The prophetic role of consecrated people in the Church and the world is explored in this letter throught the teachings of Pope Francis. Like watchmen, working constantly at the junction between the Church and the world, consecrated people have a unique role in reading and interpreting the signs of the times. ..

Pope Francis has exhorted all Christians to announce the Gospel with joy, and has asked Consecrated people to ensure that wherever they are present, joy is present also. This letter from the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, based on the magisterium of Pope Francis, is an ideal preparatory text for the Year of Consecrated Life 2014-2015. Themes include evangelisaiton and a faithful, joyful and fertile love for those most in need. The text also contains questions for all Consecrated people to ponder for the forthcoming year promted by the teaching of Pope Francis. ..

Fifty years after the Vatican Council’s Decree on the Renewal of Religious Life (Perfectae Caritatis, 1965), the Church reflects on the great force for evangelisation that lies with today’s consecrated men and women. Such witness - love for God and neighbour, love of the cross and the hope of future glory - speaks to the far corners of today’s world and is to be greatly valued. Proclaim continues the reflection which began in the Letters Rejoice, Keep Watch and Contemplate so that the insights of the Year of Consecrated Life may continue to bear fruit...

In this latest letter to consecrated men and women,we are called to direct our gaze into the dephts of our life; to seek the reasons underlying our pilgrimage in search of God and to examine the contemplative dimension of our lives so we may recognise the mystery of grace that sustains us exhilarate us and transfigures us...