Traveling in religious life

For the closure of the Year of Consecrated Life in February, the Vatican Publishing House released a book with encounters and interviews of 14 superior generals, including Br Emili Turú.

The book, titled “Viaggio nella vita religiosa” (Traveling in religious life), is written by the journalist Riccardo Benotti, who presents a journey through the charisms of the Church, revealing a rich world. 

The superiors, based on their own life experiences, tell what it means to make a definite option, facing the present difficulties and challenges of consecrated life.

The protagonists, aside from Br Emili Turú, Superior of the Marist Brothers, are: Notker Wolf (Benedictines), Fernando Millán Romeral (Carmelites), Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori (Cistercians), Bruno Cadoré (Dominicans), Jesús Etano Arrondo (St John of God), Michael Anthony Perry (Friars Minor), Antoine Kerhuel (general councillor of the Jesuits), Eduardo Robles Gil Orvañanos (Legionaries of Christ), Flavio Peloso (Congregation of Don Orione), Valdir José De Castro (Paulines), Ángel Fernández Artime (Salesians), Heinz Kulüke (Verbitas), David Kinnear Glenday (Union of Superiors General).