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Rome, Italy
July 16, 2008
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FROM THE EDITOR
Changes in e-mailing
RSS feed; Archived SCALAS
Roman Summer hiatus
Thank you to all our contributors
NEWS FROM THE PROVINCES:
Portuguese Redemptorists celebrate in Fatima
Brazilian Redemptorists meet on the theme of religious life
REDEMPTORISTS IN THE NEWS:
Denver Province Hispanic Ministry Project is completed
VITA APOSTOLICA:
Number 8 in a series on Religious Life from Félix Catalá, C.Ss.R
PHOTO GALLERY:
Photos from around the Redemptorist world
FEATURED MEDIA:
Dublin Province launches 2nd novena website
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
How to get the RSS feed of SCALA
Redemptorist meal prayers available on our website soon
TRANSITIONS
Professions, Ordinations, Anniversaries, Deaths, Electoral News
(Editor's note: please read carefully)
Dear Confreres,
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To our faithful Italy-based translators: José Vidigal, Porfirio Tejera, Hermann Schmid, Calogero Sciortino, Annalisa Pinca, Anthony Mulvey, and Gabriel Boudreault. And, on occasion, Alfeo Prandel, Jean Beco, Jacek Dembek, Serafino Fiore, Gilbert Enderle, Edmund Kowalski and Andrzej Wodka.
And, by e-mail, we have helping us around the world on a regular basis: Hervé Gendron; and on an as-needed basis this past year: Heribert Koger, Gary Lauenstein, Norman Muckerman, Yves Morvan, Vito Lombardi.
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A special thanks to Félix Catalá and the Center for Spirituality for his continuing series on Religious life.
Each month the translators and I process about 15 articles for each of the seven language editions. That amounts to about 110 articles flowing between us each month and 1100 articles per year.
Finally, Thanks to ALL OF YOU for your submissions of articles and photos for SCALA. It is important that the spirit and vision of our founder, St. Alphonsus, which took root at Scala, continue to inspire us to inform each other and to know what is happening in our Redemptorist apostolates worldwide and in the kingdom of God.
Grace and Redemption for all!
Gary Ziuraitis, C.Ss.R.
Portugal
Redemptorist Missionaries, founded 275 years ago, visit Fatima
Gomes Dias, C.Ss.R
Redemptorist Missionaries made a pilgrimage to Fatima for the 56th time. On May 31 and June 1of this year the Redemptorist family gathered in the Sanctuary of Serra de Aire. Fifty automobiles transported some 2500 pilgrims from the most diverse localities in Portugal, all of these people desiring to recognize and thank the good Lord for the 275 years of existence of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded by St. Alphonsus Liguori, and which has extended its growth to more than 77 countries.
On May 31, coming together in the Auditorium Paulo, they celebrated with the aid of an audio-visual projection the Via Sacra, which appealed for a world transformation through the power of Christ the Redeemer. Following that, there was a concert presented by an outstanding musical group from the area of Guimaraes, whose repertory included two musical pieces authored by St. Alphonsus. At this meeting of the Redemptorist family a medal commemorating the 275th anniversary year of our founding was distributed to all the pilgrims and an announcement was made referring to coming attractions, particularly a symposium entitled: "The Word of God, the source of the Mission", to be presented next November in the Cristo Rei Seminary in Vila Nova de Gaia. In the evening, besides the usual recitation of the Rosary and the candle-light procession, there was also a holy hour of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, in a totally full Basilica.
On June 1, Dom Eurico Dias Nogueira, Archbishop Emeritus of Braga. presided at the pilgrimage Mass, and commented on the importance of a pilgrimage and the importance of pilgrimages in every religion, as well as in the lives of all people in order to hear the Word of God. He ended his homily by praising St. Alphonsus. He recalled how as a lawyer, Alphonsus made a life-change and chose a new way of living in the service of God and neighbor and founding the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. His apostolic zeal continues to remain alive through the Redemptorist missionaries and through all who share in their charism, sustained
by the Holy Spirit in the Church over the past 275 years.
Brazil
Conference on religious life
Joaquim Parron, C.Ss.R
Reflecting on the Biblical text of Acts 4/13, and enlightened by the spirit of St. Alphonsus and our Constitutions, and at the same being challenged by the impact of modern life, the confreres of the Campo Grande Province reflected on the Sense of Presence in Redemptorist Missionary Life. The meetings were held on June 10, 11, and 17 in Paranagua, T.Borba and Campo Grande respectively. Father Alfonse Tremba, C.Ss.R, added greatly to these meetings by providing with great facility an excellent theology on the Consecrated Life.
The Consecrated Life is being constantly challenged these days by"the culture of dismissal" whereby the sense of belonging to a religious family is easily broken."We belong to a family," Father Trembla pointed out,"whose shirt we ought to wear." In order to strengthen our belonging we have to"drink of the basic Redemptorist charism." Although it is important to emphasize his proper identity as a person, the confrere also has to strengthen his sense of being a member of the Congregation. In this process values are embodied in the life of the congregation.
Although in these times subjectivity and individual value may be important, the sense of being"called and belonging to the Redemptorist life" can easily be lost. In view of this, four values are important for maintaining this sense of belonging:
1) The Lord called you to be a Redemptorist.
2) God's wish that there be the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
3) The dimension of fidelity.
4) The importance of community.
It was the Lord who in the course of history and through his own infinite love called each one of us to be a Redemptorist. This sense of vocation is fundamental in order that a person perceives himself as"called" to the Redemptorist life. Each confrere, in his own prayer experience, can vivify this concrete call as a convocation to serve the Kingdom – he can say:"I became a Redemptorist by the will and the goodness of God."
St. Alphonsus himself perceived the Lord's call to found the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. That is to say, the Congregation was"desired by God" to"continue the example of Jesus Christ to preach the Good News to the poor (cf. Const. 1). It can be said that the Congregation is the source or"place" of grace to each confrere.
God is profoundly faithful to humanity (cf. Amos 9/11, Os 14/5, Jer 18/1-6, Is 43/5). God is also infinitely faithful to the Congregation. God's fidelity is also expressed in the fidelity of each confrere in his personal and community life. A passive attitude or indifference on the part of a confrere towards the progress of the congregation reveals that he is losing his sense of belonging to this religious family. But the confrere who responds with fidelity to the call of the Lord will find in his life the peace which the world cannot give (Jn. 14/27).
The basic and"constitutional" texts on the primacy of community in the life of a Redemptorist are very clear. As Constitution 21 puts it:"Therefore, an essential law of the life for the members is this: that they live in community and carry out their apostolic work through community. For this reason the community aspect must always be kept in mind when any missionary work is being accepted." Thus, a confrere who assumes work on his own account is placing an"imposition on the mission of the Province/Congregation." The mission, as far as the community goes, is not something relative, but is essential to the life of the Redemptorist.
Therefore, it is important that unity in plurality be sought, i.e., giving value to the individual (subjectivity) and at the same time seeking the sharing of gifts and talents in the communitarian and provincial point of view. To consider oneself a member of this family so beloved by God and founded by St. Alphonsus gives one a very deep sense of belonging and of being faithful to the call of the Lord.
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Denver Province, USA
Redemptorists complete Hispanic Ministry Project
Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas
Seven years after initiating the Hispanic Missionary Project in the Diocese of Dodge City, the Redemptorists will leave the project as intended, in the hands of those trained to continue its work and ministry.
"The Redemptorists leave with a sense that their mission has been completed and will continue their missionary work in other areas of the United States where there is a need to establish similar projects," stated Father Thomas Picton, CSsR., Provincial of the Denver Province of Redemptorists.
"Missionary Projects are bold attempts to begin something new, plant the seed, and move on to new missionary endeavors, trusting that what has begun will grow with God's power acting through the apostolic work of those called to continue the work. The Redemptorists believe that the final and fundamental effectiveness of the Hispanic Missionary Project is absolutely assured – by the same power of God which makes all things possible and which continues through the apostolate of the Dodge City Diocese."
In July of 2001, four Redemptorist priests began what was to be a three-year assignment to design a program to serve the booming Hispanic population in southwest Kansas and to train others to serve.
The original members of the project were: Father John Fahey-Guerra, director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry; Father Patrick Keyes, pastor of St. Anthony Parish, Liberal; and team members Father Mike McAndrew and Father Tony Judge. In all, nine Redemptorist brothers and priests have served in the Hispanic Missionary Project over the past seven years. http://www.dcdiocese.org/swkregister/June_15_08/RedemptoristPaged.htm
"Over these all-too-short years, we have come to feel that the Redemptorist Brothers and Priests are part of us, part of who we are as Church in Southwest Kansas," stated the Most Reverend Ronald M. Gilmore, bishop of Dodge City. "Sharing a last supper with the Redemptorist Community, May 20, I was encouraged to find that they very much feel the same way.
"Their presence among us has always been acknowledged by all connected with their coming as the work of the Spirit. I am grateful for the grace they have been, the seeds they have planted. Now it is for those many, many others who have been graced by them to water and nurture so the Lord who has begun this good work may bring it to completion in us. We offer thanks and blessings and we look forward to the ways the Spirit will bring us together again."
The Redemptorist contributions to the Church in southwest Kansas have been extensive. Their ministry included collaborating with most if not all the members of the chancery staff in their various ministries.
Vita Apostolica
Religious Life: The Vow of Chastity
Félix Catalá, C.Ss.R.
At the heart of the vow of chastity is love. The vow links directly to the Gospel command of loving God and loving neighbor as a single dynamic that characterizes Christianity: it gives sense, content and direction to a Christian's life. For us Redemptorists, whether lay or priests, chastity is required by our charism in the Church, by the apostolic charity we set out to live. Chastity is not assumed or lived for the sake of the enhancement of the self. In such a case it could be totally arbitrary. From our origins it has been evident that our mission demands a style of life that witnesses our single-mindedness in giving ourselves to the most abandoned poor. And this we do because of our love for God and our neighbor, for the sake of the Kingdom (carrying out God's will).
The members of the Congregation, giving themselves to this same mystery of love, choose celibacy for the sake of the kingdom of heaven (cf. Matt. 19:12). They do so to dedicate themselves, as individuals and as a community, to God and the mission of Christ (cf. John 17:19), so that they may concern themselves wholeheartedly with the things of the Lord, love and serve their neighbor (cf. 1 Cor. 7:32), manifest the Church's own love of Christ (cf. 2 Cor. 11:2) and proclaim the future realities of heavenly life (cf. Luke 20:35, 36).
Those to whom the Father has given this gift of grace, are so captivated by what the kingdom of God offers them, that only by choosing this religious chastity can they respond personally and fully to God's love for them [Constitutions 58-59].
Chastity requires an ongoing personal process of human and Christian maturity. The taking of the vows is not an ex opere operato that makes us chaste once and forever. It initiates a process of growth and maturity. This process includes an ongoing growth and maturing in our fidelity to the mission or charism of the Congregation. It requires the developing of a contemplative outlook on life that generates a life of intimate relationship with Jesus, a life style of an ever deepening personal, community and liturgical prayer. One cannot forget also to grow in the eschatological conviction which leads to witness to the values of the Kingdom of God. Immaturity and the lack of integration in one's life disorient us and leads us to the edge of harmful dangers. They should make use of all the means and helps towards mental and bodily health which the sciences offer. Above all, they must not neglect to follow those ascetical norms which have been tested by the experience of the Church [Constitution 60].
Chastity also requires an ongoing community process of human and Christian maturity. The vow is taken by all members of the Congregation. It is not just an individual's choice; it is an intricate part of the life of the Congregation. What is said above about the person applies to the community as well. The Congregation does not consist of aggregates of celibate bachelors but of communities that are brought together by a charism and a commitment to live and witness the message of Jesus in a radical way. The community must further grow in its capacity to support and strengthen the members. All, and especially superiors, should remember moreover that chastity is better safeguarded where there is an atmosphere of fraternal charity in the community [Constitution 60]. Chastity leads us to be present to one another in gospel friendship.
The scope of the vow of Chastity spreads beyond genitality and sexuality into the broad spectrum of life's affective dimensions. As St. Alphonsus wrote, it is not simply a question of virginity.
For a virgin to become a saint and a true spouse of Jesus Christ, it is not enough to be a virgin. It is further necessary to be a prudent virgin, she must have enough oil for the lamp, that is to say, in her heart, so that it may always burn with love for the spouse. The stupid virgins were also virgins. But, since they neglected to provide themselves with oil, they were sent away with these words by the divine spouse when they wanted to join the wedding: I do not know you. The virgin which, therefore, wants to be the true spouse of the Redeemer should have no other concern or thought in this earth than to love and please Jesus Christ (The True Spouse, Chapter 1).
When other concerns such as ambition, the love of money, comfort or status envelop a religious then that religious runs a high risk of being unfaithful to God and to the poor, of becoming untrue to the commitment of giving oneself totally to the love of God and neighbor. Perhaps Alphonsus would in addition shout today that the vow of chastity demands that we never scandalize the most abandoned poor, for in doing so we show our lack of true love for God.
Because the vow of Chastity is a matter of love, it is also deeply concerned with availability for mission and with solidarity with the excluded and neglected. The people, certainly the most abandoned poor, expect us to be men of God who learn to love as God himself loves, who are merciful as he is merciful. Chastity should not make us bitter, least of all in the personal or community experience of loneliness. Chastity will never imprison us in the nest of comfort, individualism or of self pity. It is there to make us courageous in our conviction that we can learn to love fully. It is there in our lives to send us out to carry out the very mission of Christ. God's grace will never fail us.
1. In May we reported that Father Gabriel Boudreault would receive the The Order of the Rising Sun: Gold Rays with Rosette from the Japanese Embassy to the Vatican in June. Here is Father Gabe receiving this honor from the Japanese Ambassador to the Holy See.
2. The participants of the Course for Formators sponsored by the General Secretariat for Formation met in Minburi, Thailand from April 30 to May 22. Here they visit the Royal Grand Palace of the King of Thailand.
3.Portuguese Redemptorists make a pilgrimage to Fatima to celebrate the Congregation's 275th anniversary.
4.Concert in Auditorium Paulo in Fatima in commemoration of the 275th Anniversary.
5. The English speaking participants of this year's Summer Alphonsian Spirituality Course pose for a group photo at Santa Severa, Italy with Father General and Consultor General Juventius Andrade. The group later traveled to Materdomini where they ventured out to visit the Alphonsian sites under the capable direction of Fathers Félix Catalá and Ivel Mendanha.
6. The annual feast and procession of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Sant'Alfonso, Rome.
7. This year, an outdoor garden and shrine to the right of the church staircase, were dedicated.
8. The community and people of Sant'Alfonso honor Our Mother of Perpetual Help with a procession, prayers and song around the neighborhood near Saint Mary Major and Piazza Vittorio Emmanuelle.
9. These next two photos courtesy of the New York Times, were accompanied by an article about the increasing ethnic diversity of Rome. They were also taken in our neighborhood. The photos show a shopping area very familiar to the residents of Sant'Alfonso near the procession route.
10. Ali, an Ethiopian shoe seller immigrant, reads a free tabloid daily newspaper in Rome's multiethnic Piazza Vittorio. Immigrants fill many fundamental jobs in Italy.
The Limerick Community in the Dublin Province has launched a new website www.novena.ie. On Monday, June 23rd, the official launch was held during one of the 10 daily novena sessions in preparation for the feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. As they have in Clonard, Belfast (http://www.clonard.com/), the site has live streaming so it will be possible for people anywhere who have broadband to tune-in to services in the church and to take part in the novena.
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Redemptorist meal prayers available on our website soon
Redemptorist Table Prayers is a text edited by Fr. Serafino Fiore, C.Ss.R that will be on line as soon as possible. It will appear in the principal languages of the Congregation on the web page of the Congregation www.cssr.com in the Documents section as soon as it is ready.
Its purpose is to pray at lunch and dinner with the help of the Word of God and our Constitutions and Statutes. Fr. General, Fr. Joseph Tobin, who has seen the text recommends its use, regarding it as an excellent method to make us ever more familiar with our Redemptorist spirituality and tradition and the continual renewal of the Congregation.
With the appropriate adaptations the text may be used by other religious and by the laity who share the Redemptorist mission.
The text can be downloaded printed and distributed to the communities of the different (V) Provinces. This will depend very much on the initiative of the (V) Provincial Superiors.
If necessary the Superiors may obtain a translation in other languages. For these versions it is recommended to keep in mind not only the biblical text but also that of our Constitutions and Statutes of which ‘Redemptorist Table Prayers' is meant to be an intermediary and reminder.
At the moment no decision has been made regarding publication or printing, though it is not excluded for the future. For eventual initiatives in this regard one should contact the General Secretary of the Congregation (seg.gen@cssr.com ).
First Profession of Temporary Vows:
Alphonsus Chainarin Laoprom, Vice Province of Bangkok, May 19, 2008
John De Agnel Anthonisamy, Vice Province of Ipoh, June 1, 2008
Eugene Lee Meng Huat, Vice Province of Ipoh, June 1, 2008
Terence Wee Chai Leng, Vice Province of Ipoh, June 1, 1008
Chacko Antony, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2008
Selwin Anthony Colaco, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2008
Melroy Glenn Correa, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2008
Raja Nayagam, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2008
Sagar Babu Repudi, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2008
Profession of Perpetual Vows:
John Tanakan Chanluechai, Vice Province of Bangkok, May 19, 2008
Alphonsus Athikhom Boonmaneeprasert, Vice Province of Bangkok, May 19, 2008
Charles Vijay Kumar Amruth Raj, Province of Bangalore, June 7, 2008
Christopher Prathap Stanley Barnabas, Province of Bangalore, June 7, 2008
Lawrence Victor George Clement, Province of Bangalore, June 7, 2008
Antony Frank Mariadas, Province of Bangalore, June 7, 2008
Elangovan Sundar Rajan, Province of Bangalore, June 7, 2008
Paul K'Nhoan, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Joseph Le Khanh Huyen, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Joseph Luong Van Long, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Joseph Nguyen Quoc Toan, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Joseph Nguyen Van Tinh, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Alphonse Tran Ngoc Huong, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Vincent Tran TGri Tue, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Pierre Dang Van Luong, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Pierre Phan Van Hoan, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Joseph Phan Vu Dung, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2008
Ordinations to the Priesthood:
George Michael Prasansa Kindo, Province of Bangalore, April 24, 2008
Jomio Thomas Mekkat, Province of Bangalore, May 18, 2008
Jobi Joseph Arianchery, Province of Bangalore, May 20, 2008
Mário Narte dos Santos Gomes, Vice Province of Recife, May 23, 2008
Vladimir Kiŝák, Vice Province of Michalovce, May 31, 2008
Krzysztof Jan Bugara, Province of Warsaw, May 31, 2008
Bartłomiej Łukasz Gadaj, Province of Warsaw, May 31, 2008
Piotr Grześkiewicz, Province of Warsaw, May 31, 2008
Walery Maziuk, Province of Warsaw, May 31, 2008
Maciej Maksymilian Ziębiec, Province of Warsaw, May 31, 2008
Néstor Flaminio Díaz Manríguez, Province of Santiago, May 31, 2008
Donald Berry Willard, Jr., Province of Denver, June 8, 2008
Peter Davidson Hill, Jr., Region of the Caribbean, June 12, 2008
Joseph Le Dang Khoa, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
Paul Le Xuan Loc, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
Jean Luu Ngoc Quynh, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
Jerome Nguyen Dinh Thuat, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
Paul Nguyen Huu Thuan, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
François Xavier Nguyen Kim Phung, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
Antoine Tran Quoc Toan, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
Joseph Tran Van Hung, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
Antoine Marie Vu Quoc Thinh, Province of Vietnam, June 28, 2008
Deaths:
Rev. Rosaire Boucher, 88, Province of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, May 15, 2008
Rev. Antonio Candita, 85, Province of Naples, May 27, 2008
Br. Rexton John (Regis) Lamb, 74, Region of Aotearoa, May 27, 2008
Rev. Aloísio Teizeira de Souza, 77, Province of São Paulo, June 8, 2008
Rev. Donald MacLellan, 70, Province of Edmonton-Toronto, June 15, 2008
Br. Marius Langlois, 77, Province of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, June 16, 2008
Rev. Henrique Schulterbrandt, 72, Region of the Caribbean, June 16, 2008
Electoral News:
Rev. Patrick Godwin Massang elected Vice Provincial Superior of the Vice Province of Ipoh. Confirmed June 4, 2008.
Rev. Thomas Jayaraj Gnanapragasam elected Vicar Provincial of the Province of Bangalore. Confirmed June 7, 2008.
Rev. Joseph Touraynne re-elected Provincial Superior of the Province of Lyon-Paris. Confirmed June 10, 2008.
Rev. Georges Darlix re-elected Vicar Provincial of the Province of Lyon-Paris. Confirmed June 10, 2008.
Rev. Vincente de Paula Ferreira re-elected Provincial Superior of the Province of Rio de Janeiro. Confirmed June 11, 2008.
Rev. Américo de Oliveira elected Vicar Provincial of the Province of Rio de Janeiro. Confirmed June 11, 2008.
Ver. José Poonvanikunnel elected Vicar Vice Provincial of the Vice Province of Alwaye. Confirmed June 13, 2008.
Rev. Blaise Matondo Bulembe elected Vice Provincial Superior of the Vice Province of Matadi. Confirmed June 16, 2008.
Rev. João Pedro Fernandes re-elected Vice Provincial Superior of the Vice Province of Luanda. Confirmed June 19, 2008.
Rev. Michal Zamkovsky re-elected Vice Provincial Superior of the Vice Province of Bratislava. Confirmed June 24, 2008.
Rev. Róbert Bezák elected Vicar Vice Provincial of the Vice Province of Bratislava. Confirmed June 24, 2008.
Appointments:
Rev. Gregorio Cruz appointed Regional Superior of the Region of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Rev. Anton Shiran Fonseka appointed Regional Vicar of the Region of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Rev. Shanti Gerard Abeyasingha nominated Second Consultor of the Region of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Appointed June 19, 2008.
Erection of a New Region:
The Region of Suriname (0061) erected as of July 1, 2008 under the responsibility of the Redemptorist Union in Brasil (URB). June 13, 2008.
Graduates in the Collegio Maggiore: Daniel Andree, Province of Denver, Licence in Canon Law from the Angelicum.
Charles Furmento, Province of Buenos Aires, Licence in Biblical Theology from the Gregorianum.
Bento Katchingangu, Vice Province of Luanda, Licence in Dogmatic Theology from the Lateran University.
Marianus Kujur, Province of Bangalore, Licence in Church History from the Gregorianum.
Mousssa Meyasser, Province of St. Clement/Region of Beirut, Licence in Christian Anthropology from the Teresianum.
Mauro Vilela, Province of São Paulo, Licence in Moral Theology from the Accademia Alfonsiana.