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Meeting about the social-charitable apostolate |
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From 22-29th September 2011 there took place for the first time a meeting of those members engaged in the social-charitable apostolate at the 'Cenacle' centre at Via Giuseppe Ferrari, Rome, organised by the General Secretariat for the Apostolate.
The following members participated:Rodolfo Capalozza (AR), Jose Elias Fadul (SP), Eugeniusz Lesniak (PN), Bronislaw Rosik (WA), Pawel Dobrzynski (WA), Clesio Facco (SM), Jean de Dieu Kasereka (SF), Abraham Thylammanal (NA), Anthony Kaithaparambil (NA), Anthony Swammy Muthanna (BA), Hilarius Tigga (RA) and on behalf of the General Secretariat, Piotr Krakowiak (PN) and Martin Manus.
Reflecting on texts of St Vincent Pallotti regarding the social- charitable apostolate and visiting places linked to such work of our Founder the participants had the opportunity to see how they could deepen the Pallottine charism in their own work. In their sharing, a very large picture was revealed of the social-charitable tasks in our Society: we are doing our utmost, for example, for the poor, orphans, homeless, drug addicts, lepers, HIV sick and the terminally ill. Furthermore, an overview was presented of the social-charitable apostolate of the SAC based on the results of a survey conducted by the General Secretariat in the first months of 2011.
The visit to the Pontifical Council for Health Works and a meeting with its President, Mons Zygmunt Zimowski was one of the highpoints of the week. The development of a Pallottine Volunteer programme was taken into consideration as a possibility for collaboration between our social works. After a week full of inspirations, of experiences and of fraternal communion the participants expressed their desire to continue to reflect about these themes at provincial, continental and all levels of the SAC.
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Study the Italian language in Rome |
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 During the summer months the following members arrived in Rome to study the Italian language:
- for the International College 'Queen of the Apostles': Santosh Bara (RA, India), Francisco Jose Marques Filho (RJ, Brazil), Roque Teodorio Gonsalves (BA, India), Jose Luiz Gulpio (UR, Uruguay), Kamil Kudelko (PN, Poland), Gregorz Kurp (WA, Poland) and Rajesh Cheriyan Ummikuzhiyil (NA, India);
- for the Yearly Course for Formation at the International Centre for Formation 'Cenacle' at Via Ferrari: Joseph Kiran Madanu (BA, India), Prakash Thankappan (NA, India), John Bosco Sungamoyo (CJ, Malawi) Maurice Yonta (CN, Cameroon) and Krzysztof Zontek (WA, Poland);
- for the General Regime: Norbert Sequeira (BA, India)who will be the assistant to the General Bursar.
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Perpetual Consecrations/ Priestly Ordinations - Sept. 2011 |
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- On 8th September 2011 Perpetual Consecrations took place at Poznan, Poland, for the Province of the Annunciation of the Lord, (PN): Michal Gorski, Marcin Kunat, Ivan Sharuk, Stanislau Skrydalevich, Kamil Szymczak, Michal Wojciak; for the Province of Christ the King (WA): Golas Lukasz, Grylo Artur, Jurczak Sylwester, Krzysztoszek Marcin, Orzol Michal, Sala Dariusz, Wilenski Radoslaw, Gryniewycz Wiaczeslaw, Sicinski Jurij.
- 'Mother of Divine Love' Province (IR.TZ), Tanzania: Paul Gabriel Makita made Final Profession on September 8th.
- Region of the Holy Trinity (CN), Cameroon/Nigeria: on 23rd September 2011 Evariste Ledoux Ndjontu, Francois de Sales Nang, Yannick Siegfried Mvogo Mvogo, Alain Christian Mimfegue Bussard, Charles Bernard Beyala Manga, Armand Ngono, Barthelemy Claude Ndjengue Odi made Final Consecration.
- Province of Santa Maria (SM), Brazil: on September 24th the Deacon Cristiano Parpinelli da Silva, SAC was ordained priest.
- Holy Family Region (SF) Ruanda/Congo: on 26th August Jean de Dieu Kambale Mathe, Ildephonse Bizimungu, on 23rd September Abraham Nyange Buhendwa at Yaounde, Cameroon and on 8th September Ignace Mugobe Banuni at Poznan, Poland made their Final Consecration.
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Bibliography: July - September 2011 |
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 Publications sent to the Generalate in the months of July, August and September 2011:
- SOCIETY OF THE CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE , Promuovere la vocazione alla vita consacrata pallottina, Rome 2011 8 pages, (Promote the vocation to the Pallottine consecrated life). (This small work is available in Italian, English, French, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish and German.)
- UNION OF CATHOLIC APOSTOLATE, O charisma de sao Vicente Pallotti, origem, desenvolvimento, identidade (The Charism of St Vincent Pallotti. Origin, development, identity) translated by Fr Aguinelo Burin SAC, Biblos Editora, Santa Maria 2011, 112 pages.
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WINSON, John SAC, Notes on Psalms, Milada Kessling, Melbourne 2010, 30 pages.
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Fr. Jorge Gisler, SAC |
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Let us pray for our deceased Confrere:
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Course for the responsible for Ongoing Formation |
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From the 3rd-11th September in the house of Pallottine Formation, the 'Cenacle' at via G. Ferrari the third summer course organised by the General Secretariat for Formation for those responsible for Ongoing Formation took place. There were 9 present from 9 Provinces/Regions: José Orlando de Carvalho, SP; Manuel de Pierri Primo, SM; Marek Chmielniak, PN; Waldemar Pawlik, WA; Alexander Pietrzyk, FR; Panna Shanti Prakash, RA; James Thaiparambil, BA; Samuel Mbok Ewane, CN; Liam Mc Clarey, IR.
Two days were dedicated to theory with the relations of Frs Stanislaw Stawicki (Towards a culture of Permanent Pallottine Formation) and Mariusz Malkiewicz (from theory to practise of Ongoing Formation) based on the book of the expert Amedeo Cencini: Permanent Formation, do we truly believe? The Roman Pallottine Sisters participated at these talks.
The participants were able to meet the Rector General of the Society Fr Jacob Nampudakam and Mons. Julio Akamine, our Pallottine brother who has become auxiliary Bishop of Sao Paulo and who was the main author of Chapter 8 of the SAC Ratio concerning Permanent Formation.
In the other days the group concentrated on Permanent Formation as it is presented in the Ratio Istituionis of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate and made practical proposals on the three stages: the first years, middle age and advanced age.
On two occasions the participants took part in a tour in the footsteps of St Vincent Pallotti in Rome and in the outskirts of the city. After a positive evaluation by the participants the closing Mass was celebrated in the Church of San Salvatore in Onda and was presided by Fr Francois Harelimana, Secretary General for Formation.
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