nuntia - april 2012 (english)

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He is truly risen, Alleluia, Alleluia!

The General Curia

In April, the Superior General began his activities by celebrating Holy Week with a Hispanic com-munity in the United States in a parish that the Daughters of Charity staff in Georgetown, SouthCarolina. During that week he had the opportunity to share with the members of this community,which, after nine years of existence, experienced Holy Week for the first time in Spanish. It was avery enriching missionary experience with different activities during the evenings, in addition tothe services proper to Holy Week. He held formation and social meetings with spouses, couples,and young people.

He also got to know the works of the Daughters of Charity in this city. He spent Easter Sundaywith the community of Daughters of Charity of Georgetown and another community.That same day he travelled to Gloverville, also in South Carolina, to another community of Daugh-ters of Charity. There he got to know the works that the sisters carry out in that area.

also visited the confrere from the Province of Slovenia who isin a parish of Montreal, Franc Letonja and two confreres fromthe Provinces of France, Jorge Luis Muiz from the Provinceof Toulouse and Joseph Dinh Tat, a Vietnamese from theProvince of Paris.

These confreres live in community with an espoused couplefrom the permanent diaconate, Deacon Roger and his wifeRaymonde Dubois. She often collaborates with the GeneralCuria by translating from English into French.

Later he went to Canada where he took part in a meeting of the Vincentian Family in Montreal. It

was a very rich experience where, in addition, he had the opportunity to get to know the only work

that the Daughters of Charity have in Canada. It is an international work with sisters from Canada,

the United States, and Colombia.

Truth does not fear persecutions of power and does not need its favors.Frederick Ozanam

The Superior General

Raymonde Dubois


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News Bulletin from the General Curia of the Congregation of the Mission

Later he visited the works that these confreres carry out for the poor and the joint work they do withsome branches of the Vincentian Family. He also had the opportunity to celebrate the Eucharist withdifferent members of the Vincentian Family in one of the four parishes that Jorge serves. At this Eucha-

rist, in addition to the confreres, present were: the Daughters of Charity; the Chaplain of the SSVP, anOblate of Mary Immaculate (OMI); a Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul; five Vincentian permanent dea-cons, accompanied by their wives; and the Superioress General with part of her Council from the Sistersof Providence, a branch of the Vincentian Family, founded with the rules of the Daughters of Charity.

On the 14th, he had the opportunity to go on a pilgrimage with two pairs of Vincentian deacons to theShrine of Our Lady of the Cape, run by the OMI; and to Saint Josephs Oratory, run by the priests andbrothers of the Holy Cross, which is a work founded by the recently canonized Andr, of this congrega-tion. Then he visited the Shrine of Saint Anne, run by the Redemptorists. It was a day of reflection and

sharing with different members of the Vincentian Family.

In the evening he visited other works of the Daugh-

ters of Charity, among them three centers located in afavela (poor neighborhood). These centers hostyoung people for academic strengthening, growth inhuman relations, and fortifying their creativity. Healso visited a home for the elderly that is one of theoldest works in So Paulo.

Later he visited Pairibuna, a small city with aboutforty rural areas where the Daughters of Charity and

members of the Vincentian Family, especially theSSVP, work. There he shared the Eucharist and asmall meal and in addition had the opportunity to getto know, through a video, the work that is carried outin the area.

On the 15th, he travelled to So Paulo, Brazil. He was welcomed at the airport by the Visitatrix of Rio,Sister Maria Cristina, and the Provincial Director, Father Paulo. The following day he visited a Vincen-tian school in the area and had a brief sharing with the schools pupils. The same day he had a meetingand the Eucharist with the Daughters of Charity of So Paulos different communities.


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From there he moved to Aparecida where he took part in the SixthMeeting of the Latin American Vincentian Family (FAVILA). It washeld at a shrine of the Redemptorist priests.

The main objective of the meeting was to look for lines of action thatunite us to the Vincentian spirit and allow us to support one anothermutually in our projects and activities, as well as in the organizationand service with the poor.

The specific goals were to move forward in our identity as a family

that shares the same charism and the same spirituality; to strengthenour ties for better evangelization and service of the poor; and toshare our journey within the Vincentian Family, helping one anotherin formation and service projects.

With the motto, Centered on Christ, We Live the Charism," therewas a dialogue at the meeting on the Latin American reality and onunion and cooperation as Vincentian Family. In this respect, topicswere developed during the morning and workshops in the after-noons. Among the topics were Marian Spirituality in the Vincentian

Family, developed by Mizal Poggioli; and Cooperation in Saint Vin-cent de Paul, developed by Eli Chaves dos Santos. The workshopscentered on cooperation from the experience of Saint Louise deMarillac, Frederick Ozanam, and Rosalie Rendu, among others.

The meeting concluded with a Vincentian feast in conjunction withabout 40 thousand members of the SSVP who were making a pil-grimage on 21-22 April at the shrine. The Mass was presided by ourconfrere, Bishop Jos Carlos Chacorowski.

Centered on Christ, We Live the Charism"


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After the FAVILA meeting, he began the visit to Central America, on the occasion ofthe closing of the jubilee year marking the 150 years of presence of the Vincentiancharism in these lands. The visit started in Panama where he met the confreres, theDaughters of Charity and other members of the Vincentian Family in the cities of Pa-nama, Santiago de Veraguas, and Chiriqu.

Later he went to Costa Rica, where he also met the confreres, Daughters of Charity,and different branches of the Vincentian Family. The visit will conclude at the begin-ning of May in other countries of Central America.

CEVIM

From 16-21 April, the meeting of the Visitors Conference of Europe and the Middle East (CEVIM) tookplace in the Canary Islands, Spain. Participating were the Provinces of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Po-land, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Italy (Turin, Rome, and Naples), France (Parisand Toulouse), Spain (Barcelona, Salamanca, and Saragossa), and Portugal. Unable to be present werethe Provinces of the Orient, Ireland, Madrid, and Holland. Stanislav Zontk and Javier Alvarez repre-sented the Curia.

The topics dealt with at the meeting were New Evangelization, for which different presentations were

developed; and Formation, especially to return to the common projects that had been had in this area.In this respect, the Interprovincial Internal Seminary will reopen next year and the Formation projectfor CEVIMs theology students in Piacenza, Italy will be studied. At present, the theology students ofthe Provinces of Italy are formed there. CEVIMs proposal is to extend this project to other provinces ofCEVIM.

At the meeting, a new president was also elected, afterthe death of the preceding one, Brian Moore, whichhappened recently. The new President is Pavle No-

vak, Visitor of Slovenia and, as Vice-president, JuanJulin Cataln, of the Province of Saragossa. The newadjunct member of the Permanent Council is KryspinBanko of Poland.


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Rural Easter in Valencia: unity and diversity

A seminarian from the Province of Madrid, Ignacio Moneo Colmenar, has

written a brief reflection on the experience of Holy Week in different vil-lages of Valencia, Spain. We share this with you as follows:

Holy Week is a series of special days for Christians during which we cele-brate the central core of our faith: the passion, death, and resurrection of

Jesus Christ. Not everyone can celebrate these feasts in the same way, noteveryone has sufficient resources for them, be it because of work, lack ofpriests, etc. Therefore, the first thing I want to do is to remember all thesepersons.

Since this becomes habitual, in certain villages the priests have to juggle to try to have as many as pos-sible come. It is precisely for this reason, in order that there be no one who does not experience the faithin these so notable days, we gathered a group of persons with the aim of bringing others to the Mysteryof God made man, dead and risen, celebrating and sharing our time, happiness, and especially our faith.These persons have names: Father Enrique, Father Juventino, Mara Dolores, Elena, Jaime, Marian,Ximo, Sole, Vicente (every couple with its children like: Mara, Sara, Mirella, Anna, Ximo, David, Pau,Blanca, Carlos, and Luz), and finally, myself (Ignacio Moneo Colmenar); likewise the villages havenames: Facheca, Famorca, Tollos, Balls, Benimassot, Benilloba, and Beniarrs.

For us, as one can imagine, day after day has been nonstop (and it has to be thus): going from one villageto another, preparing liturgy and songs, bringing happiness and the desire to experience the celebra-tions, listening, speaking, sharing, reflecting, praying, celebrating, laughing, crying, leading, etc. It wasan Easter lived familiarly, in family. A single family made up of many members, as I have pointed out,members different in size, height, age, and even nationality. As we would say in theology, it has been anEaster lived with two terms: unity diversity, enriching for us and, certainly, for all with whom wewere.

The beauty of the churches we got to visit is impressive. They were well maintained. But much more

impressive was the agreeable and participative people, their openness and the sharing of the celebration,meal, time, and even home. They are moments and situations that not only help, but give color andmake real the great Mystery of Gods love. All this took on greater intensity, as is normal, when we allcould say to one another, this phrase that was not in words: Jesus Christ has risen! He has truly risen!We said it in Valencian, in Castilian and, if we knew all the worlds languages, we would say it in all ofthem, but as no one knew all of them, we did it from the universal language, from the Christian lan-guage, from the language of Jesus that we shouted, that is to say, from the Love shown with an embrace,with tears, and with the happiness and pleasure that our God is risen and we are with and for Him.

Certainly they are moments in which it is necessary to be attentive to see and to sense the Lord in everyinstant, moments for living intensely knowing that what is important is behind what is apparent. Weprepared ourselves for 40 days for this feast. For 50 days we will celebrate it intensely and will continuedoing it every Sunday of the year. May the Lord grant us to live it every day and, if possible, to makeit live in those who surround us. For this reason and for this, courage, and as we said in these days,Bon da (Good day)


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Fourteenth anniversary of the martyrdom of MonsignorJuan Jos Gerardi Conedera, Bishop of Guatemala.

To know the truth hurts, but it is undoubtedly a veryhealthy and liberating action

(Msgr. Gerardi).

Nominationes / Confirmationes

LPEZ MASIDE Jos Mara 09/03/20 Director DC Seville

MORO Justo 18/04/20 Visitor DCCuba

ADO TELLECHEA Gregorio 26/04/20 Director DC Canary Islands

Ordinationes

ELORIAGA Rafael K. Sac Phi 31/03/2012

FERRERAS Francisco E. Sac Phi 31/03/2012

NAVIDA Eugenio J. Sac Phi 31/03/2012

PORMENTO Cesar A. Sac Phi 31/03/2012

Necrologium

NomenCo-nd.

Dies ob. Prov. Aet. Voc.

RODRGUEZ RODRGUEZ Francisco de P. Sac 25/03/2012 Ven 73 55MEJA Joe Sac 27/03/2012 Sln 97 76

GARCA CARRERA Juan Sac 16/04/2012 Mex 37 8

VAN LARE John (C.) Sac 17/04/2012 Hol 92 71

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