13 January 2001

What's New

In preparation for the Beatification of Fr Juan de la Cruz García Méndez scj of our Spanish Province (HI) We will be presenting a weekly series on our "SCJ Martyrs of the XXth Century." This series has been prepared by Stefan Tertünte (GE) using the work of Fr. Bernd Bothe (GE) Märtyrer der Herz-Jesu-Priester (SCJ Martyrs). The projected schedule is as follows:
 

13.01.01	Introduction
20.01.01	Frs. Josef Benedikt Stoffels and. Nicolas Antonius Wampach
27.01.01	Fr. Mariano Johannes García Mendez
03.02.01	Fr. Franz Stanislaus Loh
10.02.01	Fr. Kristiaan Hubertus Muermans
17.02.01	Fr. Nicola Martino Capelli
24.02.01	Dutch SCJs in Indonesia
03.03. 01	SCJs in the Congo

In the encyclical prepared for the Great Jubilee 2000, The Advent of the third Millennium, John Paul II introduced the idea of preserving the memory of Christians who died for their faith during the XXth Century.

"In our own century the martyrs have returned, many of them nameless, "unknown soldiers" as it were of God's great cause. As far as possible, their witness should not be lost to the Church. " (TM 37).

For the next four weeks Meet and SCJ will be presenting the history of SCJs from the British-Irish Province who studied in Belgium from 1937 to 1947. This four part series was written by Gerard Jordan (BH), at the request of the Vocations-Formation Commission of the British - Irish Province in 1999.

Formation in the British-Irish Province of the Sacred Heart Fathers: The Students in Belgium 1937 - 1947

What's Happening

Bishop Nobrega

Interview with Bishop José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, scj

On his way to Madagascar bishop elect José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega (MAD) paid a visit to the Generalate. Stefan Tertünte took the time to interview him on his recent appointment and on life of the people and Church in the diocese of Mananjary.

New Elenchus

The 2000 Elenchus has been published and is in the process of being packaged and mailed to the provinces, regions and districts in the congregation. The elenchus is produced by the office of the secretary general. It is usually produced twice during the six year term of the superior general.
 
 

Letters from the First Novices

In the twenty-seventh in our series from CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FIRST NOVICES BEFORE THE "CONSUMMATUM EST 1878-1883" by Egidio Driedonkx, we present another to the novice Falleur on November 13, 1881. Next week we begin with letters sent to the novice Legrand.

If I am not mistaken, I wrote to you already. But you were on retreat and one of my letters was not given to you. But today I wanted to offer my congratulations and wishes for two reasons -- your name's day and your intense consecration to the Sacred Heart