Rome, Italy
July 16, 2009

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FROM THE EDITOR:
Where to find information during summer recess
Jubilarians
Acknowledgements

NEWS FROM THE PROVINCES:
Madrid: New roles for the Superior Institute of Moral Sciences
Central and South America: Subregional Congress
Netherlands: Bicentenary Celebration of the birth of Blessed Peter Donders

REDEMPTORISTS IN THE NEWS:
New Ukrainian catechism headed up by Redemptorist bishop

COLLEGIO MAGGIORE:
Summer Graduates and new arrivals for October

SECRETARIATS AND COMMITTEES:
Resources from the Youth and Vocation Ministry Secretariat

TRANSITIONS:
Professions, Ordinations, Deaths, Anniversaries, etc.

A LAST LOOK:
Bicentenary Celebration of the birth of Blessed Peter Donders

FROM THE EDITOR:

Dear Confreres,

In keeping with the Roman summer and vacation period, this is the last SCALA until October. I urge you to go to our www.cssr.com website and enter the Redemptorist section during August and September to keep up on news about our upcoming General Chapter. We will post the reports of the Curia and Secretariats to the General Chapter and documents such as the Instrumentum Laboris as they become available in July and August. Special SCALA e-mails will be sent if the news warrants it, and in as many of our usual seven languages as there are translators available on short notice.

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NEWS FROM THE PROVINCES:

 

Madrid, Spain Laureano del Otero, C.Ss.R Director of the Institute for Moral Sciences Madrid: a Province dedicated to the formation of the confreres The process of restructuring the Congregation is one that is implicit in many areas of the life and mission of the confreres and communities. In the Province of Madrid, the process of restructuring directly affects the continuing formation of the confreres. Without an adequate renewal that is personal, spiritual, theological and pastoral the transformation and outcome of the resulting structure would be like a body without a soul. In this issue of SCALA the Spanish Secretariat of Redemptorist Formation and Spirituality wishes to present to the entire Congregation the program of activities which are developing. 1. A Province Center for continuing formation The Provincial Council decided, at the beginning of the new triennium, to choose the Community of the Most Holy Redeemer in Madrid as the center of continuing formation of the Province. There are two reasons for this decision. The first: The Superior Institute of Moral Sciences (ISCM) is located there. Until recently, it was an academic center which issued university degrees in moral theology. It has now developed into a center of formation, research and study in the area of the moral sciences, offering courses and gatherings that are more flexible and adapted to a wider public besides students of theology. The second reason: the well done physical updating that was completed in that house during recent years resulted in very useful space for community life and celebrations. 2. The Institute for Moral Sciences The Institute for Moral Sciences (ISCM) seeks to respond to the call to service to the Universal Church and to the Redemptorist charism in Spanish speaking countries. It has a missionary dimension as well as a specific contribution in the area of Christian Ethics. Continuing the tradition of moral theology among Redemptorist that has its roots from the time of Saint Alphonsus, the Institute coordinates the continuing formation of the confreres of the Province of Madrid, directs its reflection and work in light of pastoral evangelization and analyzes with special interest the dialogue that the Christian message has with today’s society. During the 2008-2009 academic year, the Institute for Moral Sciences underwent a profound transformation. It evolved from a school of theology to a center of study and reflection that offers courses and events with contemporary themes regarding Christian ethics. In February weekly courses were held on the topic of euthanasia, and in April, a seminar about artificial feeding and hydration for persons in a vegetative state took place. Also, in conjunction with the Redemptorist Non Government Organization (NOG), “Solidarity Association” there were two courses for the formation of volunteers. The Institute for Moral Sciences is also initiating a closer working relationship with the Provincial Missionary Team (CESPLAM), participating actively in their encounters, and planning a future missionary evangelization congress. During the coming year, the Institute will offer a course of basic morality through which its participants will receive the degree of “university expert” via the Spanish Offcampus University (Universidad Espanola a Distancia).

	3. The proposal of formation for confreres Besides initial formal formation, the Provincial Secretariat of Formation and Redemptorist Spirituality plans yearly formative encounters for the confreres in perpetual vows, with special attention given to each participant’s age and dedication to the mission. a) Triennial Course The third week of January is reserved for the so-called “Triennial Course”, an initiative of the Provincial Secretariat for Evangelization, to introduce the “Program of Provincial Evangelization” which serves as a guide for the renewal of the Province of Madrid. This course treats the renewal of life of the confreres during three years, and is aimed especially at confreres involved directly in pastoral and missionary ministry. Each year, during 8 days, the participants have the opportunity for three formative moments: biblical renewal, theological and ministerial updating and familiarization with new and emerging ministries. The last section is very interesting, as it involves ministerial experiences with the separated and divorced, immigrants, and those at the margins of society. This year the course was presented January 16 to 23. Forty confreres participated. During the first days, they treated themes regarding personal growth, human maturity, and conflict resolution. The second part familiarized the participants with new ways of communicating for evangelization, liturgy and ministry. Finally, there was study of the person and figure of Saint Paul. b) Permanent Formation for Older Confreres The Course of Permanent formation for older confreres was held during May 11 to 15, geared toward Redemptorists above 65 years of age. There were 40 participants. It had an international character, marked by the presence of Redemptorists from other countries, both presenters and participants alike. It was presented in three parts: strategies for self knowledge, renewal of charism, and the unfolding of evangelization in the aging process. We wish to highlight the part about Redemptorist charism, with the presence of two confreres: Fr. Fabriciano Ferrero, C.Ss.R., doctor of Church history and specialist in research of St. Clement Hofbauer, whose dissersation treated the history of St. Clement, and Fr. Ryszard Hajduk, C.Ss.R., professor of ministry and homiletics at the University of Warminsko-Mazurski of Olsztyn (Poland), who proposed Saint Clement as a model pastor for the XXI century. 4. Collaboration with the Congregation We would like to highlight also that the General Secretariat for Brothers chose the community of the Most Holy Redeemer and the Institute for Moral Sciences as the place of the recent Encounter of Brothers of the Region of Southern Europe, which was held March 24 to 27. It was a very gratifying experience for the participants. What deserves special mention was the fraternal atmosphere and interest in the presented themes. Besides this, various members of the Institute for Moral Sciences agreed to help others Redemptorist groups with further theological and moral studies. Our Province feels privileged to have counted on first class specialists in such diverse topics. They are all committed to this program of formation, and they also support initiatives that arise from within Redemptorist communities and parishes.

We are satisfied for having acheived, not only excellent participation, but above all, for having incorporated permanent formation as an important activity in the lives of all the Redemptorists of the Province of Spain.

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Closing Message of North Sub-Regional Congress II
Redemptorist Missionaries of the North Sub-Region
June, 2009

From June 7 to 14 of 2009, we, - the Most Rev. Rubém Antonio González Medina, C.M.F. (bishop of the Diocese of Cáguas and President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Puerto Rico), - 8 lay missionaries of the Vice-Province of San Salvador, of the Province of Mexico and of the Province of San Juan,

- 26 confreres of the North Sub-region of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Province of Santiago in Chile, the Union of Redemptorists of Brazil, and the Province of Madrid (CESPLAM),
came together to celebrate the II Congress of Itinerant Redemptorist Mission Preaching with the theme: “The Itinerant Redemptorist Mission for a missionary Church in Latin America and the Caribbean”; and with the logo: “Go and make disciples of all nations (Mt 28, 20)”.

This encounter is one more sign of the collaboration that already exists among the Units that form the North Sub-Region of Latin America and the Caribbean. We never tire of giving thanks to Saint Alphonsus and the other pioneers for having dedicated themselves totally to God, allowing themselves to be led by the Holy Spirit. The Mission gives meaning to our lives.It is a charism that comes from the heart of the Church: the explicit proclamation of the Gospel. Thus we fully identify with the message of the Conference of Aparecida: “To recognize Jesus Christ through faith is our joy; to follow Him is a grace, and to give this treasure to others is a task that the Lord, having called and chosen us, has entrusted to us” (DA 18). It is a grace for us to be those called and sent in this new Pentecost for Latin America and the Caribbean.

We strongly note during these times, how the Redemptorist charism, the explicit proclamation of the Word to the most needy, coincides fully with the spirit of the Conference of Aparecida and even more so with the precise way in which it is presented in in the Continental Mission: “We aim for a missionary process which could last many years, which springs from a personal and communal encounter with the Lord Jesus, and places the entire Church and all those in the Church, in a permanent state of being on Mission. “

We feel very much at home with this proposal of Mission. Without false pride, we feel we have sufficient experience in order to begin this missionary work in our Church.

Today, two years since the Conference of Aparecida, we come together as Redemptorist missionaries working together with such variety and from different dioceses of our Region of the Continental Mission.

Now what arises before us is the possibility of offering a concrete proposal to the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, of a Redemptorist Mission which responds to the demands of the Continental Mission.

This II Congress of the Sub-Region concerned itself with the development of a missionary process which includes, not only the explicit preached time of the mission itself, but an entire process, with a pre-mission, a time of extraordinary preaching, and a permanent and well structured Mission which makes possible the continuity of all the work previously completed.

Being faithful to our missionary style of work, we offer our extraordinary assistance toward daily ministry of the parishes and dioceses of our land, within the general context of the Continental Mission.

As Redemptorist Missionaries, we perceive in the Continental Mission a historic moment in which everyone might feel to be disciples and missionaries in this process of renewal of the faithful. Thus, we urge all religious and lay Redemptorists to actively participate in the Continental Mission. We are a unifying and interested part of this Mission, and may it be a time of grace from Lord, on the personal, congregational and ecclesial levels.

Regarding the results of the study in preparation for CELAM, “Plan of the Continental Mission,” so rich in its entirety, this Congress has decided to write a letter in which we express “that it does not appear to us that the evaluation made regarding the popular missions is truly just, because the missions are at the service of ordinary ministry, helping in the functioning of base communities and stimulating the missionary dimension of community ministry.

As we conclude this missionary Congress, in which was raised the ideal of raising up a great number of youthful missionaries, we reaffirm that there lies ahead a great deal of work.

A Redemptorist charism lived out fills us with joy. We see in it the call of the Holy Spirit to the Congregation, which is much more alive than ever through this opportunity offered to us.

The task does not end here, but we must develop the details of this project.

We give thanks to God for the opportunity of coming together, praying and workiing in a setting of fraternal trust. In a special manner, we give thanks to the confreres of the Province of San Juan for the warm welcome and extensive preparations made for this encounter.

We ask the Lord and Our Lady of Perpetual Help that our Congregaton in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be renewed in light of the Conference of Aparecida, in order that we may continue to be disciples and missionaries of the Lord in each of our native settings.

Tilburg, Netherlands
Homily: Bicentenary of the Birth of Blessed Peter Donders, C.Ss.R.
Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., Superior General
24 June 2009

Another planet Last month I participated in an assembly of the Redemptorist superiors in Latin America. Among the confreres at the meeting was Father Vicente, a young provincial superior from Brazil, who is also responsible for the Redemptorists in Surinam. When he gave a report on the confreres in that country, Father Vicente spoke with great enthusiasm about the mission, but he also emphasized how different the country was from Brazil. He repeated several times the phrase “Surinam is another planet!” If someone from a neighboring country can make such a strong affirmation, we can imagine that Paramaribo and Batavia are light years away from Tilburg and the rest of the Netherlands. Just as 167 years ago, when a young priest named Peter Donders stepped off a ship in Paramaribo, Surinam remains a beautiful but alien landscape for the visitor. A unique vocation The country of Surinam is not the only unusual element in the biography of Blessed Peter Donders. Among the canonized saints and beati of the Redemptorists, only Peerke was initially rejected by our Congregation. After the Redemptorists, Jesuits and Franciscans had closed their doors to this

humble son of Tilburg, God led him to become a diocesan priest and then a missionary in Surinam. Twenty-four years later the Redemptorists followed him to that distant land and discovered that Peerke was already living the inspiration of our Founder, St. Alphonsus. Peerke always expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Redemptorists for finally accepting him into the Congregation; it is us, his confreres, who must blush at our short-sightedness and approach this blessed man with meekness and hearts that are ready to learn.

Can the strange life of Peter Donders, which began in this city two centuries ago and was spent in the jungles, rivers and plantations of Surinam, still teach us today? Or should we look at him as a beautiful but exotic piece of art that should be admired but cannot be imitated?

An exotic way of life? The most fundamental lesson of his life is certainly the way he understood the great mystery that continues to fascinate men and women: the possibility of real love. First of all, Peerke knew that he was loved – preciously, daily, and eternally – by the One who “so loved the world that he sent his only son” (Jn 3, 16). For him, Christianity is not simply a set of beliefs or a moral code; rather, first and foremost, it is an encounter with a Person, Jesus Christ. He understood Jesus’ teaching that God is to be encountered in prayer but also in the loving service of others. So Peerke learned that his life was a gift, a gift that would reach its fullest expression only in being given without reserve to God and to his fellow men and women. “Love not in word or speech but in deed and truth” People never tire of talking about love. It is enough to go to the cinema, listen to an opera or read poetry to understand how love continues to fascinate human beings. The life of Blessed Peter shows us that real love cannot simply be discussed or observed; it finally must be lived in concrete choices and gestures. Such is the exhortation of the apostle John that we heard at the conclusion of the first reading: “Let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth” (1 John 3, 18).

Blessed Peter Donders did not speculate about love. It seems that he wrote only fifty-two letters over the course of forty-five years of missionary work in Surinam. Peerke was a man of action and his understanding of love is expressed in deeds, not lofty words or complicated theories. You are familiar with the paintings and icons that attempt to capture the concreteness of his love. These depict Peerke binding the wounds of lepers or patiently instructing the indigenous people of Surinam. Let me recall two other images of him. As far as I know, there are no paintings that portray these gestures of love. I refer to his cigar and his accordion.

Respect The last time I visited the former leper colony at Batavia, one of the confreres pointed to an isolated area on the periphery of the camp. There, he explained, was where Peerke would smoke. Why did he not smoke in the presence of the lepers? While the rest of the authorities smoked constantly in order to dispel the stench of the lepers. Blessed Peter never did, simply as a sign of respect for his suffering brothers and sisters. For him, the lepers were children of God, brothers and sisters of Jesus – not clients, statistics or simply souls to be saved. His love for them was respectful. Creativity When he was nearly sixty years old, Blessed Peter began an apostolate among the indigenous people of Surinam. He quickly recognized that the pastoral methods he used in the city of Paramaribo or at the leprosarium of Batavia would not work among the indigenous people. So he sought to preach the Gospel in new ways. He discovered that music would attract people and, in his third age of life, learned to play the accordion. His love for them was creative. When he died, the Indians lamented, “Now who will teach us to sing?”

The message of Peerke We return to the question proposed earlier in this reflection: can the life of Blessed Peter Donders speak to us even today? I believe we can detect an important change in him over the course of his seventy-seven years. In his ministry to the abandoned poor, he was first motivated by a sense of duty. Little by little, he discovered great satisfaction in serving the poor. But, finally, he realized that he was in fact one of them, another poor man who was infinitely loved by God, together with the least of his brothers and sisters. This solidarity was produced by the way he lived the two commandments on which “depend the whole law and the prophets” (Mt. 22, 40). By loving God with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his mind, Peerke discovered that he must love his neighbor as himself. His love for God was simply a response to God who loved him first, leading him to the conviction that God loved others in the same way. After a lifetime of practice, he discovered the fundamental solidarity to which every human being is called. Peerke has a special message for us, his confreres in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. In your mind’s eye, can you see him as he approaches us: smiling, dressed in a tattered cassock, with an accordion slung over his shoulder? Of course, he is not smoking, so as not to offend us. What does he say? His message to us, his brothers is this: “if you want to be happy, stay close to the Lord in grateful prayer, pay attention to the cry of the abandoned poor, go to them and Jesus will teach you to sing”.

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REDEMPTORISTS IN THE NEWS:

Ukrainian Church
Redemptorist Bishop heads up new Catechism
Aid to the Church in Need

The first worldwide catechism for the Ukrainian Byzantine Rite Catholic Church is set to transform catechesis throughout the rite. Six years in the making, the historic book is almost finished – and will be published in 2010. A series of conferences, workshops and meetings with priests is planned to implement the catechism into the life of the Church – part of a 10-year strategy by the Ukrainian bishops.

Sister Luiza Ciupa, whose work at the Catechetical Institute in Lviv, western Ukraine, has been vital in the Church’s recovery from 70 years of communist atheism, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the catechism was intended for Ukrainian Byzantine Rite Catholics around the world.

“Because this will be the book of our faith for our Church – and will unify our faith – it will be translated into at least six languages,” she said. As well as Ukrainian the catechism is due to be published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Polish, with versions in other languages if possible. Essential aid of more than $30,000 to cover editing and other costs related to its preparation was provided by ACN. Sr Ciupa said: “It's a costly project, but it's also very important for our Church.”

Stressing its significance for a Church that was not allowed to teach catechesis in Ukraine under communist rule, Sr Ciupa said: “The catechism is important because it leads people into the sacraments and into the life of the Church.

“I think that every time we open ourselves to the deepening of our faith, our tradition, our membership of our particular Church, it helps us live our faith more deeply and better express our faith – and so it helps us in some way to better know our identity and testify to our faith.”

The completed text, under the guidance of Bishop Peter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R., of Melbourne, Australia, is due to be presented to the synod of bishops in November for their final approval.

At the April, 2005 conference in Lviv, Bishop Stasiuk, chairman of the Synodal Catechetical Commission, said:

“It is very important that we, as the largest Eastern Catholic Church, should write our own catechism. I think you see the importance of this yourself. One can certainly say that if we look at our Church around the world, the very absence of such a catechism reflects our present lack of unity, identity, respect for our own liturgical traditions and a lack of a Ukrainian religious consciousness.

Our Church may already have become a hybrid. The road before us is going to be long and difficult, but we must start that journey. If we are to be an authentic Ukrainian Catholic Church in the future, if we are to continue to exist and be vibrant in 25, 50 or 100 years from now, then we must journey down this road. We must rediscover our own roots and traditions and then we must pass all this onto the next generations.

Doing nothing will only accelerate the assimilation process. Surely we all have a dream that our church will be unique, vibrant and strong. Each of us does have a soul which has been shaped over the centuries of our past. The writing of this catechism is a God sent opportunity to identify and present a clear instruction about the nature of our church as it has grown amongst us since apostolic times.

It is a fulfillment of God’s desire as the church has so clearly taught us. The late Pope John Paul II said, ‘I listen to the Churches of the East, which I know are living interpreters of the Treasure of tradition they preserve. In contemplating it, before my eyes appear elements of great significance for a fuller and more thorough understanding of the Christian experience. These elements are capable of giving a more complete Christian response to the expectations of the men and women of today (Orientale Lumen).’”

The catechism will enable the whole Universal Church to breathe more easily with both lungs, as John Paul II liked to say in reference to both the Latin and Eastern rites of the Church.

Sr Ciupa has been heavily involved in the project, which has drawn contributions from experts including theologians, catechists, liturgists and biblical scholars, under the guidance of Bishop Stasiuk.

With many Ukrainian Byzantine Rite Catholics now living abroad, Sr Ciupa said the catechism would help unite people in their faith. It will help others to discover the beauty of our tradition and our rite,” she told ACN. “The Ukrainian soul will find itself wherever [the faithful] live: Canada, Brazil, Argentina, London, Australia, wherever!”

For more information see: http://www.catholicukes.org.au/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=150

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COLLEGIO MAGGIORE:

Rome
Collegio Maggiore
Jose Vidigal, C.Ss.R.

Last month we reported on Domingos Ferreira, Vice Province of Recife, receiving his doctorate from the Alphonsianum. The following Redemptorists of the Collegio Maggiore have completed their studies in the various universities of Rome, receiving Liscentiates, and are returning to their provinces. Congratulations!

João Batista Alves do Nascimento, Province of Bahia, Spirituality, Teresianum
Moïse Bagonda Kkonso, Vice Province of Matadi, Spirituality, Teresianum
Faustino Calcina Llave, Province of Bolivia, Spirituality, Teresianum
Hugo Ariel Elias Stang, Province of Buenos Aires, Moral Theology, Alphonsianum
Richard Nelson Flores Cruz, Province of Bolivia, Pastoral Theology, Lateran
Rogério Gomes, Province of São Paulo, Moral Theology, Alphonsianum
Witold Hetnar, Province of Warsaw, Social Sciences, Gregorianum
Elicerio Moreno González, Province of Bogotá, Dogmatic Theology, Gregorianum
Giovanni Nguyen Ngoc Hai, Province of Vietnam, Philosophy, Gregorianum
Zdzislaw Stanula, Vice Province of Burkina-Niger, Moral Theology, Alphonsianum
Waldemar Darius Warzynski, Province of Saint Gerard (Russia), Moral Theology, Alphonsianum

In September, the following Redemptorists will join the Collegio Maggiore in Rome to begin their studies. Welcome:

Edilberto Balondo Cepe, Province of Cebu, Sacred Scripture, Biblicum
Christopher Kuriyappilly Lonan, Province of Bangalore, Sacred Scripture, Biblicum
Héctor Javier Machado, Vice Province of Resistencia, Missiology, Urbanianum
Vidal Mayorga Rangel, Province of Bogotá, Spirituality, Teresianum
Paulo Cézar Nunes de Oliveira, Province of Goiás, Moral Theology, Alphonsianum
Marlos Aurélio da Silva, Province of São Paulo, Theology, Gregorianum
Filippo Strippoli, Province of Naples, Consecrated Life, Claretianum
Pedro Delfín Calle Hunca, Province of Quito, Spirituality, Teresianum
Godefroy Marie Vawanzola N’Kanza, Vice-Provínce of Matadi, Biblicial Theology, Gregorianum

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SECRETARIATS AND COMMITTEES:

General Secretariat for Redemptorist Youth and Vocation Ministry (RYVM)
New Documents
Serafino Fiore, C.Ss.R.

We have recently added some new documents to the website of the General Secretariat for RYVM. http://www.cssr.com/english/whoarewe/SecsAndComms/PGVR/Documents/sec.pgvr-docs-MenuPage-EN.shtml We hope they will be helpful to the confreres, particularly for those who work in the field of Redemptorist Youth and Vocation Ministry. We refer to the Redemptorist Family Lexicon of RYVM and “Reaching Out and Inviting In”.

In a series of 56 simple and concise folders, the Lexicon seeks to explain the Redemptorist charism to young people. This is a tool that has been badly needed. In using it, the person responsible for RYVM can explain to young people in a few words the notion of redemption, prayer, the abandoned and poor, the path of holiness for our saints and blesseds, etc. For the moment, the Lexicon is available only in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese, but it is hoped that as soon as possible other translations will be available. Perhaps someday there will be a printed version of it in at least the principal languages. Meanwhile, consulting the Lexicon on-line will help one to see how one might valuably use the tool in its .pdf format. Time will tell to what extent it is useful and how it might be improved before it reaches a printed format.

Another tool is “Reaching Out and Inviting In”. This is a series to be used in gatherings for prayer and shared reflection. It is aimed at use by the Redemptorist confreres, our lay associates and youth. The schema followed is similar to that of Charism 2000 and, like it, it requires adaptation, creativity and, above all, a spirit of initiative so that our lay people also will dedicate themselves to promoting the vocation of the consecrated life, particularly as it is lived by Redemptorists. This tool is available for the moment in English, Spanish and Portuguese, but it is hoped that it will soon be available in other translations.

For some time, there is also available on the website the Guidelines for RYVM on Powerpoint, with the spiritual and theological principals which inspire our work with young people and in favor of vocations. Here too reigns the supreme rule: the tools are to be adapted and improved, but, above all, used!

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TRANSITIONS

Recent noteworthy events in the Redemptorist Family. For a complete record of Transitions visit the Officialia site

First Profession of Temporary Vows:
Rico John Bilangel y Bonete, Vice Province of Manila, May 2, 2009
Rufino Jr. Macasaet y Mea, Vice Province of Manila, May 2, 2009
Constantino Puzon, Province of Cebu, May 22, 2009
Klint Jan Alum, Province of Cebu, May 22, 2009
Stany Fernandes, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2009
Denzil Zeff Godinho, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2009
Gerald Anand Jaganathan, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2009
Balaswamy Jojappa Koppula, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2009
Louis Raj Rayappan, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2009
Antony Charles Santiago, Province of Bangalore, June 9, 2009

Perpetual Profession of Vows:
Joseph Varuth Jitjaras-amphan, Vice Province of Bangkok, May 30, 2009-07-03
John Baptist Piyapong Siriviriyanun, Vice Province of Bangkok, May 30, 2009
Joseph Prud Thipthong, Vice Province of Bangkok, May 30, 2009
Raja Vijayanand Nimmagadda, Province of Bangalore, June 6, 2009
Antic Santosh Pragasam, Province of Bangalore, June 6, 2009
Kimani, Boniface Wainaina Kimani, Mission of Kenya, June 6, 2009
Oindo, Joseph Mathew Ouma Oindo, Mission of Kenya, June 6, 2009

Ordination to the Priesthood:
Mark Chandavengerwa, Region of Zimbabwe, May 30, 2009
Viktar Bokhan, Province of Warsaw, May 30, 2009
Lyudvih Labuda, Province of Warsaw, May 30, 2009
Stanislaw Madejczyk, Provnce of Warsaw, May 30, 2009
Jozef Troja, Vice Province of Michalovce, May 31, 2009
Joseph Luong Van Long, Province of Vietnam, June 13, 2009
Ján Zoricák, Vice Province of Bratislava, June 20, 2009

Deaths:
Br. Golding, Francis (Richard), 84, Province of London, May 27, 2009
Br. Savino, Gerardo (Majella), 83, Province of Naples, June 8, 2009
Rev. James Michael Joseph Phelan, 91, Province of Edmonton-Toronto, June 8, 2009
Rev. Daniel Bray, 74, Province of Dublin, June 10, 2009
Rev. James Joseph Farrell, 79, Province of Denver, June 10, 2009
Rev. Raymond Tremblay, 80, Province of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, June 12, 2009
Rev. François Morque, 89, Province of Lyon-Paris, June 12, 2009
Rev. Lambert Wimmer, 92, Province of Vienna, June 14, 2009
Rev. Eurico Rodriques Norte, 64, Province of São Paulo, June 15, 2009
Rev. Gerald Burke George Heim, 85, Province of Denver, June 17, 2009
Rev. Francis Joseph Browne, 66, Vice Province of Richmond, June 18, 2009
Rev. Leo Francis Dunn, 92, Province of Baltimore, June 19, 2009

Jubilees: August & September:

75th Jubilee of Profession:
Leopold Preβner, Province of Munich, August 2, 2009
Victor Rodriques, Vice Province of Recife, August 2, 2009
Giles Gardiner, Province of Campo Grande, August 2, 2009
Adrien Grenier, Province of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, August 15, 2009
Lucas Alvarez Hurtado, Province of Madrid, August 24, 2009
Demetrio Ilzarbe Azcona, Vice Province of Caracas, August 24, 2009
Paul Andris, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Albert Joseph Lamote, Region of the Caribbean, September 15, 2009

70th Jubilee of Profession:
John Virgil Caskey, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Charles Mallen, Vice Province of Richmond, August 2, 2009
James Edward McGonagle, Vice Province of Richmond, August 2, 2009
Frantisek Hurina, Province of Prague, Aukgust 2, 2009
Tadeusz Henneberg, Province of Warsaw, August 2, 2009
Stanislaw Podgórski, Province of Warsaw, August 2, 2009
Gildo Primo Librelotto, Province of Goiás, August 2, 2009
William Emmett Collins, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Eugene Matthew Oates, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Tirso Cepedal Román, Province of Madrid, August 24, 2009
Antonio Hortelano Alcázar, Province of Madrid, August 24, 2009
Jean Guiguitant, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Henri Le Boursicaud, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Paul Mathieu, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Louis Vereecke, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Paul Roosen, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Julien Standaert, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Cornelis Verhoeven, Province of St. Clement/Region of Netherlands, September 15, 2009

70th Jubilee of Ordination:
Victor Rodrigues, Vice Province of Recife, August 2, 2009
Oreste De Simone, Province of Naples, September 24, 2009

60th Jubilee of Profession:
Herman Joseph Brinkman, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Thomas Forrest, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Thomas Francis Hickey, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Joseph Tracy Hurley, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Gerard Schreiber, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
James Thomas Small, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Michal Roško, Vice Province of Michalovce, August 2, 2009
Tadeusz Majgier, Province of Warsaw, August 2, 2009
Ludwik Paprocki, Province of Warsaw, August 2, 2009
Zbigniew Kotlinski, Province of St. Gerard, August 2, 2009
Léon Le Trung Nghia, Province of Vietnam, August 2, 2009
Pierre Nguyen Quang Diep, Province of Vietnam, August 2, 2009
Ivo Fernandes, Province of Bangalore, August 2, 209
Cruice Sanjivi, Province of Bangalore, August 2, 2009
John Foster (Patrick) Concidine, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
James Earl Joseph Patterson, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
William Henry (Carlos) Steiner, Vice Province of Manaus, August 2, 2009
Leo Joseph Travis, Vice Province of Bangkok, August 2, 2009
Richard William Thiele, Vice Province of Nigeria, August 2, 2009
Thomas Irving Kelly, Province of Edmonton-Toronto, August 2, 2009
Clark Louis McAulay, Province of Edmonton-Toronto, August 2, 2009
Gerardo Ortega Mejía, Vice Province of Perú-South, August 7, 2009
Josef Newald, Province of Vienna, August 15, 2009
Stanislav Muzikár, Province of Prague, August 15, 2009
Marcel Fortin, Vice Province of Tokyo, August 15, 2009
Jesús Molero García, Province of Madrid, August 24, 2009
José Martínez Miguélez, Vice Province of Caracas, August 24, 2009
Wilhelm Fritscher, Vice Province of Kagoshima, September 3, 2009
Stephen Wetherall, Province of London, September 8, 2009
John Stanislaus Mellett, Province of Dublin, September 8, 2009
Joseph Naughton, Province of Dublin, September 8, 2009
Clément Brillet, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Robert Grenier, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Pierre Huss, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Raymond Surel, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 8, 2009
Guy Collet, Vice Province of Burkina-Niger, September 8, 2009
Jean-Marie Queloz, Province of Bolivia, September 8, 2009
Eugene Michielsen, Province of St. Clement/Region of Netherlands, September 8, 2009
Donato Morrone, Province of Rome, September 15, 2009
Armando Rizzardo, Province of Rome, September 15, 2009
Pietro Rizzardo, :Province of Rome, September 15, 2009
Firmin De Klerck, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Fernand Ivens, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Hendrik Laenen, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Frans Van der Plas, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Louis Vercammen, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Marcel Weemaies, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Francesco Brancaccio, Province of Naples, September 29, 2009
Francesco Saturno, Province of Naples, September 29, 2009

60th Jubilee of Ordination:
Kevin Hickey, Province of Canberra, September 4, 2009
Russel Morison, Province of Canberra, September 4, 2009
James David Wallace, Province of Canberra, September 4, 2009
Gerardus (Geraldo) Pennock, Vice Province of Recife, September 13, 2009
Joannes (Hans) Van Eunen, Province of St. Clement/Region of Netherlands, September 13, 2009
Karel Ampe, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Anselm De Neef, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Albert De Ruyck, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Oskar De Spiegeleer, Povince of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Juul Janssen, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Pieter Moortgat, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Jérôme Van Landeghem, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, September 15, 2009
Alfons Kleine, Province of St. Clement/Region of Cologne, September 22, 2009
Noël Wickers, Vice Province of Burkina-Niger, September 29, 2009

50th Jubilee of Profession:
James Brennan, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Bishop Edward Gilbert, Archbishop of Trinidad-Tobaggo (Province of Baltimore), August 2, 2009
Manuel Martinez Gonzalez, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Louis Alphonse Olive, Province of Baltimore, August 2, 2009
Francis Nelson, Vice Province of Richmond, August 2, 2009
William Joseph Smith, Vice Province of Richmond, August 2, 2009
John Smyth, Vice Province of Richmond, August 2, 2009
Joseph Krastel, Region of the Caribbean, August 2, 2009
Francisco Carlos Sprauer Heiderscheio, Province of Buenos Aires, August 2, 2009
Philip Benetius Anthony Malaviaratchi, Region of Colombo, August 2, 2009
Desmond D’Souza, Region of Mumbai, August 2, 2009
Franklin Lobo, Region of Mumbai, August 2, 2009
Rafael Torres Oliver, Province of San Juan, August 2, 2009
Francis Thomas Danielsen, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Ramon Richard Dompke, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Hugh Richard Elford, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Francis (Clement) Coraro Furno, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Abelardo Enrique López, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Raymond William Maiser, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Edward Thomas Morgan, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Joseph W. Jacob Morin, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Patrick James O´Brien, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Michael James Shea, Province of Denver, August 2, 2009
Peter Hat, Province of Vienna, August 2, 2009
Friedrich Schnallinger, Province of Vienna, August 2, 2009
Santiago Bertólez García, Province of Madrid, August 2, 2009
Serafin Martínez Cuervo, Province of Madrid, August 2, 2009
Carlos Pereira Prado, Province of Madrid, August 2, 2009
Miguel Rubio Carrasco, Province of Madrid, August 2, 2009
José María Montes Palomino, Mission of Ivory Coast, August 2, 2009
John Webster, Province of Canberra, August 2, 2009
Ramiro Clavijo Espinosa, Province of Bogotá, August 2, 2009
Julio Ramírez Montoya, Province of Bogotá, August 2, 2009
António Alves de Sousa, Province of Lisbon, August 2, 2009
Faustino Caldas Ferreira, Province of Lisbon, August 2, 2009
António de Carvalho Teixeira, Province of Lisbon, August 2, 2009
Hilaire Nguyen Gia Tuoc, Province of Vietnam, August 2, 2009
Jean-Baptiste Nguyen The Theip, Province of Vietnam, August 2, 2009
Héctor Julián Rodríquez Rosas, Province of México, August 2, 2009
Franciszek Micek, Vice Province of Bahia, August 2, 2009
Leonhard Behr, Province of Munich, September 3, 2009
Jan Milcz, Province of London, September 6, 2009
Finbar O´Toole, Province of London, September 6, 2009
Andreas (André) Janssen, Province of St. Clement/Region of Netherlands, September 8, 2009
Henricus (Henk) Van’t Erve, Province of St. Clement/Region of Netherlands, Sept. 8, 2009
Sergio Campara, Mission of Cuba, September 15, 2009
Jean-Pierre Foulon, Region of Belgium-South, September 15, 2009
André Philippe, Region of Belgium-South, September 15, 2009
Filiberto Silvestri, Province of Rome, September 15, 2009
Gabriel Gagnon, Province of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, September 15, 2009
Réal Guay, Province of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, September 15, 2009
Seán Cannon, Province of Dublin, September 24, 2009
Cornelius Casey, Province of Dublin, September 24, 2009
Edmond Creamer, Province of Dublin, September 24, 2009
Seamus Devitt, Province of Dublin, September 24, 2009
John Keeney, Province of Dublin, September 24, 2009
James Stanley, Province of Dublin, September 24, 2009
Henry Allen O’Brien, Province of Cebu, September 24, 2009

50th Jubilee of Ordination:
Angel Montesdeoca Velasco, Province of Quito, August 2, 2009
Luis Yánez Verdezoto, Province of Quito, August 2, 2009
Román Lázaro Lázaro, Province of Madrid, August 16, 2009
Josef Hanssens, Province of St. Clement/Region of Flanders, August 30, 2009
Joseph Tran Ngoc Thao, Province of Vietnam, September 5, 2009
Joseph Tran Quang Dang, Province of Vietnam, September 5, 2009
Jean Bosco Pham Minh, Region of Vietnamiens, September 5, 2009
Maurice Arnould, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 5, 2009
François Gautier, Province of Lyon-Paris, September 5, 2009
Gerardus (Pio) Hensgens, Vice Province of Recife, September 16, 2009
Joannes (Jan) Mul, Province of St. Clement/Region of Netherlands, September 16, 2009
Gulielmus (Wim) Timmermans, Province of St. Clement/Region of Netherlands, Sept. 16, 2009
Michael Condon, Province of Dublin, September 20, 2009
Bernard Foley, Province of Dublin, September 20, 2009
Denis Cronin, Vice Province of Fortaleza, September 20, 2009
John Purcell, Province of Cebu, September 20, 2009
William Skehan, Province of Cebu, September 20, 2009
Theodor Mönnich, Vice Province of Kagoshima, September 27, 2009
Carl Frederick Schmidt, Province of Edmonton-Toronto, September 27, 2009

25th Jubilee of Profession:
Jozef Jurcenko, Vice Province of Michalvoce, August 1, 2009
Jorge Carlos Eugenio Espinosa Urcelay, Province of México, August 1, 2009
Gerald Fleming, Province of Edmonton-Toronto, August 1, 2009
Charles Joseph Goakery, Province of Edmonton-Toronto, August 1, 2009
Guy Desrochers, Province of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, August 7, 2009
Jean-Luc Tremblay, Province of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, August 7, 2009
James Raymond McDonald, Province of Baltimore, September 1, 2009
Adrian Gerard Egan, Province of Dublin, September 1, 2009
John Patrick McAlinden, Province of Dublin, September 1, 2009
David Anthony Philip McNamara, Province of Dublin, September 1, 2009
Colm Joseph Meaney, Province of Cebu, September 1, 2009
Callistus Vanty Auguiste, Region of the Caribbean, September 16, 2009
João Pedro Fernandes, Vice Province of Luanda, September 16, 2009
Natalino Rauti, Province of Naples, September 29, 2009
Antoine Makaya Nziuki, Vice Province of Matadi, September 29, 2009

25th Jubilee of Ordination:
Laureano Hurtado Castaño, Province of Bogotá, August 4, 2009

Appointments:
Rev. Jan Chaim, Province of Warsaw, appointed Polish translater at the service of the General Curia, June 17, 2009 to begin service on October 1, 2009.

Suppression of Houses:
Domus “Saint Clement,” Avenue Benseke 2 Bis, Kintambo, in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, suppressed June 18, 2009.

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A Last Look

A picture is worth a thousand words
Tilburg, Netherlands

On June 24, 2009, the province of St. Clement held an international celebration in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Peter Donders in Tilburg, Holland at Peter Donders Park (www.peerkedonders.nl). Father General was the principal celebrant at the Mass. http://picasaweb.google.nl/jellepwind/24Juni2009PeerkeDondersInternationaal.

 

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