63 Holy See
Pontifical
Ethiopian College. The Congregation for the Oriental Churches, in a letter
dated 7 February 2003, has asked the Congregation of the Mission
to take over the running of the Pontifical Ethiopian College,
within Vatican City, for the formation of priests from Ethiopia
and Eritrea. The Superior General, with the consent of
the members of the General Council and after consulting the
Visitors of the Province of Ethiopia and the Vice-Province
of St. Justin de Jacobis (Eritrea), in a letter dated 2 May
2003, accepted this invitation. On 16 July 2003, Abba
Berhanemeskel Keflemariam was appointed as Rector and Abba
Hagos Hayish was appointed as Vice-Rector/Econome/Prefect.
64. General
Curia
First visit to
the Curia of the new Mother General. On
29 July, Sr. Evelyne Franc, the new Mother General, visited the
General Curia to discuss a series of matters with the Superior
General. She remained for dinner with the members of the
Curia.
Return to Slovakia and arrival
at the General Curia. On 30 August, after almost two years of work at the
General Curia, Jozef Mrocek returned to Slovakia. Through Nuntia,
in the name of all the members of the General Curia community,
we express to Jozef our most sincere gratitude for his silent,
generous, selfless work. For his part, on 12 July, Brother
Lubom?r Zemla, arrived from Slovakia to replace Jozef at the
General Curia. We offer him a very cordial welcome!
Participation in MISEVI. Fr. Jos? Ignacio Fern?ndez de Mendoza, Vicar
General, participated in the First International Meeting of MISEVI. This
meeting was held in Mexico City from 31 July to 3 August. During
the meeting the Vicar General presided at the closing Eucharistic
celebration and spoke about "the Missionary Dimension of the
Vincentian Charism." At the same time, Fr.
Fern?ndez de Mendoza had the opportunity to visit with the missionaries
at
the House of Theology and the Provincial House.
Visit to Bolivia and Lebanon. From 25 June to 2 July, Fr. Jos? Antonio Ubill?s,
Assistant General, visited the Mission of El Alto (Bolivia). In
Cochabamba, he participated in the National Meeting of Advisors
of the Vincentian Family and also spoke with each confrere in
the places where he works: La Paz, El Alto, Italaque, Mocomoco
and Umanata. This visit allowed Fr. Ubill?s to confirm
once again the efforts that the confreres are making to respond,
by word and deed, to the spiritual and material needs of the
poor. Afterwards, from 24 July to 3 August, Fr. Ubill?s
traveled to Beirut (Lebanon) where he directed a retreat for
the confreres of the province. During his stay there he
had the opportunity to meet the majority of the confreres of
the province and visited the houses in Beirut and the surrounding
area.
Meeting
of various treasurers. From
22-23 August, Frs. Jaime Vergara, Bernard Meade, Marceliano Oabel
(Provincial Treasurers of their respective provinces) and Elmer
Bauer (Treasurer General) met in the Curia to discuss the elaboration
of a Practical Guide for the Provincial Treasurer. After examining similar guides from other
Congregations and reviewing resource material, the commission
decided on a proposed outline for the Guide as well as a timetable for its completion.
Visit to Panama. From 22 June to 16 July, Fr. Elmer Bauer,
Treasurer General, visited the mission in Panama of the Eastern
Province USA. During the visit he met with the Panama Commission
(a council formed by delegates from each of the houses) and the
Finance Committee of the mission. Fr. Bauer visited each
house of the mission to speak with the local superiors and treasurers. He
also participated in a meeting of all the confreres in the mission
to discuss the finances of the mission.
65. Beatification
of Sister Rosalie Rendu, D.C.
Outline of the Celebration in Rome. 1) Prayer Service and gathering on the eve of
the Beatification presided by Fr. Robert P. Maloney, C.M., Superior
General (8 November at 5:30 p.m. in the Parish of St. Joachim);
2) Fraternal gathering (8 November at 6:30 p.m. at the Casa Maria
Immacolata); 3) Beatification ceremony presided by His Holiness
John Paul II (9 November at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter? Basilica);
4) Mass of Thanksgiving presided by Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger,
Archbishop of Paris (10 November at 8:30 a.m. at the Parish of
St. Gregory VII); 5) Audience with the Holy Father for the pilgrims
(10 November at 10:30 a.m. in the Paul VI Audience Hall). For
more information (in Italian) see: http://www.geocities.com/damiroby/lettbearu.htm
66. CLAPVI
Vocational Promotion Meeting. From 10-16 August a meeting, organized by the
Latin American Conference of Vincentian Provinces (CLAPVI) was
held in Caracas (Venezuela) dealing with the promotion of vocations. The
theme of this meeting was ?hrist calls you... the poor await
you.?span> Twenty-four confreres and 22 Daughters
of Charity participated in this gathering. The objective
of this meeting was ?o enliven a Vincentian vocational culture
and practice for the here and now and to do this in such a way
that, in fidelity to our Founders, we become signs and witnesses
of our own vocation.?o:p>
67. COVIAM
Seventh Formators?Meeting. From 7-25 July, the 7th Formators?Meeting of the
Conference of Visitors of Africa and Madagascar (COVIAM) was
held in Nairobi (Kenya). There were 12 confreres present
from seven countries. The General Curia was represented
by Fr. Victor Bieler, Assistant General for the Missions. Each
gathering is organized around a reflection on the four vows and
the five virtues. This year the group prayed, discussed
and reflected on the vows of stability and chastity and the virtue
of apostolic zeal. Presentations were given by Fr. Manuel
Ginete, C.M. (Visitor of the Philippines), staff members of the
Institue for Social Ministry of Tangaza College in Nairobi and
Fr. Thomas O?ern, C.M. A new Preparatory Commission was
chosen and includes Tom O?ern (Kenya), Audace Manirambona (Cameroon),
L?on Moninga (Congo) and Gaston Faratsely (Madagascar).
68. Formation
Meetings in Europe
Second Session of Seminarians
at the Berceau. For
the second consecutive year, the Session for the CM Internal
Seminarians of Western Europe was held at the Berceau (France)
from 26 May to 13 June. The group was composed of 18
seminarians coming from Spain, Portugal, Italy and France,
and by five accompanying priests, coming from different provinces
of Italy, Spain and France. In a fraternal and studious
atmosphere, the following topics, among others, were treated:
?ur vocation together today in the spirit of St. Vincent?(J.-P.
Renouard); ?ew challenges for the mission today?(C. Sens);
?he Vincentian Community?(J. Vega). This experience is
an important starting point for the seminarians in following
Christ, Evangelizer of the poor.
Fifth
Meeting of Students. From
23-27 June, in Krak?w (Poland) the fifth interprovincial
meeting for Vincentian seminarians (students) from the Provinces
of Poland and Slovakia and the Vice-Province of Sts. Cyril
and Methodius was held. The main theme of this meeting
was ?esus Christus ?Regula Congregationis Missionis.?span> The
conferences were given by the Directors of the Seminaries
in Poland (A. Borowski and B. Zapotoczny) and in Slovakia
(J. Noga and L. Kas?span class=MacchinadascrivereHTML>). The meditations were prepared according
to the main theme of the meeting. The visits to various
places were in relation to the religious life and the charism
of St. Vincent.
69. Germany
150th Anniversary. On
18-20 July, the Superior General was in Trier to celebrate the
150th anniversary of the founding of the Province
of Germany. The province was begun by four diocesan priests
who, seeing the needs of the poor in Germany, decided to preach
popular missions. Discovering that this was precisely the
charism of St. Vincent de Paul, they went to Paris, where they
were received into the Internal Seminary. After completing
the Internal Seminary, they returned to Germany and founded the
Congregation. On 19 July, Fr. Maloney celebrated the Eucharist
in Paulinuskirche. A large number of confreres and diocesan
priests concelebrated. Hundreds of members of the Vincentian
Family filled the church. On 20 July, Reinhard Marx, Bishop
of Trier, was the principal celebrant of a Mass in the cathedral,
which was also filled with members and friends of the Vincentian
Family. The former Chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl,
took part in the Mass and then gave the principal discourse at
a ceremony held later in the afternoon. He remained for
dinner with the confreres and many representatives and friends
of the Vincentian Family. Among
the participants in this Jubilee celebration
were a significant number of confreres from the Vice-Province
of Costa Rica where many of the German confreres had worked for
many years.
70. Belgium
(Congo)
Computer Formation. On 20 June, the new center of ENAIP was inaugurated
in Li?ge (Belgium). This center is dedicated to computer
formation and began from an idea that was first proposed by a
group of Italian workers. Initially this center responded
to the formation needs of Italian young people who were having
difficulties in school but rapidly it has become an international
center. Today ENAIP opens its doors to young people 25
years old or younger who have abandoned their studies. Each
year ENAIP receives 36 students. Their formation continues
for one year and at the end of that time they are given a certificate
that allows them either to continue their studies in computing
or to seek employment. The Congregation of the Mission
has been present in this center since 1987. Our confrere
Albert Gabbiadini is the director of this center and the house
in Louvain is one of the benefactors of ENAIP.
71. Curitiba
One Hundred Years. The Jubilee Celebration of the arrival of the
first Polish Vincentian Missionaries to Southern Brazil opened
on 25 October 2002 with a meeting of CLAPVI and the presence
of Fr. Jos? Ignacio Fern?ndez de Mendoza, Vicar General. On
4 July 2003 the actual jubilee was celebrated for that was the
day when the first confreres from Poland established themselves
in communities of Polish immigrants, namely in Tom?s Coelho-Arauc?ria
(Paran?, Brazil). There, in the Parish of S?o Miguel, the
Superior General presided at the Eucharist, concelebrated by
the three Vincentian bishops of the province and the great majority
of the confreres. Also present were Fr. Jos? Antonio Ubill?s,
Assistant General, the Visitors of the three Brazilian Provinces,
Poland and Venezuela. The Daughters of Charity and the
coordinators of the branches of the Vincentian Family participated
too. On Sunday, 6 July, representatives of the 24 parishes
that serve 430 communities in the province had the opportunity
to commemorate this event at a Eucharist presided by the Archbishop
of Curitiba. Fr. Maloney gave several conferences to the
confreres of the province, to the Daughters of Charity and to
the seminarians of the three Brazilian Provinces who had gathered
there for the National Meeting of Vincentian Students. He
also celebrated the Eucharist for the Vincentian Family and for
the students and professors of the Vincentian Institute of Philosophy. Finally,
the Superior General blessed a plaque to commemorate his visit
to the new facilities of the above mentioned Institute and inaugurated
a Centennial Memorial.
Interprovincial Meeting. On 7-8 July, the Visitors and 13 confreres from
the three Brazilian Provinces gathered in Curitiba to deal with
matters related to the pastoral concerns in the Vincentian Schools. Fr.
Jos? Antonio Ubill?s, Assistant General, participated in this
meeting and spoke about the transmission of the Vincentian spiritual
experience. Fr. Lauro Pal? gave a conference on the identity
of our Vincentian schools. Various suggestions were made
at this meeting to establish a Latin American School of Vincentian
Spirituality sponsored by CLAPVI. Finally those gathered
spoke about matters related to the publication of the Practical
Guide for the Local Superior and
the Vincentian Book of Prayer.
72. Holland
One hundred years of the house in Panningen. On 6 July the province celebrated the 100th anniversary
of the foundation of the house in Panningen (Holland). Fr.
Victor Bieler, Assistant General for the Missions, presided at
the centennial celebration in our parish in that city. The
church was filled with confreres, family members and parishioners
from neighboring parishes. It should be noted that during
these 100 years, 450 priests were ordained from this house (37
of whom were from Panningen and the surrounding area). Seventy
percent of these 450 missionaries worked in foreign missions
and the remaining 30% worked in the Netherlands. A commemorative
booklet will soon be published entitled: Lazaristen 100 jaar
in Panningen. It should also be mentioned here that the Mayor
of Helden-Panningen inaugurated a photo exposition in the chapel
relating to the centennial. The entire celebration was
a way for the Community to give thanks to God and to the many
people who helped in the formation of the missionaries throughout
these 100 years. Representatives from various missions
founded from this house participated in the celebration: Brazil,
Taiwan, Indonesia and Ethiopia.
73. USA
?East
Scholarships. The Eastern Province of the United States,
in conjunction with Niagara University and St. John? University, has sponsored a ?incentian Scholarship Program?since
the end of 2000. This program offers the possibility of
academic specialization to confreres in provinces of the Congregation,
especially to those in developing countries. On 1 January
2004, the decision will be made as to which provinces will receive
the scholarships. After that date, provinces that have
solicited scholarships will be informed about the decision.
74. Vincentian
Family
Campaign against hunger and malaria. During
their meeting in February and after evaluating the accomplishments
in the diverse countries, the heads of the various international
branches of the Vincentian Family decided to extend for another
year the campaign: ?he Globalization of Charity: the Fight against
Hunger.?span> During this campaign, many countries
have collaboratively undertaken concrete and effective projects. The
heads of Vincentian Family have decided also to initiate a new
campaign called: ?olitical action for eradicating malaria.?This
campaign will begin on 27 September, the feast of St. Vincent
and the Vincentian Family. The Ad Hoc Committee for this
new project has sent to each country and to all the branches
of the Vincentian Family a document that provides information
about this campaign of the Vincentian Family on behalf of the
poor.
International Meeting of MISEVI. The Superior General convoked this meeting of
MISEVI in Mexico City for 31 July to 3 August. The objectives
were to come to a better understanding of the identity of this
Association and to seek ways to establish it in other countries. A
total of 78 persons, from 26 different countries of the five
continents, participated in this meeting: 45 lay people, 19 confreres,
14 Daughters of Charity. The principal themes of this meeting
were: the commitment of the laity in the mission of the Church,
the missionary dimension of the Vincentian charism, Vincentian
laity in the foreign missions, steps needed to establish MISEVI
and the fundamental principles of this Association. At
the end of the meeting, the participants drew up a Final Document
that brought together their convictions, their commitments, and
their proposals to continue to encourage the foundation and the
organization of MISEVI. The contents of the Meeting are
available on the web page: www.misevi.org
Second Meeting of the Coordinating Council of the
AMM. This Council
held its second meeting in Rome on 23-24 July. The participants
included Frs. Robert Maloney, Benjam?n Romo, Charles Shelby
(Coordinator), Janusz Zwolinski; Sr. Marie-Yonide Midy and
Ms. Marta Tapia. During the meeting the participants
shared the different activities that had been carried out since
October 2002 and also dialogued about ways to increase the
participation of young people in this Association. In
light of the Final Document from the Meeting in Rome (2001),
the members of the Council evaluated the work of the Association
up to the present time. They anticipate that by October
they will be able to initiate various activities that have
been programmed: activation of the web page, distribution of
an informational bulletin (three times a year), utilization
of the web site for the monthly publication of a theme for
the formation of the members of the Association which will
be distributed to the national associations and the development
of a catechetical plan for orienting the foundation of the
Association. During this meeting two important points
were highlighted: contact with the AMM in the different countries
has increased to 51 and 12 of these have National Statutes
that have been approved. The next meeting of the Coordinating
Council of the AMM will be held in Paris, 23-25 February 2004.
Meeting of the Permanent Committee of the AIC. From 9-11 July, Fr. Benjam?n Romo, the Ecclesiastical
Assistant of the AIC, participated in a meeting of the Permanent
Committee of this Association. The meeting was held in
Paris and dealt with the following themes: formation, diffusion
of the Lines of Action of the last International Assembly and
the organization of a meeting of the European Presidents of the
AIC for next October.
New
addresses:
Web
page of CLAPVI: http://www.svp.e12.ve/clapvi/
Web page of the CM (Spanish
version): http://www.famvin.org/cm/es/
NAKAD
Antoine 23-07-2003 Director
DC Near East
MODESTO
F. Joaquim Coelho 24-07-2003 Director
DC ?Mozambique
DELPLACE
Elie 28-07-2003 Director
DC ?Cameroon
BURDESE
Giovanni 04-09-2003 Director
DC ?Sardinia
CORRO
LARA Jose Mariano 06-06-2003 Mex
REYES
LOPEZ Leopoldo 06-06-2003 Mex
ROBLES
GAMBOA Marvin Gerardo 14-06-2003 Cos
BARRETO
AR?VALO Jaime Alberto 20-06-2003 Mex
MEXQUITIC
ARREDONDO Pedro 29-06-2003 Mex
CABALLERO
GONZ?Z Gilberto 05-07-2003 Orl
BOTERO
BOTERO John Jairo 06-07-2003 Col
ORTIZ
MATIZ Jos? Aurelio 06-07-2003 Col
OSORIO
JARAMILLO F?lix Eduardo 06-07-2003 Col
AKPAN
Gregory Uduakobong 12-07-2003 Nig
EKE
Justin Chibuike 12-07-2003 Nig
NWAOGWUGWU
Cornelius Kelechi 12-07-2003 Nig
UGWUNWANGWU
Gabriel Onwuka 12-07-2003 Nig
UNACHUKWU
Charles Chimah 12-07-2003 Nig
URBINA
HAYE Ernesto 19-07-2003 Orl
MULUGETA
BERHANE ABRAHA 20-07-2003 Aet
ALZATE
GARCIA Wilson 15-08-2003 Col
CARDONA
SALAZAR Carlos Arley 15-08-2003 Col
NECROLOGIUM 2003
Nomen Cond Dies
Ob Prov Aet
Voc
GLINSKI
Richard M. Fra 03-07-2003 Nan
11ž4 74-54
FARRIS John V. Sac 06-07-2003 Ocn
111ž4 82-60
NARCISO
FERREIRA Antonio Fra 17-07-2003 Flu
61ž4 69-51
MAZZEO
Michele Fra 21-07-2003 Nea
71ž4 96-69
SHINE
Francis J. Sac 23-07-2003 Ocn
101ž4 74-57
TU
Martin Sac 29-07-2003 Sin
41ž4 88-67
FABIAN
Viktor Fra 30-07-2003 Hun
11ž4 88-67
MAGEE
Brian Sac 04-08-2003 Hib
21ž4 74-56
PASZKIEWICZ
Afonso Sac 04-08-2003 Cur
11ž4 93-74
COELLO
COELLO Manuel Sac 08-08-2003 Mat
11ž4 85-67
FAUC
Pierre Sac 08-08-2003 Par
11ž4 96-76
MARQUINA
PARDO Timoteo Sac 08-08-2003 Mat
11ž4 71-52
RIBEIRO
N?lson Sebasti?o Sac 08-08-2003 Lus
11ž4 75-56
ARO Georges Fra 09-08-2003 Ori
31ž4 41-21
NAGEL
Joseph Fra 13-08-2003 Tol
31ž4 78-59
GOYAUX
Michel Sac 05-09-2003 Tol
31ž4 84-65
HERRMANN
Teofil Sac 09-09-2003 Pol
211ž4 82-64
SANTOS
P?MO Teodoro Sac 12-09-2003 Mat
1¡ 87-70
