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Dedication of priests
With a spirit of sacrifice, the priests will dedicate many hours looking after all those whom their brothers or sisters and the St Raphael people themselves bring to our houses. They will all go happily to the priest to open their heart with simplicity and to receive grace from his hands.
Freedom of the young people
Here again let me stress that we always respect the boys’ and girls’ freedom to receive spiritual direction from any priest they wish. We offer them the priests of the Work, in harmony with the other means of formation they receive, but we will not impose anything on them.
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Document printed from https://escriva.org/en/cartas-2/148/ (09/07/2026)