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Vision
Renewal of the Church
Spirituality
Our spirituality is characterized as Pentecost spirituality and is centered on the Easter-Pentecost event
Charism
Having a priestly vocation inspired and sustained by Easter- Pentecost spirituality
- Our Founder
- Provincial Message
- History of ALCP
Rev. Fr. Bernhard Bendel
The founder of the Opus Spiritus Sancti is Rev. Fr. Bernhard Bendel. Bernhard Bendel was born on October 20th, 1908 in a little village called Steinfrenz, in the Westerwald District. Steinefrenz lies between the towns Limburg, Lahn and Montabaur, in the State of Hesse in Germany. His Father Heinrich Georg Bendel, and his mother Katharina n’ee Michel, were particularly good Catholics. They were very good parishioners of the Steinefrenz Parish in the Diocese of Limburg. He did his primary school in his village from 1915 to 1921. His secondary and high school was in place called Hamadar from 1922 to 1928. He was excellent in mathematics and physics. He was also good in aesthetics and used to play football. He could make good friends. He wanted to be an architect and a pilot but later he decided to become a priest.
The year before the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918) were called “Golden time” in Germany. That was because of the economic improvements, which had occurred in the years after 1871, during the former “Imperial Germany.” But the villages of the Westerward had hardly been touched by this upswing.
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Rev. Fr. Roy Joseph
Dear Fathers and Brothers,
I hope that all of you are keeping well and have safely returned to your respective formation houses and places of appointment.
I sincerely thank each one of you for your faithfulness, dedication and commitment to our Society. At the same time, it is important to acknowledge that there were some who did not take up their responsibilities on time and acted against the rules and regulations of the Society.
We understand that it is not easy to change habits and practices that have been followed for some years. Change takes time, patience and openness. However, we must remember that we are accountable not only to the Society that cares for us, but ultimately to God Himself. Every day, we are called to examine our fidelity to our vocation and mission.
Without a spirit of belongingness, unity and fraternity, it is impossible to build a renewed and vibrant Society. Today, there is a growing tendency among some to seek .......
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About Apostolic life Community of Priests in India
By the time the ALCP/OSS was founded, other communities in the Opus Spiritus Sacnti, particularly the Sisters Community (Apostolic Life Community of Sisters) was present both in Tanzania and India. In the early 70s when Fr. Bendel expressed the desire to found ALCP/OSS in India to the representatives of the Mission in Aachen, he was told to start a new community in Hyderabad. To this effect, our Founder made necessary contacts with the Archbishop of Hyderabad, Most Rev. Samineni Aurlappa. The Archbishop heartily welcomed the young congregation to establish our houses and extend missionary activities in the Archdiocese.
Fr. Bendel along with Fr. Winfried visited India in 1976 with the intention to beginning the ALCP in India, the newly established and the youngest communities in the Opus family. Archbishop of Hyderabad, Most Rev. Samineni Aurlappa who showed interest in the Opus invited them to begin the ALCP in the Archdiocese.
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