30 March 2002 - Holy Saturday
Dehonian Year Week VI
Preparation for the 125th anniversary of the congregation
30 March 2002 - Holy Saturday
Dehonian Year Week VI
Preparation for the 125th anniversary of the congregation
What's
New?Central StudiesPosted this week to our new Dehoniana section is 2001-2 in the typical edition, in addition to the English and Portuguese editions we are adding the Italian edition as well.
Email Update
Cristo Re parish in Rome has a new email address: romacristore@tin.it, and has been updated on our links page.
p. Angelo Arrighini
XXI General Chapter Preparation
Posted to the XXI General Chapter preparation page in English, French and Italian is Document 5 (A):
Simplification of "The Structures of the Congregation" Representation at the General Chapter
At their first meeting of the present six-year term in Rome in November, 1998, the provincial and regional superiors looked at the text: "Structures of the Congregation and Forms of Government", which were promulgated afterwards by the Superior General on January 01, 1999 (Prot. 2/99). But the evaluation of "Structures of Government" were remanded to this 2nd meeting as was an examination of representation at the 21st General Chapter.
Justice & Peace
The office of Justice & Peace reduplicated a document Where Are We Now with Debt Cancellation? first published in February, 2002. Please note in translating this document to our html system a few changes were necessary. The article will be posted to our Montreal 2002 page.
Office of General Secretary
Posted to the Letters & Documents page are the congregational statistics as of 31 December 2001.
What's
Happening?British - Irish ProvinceChris Jenkins sent in this news item from the British - Irish Province website, though we are a 'tad' late in offering our prayers, hopefully we'll get a 'post' marathon report for our website.
Your prayers are asked for all the pilgrims undertaking the Scottish Cross marathon pilgrimage over the next eight days- your editor (Chris Jenkins SCJ) among them! Two groups are walking, one from the bottom of Loch Lomomd, the other from Fort William, meeting up on Mull on Holy Thursday. We then walk across Mull and get the ferry to Iona, where we arrive on Holy Saturday. Doubtless by then we'll have lost a few pounds and gained a few blisters.
Each group carries a cross as a witness and a reminder that we walk with Christ. There are times for prayer and reflection throughout the walk and the Holy Week liturgies are celebrated wherever we are. The plan is that, on Holy Thursday, the washing of the feet will take place as people step off the path into the Church Hall where we are staying. As all will have walked a lot of miles that day and some will not have had a shower for a few days this will be rather different to the normal parish version....
On Easter Sunday we will celebrate Eucharist at 12 noon in Iona Abbey, please join us in prayer then. For more information the Scottish Cross website is www.ScottishCross.org.uk
From the BH website
Congo
It's never too late to get connected! SCJ News received the following email from Jean-Paul Yafal, scj.
I am very happy to write to you, I have at my sides the Father Léon Mondry (81 years old). We are the formation team at the scholasticate (P. Dehon) in Kisangani R. D. Congo. For Fr. Mondry it is the first time in his life to be on the Net [email] and is very pleased! He send you his best wishes, even if he does not know you, for you are is scj colleague. In Corde Jesu.
Jean-Paul Yafal, scj.
Latin America
From April 8th to the 18th , there will be a meeting for young scj religious from Latin America in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil (BM). The participants are those who made their final vows between 1993 and 2000. About 30 young religious are expected to attend. The aim of the meeting is to reflect with the young religious on their religious consecration and how they live out their dehonian life. Among the proposed themes:
- Human dimension, by Doctor Agostinho Busatto, Psychologist;
- Sint Unum, by Dr. Marcial Maçaneiro SCJ-BM;
- Ecce Venio, Ecce Ancilla, by Dr. Mariano Weizenmann SCJ-BM;
- Adveniat Regnum Tuum by Fr. Quinto Regazzoni, SCJ - AU
- We the Congregation. Fr. Carlos Alberto da Costa Silva, from the General Counselor
Rome
Photo take of the SCJs from Rome (representing Cristo Re, International College & the General Curia) taken with the Archbishop of Loretto Mons. Angelo Comastri on February 14, 2002, to mark the start of our Dehonian Year
This
week's Dehonian Historical & Spiritual CalendarThe weekly Dehonian Historical and Spiritual Calendar starts on April 5th. As previously noted the text is in Spanish with the Dehonian quotes in French. You can link to past weeks from the Letters & Documents sectionDehonian Historical & Spiritual Calendar for the week of: 05.04.2002 to 11.04.2002
Fr.
Dehon's meetings with the students of St. John's College27th Meeting - August 6, 1911(AD. B. 7/10 inv. 43.10) At this meeting, Fr. Dehon made a presentation on his voyage around the world. But we have no text on this. Fr. Dehon noted himself in his diary that the attendance was low and Fr. Cronin gave the sermon in the chapel. During the meal, Fr. Dehon spoke on the contrast between the French persecution and the religious liberty in America and Asia. (NQ XXXIV, 18).
THE LORD IS RISEN!
EASTER GREETINGS 2002!
