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

Gospel:

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3.The marriage

3. Marriage

The spirituality of marriage, as a secular state of life

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4. The motherhood

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4. Parenting

Children are presents of God, whom we have for a certain period of time.

Gospel:

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5. Meeting the Friars Minor

5. Vital reciprocal union

Meeting Franciscan Family, the Church. Spiritual direction

Gospel:

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6. Her conscience, the sense of justice

6. Conscience, justice issues Peace and Justice

Gospel:

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7. Meeting the poor

7. Encounter with the poor

Seeing Christ in the poor

Gospel:

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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 Profound changes in life

Gospel:

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10.Her penitential and prayer life

10. Penitential and prayer life Penance. How can seculars be contemplative

Gospel:

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11.Her charity and the hospital in Marburg

11. Works of mercy, outreach. How do we practice our service

Gospel:

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12. Her sickness and death

12. Death and dying Weakness of our bodies; how we deal with sickness