, as a secular state of life
Gospel: 4. The motherhood	SFO document: 4. Parenting Children are presents of God, whom we have for a certain period of time.
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5. Meeting the Friars Minor	5. Vital reciprocal union Meeting Franciscan Family, the Church. Spiritual direction
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6. Her conscience, the sense of justice	6. Conscience, justice issues Peace and Justice
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7. Meeting the poor	7. Encounter with the poor Seeing Christ in the poor
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8. The widowhood	8. Dealing with loss The loneliness, losing the beloved
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9. The chasing from the court	9. Dealing with the change Profound changes in life
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10.Her penitential and prayer life	10. Penitential and prayer life Penance. How can seculars be contemplative
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11.Her charity and the hospital in Marburg	11. Works of mercy, outreach How do we practice our service
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12. Her sickness and death	12. Death and dying Weakness of our bodies; how we deal with sickness