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Opus Christi Salvatoris Mundi

Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World

Lent 2012

“. . . God Himself is the source of charity; and charityis understood not merely as generic benevolence but asself-giving, even to the sacrifice of one’s life for others

in imitation of the example of Jesus Christ.”

(Benedict XVI to theGeneral Assembly of Caritas Internationalis

Vatican, May 27, 2011)

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 Economic Crisis, Competition of LoveFr. Giovanni Salerno, msp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

“Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Mt 5:48)Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti, msp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

 I know whom I have believed” (2Tim 1:12)Testimony of Fr. Raúl Gonzáles, msp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Blessed Chiara Luce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

From Our HousesChronicle of the Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

From the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Never tire of praying for priests, especially now when it seems that all theforces of evil have been loosed upon the world, attacking particularly thesacred ministers of the Lord. Pray that they remain faithful, that they beholy, that they be nothing more (and nothing less) than what they should be: Alter Christus. Please pray for the Missionary Servants of the Poor ofthe Third World priests and deacons!

Fr. Giovanni Salerno, mspFr. Álvaro Gómez Fernández, msp

Fr. Sebastian Dumont, mspFr. Urs Zanoni, msp

Fr. Agustin Delouvroy, mspFr. Vincent Miró Minnelli, mspFr. Giuseppe Cardamone, msp

Fr. Walter Corsini, msp

Fr. José Carlos Eugenio, msp

Fr. Jerome Gouallier, mspFr. Louis Marie Sallé, msp

Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti, mspFr. Salvatore Piredda, msp

Fr. Christian Hervé De Penfentenyo, msp

Fr. Aloïs Hollewerth, mspFr. Zsolt Szabó (deacon)

Fr. Raúl Gonzáles, msp (deacon)

With Ecclesiastical Approbation from theVicar General, Archdiocese of Cuzco

Partial or total reproduction of the articles contained in this newsletter is prohibited without

prior authorization.

Contents

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ebrated for you as a sign of grati-tude for the love with which youhave always supported me.  Meanwhile, Lent is upon us — atime in the liturgical year in whichthe Church invites us to a sincere

review of our lives in light of theGospel teachings. The mass mediais tireless in reporting the sad newsabout the economic crisis and, evenworse, about murders, abortions,divorces, broken families, etc. Allthis news could discourage us, butwe, raising our eyes to heaven, dis-cover the face of God the Father,

always faithful, Who never aban-dons those who suffer. In the sameway that the numberless trees of the

Dear Friends,

  Laudetur Iesus Christus!

  I come to you from the distantPeru-vian Andes to thank each ofyou for the love and prayers you

have showered on me on the 50thanniversary of my ordination to thepriesthood, which we celebratedon December 23rd. I would like torespond to each of you personallybut you will understand that this isimpossible. I do pray daily for thosewho have followed me these many

years and I also remember thosedear friends and benefactors whohave died.  You were all with me that dayin a special way. I offered you andyour intentions and worries on thepaten with the Host which daily re-news me, filling me with great joyand strength to continue working

for the most poor. On December25th, we priests can celebrate threeholy Masses. The second one I cel-

Message from Fr. Giovanni Salerno, msp

“Economic Crisis, Competition of Love”

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“The Christian is moved to

contribute to creating just

societies, where all receive what

is necessary to live according to

the dignity proper to the human

person and where justice is

enlivened by love.”

(Benedict XVI,

 Message for Lent 2010)

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woods shine in their ever-growingvigor, the love of those that vie inhelping His chosen, the poor, shines

silently before the eyes of God.  During my last trip to Europe,an old lady, conscious of the wors-ening economic crisis which espe-cially tries the poor, gave me a kiloof her jewels to sell tohelp our children. Herhusband, who turned81 this past November,

despite deserving a restafter a long life of workand sacrifice, continuesworking to be able tohelp our children andthe poor who surroundus. He knows that ifhe doesn’t work, our

children would be leftwithout bread. Havingno children of his own,

he has even gotten hisnieces and nephews tocommit to this noblecause.  In Spain, wherethe crisis is most felt,a woman who, withoutknowing us person-ally or even contactingus for more informa-tion, left us her humblehouse in her will so that

the sale of it might sat-isfy the hunger of ourchildren.  How these demon-strations of true Chris-tian charity move all

of us and the poor we help! Theyhelp us to forget the offenses madeagainst the dignity of the poor byhollow charitable works moti-vated only by pride and blindness,by hearts incapable of seeing inthe poor a child of God in special

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Fr. Giovanni celebrating the Holy Mass on his50th anniversary

Poor children in the High Andes of Cuzco, Peru

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circumstances. How many of theseoffenses I could tell of! For example,a very rich Catholic woman fromLima used to send us her daughters’used dresses and high heel shoes.I asked her not to bring this sort ofthing anymore because the poor areour brothers and should be assisted

with dignity. A very wealthy oldItalian woman had begun to sendus generous donations for our chil-dren, saying, “I am old, my childrenare well off, so now I would like to

help your children a little more.”But one of her daughters, a leaderin her parish and owner of build-ings, prevented her from helpingin this generous way, saying, “Helpthem, but only send them 100€every once in a while.”  Not everyone who says to me,

“Lord, Lord,” shall enter the king-dom of heaven (Mt 7:21).  I wish all of you a Holy Lent, asa competition of love!  Your little missionary brother,

 Fr. Giovanni Salerno, msp

Fr. Giovanni Salerno surrounded by orphaned children in the Saint Teresa of Jesus Home of the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World

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House of Priestly Formation

International Missionary Camp 2012

Next August we will welcome young men (18-30 years old) fromdifferent countries at our seminary in Ajofrin, Toledo, Spain forthree weeks of Campus International. This “Campus 2012” willbe a Christian get-together with sightseeing, sports and Spanish

language instruction.

Contact Fr. Giuseppe at: pgiuseppecardamone@gmail.com

“How beautiful to know that Jesus seeks you,trusts in you and with His unmistakable voice also

says to you ‘Come follow me!’ ” (cf. Mk 2:14)

(Benedict XVI, World Youth Day

Prayer Vigil with Youth

 Madrid, August 20, 2011)

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“Be perfect, like your Father in

heaven is perfect.” (Mt 5:48)

Part Two:

Means of Advancing in Perfection

  The principal obstacle to ad-vancing in perfection is in the luke-warmness of the soul about whosecharacteristics and remedies we

have spoken in a previous article. Ifit is true that it is difficult for a luke-warm person to regain his previousfervor, the Lord says, “What is im-possible with men is possible withGod” (Lk 18:27). He who prays tothe Lord and uses adequate meanssoon attains what he desires. SaintAlphonsus Liguori, in the eighth

chapter of his book, The Practice ofthe Love of Jesus Christ , suggestsfive ways of conquering lukewarm-ness and reaching perfection: desir-ing perfection, the firm resolutionof reaching it, meditation, frequentcommunion, and prayer.  In the first place is desire for per-

fection. Saint Alphonsus says that“the desire for holiness gives us thewings that make us fly above theearth. It gives us strength and allowsus to walk the path of holiness.” Onlyhe who truly desires to reach perfec-tion goes continually forward. Thosewho don’t desire this will backslide.Saint Teresa of Jesus said that “it

helps to have lofty thoughts that im-pel us to also do the works (The Wayof Perfection, Ch. 5). Another place

she says, “The devil does much

harm, so that those who pray don’tprogress, making them misunder-stand humility, making them thinkit prideful to have great desires andto want to imitate the Saints” (Auto-biography, Ch. 13). And to discour-age us, he makes us think on ourpast sins. One must realize that not

even the sins we’ve committed canprevent us from reaching sanctityif we really want it. “In everythingGod works for good with thosewho love Him” (Rm 8:28), so thateven sins can help, because the sin-ner, being aware of them, becomesmore humble.  The second way of reaching per-

fection is resolution: the firm deci-sion of giving oneself completely toGod. If the desire for perfection is

 Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti, msp (Italian)

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not united with this firm resolutionof reaching it, it will never be any-thing but a vain desire. The lazy arefull of good intentions but never re-solve to take the steps to carry themout. For this reason we say, “Theroad to hell is paved with good in-tentions.” On the contrary, “the soul

on this path . . . begins to walk withdetermination . . . and has covered agreat deal of the way (Saint Teresaof Jesus, Autobiography, Ch. 11).  The third way of reaching per-fection is meditation. He whodoesn’t meditate on the eternaltruths will only be able to live aChristian life through an extraor-

dinary grace of God. The truthsof the faith are only seen with theeyes of the soul and only when the

soul meditates on them. So he whodoesn’t meditate doesn’t see them,walks in darkness, and becomesattached to earthly things, scorn-ing eternal ones. Holy thoughts areborn of meditation, they increasethe desire for perfection and pourinto the heart firm intentions of

surrendering oneself completely toGod. It is very useful to meditate onthe Four Last Things (Death, Judg-ment, Heaven and Hell), and on thelife of the Redeemer as The Imi-tation of Christ reminds us, “Mayour greatest preoccupation be tomeditate on the life of Jesus. Histeaching surpasses all those of the

Saints” (Book 1, Ch. 1, 1).  The fourth means of reachingholiness and preserving friendship

Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti, msp, celebrating Holy Mass in a village in the Andesof Cuzco

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with God is by frequent commu-nion. The Eucharist not only frees usfrom daily faults, even from simpleimperfections or venial sins, but italso preserves us from mortal sin. Itinclines the soul to virtue and infus-es it with a great ability to practiceit. Clearly, for Holy Communion toproduce in the soul these effects,the attitude with which a person ap-proaches the Eucharistic Banquet isvery important. One must dedicate

a good amount of time to thanks-giving since “the time after Com-munion is time to make a fortuneand accumulate a treasure of gracesfor Heaven” (Saint John of Avila).  Finally, on this road to perfec-tion it is necessary to pray in a per-sonal and intimate dialogue withGod. Because the help of grace is

indispensible on one hand, but onthe other hand God only grants it tothose who ask for it. “The Lord . . .bestows His riches upon all whocall upon Him” (Rm 10:12). Astemptations and dangers in this lifeare never ending, our prayer mustbe continuous. Our Lord has saidto, “always pray and not lose heart”(Lk 18:1). When we pray to God, letus not forget to commend ourselvesto Mary also who is the dispenser

of all graces. “God it is,” says SaintBernard, “Who gives grace, but Hegives it by the hand of Mary. Let usseek grace, but let us seek it throughMary.” If Mary prays for us, wemay be sure of being heard becauseher prayers are always pleasing toGod and are never neglected.

The Word of God comes to the poor through the Missionary Priest Servantsof the Poor of the Third World

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OREMUS

Prayer to Our Lady of Inca Perka, 

Mother of Jesus and Mother of the Poor

(Part One)

  Mary, Mother of Jesus, Mother of all nations and Motherof the poor: I have climbed to this peak of Inca Perka, witnessto bloody battles between the strong Chancas and the ancientIncas for the control of this High Cordillera, to raise to youmy imploring gaze. Listen to my reverent prayer which risesto heaven like the condors that dance about you in their silentflight.  After so many years of humble service on these heights ofApurimac, where numberless Indians don’t yet know the fruitsof the Redemption of your Son and live an inhuman existence,

I can’t find the words to form the prayer that presses on mysoul to express to you the sentiments of my missionary heart.  I feel in the deepest part of my being my weakness andnothingness. I am aware of my radical inability to free thehearts hardened in evil and turn them towards good. So I liftthe chalice with the Blood of your son, Jesus, to you in whichI want to drown the sufferings of all the Indians whom fromthis old fortress you see and support with a mother’s love.  You know, Mother, how these Indians of the Cordillera are

exploited. You know the local authorities and the bosses whorob the poor of their cows, sheep and lambs and who can onlycry because if they denounce the abuses, they will end up in

 jail. You have seen in the darkness of the night, who killed theyoung district attorney, throwing his body in the river, becausehe defended the Indians.

(Fr. Giovanni Salerno)

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“I Know Whom I Have Believed”

(2Tm 1:12)

  I want to share with you aboutmy life and especially about my vo-cation. I was born in Lima. Yes! Iam from the land of Saint Rose ofLima and Saint Martin de Porres,

although my father is from Callaoand my mother from Cuzco. Afterbeing ordained to the diaconate thispast December 12th, I am minister-ing at the City of Boys in Anda-huaylillas, Cuzco.  First, how was my vocation tothe priesthood born? I can answerthis question in the same words that

Pope John Paul II used in his book,Gift and Mystery, “God knows mypriestly vocation better than any-

one,” and “every priestly vocationis a great mystery, it is a gift thatinfinitely surpasses man. . .” Sin-cerely, I feel like that: infinitelysurpassed by this beautiful gift thatthe Lord has given me with His callsince, as you know, the responsibil-

ity of a priest especially nowadaysis very great and I tremble like SaintPaul (cf. 1Cor 2:3) when I think ofit. However, the words of that sameApostle to the Gentiles helped me toovercome my fears, “I know WhomI have believed” (2Tm 1:12).  Now how was I introduced tothe Movement of the Missionary

Servants of the Poor of the ThirdWorld? I met them through a goodfriend of my mother. She beganto attend the spiritual retreats thatFr. Giovanni and the Movementorganized periodically in Lima.My mother always brought homepamphlets and newsletters that

contained testimonies of youngmissionaries and many photos ofchildren that lived in precarious cir-cumstances in the mountains of theAndes and also messages from Fr.Giovanni exhorting young peopleto be courageous and determined infollowing Christ.  It’s curious that until then my

life had been “normal” to the pointthat I was about to realize my dreamof being a sports writer. However, I

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wasn’t at peace. Every time I readone of those testimonies or saw aphoto of those children that livedin inhuman conditions in the moun-tains or on the outskirts of Cuzcoitself, my heart was moved. I felt Ineeded to do something for them.I felt as if a voice was calling me

to leave everything, my family, myfriends, my profession, my comfort,my city, my personal plans, etc. Inshort, I felt the call of Christ in thedepths of my heart, but it was verydifficult to leave everything. It tooka lot to take this decisive step.  Finally, I remember praying adaily ejaculation that a priest friend

in Lima taught me: “Speak, Lord:what do you want of me?” I mustadmit that my parents helped me

much during this period of discern-ment. I prayed a daily rosary withthem and the Divine Mercy chaplet.

Without a doubt the example and

Christian witness that I have re-

ceived from my parents was decisive

in confirming me in my vocation.  So it was that, impelled by the

Lord, I finally took the step. I wroteto the superior of the community inCuzco, telling him about my doubtsand my desire to serve Christ in thepoor. I was accepted. So I went toCuzco and began my missionarylife there. I received many bless-ings and gifts from the Lord duringthat time.

  In daily contact with the chil-dren, I was discovering slowly thesuffering face of Christ, since many

Fr. Raúl Gonzáles, msp, giving Holy Communion to the boys of the BlessedFrancisco and Jacinta Marto School of the Missionary Servants of the Poorof the Third World.

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of them came from homes damagedby alcohol and family violence orwere simply children that had beenabandoned by their own parents.Many times I have cried, remem-bering some particular testimony ofone of our boys, and have thankedGod for the privilege He’s givenme of  being able to serve Him andconsole Him in them each day as aServant of the Poor. In this continu-ous service to the smallest I have

understood the words of Our LordWho says, “What you have done tothe least of my brothers, you did toMe” (Mt 25:40). I have always feltthat Christ used these dear boys tocall me to His service and to tell meto leave all for Him.

  Now I am working in the Cityof Boys with the dream and desireof serving Christ in these children,in the poorest, a dream and desirethat, thanks to God, has remainedas strong as it was at the beginningof my missionary experience.  I ask the Lord for the gift ofremaining faithful in all I havelearned and found worthy in theseyears in seminary: prayer, love forthe Eucharist, and community life.

And I beg you who read these linesto pray for me so that I may remainfaithful to the vocation Christ hascalled me to and that He may turnme into an instrument of His loveand a Servant of the most poor andneedy. Holy Mary, Mother of thePoor, pray for us.

Fr. Raúl Gonzáles, msp, caring for the small boys of the San Tarcisio Home in theCity of Boys in Andahuaylillas

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Please mail your request to:

House of Priestly FormationHoly MaryMother of the Poor

Carretera Mazarambroz S/N45110 Ajofrín (Toledo)

Spain

Important Announcements

Available from our House of Forma-tion in Ajofrin, the pocket book editionin Spanish and Italian of:

The Imitation of Christ

Specially prepared by the MissionaryServants of the Poor of the Third World.These editions are now available inSpanish, Italian and French.

We invite you to visit the official website of the MissionaryServants of the Poor of the Third World:www.msptm.com

The 2nd English edition of the book On Mission with God in the Andes, gather-ing 36 years of the missionary experi-ence of Fr. Giovanni Salerno, is in prep-

aration. This 2nd edition will includenew “Memories” and “Reflections.”The 1st edition has had great successand has been translated into Spanish,French, English, German, Hungarian,Polish and Portuguese.

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In Praise of Contemplatives

Would you like to join our Contemplative Servants of the Poor of the Third World, who dedicate most of their day to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, and who

also dedicate some hours to manual labor in orderto help the poor?

Like

Saint Therese

of the Child

 Jesus, you too

can offer your

donation to

God to benefit

the neediest.

You have chosen, or more exactly, Christhas chosen you, to live His Easter Mysterywith Him in time and space. May all thatyou are, everything you do each day, be itthe Office recited or sung, the celebration ofthe Eucharist, the work done in your cell orin community, respect for the cloister andsilence, the voluntary or imposed mortifica-

tion of the rule, be taken on, sanctified, andused by Christ for the world’s redemption.

I, _________________________________,

from the Monastery

of:_________________________________

Address:____________________________

City:_______________________________

Country:____________________________commit myself to live the obedience andpoverty of my surrender to God in my mon-astery for the Movement of the MissionaryServants of the Poor of the Third World,so that the Kingdom of God may come to thepoorest.

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We Invite You toShare our Missionary Work in Peru as . . .

Young laywomen  who wish to giveall their love to abandoned children,to stretch out their arms, like Mary, tothe Child Jesus Who is present in thesechildren.

Young laymen who wish to give theirhearts to Christ, to give their talentsand skills, whatever they may be, tothe service of the Divine Master, so His

work can be realized in all human cir-cumstances.

Priests and seminarians  to take theBody and Blood of the Redeemer to themost remote and abandoned sites of theAndean Cordillera, and to announce themessage of love and salvation of ChristCrucified and Resurrected.

Full-time contemplatives gathered to-gether to live an austere life in a clois-tered community, in order to giveglory to God, and to intercede for allthe members of the Church along withMary, our mother, and to make repara-tion for the sins of mankind.

Married couples  who wish to opentheir families to the poorest, as a small

domestic church that is transformedinto a shelter of love shared with thosewho suffer.

Young people  who are searching andwho, during a year of experience in theThird World, are inclined to discern withan open heart, and are willing to listen towhat mission the Lord is calling them.

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________

City _________________________ State _______ Zip Code_________

Country __________________________ Email ___________________

Age _______ Level of Education _______________________________

Telephone __________________ Occupation _____________________

Full-time Contemplative

Seminarian

Priest

Consecrated Layman

Consecrated Laywoman

Consecrated Married Couple

Oblate

Associate Member or Collaborator

Seminarians, please mail

your request to:

House of Priestly FormationHoly Mary Mother of the Poor

Carretera Mazarambroz S/N45110 Ajofrín (Toledo)Spain

msptm.cuzco@gmail.com

All others, please send this form to the

following address:

Friends of the Missionary Servantsof the Poor Foundation

5800 West Monastery RoadHulbert, OK 74441 – USA616-691-7909

info.ocsm@gmail.com

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Laypeople

“Dear Friends, don’t let adversity paralyze you. Don’t beafraid of the world, or the future, or of your own weakness.

The Lord has decreed that you live at this moment in history

so that, thanks to your faith, His Name will continue to

resound throughout all the earth.”

(Benedict XVI, World Youth Day)

 August 21, 2011, Closing Mass)

This Spiritual Offering may be sent to our address in Cuzco, Peru.There it will be placed at the feet of the Blessed Virgin Mary on thealtar of our chapel of Mary Mother of the Poor of the Third World.

I, ____________________________________________________,during all of 2012, commit myself to remain united to you in order to

give thanks to God for this new charism of the Church given tothe Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World.

My participation will be as follows:

Form of Offering

Daily Weekly Bi-weekly Monthly Other

Holy Mass

EucharisticAdoration

Holy Rosary

Address ________________________________________________

City _______________________ State _______ Zip Code________

Country ________________________ Date ___________________

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If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send

us the form below, using the return envelope in the center

of this newsletter. We can also mail you extra copies of the

newsletter for you to distribute to your family members, local

parish, or youth group, and thus you can help us spread this

message for the good of those who suffer in the Third World.

To New Readers

PLEASE PRINT

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Address ___________________________________________________

City _________________________ State _______ Zip Code_________

Country __________________________ Email ___________________

Please mail me # _______ copies of the Newsletter.

Name _____________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________City _________________________ State _______ Zip Code_________

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Address ___________________________________________________

City _________________________ State _______ Zip Code_________

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 Do you know others who would be interested?

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“Dear young people, may the Church find in you and

in your youthfulness

 joyful missionaries of the Good News!”

(Benedict XVI, World Youth Day

 August 21, 2011, Angelus Talk)

S.O.S to Young People!

With the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World youcan realize this ideal with a life of deep prayer and generous giving

of yourself in the service of your many brothers

who suffer every type of marginalization.

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  Blessed Chiara Badano, or Chiara“Luce” (Light), a name given to her bythe founder of the Focolare Movement,Chiara Lubich, was born at the endof 1989 in Sassello, Luguria, Italy onOctober 29, 1971. From childhood shedisplayed a deep love of God.  She joined the Focolare Movementat the age of nine. She was a generous,

happy, sports-loving girl who enjoyed life. She liked to sing and dance.  At sixteen she dreamed of becoming a stewardess but realized that Godwas calling her to something more and she responded generously, puttingaside her plans to embrace a new dream, that of consecrating herself to theLord. But the ways of the Lord are not our ways.  One day, while playing tennis, she experienced strong pain in her back.The doctors at the hospital diagnosed a serious and painful tumor. Thusbegan a two year Calvary for Chiara, which she endured with the joy andgenerosity that were always hers. She was determined to suffer it all for

Jesus. The consecration that the Lord asked of her was a consecration tosuffering to give witness to the whole world that suffering may not only beendured but also embraced, thereby uniting oneself to the Cross of Jesus.That which could have been common holiness, hidden, like the many saintswhose names we don’t even know, is transformed into a heroic holiness.  Each year on October 29th the Church celebrates an example of youth-ful and cheerful holiness, a “Light” to Christians so that they may cheer-fully embrace their daily crosses knowing that, as Saint José María Escrivásaid, “God wants us happy, but Christian happiness frequently has its roots

in the Cross.”  The sufferings of the children we shelter in our centers are sometimesphysical sufferings, as in the case of the children helped by our Sistersin the Saint Raphael room of our Saint Teresa of Jesus Home, but morefrequently it is tremendous suffering caused by their abandonment andthe violence they’ve suffered. This can plant in their hearts a rancor andresentment towards others, towards adults in general, and even towardstheir own parents. The life of Chiara, beatified by Benedict XVI, may bealso for them that Light that they so need to transform each suffering into

a gesture of love towards God and their neighbor.

— Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti, msp (Italian)

Chiara Luce (1971 - 1990)

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Missionary Sister Servants of the

Poor of the Third World

The traditional veil

worn by our sisters

is a sign of their totalconsecration to Christ,

and of reparation for

the sins of the world.

(For more information

on the sisters, please

 fill in the formon page 16.)

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Chronicle of the Movement

Center in Budapest, Hungary

  Fr. Giovanni received permis-sion from the Archbishop of Buda-pest, His Eminence Peter CardinalErdo, during his last visit to ourCenter to have the Most Holy Eu-charist reserved permanently in our

chapel. This good news from ourcenter in Budapest makes us happybecause it will strengthen our mis-sion among the poor in that city.Previously we had to take the kidsto the parish church if we wantedto spend time with Jesus in theBlessed Sacrament. The chapel in

the Center was used for praying therosary and catechism. We are verygrateful for this permission whichwill help us all to live in our Centerin the Presence of Jesus. Our Centerhas also been enlarged with a newroom to use for sports programs for

the children of the neighborhood.  During his stay, Father Giovanni met His Eminence Msgr. JanosSzekely, delegate to the gypsies inHungary. During a Mass celebratedin our Center, Fr. Giovanni receivedthe first annual vows, according tothe statutes of the Movement, of a

Fr. Giovanni Salerno with some missionaries and children of the Servants of thePoor of the Third World Center in Budapest, Hungary

 From Our Houses . . .

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Hungarian family and the renewalof vows (the tenth!) of Lazlo (theCenter’s head) and his wife.

  Father Agustin Delouvroy, msp,also visited our Center to preach twospiritual retreats for the young peo-ple and to present the mission and

charism of the Movement to variousschools and a university group.

Major Seminary in Ajofrin, Spain

  On October 30, 2011, the seniorpastor of Ajofrin, Don Alejandro,was invited by Father GiovanniSalerno to bless the new wing of

our Major Seminary, along withthe Rev. Don Carlos, pastor ofMazarambroz, the other neighbor-

ing village of our seminary. EverySunday our seminarians go to bothparishes to teach catechism andserve at the altar. The blessing of thenew wing of the Seminary brings toan end the expansion of our house ofpriestly and missionary formation.

We can now receive large groupsof young men for spiritual Ignatianretreats preached by our priests. Atthe beginning of November we re-ceived the minor seminarians of thediocese for the annual week-longspiritual exercises.

Minor Seminary in Cuzco, Peru

  We finished the construction ofthe minor seminary in Cuzco for

Fr. Giovanni Salerno and Father Vincent Minnelli and Father Alois Hollwerth who 

are responsible for the Minor Seminary in the City of Boys in Andahuaylillas

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the boys of our school who aspireto the priestly and missionary life.The Rector, Father Vincent Min-nelli, msp, and his assistant, FatherAlois Höllwerth, msp, will receiveseven new candidates this March to

experience a week of communitylife which will allow them to dis-cern a priestly vocation. There willthen be about twenty boys studyingin our minor seminary.  For the fourth year in a rowthe minor seminarians put on aChristmas play titled And He Dwelt

 Among Us. It is a play about theglad preparation for Christmaswith some comedy and reflection in

which contemporary characters andtraditional Cuzqueños are broughtfrom their very superficial andsinful life to the feet of the new-born Baby Jesus. Each year FatherVincent prepares three performanc-

es for the city of Cuzco, the last oneof which is performed at the munic-ipal theater with about six hundredpeople attending.

December 12, 2011

  On the solemnity of the Virginof Guadalupe, in the chapel of theCity of Boys, our dear Brother RaúlGonzáles, msp, was ordained to thediaconate by Msgr. Juan Antonio

Father Raúl Gonzáles receiving Holy Orders to the Diaconate through the laying on of hands of Msgr. Juan Antonio Ugarte, Archbishop of Cuzco

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Ugarte, Archbishop of Cuzco. TheMass was sung by our San Tarcisiochoir, directed by Pascal Dousse,msp, of the Fraternity of the Mis-sionary Families. The parents andfamily of Brother Raúl came fromLima for the ordination. The boysfrom our Francisco and Jacinta Mar-to school also attended. Father Raúlwill continue to be responsible for

the Saint Aloysius Gonzaga groupof boys, the youngest of those who

live with us.  A little before Christmas, wetook in two new boys, Cristo Frank(6) who comes from Quillabambaand Luis Miguel (10) who comesfrom Cusibamba where our Sistershave a permanent mission. This yearour San Tarcisio home houses forty

abandoned or orphaned boys divid-ed into groups according to age andall guided by a Father or Brother.

One of the important duties of theDirector, Father Agustin Delouv-roy, is to make sure that we main-tain contact with the families whohave given their boys to us. Thanksto the help of the missionary fami-lies who visit the families of ourboys, we are able to help them ma-terially and spiritually. Frequently,it is only to maintain a simple and

humble contact sothat their situation

doesn’t get worse.We are unable tocarry out great so-cial works in com-petition with themunicipal servicesof Cuzco, but thereis no doubt that thehumble presenceof the missionaryChurch among thepoor gives greathope to many ofthem.

December 20-26, 2011

  We also renewed our commit-

ment this year to send priests andbrothers to the distant village ofthe High Cordillera to celebrate thesolemnity of Christmas. We sentout three teams: Fr. Pierfilippo andBrother Erick (a Mexican volunteer)went to Yarquacuncca and San Juande Quihuares; Father Louis Marie

and Father José went to Pirque andPaprés; and Father Alois and Broth-er Johann (an Austrian volunteer)

Boys living in the San Tarcisio Home of the MissionaryServants of the Poor of the Third World in the City of Boys

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and two minor seminarians went toParocochan.  If it hadn’t been for these itin-erant missionaries, these puebloswould not have been able to partici-pate in Mass and celebrate Christ-

mas in a Christian way. Each mis-sionary team spent a week in theassigned pueblos from which theyalso visited neighboring villages toteach catechism, bless houses, hearconfessions, pray the rosary and

distribute rosariesand, time allowing,the presentationof a living Nativ-ity and a Christmasperformance with

the children of thepueblo, all so thatthese people couldreceive the newsof what the Churchcelebrates: the birthof the Savior. Otherpriests went to theSisters’ permanentmissions in Cusib-amba and Puna-cancha.

A Missionary Priest and Brother of the Servants of thePoor of the Third World arriving in a village of the Andes tocelebrate Holy Mass and teach catechism to the people

People of the High Cordillera of the Andes anxiouslyawaiting with joy the arrival of a Priest of the MissionaryServants of the Poor of the Third World

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From The World

There are 800 million illiterate people in the world, 

including more than 70 million children

The Pope remembers the singular contribution

of all religious men and women, contemplative and

active, to the mission of the Church and its

chief role in evangelization:

“On September 8, 2011, the day we celebrate the International Dayof Literacy, we want to remind society in general and governmentsand their related educational institutions in particular, that there areabout 800 million illiterate people in the world of which more than

70 million are children according to a report issued by UNESCO in2010. Achieving universal literacy requires more effort and politi-cal will, because it is not only a matter of assuring an education foreveryone, but also of giving them a tool to fight poverty and guaran-tee inclusion and social mobility, the eradication of child labor andthe exploitation of children.”

(Agencia Fides, July 9, 2011)

“Due to the singular contribution of all the religious men and women, contemplative and active, to the mission of the Church and their roleas chief evangelizers through prayer and supplication, education,health assistance, charity and other apostolates, their charisms willcontinue strengthening the ecclesial community overall and enrich-ing all of society.” The Holy Father Benedict XVI emphasized thisin a talk to a group of Latin Rite bishops from India who were re-

ceived in audience on June 17 for their ad limina visit.(Cf. Agencia Fides, June 18, 2011)

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With yourhelp,

one morechild

will be fed inour centers inCuzco, Peru.

Thank You!

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By echoing the cry of the poor, by giving copies of this newsletter toyour friends and relatives and our other publications (which

you may request for free), as well as by organizing missionarymeetings in which our missionaries may participate.

***

By offering your sacrifices and prayers, together with fidelity to the Gospeland the Pope, so that each Missionary Servant of the Poor of theThird World may be the living presence of Jesus among the poor.

***By sending us your Mass intentions.

***By coordinating directly with us some concrete projects orsupporting those projects that we carry on daily such as:

By purchasing flour necessary to bake 3,000 loavesdaily for more than 1,500 persons: Daily expense – $67

By purchasing 50 local bricks – $67

With a scholarship for one month of study for a missionary sister – $200

With a scholarship for one month of studyfor a seminarian in Ajofrín, Toledo, Spain – $335

***By remembering our Movement of the Missionary Servants

of the Poor of the Third World in your will.

How Can I Help The Poor?

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Two French Friends, on a tripto the Temple of the Sun,

write to us:

  Our goal on May 9, 2011, wasto discover that beautiful countryof Peru, land of dreams and alsowhere the work of the MissionaryServants of the Poor of the ThirdWorld is carried out. We had metthem and helped them through theAbbey of Notre-Dame de Font-gombault.  We stayed ten days, mostly inCuzco, and dedicated an entire dayto visiting the works, which up tothen we had known only throughtheir newsletter published by theabbey. A day was too short to beable to see and learn everything,

notwithstanding the warm wel-come of the French families whowere put at our disposal so that wecould see as much as possible.  That morning we were metby Philippe Bourdeau (one ofthe husbands of the missionaryfamilies) who took us to the City

of Boys in Andahuaylillas to seethe Blessed Francisco and JacintaMarto school and professional

Let your dreams devour your life, so that your life doesn’t devour your dreams.

(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

workshops which serve about 500boys. It was the day on which re-

port cards were distributed in thepresence of the boys’ parents. Thisended with a Mass celebrated byFather Urs Zanoni who impressedus with his beautiful and simpleliturgy and the deep recollectionof the boys surrounded by theirparents who came from neigh-boring villages or the outskirts ofCuzco.  At noon we returned to Cuzcoto the Saint Maria Goretti GirlsSchool to lunch with the studentsand appreciated the serene atmo-sphere and liveliness of the girls.  Our day ended with a visitto the Mother House of the mis-

sionary sisters which houses theSaint Teresa of Jesus Home. Thiswas very moving, visiting therooms of the little sick ones whichFather Salerno considers thesecond tabernacle of the houseafter the tabernacle in the church.These handicapped children, most

of whom are bedridden and manyabandoned by their parents, vivid-ly represent the Suffering Christ.

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Surrounded by young, smiling re-ligious who radiate a great faith,these children find an atmosphere

of peace and love and dignitywhich we would like to find in ourhospitals in France, which are sooften dehumanizing.  Another moving moment wason our last Sunday in Cuzco, onthe Feast of the Ascension, whenwe requested a taxi from a youngemployee of the Llipimpac Innwhere we were staying so wecould go to Mass at the MotherHouse. When we asked her if she

knew the work of the Servantsshe answered us excitedly thatshe had spent 18 years there! She

said that she was very grateful toits benefactors and to the mission-ary families for contributing to amission that had saved her from avery difficult situation.  What a meaningful sign in thiscrowded city of Cuzco! And whata witness for those who might stilldoubt the importance of this mostdecidedly Catholic work dedi-cated to the service of the mostpoor!

Missionary Sister Servants of the Poor of the Third World attending sick childrenin the Saint Teresa of Jesus Home

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Opus Christi Salvatoris Mundi

Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World

United States:

Friends of the Missionary Servantsof the Poor Foundation

5800 West Monastery RoadHulbert, OK 74441 – USA

616-691-7909info.ocsm@gmail.com

Perú:

Misioneros Siervos de los Pobresdel Tercer Mundo

PO Box 907Cuzco Peru

Tel/Fax 0051-984032491 or

0051-95694389email: msptm.cuzco@gmail.com

website: www.mstpm.com

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