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Final Meeting of the Official Visitation in USA |
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On December 12th in New Jersey USA a meeting of the members of the General Administration on the Official Visitation to the United States, Fr Jacob Nampudakam, Fr Francois Harelimana, Fr Martin Manus, Fr Vitaliy Gorbatykh and Fr Marcus Reck along with the two North American Provincials, Fr Leon Martin (MD) and Fr Peter Sticco (IC) with the Provincial Delegates Fr Terzo Vinci (It.US), Fr Jan Posiewala (PN.US) with the representatives of the Irish Province Fr Michael Cremin (IR.US) and Fr Paul Coutinho (BA) of the Indian Province of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary along with the ad hoc committee for the study of the Pallottine apostolate in the States: Bro James Beamesderfer- President, Fr Gregory Serwa, Fr Peter Devaraj and Fr Janusz Roginski. Fr Frank Donio, Secretary of the North American Inter Continental meetings was also in attendance.
The participants held discussions on the important topics of the Pallottine presence in the States such as the question of the enculturation of the confreres who come to work in this country, the pastoral vocations and the new Centre of the Catholic Apostolate in Washington.
The aim of the meeting was to coordinate the Pallottine presence in this large country and increase the Pallottine spirit of brotherhood and the common mission in the service of the local Church. After all these consultations, the ad hoc Committee will present the first draft of their report near Easter 2012.
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Official Visitation in the USA - December 2011 |
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 The Rector General has completed the Official Visitation of the Immaculate Conception Province (IC) from December 4-11th. This Province has sixteen members who carry out their pastoral work in parishes, in schools, in the Catholic University of Washington and with the youth. The 'Bishop Eustace School' is an institution of great values and academic excellence.
A new iniative of the Province is the creation of the foundation 'Catholic Apostolate Centre' with the principal aim of stimulating reflection on the themes of 'New Evangelisation' and to promote ways of realising and preparing the Pallottine confreres who arrive in the U.S.A. for their pastoral work.
The entire visit was organised with great attention and all the confreres showed great hospitality. PHOTO
- The Official Visitation to the "Mother of God" Province (MD) in the United States was held from 28 November to 6 December 2011. Fr. Martin Manus and Fr. Markus Reck, had personal and community meetings with the confreres of the Province on the current situation and of the existing challenges, to mention, the crisis of vocations and the alarming decrease in the number of members. At the same time, Fr. Martin and Fr. Markus, appreciated the good cooperation with the Province, Mother of God (MD) and the Indian Province of the Epiphany (NA). Noteworthy here to mention, is the fraternal spirit evident in both, the community life and apostolic commitment of the members. This collaboration can make a difference in the future and can be very positive for the apostolate of both the Provinces. Throughout the visit the atmosphere was very friendly and fraternal. PHOTO
- During the official Visit of the General council in the United States from November 26 to December 12, 2011. During which, the members of the General council met the confreres of the various Delegatures, Provinces and Local Communities:
- The Rector General, Fr Jacob Nampudakam and General Consultor, Fr. François Harelimana, visited with the confreres of Italian Delegature (IT.US) in New York, in Yonkers / NY and Sarasota / FL.
- The General Consultors, Fr. François Harelimana , Fr. Martin Manus, and the Secretary General, Fr. Markus Reck, visited the confreres of Irish Delegature (IR.US) in Wyandotte / Detroit in Michigan, in Stephenville and Weatherford, Texas.
- The Procurator General, Fr. Vitaliy Gorbatykh, visited the Polish confreres of the Delegature of the Annunciation (PN.US) in Brooklyn / NY, and North Tonawanda / NY.
- Rector General, Fr Jacob Nampudakam, the General Consultors, Fr. François Harelimana and Fr. Martin Manus and the Secretary General, Fr. Markus Reck also visited the confreres of Indian Local Community of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Assumption Province (BA) in Redford / MI Edmore / MI, Canton / MI, Fort Worth / TX and Sag Harbor / NY and the Cayman Islands during this visit.
In all the places they were very well received and the cordial atmosphere made it possible for the fraternal sharing of their life and the different realities of the entities there. Overall it was an opportunity to know the Pallottine confreres personally and to know about their apostolic commitments which is much appreciated by the Local Church and the Bishops. PHOTO |
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Elections in the new Indian "Khrist Jyothi" Province |
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The General Council approved the definitive results of the elections of the new Indian "Khrist Jyothi" (Light of Christ) Province based in Raipur:
- Fr. Shanti Prakash Panna – Provincial Rector
- Fr. Marianus Xaxa – First Consultor
- Fr. Benjamin Behera – Consultor
- Fr. Louis Tete – Consultor
- Fr. Bipin Kishore Minj – Consultor.
The mandate of the new Provincial Council began on December 22, 2011 and will finish on January 06, 2015. |
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Programme for St. V. Pallotti Institute meetings for 2012 |
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 The Pallotti Institute in Rome has distributed to all the Pallottine communities in Rome and surroundings the programme for the encounters of Study and Formation for the year 2012. The guiding theme proposed for each evening for reflection will be: 'Nourish hope'. The encounters will be inserted in the ambit of the spiritual preparation for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the canonisation of Vincent Pallotti. 'Nourish hope' was a thought of Pallotti who desired to nurture all, to nourish and enlarge hope contemplating God's presence in his life and promoting works to let God's action shine in the lives of Christians. The encounters for 2012 propose a reflection on four aspects of hope. These are the situation in the modern world in which one is accustomed to a great need for a spiritual dimension of the person; the seeds of hope in the Church at the time of Pallotti; the great faith in God of St Vincent Pallotti and some points of hope in the Church of today. We hope that the prayer together, the reflection together and the meeting of brothers and sisters are favourable moments for increasing the hope that we all have much need of in today's life.PROGRAMME
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Last annual meeting of the Institure St. Vincent Pallotti |
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The fourth and final meeting of the year took place on December 15th 2011 that the Institute of St Vincent Pallotti had proposed for the year 2011 for the reflection on the guiding theme: 'Revive the faith'. The speaker, Corrado Montaldo, vice-President of the International Co-ordination Council of the Union of the Catholic Apostolate presented the topic: 'To live the faith in the communion of the Union of the Catholic Apostolate.' This meeting- has underlined- is full of meaningful ideas that merit more sharing and deeper examination. Faith is a response given by the person to God who in His love calls us to participate in His life. Moreover, faith becomes necessarily 'life of faith'. Faith and life are closely tied. Many have had the experience of an encounter with God and have replied 'Yes' with faith towards events and people. This is confirmed in the lived experience of Giuseppe Leonardi SAC in the Community of Quinta Dimensione. The faith- moreover- is closely bound to history: the history of each one and of the collective. One must record history, reflect on this and discern in each action that God has carried out up until today. This is proved true in the experience of St Vincent Pallotti, in the history of his charism and in the history of the Union of Catholic apostolate. Exploring the General Statutes of the Union one can trace numerous references to faith, in its contents, and in the indications as to how the members should live. In the Union faith is lived in a spirituality of communion: using the memory of the personal encounter with God, meditating upon this and sharing it in life with others. One searches also to transmit our history with God to those whom we meet, intensely living among ourselves the love and the Cross of Jesus, deepening and studying all the patrimony that we have. The life in faith offers occasions to make known the experience of faith to one another and that which God has done in each one of us. |
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Meeting of those responsible for the Pallotti Institutes |
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 From 15-16 December 2011 in the office of the Pallotti Institute, the ordinary meeting of those responsible for the Pallotti Institute took place. Those present were Fr Mariusz Malkiewicz (Poland) who was also the co-ordinator; Fr Jan Kupka and Serenella Morandotti (Rome); Fr Angelo Londero (Brazil ) and Fr Ulrich Scherer (Germany). Fr Henry Angel representing the Indian Institute was absent.
After sharing their experiences the members reflected on the Jubilee celebration for the canonisation of St Vincent Pallotti and the diverse initiatives and local and common activities. They lingered on the programme of the Convention organised by the Pallotti Institute in Rome from 15-19 May 2012. They had the pleasure of receiving the Rector General before the end of the morning who expressed the support and encouragement of the General Council with some thoughts. Fr Jan Kupka was nominated by the Rector General as the co-ordinator and Fr Francois Harelimana as the representative of the General Council. |
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