FROM THE EDITOR:
24^th General Chapter begins October 19th.
Complete coverage of the General Chapter on our websites
Letter from the Superior General
Conspectus Generalis & other publications available on website

Welcome to the 50th regular edition of SCALA.

There are just a few short days left before the start of our XXIVth General Chapter. We remind you that complete coverage of the General Chapter can be found at: http://www.cssr.tv/xxiv/chapter.htm and at www.cssr.com under the Redemptorist area. You will note also a blue and black button underneath the Chapter logo on our cssr.com language home pages to facilitate your entry.

We remind those with less powerful computers and weak internet connections that if you experience downloading problems, you should use the links at www.cssr.com under the Redemptorist section. You may continue to request the password from me at GaryZ@cssr.com if you have forgotten it or never obtained it.

This is the fourth general chapter held since the advent of the civilian Internet age, which is usually calculated from the start of the World Wide Web (www.) in 1989. I believe this General Chapter will be unique in that many of the individual Capitulars present will have their own means of keeping the confreres back home informed through laptops, various phone devices, recorders, and programs like Twitter – just as we will also be employing. This will be the most instantaneously reported General Chapter in history!

Father General has released a “Letter to the Congregation,” that is available at the Communicanda menu item of the General Government on our www.cssr.com website: In it he gives his final reflections as Superior General after 18 years of service, six as General Consultor and 12 as Superior General. When I asked him if he would like to give a final interview to SCALA in conjunction with its release he smilingly answered: “Write that I asked them to read the letter.” So, please read the letter!

Click on this link: http://www.cssr.com/english/whoarewe/Communicanda/2003-2009_TobinLettertotheConfreres-EN.shtml

Of course, he will also give a state of the Congregation address to the Capitulars at the General Chapter, which we hope to video stream live and on-demand.

See you via the internet at the Chapter!
Grace and Redemption for All!
Gary Ziuraitis, C.Ss.R.

Province of Madrid
In the steps of St. Clement
An account of the Spanish Province Pilgrimage I
Laureano Del Otero, C.Ss.R.

In order to celebrate the centenary of the canonization of St. Clement Maria Hofbauer and to understand better the context in which he developed his great evangelizing mission, the Spanish Redemptorists organized two pilgrimages to the countries he ministered in: The Czech Republic, Poland and Austria. The first pilgrimage for lay people took place last summer, the 5th to 12th of August. There were 48 pilgrims including three Redemptorists, two Spaniards and a Polish confrere living in the Madrid province for some years. The laity represented different Redemptorist religious communities (Asturias, Salamanca, Mérida, Granada, Madrid, Seville etc). The group included Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer and past Redemptorist students.

Our pilgrimage through Central Europe following the steps of St. Clement began at the end of his journey, by the veneration of his relics. In the Church of Santa Maria am Gestade where the saint is buried we celebrated the Eucharist that marked the beginning of an intense experience of great beauty, history and spirituality.

On August 5 we toured the lovely city of Vienna, former capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with a special visit to the Cathedral of St. Stephen, where the funeral of St. Clement was celebrated, and to the Ursuline Convent. On the following day we went to the Vienna woods to see the Schonbrunn palace and the area of Grinzing.

Having visited the city where St. Clement was destined to spend so much of his life, on August 7th we crossed the frontier into the Czech Republic. We visited Tasowice, his birthplace, where the Pastor, Fr. Tomás, gave us a guided tour explaining the place and the present situation of the Church in his country. He also issued an invitation for more Redemptorists to live in this small locality. In the nearby Premonstratensian monastery of Kloster Bruck (Znoimo), where St. Clement was a baker, we had the pleasure of tasting some of the local wines. On various occasions we experienced the special devotion of the bakers to St. Clement as their Patron. At sunset we arrived in Prague, the capitol city, that we fully explored the following day crossing the famous Charles Bridge several times.

On August 9th we reached Poland. the third and last country of our pilgrimage. Recalling the experience of Moses we may say that the first place on which we set our feet was holy ground, the sanctuary of Czestochowa. There we celebrated a very moving Eucharist with hymn singing and the explanations of Fr. Marek Raczkiewize who impressed on us the importance of praying before the Queen of Poland. This Sanctuary, the heart of the nation, displays its faith and hope by the thousands of pilgrims present. Very different was the feeling as we visited the concentration camp of Auschwitz that recalls one of the greatest tragedies of history. Afterwards we went to Krakow with its numerous memories of Pope John Paul II. As well as visiting its most important monuments we enjoyed a meal enlivened by a folklore group. We must not forget our visit to the Salt Mines of Wieliezka with its almost thousand years of history. The goal of our pilgrimage was Warsaw, the capital of Poland and the story of its destruction and reconstruction both physical and spiritual touched our group very much. We have great memories of our celebration of a very special Eucharist in St. Benno’s, a concert of music by Chopin and a gala supper in a restaurant near the Presidential residence.

We were deeply moved by the attention and kindness extended to us by the Polish communities we visited and wish to express our gratitude to them. We also wish to stress the participation of the Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer, Pili and Maria Ángeles of Perpetual Help, Madrid, who gave learned and clear expositions of the life of St. Clement for us at the different celebrations.

This visit to the heart of Europe is an excellent way to realize that our Continent still faces in the same way the challenges that confronted St. Clement. Our pilgrimage therefore has proved a good incentive for our mission.

Brazil
Vice Province of Manaus
Vice Provincial and Bishop held hostage for two hours
Manuel Soares, C.Ss.R.

Editor's note: We are all aware of the increasing violence against religious and clergy in various parts of the world. Earlier this year we had two confreres slain in Colombia and another confrere found dead under suspicious conditions in Central America. Here is a first person account of a car-jacking from Father Manuel Soares, Vice provincial of Manaus, that ended happily and without injury or death.

Every year the bishops of Region North I of Brazil have an assembly. Included in the assembly are religious superiors and some laity so I was accompanying Bishop Gutemberg, C.Ss.R., of the Prelacy of Coari, to and from the assembly here in Manaus.

On Thursday, September 17th, Bishop Gutemberg , two others and myself left the assembly around 7:00 p.m. to drive home for the evening. We dropped off our passengers as planned where they were staying. . I stayed in the car, and Bishop Gutemberg, who had gotten out to say goodbye to the others was returning to the car. Suddenly, two men armed with revolvers approached and forcefully shoved Bishop Gutemberg back into the backseat of the car from the front, took over the driver’s seat, and another man entered the car from the back door From there on, the kidnappers held us and drove around for two hours (07:00-09:00 p.m.).

During these two hours, they drove us all over Manaus They took all our belongings: cell phones, wristwatches, money, documents and Bishop Gutemberg´s bank card. They stopped at two bank booths but they were unable to withdraw any money.

There was little conversation during these two hours. We were quiet but at times they asked us things, insulted us and intimidated us by asking us if we wanted to die. We didn’t dare do anything, as they were very nervous. They keep telling us not to look at them. They had no disguises except hats and one of them appeared to be on drugs.

Finally they abandoned us in a street and took off with the car. We hailed a taxi back home and told the taxi driver what had happened, gave him the license number of our car, and the taxi driver radioed in the information. We needed to be interviewed by the police before finally arriving home safely.

Bishop Gutemberg and I are very alive. Thanks be to God.

Editor’s note: We have this late-breaking piece of information from our Australian Redemptorists concerning the natural disasters in Asia-Oceania. The text is in English, but the video will be able to be universally understood.

Province of Bogotŕ
The Dead Sea, the Tower of Babel and the Wailing Wall in Colombia?
Newspaper El Tiempo
Gloria Inés Arias

Children will be able to enjoy Noah’s Ark and the stories of Sampson and David. In this first area there will be an interactive show, with lights and laser beams, about the creation of the world.

The second area of the park will be dedicated to Our Lord of Miracles of Buga. It will offer small boats, traveling through a tunnel that will tell the history of the image. People will see a re-enactment of the Indigenous Indian woman who found the statue of Christ while washing her clothes on the banks of the river; the veneration of the image and the arrival of missionaries who began the construction of the Basilica will be on view. Finally, there will be a giant statue of Milagroso, some 15 meters tall.

The Garden of Shrines will occupy the third area. Here, there will be reproductions of some of the most significant shrines in the world. Las Lajas (another Colombian shrine) and St.Peter’s in Rome will be among them.

The park envisions an auditorium that will hold 12,000 persons. The thought is this auditorium will serve as a place for Eucharist and replace the Masses in the field under the hot sun, which are still held to this day. For picnickers there will be an additional 2.5 hectors of land.

There will be public squares for food-vending and souvenir shops. A group of investors have offered to build a five-star hotel in the park.

Feasibility and viability studies will be held with Colombian engineers and those who have worked on theme parks in the United States. “We thought about the pilgrims who come to Buga. They are humble, simple people. We cannot offer them a pool and mountains. We are looking for something that will be pleasing as much to the field worker from the farms as to city dwellers with more means who visits Milagroso,” says the rector of the Basilica, Father Noel Londońo.

Buga hopes to have approval for the project in 2010 with construction beginning in January of 2011. Next year they hope to have final approval from the Bogotá Province and the Colombian Conference of Bishops.

Approval of the city of Buga is still pending. The lot which has been purchased is in a rural area and in order that it be part of a municipal expansion the Plan for Land Management needs to be modified.

The Redemptorist Community of Buga is also consulting with the Parque del Café (another popular tourist attraction in Colombia) in the study of the viability of the park. Signs point in the direction that Buga would also be a strong tourist attraction. Since 1622, when the first foreigner, a Peruvian miner, came to give thanks to the Milagroso for having saved his life, international visitors have not ceased to come to Buga. The rector of the Basilica says the Parque del Café receives an average of 400,000 visitors per year while Buga, each year, gets an average of 3 million.

It is hoped that somewhere around 30% of those who come to the Milagroso will visit the new attractions. Admittance fee is presently estimated at 10,000 pesos ($5.00; € 3.50).

Rome
A Gift to Pope Benedict from President Obama through the Redemptorists.
Baltimore Province, USA

The President of the United States was looking for an appropriate gift to give the Holy Father on his visit to the Vatican on July 10th. What to give a pope who already owns an iPod? A religious goods firm, Diccoca of Philadelphia, was consulted by the White House. Diccoca had been involved in several restoration projects for the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province and Lou and Norma DiCocca made a suggestion to both the Redemptorists and to the President: How about a personal item that once adorned the body of the first male, naturalized U.S. citizen to be declared a saint?

And so the president gave the pope a liturgical stole that had been on the remains of St. John Neumann, the first U.S. male citizen to be proclaimed a saint.

St. John Neumann, Philadelphia's fourth bishop, is enshrined in a glass casket under an altar at our Redemptorist Church of St. Peter the Apostle Church in Philadelphia. New vestments have been placed on his remains four times since his 1860 death -- in 1903, 1962, 1989 and 2008. The gift stole had been removed from the casket in 2008.

“It’s a delight that something of one of our Redemptorist saints would be given to our Holy Father,” said Father Patrick Woods, provincial of the Redemptorists’ Baltimore province, which is headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y. “We’re delighted as Americans that our president is visiting the Holy Father and delighted that something belonging to our province would be given to him.”

"Father Woods said in a statement that the stole was an appropriate gift because it symbolizes the priesthood that was “at the heart of St. John Neumann’s life as a Redemptorist.” He also said the stole, placed on the saint who had worked extensively with immigrants, was symbolic of the new wave of immigration in the United States and the Redemptorists’ continued service to these groups.

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USA
Baltimore Province
Boston Globe
August 27, 2009

For years, thousands of Bostonians have sought healing by praying before a golden image of the Virgin Mary (Our Mother of Perpetual Help) in a shrine on Mission Hill. They kneel before the painting, leave flowers by the rail, deposit notes in a glass bowl, turn on electronic candles, even drop off crutches or braces as a sign of a miraculous cure. Many of the petitioners are poor and powerless.

But over the years, Senator Edward M. Kennedy also came to the shrine seeking healing, and now his family has chosen the landmark basilica in which the shrine is located as the site for the senator’s funeral Saturday.

Kennedy visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help daily in 2002, while his daughter was being treated for lung cancer at the nearby Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, praying before the icon and meeting with a priest thought to have a healing touch. And the senator again visited the basilica last year, after he was diagnosed with brain cancer.

“The senator wanted to be buried from the basilica because of a deep connection developed here during his daily visits while his daughter, Kara, was going through cancer treatment,’’ said Scott Ferson, a former Kennedy staffer who is helping the family with funeral preparations. “Because of her recovery, it remained an especially sacred place for him.’’

The choice of the basilica, a puddingstone Romanesque Revival structure that punctuates the cityscape with its high octagonal cupola and twin spires, came as a surprise to many, who expected the funeral to take place either in Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross or in a church near one of the senator’s homes, on Cape Cod and in Washington. And the basilica, which is commonly known as the Mission Church, presents logistical challenges: It is not air-conditioned, there is no parking, and it is in a dense urban neighborhood on a narrow stretch of Tremont Street that is a frequent traffic bottleneck.

The basilica was mostly built in the 1870s after a group of Redemptorist priests held a wildly successful “mission,’’ consisting of multiple days of preaching and hearing confessions, that prompted Archbishop John J. Williams to ask the order to establish a church. The Redemptorists, who wear around their black habits lengthy rosaries that show their devotion to Mary, have run the church ever since, watching it thrive in years when thousands came to hear prominent preachers, and shrink as the neighborhood and the larger church changed. Today the parish draws about 900 people each Sunday, and has an elementary school with 175 pupils.

Early in its history, there were so many reported miracles that the church was called the “Home of Wonders.’’ In more recent years, a “healing priest’’ named the Rev. Edward McDonough drew thousands of ailing people to the basilica.

On his first day as pastor of the Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, Monsignor Arthur Bastress walked down the historic church’s long aisles and knew immediately that his new assignment was going to be something special.

The sense of history was palpable as the then 72-year-old pastor walked on the same floors once trod by St. John Neumann and Blessed Francis X. Seelos – Redemptorist former pastors who served the parish when it ministered to Baltimore’s German population.

“It makes him an honorary Redemptorist,” Father Woods said. “It’s kind of like a knighthood.”

Father Woods noted that only one or two people a year are nominated for the honor. Only the Redemptorist superior general in Rome can confirm a nomination, he said.

The priest’s face lit up when he observed that if Blessed Seelos is canonized, it would make St. Alphonsus the only parish in the world to claim two former pastors as saints.

Several years after the publication of the Italian language edition of Volume I/I of the History of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( The Origins (1732-1793), the second part, designated (I/II) has just been completed.

The contents of volume I/II completes Volume I with two chapters on the day-to-day life of the early communities as well as a synthesis of their spirituality. Documentary appendices on topics such as early texts of the rule, the habit, the Regolamento, a catalogue of the members (1732-1793), bibliographies, etc. conclude the volume. A separate companion extract booklet contains a rich collection of photographs of the early foundations, portraits of the first Redemptorists, their possessions, and maps of places where they lived and worked.

Sincere thanks and gratitude for this volume are due to Fathers Francesco Chiovaro (Naples Province) and Robert Fenili (Denver Province) who collected, edited and produced its content; also to Father Antonio Marrazzo, Procurator General, who oversaw its publication and provided the visual materials; and to others cited in the book’s introduction.

The special purchase price for Redemptorists is 25 euros a copy for the softcover edition (the cover price is 50 euros). The hardcover copy is 30 euros (the cover price is 60 euros). The softcover companion extract volume is 10 euros (20 euros cover price). Postage is extra.

The plan is to give each unit one copy of this Italian language version. If they wish, the members coming to Rome for the General Chapter can pick them up and take them home with them. Obviously, additional copies may be purchased as each province, vice-province or region desires.

As for translations into other languages, Father Antonio Pasquarelli, the Director of the Redemptorist Publishing house at Materdomini (Valsele Tipografica), would be happy to make available a digital copy of the material and whatever else is necessary to anyone who wishes to make such translations. (N.B.: Father Robert Fenili of the Denver Province has nearly completed the English translation and hopes to have it available for printing in the next several months.)

We make use of this occasion to mention that Volume II/I of the History (The First Expansion: 1793-1855) is nearing completion. The chapters are written, and it is now ready to be edited, a task that will need more time.

Asia-Oceania Region
Report of the Regional Secretariat for the Brothers
Discernment Retreat On the Vocation of the Redemptorist Brother
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

From July 29 to August 1, 2009, Brothers and Fathers from the different Units of the Redemptorist Asia –Oceania Region came together for a Discernment Retreat on the future of the Redemptorist Brothers in the Region. 9 Fathers and 32 Brothers participated in the Retreat from 8 units.

Manila: 2 Fathers and 2 Brothers
Cebu: 3 Brothers
Bangkok: 3 Fathers and 5 Brothers
Canberra: 1 Father and 1 Brother
Aotearoa: 2 Brothers
Tokyo : 1 Father
Ipoh: 1 Father and 1 Brother
Vietnam: 1 Father and 18 Brothers

The Retreat Facilitator was Fr. Glen de Cruz, C.Ss.R., from the Vice-Province of Ipoh.

The objectives of the Retreat were as follows:
· Discern the will of God in the situation of the Brothers in the Region.
· To share and discuss the future of the Brother in our units, regions and the
Congregation in general.
· To animate especially the Brothers themselves to come up with concrete program of
action concerning the Brothers in the different units and the Region.

The Retreat started with the Confreres reflecting and sharing on the situation of the Brothers in the different units and in the Region. The groups shared on what are the positive and negative happenings concerning the Brothers and how the different units especially the Brothers are responding to these.

The sharing of the confreres was very good, hopeful and challenging for all of us.

On the second day, Fr. Glen, our retreat facilitator, gave a talk on the prophetic role of the Religious today, using the article of Fr. Aloysius Pieris, SJ on the same topic as reference. On the same day Fr. John Phoung from Vietnam also shared about the story of Bro. Marcel Van, C.Ss.R., a Redemptorist Brother from Vietnam whose cause for beatification is already in process.

After this, the participants again reflected on why we would still promote or not promote the Brothers’ vocation in our units. In the afternoon, the confreres again shared on their responses to the guide questions. It was noted that the responses were again very positive and hopeful. The confreres are still very enthusiastic in promoting the Brothers’ vocation despite the following:
· Lack or no candidates interested in becoming Brothers
· The clerical or even secular culture they live in
· Discrimination some Brothers are still experiencing

In the responses, the participants also saw that the Brothers are essential to the Congregation since we have had Brothers from the beginning of the Congregation. Some even commented that we would not be Redemptorists if we no longer have Brothers in our Congregation.

On the third day, Fr. Glen summed up the previous days and Bro. Joel shared on what the Secretariat for the Brothers had done both on the general and regional level since its beginnings in 1986 as the Permanent Commission for the Brothers to the present. He also shared on the importance of recovering again our missionary spirit and prophetic witness as Fathers and Brothers so that we can attract many to join us.

After this, the participants broke up again into groups (according to units) and shared insights concerning the Brothers’ life and what we are going to do about these in our units. The Confreres came up with some very concrete matters they would take home with them to their respective units.

Each evening, after the sessions, we would conclude with the celebration of the Eucharist led by the different units in the Region. On the first day, the Provincial of Vietnam, Fr. Vincent was the principal celebrant, followed by Fr. Michael Meechai from Bangkok, and on the third day, the principal celebrant was the Vice-Provincial of Manila, Fr. Ariel Lubi.

The last day of the gathering was the feast of our holy founder St. Alphonsus de Liguori. It was a day of Gaudeamus. In the afternoon, all the participants of the Retreat participated in the concelebrated mass at the large Church of the Redemptorists in Ho Chi Minh City.

At the conclusion of the retreat, the confreres proposed having regional gatherings of the Brothers every three years. The next gathering will be in 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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

First Profession of Temporary Vows:
Savio Lai Van Sur, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Joseph Le Huu Tu, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Joseph Marie Le Thanh Thien, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Joseph Ngo Duc Thien, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Paul Nguyen Dinh To, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Mario Bily Poro, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Yohanes Paulus Botung, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Ferdinand D. Muda, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Marianus Dore Maing, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Hendrikus Hengky Suku, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Avelinus Lede, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Vinsensius Lolo, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Petrus Ngongo Bulu, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Cesarius Noverius Tse, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Stefanus Nuwa Gowa, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Stefanus Rega Rame, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Timoteus Terong Tapoona, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Yohanes Umbu Rebu Ibi Runi, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Robertus Zeingo Kaka, Province of Indonesia, July 9, 2009
Joseph Le Minh Duy, Vice Province of Extra Patriam, August 1, 2009
Peter Mary Pham Hung Phuoc, Vice Province of Extra Patriam, August 1, 2009
Dominic Pham Ngoc Hao, Vice Province of Extra Patriam, August 1, 2009
John Baptist Alphonsus Tran Son, Vice Province of Extra Patriam, August 1, 2009
John Vu Thanh Sang, Vice Province of Extra Patriam, August 1, 2009
Stanislav Andrek, Vice Province of Bratislava, August 15, 2009
Jelenčič Erich, Vice Province of Bratislava, August 15, 2009
Tomasz Gil, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Mariusz Mateusz Hetnar, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Pawel Antoni Kolton, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Lukasz Wiktor Madejski, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Artur Mikołaj Pruś, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Vitaliy Metelsky, Province of Lviv, August 19, 2009
Nazar Savras, Province of Lviv, August 19, 2009
Volodymyr Vovkun, Province of Lviv, August 19, 2009

Profession of Perpetual Vows:
Joseph Nguyen Cong Minh, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Pierre Nguyen Luong Bang, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Joseph Nguyen Manh Thuong, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Antoine Nguyen Tan Hung, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Dominique Nguyen Van Huyen, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Michel Pham Gia Lam, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
VincentVu Van Bang, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Joseph Vu Van Tien, Province of Vietnam, June 27, 2009
Mario Ernesto Ramos Sánchez, Vice Province of San Salvador, July 5, 2009
Washington Luiz Rodriques Amaral, Vice Province of Fortaleza, July 7, 2009
José Amarildo Luciano da Silva, Vice Province of Manaus, July 7, 2009
Raimundo Élson Rodriques de Lilma, Vice Province of Manaus, July 7, 2009
James Nang Kyu Yoon, Region of Korea, August 1, 2009
Jaime Ramos Contreras, Province of México, August 1, 2009
Tendai Lemeyu, Region of Zimbabwe, August 8, 2009
Casper Simba Mukabva, Region of Zimbabwe, August 8, 2009
Joseph Musendami, Region of Zimbabwe, August 8, 2009
Miloš Miloslav Pizovka, Vice Province of Bratislava, August 15, 2009
Miroslav Bujdoš, Vice Province of Michalovce, August 15, 2009
Maroš Kriška, Vice Province of Michalovce, August 15, 2009
Grzegorz Jósef Gut, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Marcin Franciszek Krupa, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Lukasz Paweł Listopad, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Bogusław Maksymilian Nawracaj, Province of Warsaw, August 15, 2009
Ihor Pavliy, Provinice of Lviv, August 19, 2009
Roman Boliak, Province of Lviv, August 19, 2009
Mykola Vozniak, Province of Lviv, August 19, 2009

Ordination to the Priesthood:
Thomas Tuyen Pham, Province of Denver, June 13, 2009
Devaldo Vieira de Menêz, Vice Province of Bahia, July 5, 2009
Vincent Ifeanyichukwu Ezezue, Vice Province of Nigeria, July 11, 2009
Francis Linus Imoedemhe, Vice Province of Nigeria, July 11, 2009
Ernest Chijioke Ndukwe, Vice Province of Nigeria, July 11, 2009
Cornelius Iheoma Ofoegbu, Vice Province of Nigeria, July 11, 2009
James Denen Vembe, Vice Province of Nigeria, July 11, 2009
Darwin Omar Espinal Estrada, Vice Proviince of San Salvador, August 1, 2009

Deaths:
Rev. John Fetsco, 79, Province of Yorkton, June 23, 2009
Clerical Novice Ivan Pruhar, 29, Province of Lviv, June 29, 2009
Rev. Paul Mathieu, 89, Province of Lyon-Paris, July 1, 2009
Br. Sylvain Kerseleers, 78, Province of Saint Clements/Region of Flanders, July 12, 2009
Rev. Theophilus (Theo) de Caluwe, 81, Province of Saint Clements/ Region of Netherlands, July 26, 2009
Rev. Jerome Alfred Holland, 80, Province of Baltimore, July 26, 2009
Rev. Delfin Bustamante Lavid, 77, Province of Madrid, July 27, 2009
Rev. Baltasar Villanueva Gómez, 84, Province of Madrid, July 27, 2009
Rev. Javier Aquilera Chávez, 72, Province of México, August 5, 2009
Rev. Jozef Schotsmans, 92, Province of Saint Clement/Region of Flanders, August 6, 2009
Rev. Leopoldo Cruz Chávez, 55, Vice Province of San Salvador, August 10, 2009
Rev. Jakob (Diego) Schűrman, 80, Province of Bolivia, August 10, 2009
Rev. Jósef Krok, 94, Province of Warsaw, August 11, 2009
Rev. Laureano Díaz Niño, 71, Province of Bogotá, August 11, 2009
Rev. Francisco Javier Pérez Hernández, 36, Province of Bogotá, August 11, 2009
Rev. Ronald Joseph (Marcos) Weninger, 85, Province of Denver, August 21, 2009
Rev. Charles Mallen, 90, Vice Province of Richmond, August 30, 2009

Jubilarians:

70th Jubilee of Profession:
Josef Meier, Province of Saint Clement/Region of Helvetica, October 15, 2009

60th Jubilee of Profession:
Bernard Casey, Province of Cebu, October 16, 2009
Paul Speybrouck, Province of Saint Clement/Region of Flanders, October 16, 2009

60th Jubilee of Ordination:
Jean Monnat, Province of Lyon-Paris, October 2, 2009
Joseph Parsus, Province of Lyon-Paris, October 2, 2009
Georges Arnoux, Vice Province of Burkina-Niger, October 2, 2009

50th Jubilee of Profession:
Gerardo Pepe, Province of Naples, October 1, 2009
Edmondo Redi, Province of Naples, October 1, 2009
Antonino Pascale, Region of Madagascar, October 1, 2009
Shirô Johane Yokota, Vice Province of Tôkyô, October 16, 2009
Sixto Benigno Guerrero Vásquez, Province of Quito, October 16, 2009
Luis Homero Ibarra García, Province of Quito, October 16, 2009
André Barjon, Province of Lyon-Paris, October 16, 2009
François Vannier, Province of Lyon-Paris, October 16, 2009

50th Jubilee of Ordination:
Alberto Gutiérrez Betancourt, Province of Bogotá, October 4, 2009
César Herrera Sánchez, Province of Bogotá, October 4, 2009
Silvio Josué López Tabares, Province of Bogotá, October 4, 2009
Bishop Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia, Province of Bogotã, October 4, 2009
Giacomo Cirelli, Province of Rome, October 25, 2009
Angelo Conflitti, Province of Rome, October 25, 2009
Giuseppe Orlandi, Province of Rome, October 25, 2009
Edmondo Rosa, Province of Rome, October 25, 2009

Confirmation:
Václav Hypius designated Vicar Vice Provincial of the Vice Province of Bratislava. Confirmed on June 18, 2009.