SETTING OUT ANEW FROM CHRIST, THE HEART OF THE JUBILEE LEGACY

VATICAN CITY, JAN 15, 2001 (VIS) - This morning in the Consistory Hall, John Paul II received the community of Rome's diocesan seminary, "Almo Collegio Capranica," for the occasion of the feast of their patroness, St. Agnes, which falls on January 21.

The Pope invited the seminarians to reflect upon the Apostolic Letter "Novo millennio ineunte," which he signed at the end of the Jubilee Year, in order for it be of help on "your personal and community journey. I especially wish to suggest that you give profound thought to what I consider as the essential core of the Jubilee legacy: commitment to set out anew from Christ. Is not contemplating the face of Christ the heart of all the human, cultural and spiritual formation to which you are dedicated as candidates to ordained ministry?"

"Setting out anew from Christ. That is the program you must follow in this initial stage of the new millennium. ... In this endeavor we are sustained by the example and intercession of countless saints and martyrs who, through 20 centuries of history, have remained faithful to Christ. ... Among them, your patroness, St. Agnes, is particularly dear to you."

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