What's New

A report from the Congo on the work of The Simama Center has been posted to the Justice and Peace section. Note too the change in the page structure. At the suggestion of Carlos Alberto da Costa Silva the page will now contain only reports from the provinces. Notices that come from time to time will be posted directly to the news page. Also note this document is available in four languages English, French, Italian and Portuguese

Umberto Chiarello (CU) has prepared a short report on the recent US Province 75th Anniversary Celebration of SCJ presence in the United States, held at Lower Brule, SD, in September. It is available in English and Italian. 75 Years of SCJs in South Dakota

We received the following from Allessandro Capoferri, provincial secretary for the province of Mozambique:

Tom, and friends of our Internet page:

I am sending some news from Mozambique. Our regular news letter that we publish after each council. It contains some news, including the naming of our new treasurer Ezoi Toller (MZ). Put on the net when it is convenient. CARTA ÀS COMUNIDADES: novitá dal Mozambico

We are adding a link to Vidimus Dominum, which is a site maintained by the USG. Our scj site should also soon appear in their links section under religious communities of men. Vidimus Dominum maintains its site in five languages English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German. You can lin k to the site right here at: http://www.vidimusdominum.org/Default.asp

What's Happening

The Superiors Meeting will begin in Rome on November 3^rd, and is scheduled to run through November 13^th. Our scj web site (www.scj.org) will try to have daily updates. Please go to the news page and link from there to Raduno - Gathering - Assemblée - Convocación - Versammlung

Congratulations to the following who have recently renewed their vows in our Mozambique Province.

First Renewal

• Fernando Bizueque Otie
• Hilário da Silva Horácio
• José Maria Ernesto
• Macário Pedro Halela
• Manuel Duarte

Third Renewal

• José Carlos Alberto Cartela
• José Simão
• Livino Evaristo Luanda
• Ricardo Afonso

We received the following from Bernard Rosinski (US) who recently visited José Barios Braga (LU) who is dying of cancer.

To all scj readers (and readers who are friends of the scjs):

Fr. José Bairos Braga of the Portuguese province is currently residing in E. Providence RI (USA) where he had been receiving medical assistance. He is gravely afflicted with cancer of the throat which has passed to his liver. He has ended chemotherapy treatment of his case. He is calm and serene.

Being only 54 with a missionary vocation and experience (Madagascar), he is precisely the kind of man with an illness whose cure by miracle could greatly advance the cause of Fr. Dehon.

Let us all unite in prayer to God that through the intercession of Fr. Dehon Fr. José Bairos Braga may be cured by miracle. May God may be glorified and may his servant, Fr. Leo John Dehon, obtain the kind of testimony necessary for the Church to beatify him.

-------------------------------------- Prayer Seeking the Intercession of Venerable Leo John Dehon Heavenly Father, after the example of Leo John Dehon, grant us the grace to live lives of love and reparation. Help us to live in such a way that Your reign of love will be firmly established in our hearts. Father, we ask You to hear our special prayer today (here mention your requests) through the intercession of Your servant, Leo John Dehon. Grant that we might be Your faithful servants and that we might enjoy everlasting life with You forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer by the US SCJ Development Office

Hales Corners, WI

Missionary Congress in Brazil

From August 31^st to September 3^rd, the South Brazilian Province held a Missionary Congress with the aim of evaluating and animating the missionary activities of the Province "beyond national borders". About 40 people took part, including Pe. Carlos Alberto da Costa Silva, general Counselor, and four Brazilian missionaries working in the Congo.

The participants reflected on the answers of a questionnaire previously sent to all the communities in the Province, as well as on a letter sent by Fr. General.

The Province currently has two missions within the country, Mato Grosso and Maranhão, and has 8 members abroad (in the Congo, Philippines and India).

The members of the Congress approved the following:

• The Province should maintain the number of religious abroad and, if possible, increase it.
• The Province should have, for its centennial, (2003) its own foreign mission, perhaps in partnership with another Province/s.
• The Province should designate 10% of its members to the foreign missions, according to Fr. General's request.
• Some other propositions, concerning domestic missionary affairs, were also approved.

Please Remember

+Fr. Sarafino Suardi IS
born: 08 April 1901
first profession.:   17 October 1920
ordination.: 26 July 1926
died: 22 October  1998 at Bolognano, Italy

He was the second oldest person in the congregation.

+Fr. Floriano Martins de Oliveira BM
born: 12 September 1935
first profession: 28 June 1958
ordination: 28 June 1964
dired: 24 October 1998 at Joinville, Brazil

+Sister Celsa Duci
of the Usuline Sisters of Gandino
Died 21 October 1998 at Bergamo, Italy

She worked for many years at Rome I

The Roman Year Begins

As usual October is an important month for the Rome I & II SCJ Communities. With the start of the school year there are 11 members of the General Curia community and 38 in the International College (Rome II). Included in both groups are 14 newcomers, 11 of whom are pictured below. The year the community hopes to emphasize the importance of community life, mutual service and prayer. Being an 'international group' we note our differences, but stress our unity in the one heart of Christ.