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News Bulletin from the General Curia of theCongregation of the Mission

“Reflecting on all the principal events that have taken  place in this Company, it seems to me, and this is quite evident, that, if they had taken place before they did,they would not have been successful ... That is why Ihave a particular devotion to following the adorable 

 Providence of God step by step … Our Lord alone has carried on and is constantly carrying on the business of the Little Company” 

St Vincent de Paúl (CCD, II, 237). 

The Editor

The February issue of Nuntia comes to you during our Lenten journey. We hope that this road to-ward Easter is really an opportunity to live profoundly our Vincentian Spirituality. May we allowourselves to be guided by providence after the example of our holy Founder who followed this path

step by step.

The General Curia

The Superior General

At the end of January and beginning of February, he made the visit to theconfreres of the International Mission of Papua New Guinea. This visit be-gan on 20 January. On his way, he passed through Singapore (on the 21st).There he had the opportunity to meet Michael Thio, President General ofthe International Confederation of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, and tolearn about some of its works. He also had the occasion to visit someplaces, among them the areas that were celebrating the Chinese New Year,because it was already the eve of that holiday.

On the 22nd, he arrived in Papua New Guinea where he metwith the confreres of this mission. The following day he vis-ited the Fatima mission, which is on Woitape Mountain, ac-companied by our confrere, Włodzimierz Małota, who worksin this area.

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Lent: a path for living our spiritualityfully.

“Is this not, rather, the fast that I choose: releasingthose bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke;setting free the oppressed, breaking off every yoke? Isit not sharing your bread with the hungry, bringing theafflicted and the homeless into your house; clothingthe naked when you see them, and not turning your

back on your own flesh?Isaiah 58:6-7

Father Małota works together with two priests of the Dioceseof Bereina. On this visit he also accompanied the bishop ofthis diocese and Father Homero, superior of the mission.They travelled in a small plane (with six seats, including thatof the pilot). The only way of reaching this place is by plane.

The site is beautiful: a valley within the mountains.Father Włodzimierz, together with the diocesan priests, caresfor five parishes and every parish has at least five missionsattached to it. Georges Maylaa, a new confrere from Lebanonwho is already in Papua, will join this mission. At this time,he is going through the process necessary for induction intothis new mission.

The Superior General had plans to visit the confreres from

Indonesia, which has a mission in a diocese of Papua NewGuinea. He could not do it, because he already had spentmore time than foreseen on the Fatima mission. The flightshad been cancelled by the government due to an unsuccess-ful coup d’état (the first one in the history of this country).

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On returning, he went to visit Monsignor Rolando Santos (aconfrere who recently was named Bishop of Alotau-Sideia).With him they visited Kiriwina in Trobrand Islands, wherethey hope to open a mission. It is expected that the first mis-

sionary will arrive in August or September of this year. Theygot to know both the island’s parishes and later returned toAlotau, the Diocesan See.

He returned to Port Moresby to spend the last days of the visitin meetings with the confreres. During those days he had theopportunity to meet the bishop of this place at a concelebratedMass for the perpetual and temporary vows of a group of Mis-sionaries of the Sacred Heart. This Congregation was the firstone to arrive in these lands.

He also had the opportunity to greet a Capuchin friend, re-cently elected bishop, Monsignor Lippert. At the beginning ofhis priesthood, he had lived in the United States with him andother companions, who were also there.

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Lent: a path for living our spiritualityfully.

“Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, andyour wound shall quickly be healed; your vindicationshall go before you, and the glory of the LORD shall beyour rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORDwill answer, you shall cry for help, and he will say:“Here I am!”

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On 3 February, he travelled to the Solomon Islands, where he spent a week. He carried out diffe-rent activities there. On the day of his arrival, he held a meeting with the members of this interna-tional mission. He shared with the seminarians in their beginning-of-the-year retreat. The parti-cipants in this retreat were seminarians from three dioceses of the Solomon Islands, candidatesfrom the Congregation of the Mission, and some Dominican seminarians.

During the same week he met with Monsignor Adrian Smith, Archbishop of Honiara (SolomonIslands). There he also met with Monsignor Christopher Cardone, Dominican Bishop of the Dio-cese of Auki, where the Congregation has been invited to open a new work and where too the Sis-ters of Saint Vincent de Paul of Zagreb serve. Although it was his intention, he did not have theopportunity to visit this community of four sisters, because the sea was rather rough, making itimpossible to travel to the island where they work.

He also met with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, which had an assembly of several conferen-ces that are advised by two confreres from the mission in the Solomon Islands.

On Sunday, the 5th, he celebrated the Eucharist in a chapel called Saint Vincent de Paul in BurmsCreek, near one of the parishes where the confreres work helping an elderly priest.

In addition, he met with all the candidates for the Congregation of the Mission. There are ten intotal: seven of them are in the pre-seminary and three in the seminary. Father Raúl Castro accom-panies them.

He took part too in the Opening Eucharist of the Diocesan Seminary, presided by the Archbishop,and in the year’s beginning orientation, at which they asked him to say a few words.

The visit concluded by a meeting with the confreres.From the visit of the Solomon Islands he trave-lled to Paris for his traditional meeting withthe Superioress of the Daughters of Charity,Sister Evelyne Franc, for the presentation ofthe renovation-of-vows request of the Daugh-ters of Charity.

From the 16th to the 18th, he participated in the

meeting of the International Council of theVincentian Marian Youth, in order to evaluatethe year 2011 and plan for 2012. The meetingtook place in Madrid.From 24 to 29 February, he was in Vietnamfor the erection of the new Vice-Province. 3

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Frederick Ozanam1813-2013

Toward the 200th anniversary of his birth:

“The only rule to follow for human acts, theonly law that must govern them, is that of lo-ve.”

Frederick Ozanam 

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Visitors’ Conference of the Asia-Pacific Region (APVC)

The Asia-Pacific Visitors’ Conference (APVC)held its annual meeting at the Priests’ Homeand Retreat Center in Mysore, India, from 13-18February 2012. The host for this meeting wasthe South India Province.

The Provinces

At this meeting, attended also by Varghese Thottamkara, Assistant General, the new Vice-Provinceof Vietnam was recognized and formally received as APVC’s latest member with Augustine Gia asits first Vice-Visitor. Also at this meeting, Wilson Chellan, Visitor of South India, was elected Presi-dent of APVC for a term of three years. A new Executive Secretary will be designated as soon as

possible by the new President of APVC.

 International Mission of Angola

With much happiness and hope, the Congregation isbeginning its missionary presence in Angola withthe opening of the newest International Mission inLombe. José María Nieto (Province of Madrid) and

  José Ramírez (Province of Mexico) have been sent

there.Lombe, in the Diocese of Malanje, has approximately13,700 inhabitants, with an area of 1200 sq. km. and76 villages. It is located in the mid-east part of thecountry, at more than 400 km. east of the capital,Luanda. The missionaries will reside in Lombe and,in addition to the pastoral work on the mission, theywill give attention to the Daughters of Charity andthe Vincentian Family. The mission also offers many

other possibilities for growth of pastoral work, espe-cially in Malanje (pastoral service in the prisons, dio-cesan seminary, schools, hospital, etc.). May Jesus,the good news of the poor, encourage themevery day in their missionary service.

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 José María Nieto

 José Ramírez

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" Evangelizare

 pauperibus

 misit me".

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 Rio de Janeiro – New Vincentian Mission in Ama-zonia

With the approval of the Provincial Council and through anagreement with the Archdiocese of Porto Velho (RO), the

Province of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) will take over the Parish-Mission of Our Lady of Lourdes in Itapuã do Oeste(Rondônia State).

Weliton Martins and Vanderlei Alves have been designated for this new mission. This Vincentianinitiative seeks to respond to the call of the Brazilian bishops, who have chosen Amazonia as amissionary priority for the Church in Brazil. The Daughters of Charity of the six Brazilian Provin-ces also have planned on opening two communities, one in Itapuã and the other in Ariquemes.There is a longing to work together with the whole Vincentian Family, intensifying the missiona-ry work and thus extending the Vincentian presence in the Amazonian region, a land of huge so-

cial challenges and of a great need for missionaries.

CLAPVI – Formation Course for Formators

In conformity with its action plan, CLAPVI carried out, from 12-25 February,the Formation Course for Formators in the Villa Paúl Seminary of Funza,Cundinamarca (Colombia). On this occasion, confreres from seven provincesand a vice-province took part. They were: the Provinces of Curitiba, Rio de

  Janeiro, Peru, Venezuela, Central America, Mexico, and Colombia and theVice-Province of Costa Rica; in all, an assembly of 19 confreres plus the wholegroup of theologians.

This course is held every two years, alternating with theSchool of Spirituality (that also is carried out every twoyears in the Province of Curitiba).

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Ordinationes 

SAIBOT Joélcio Sac Cur 22/01/2012

MARQUES DA SILVA OLIVEIRA Clóvis Sac Cur 12/02/2012

Necrologium 

Nomen  Cond. Dies ob.  Prov.  Aet.  Voc. 

CORCUERA HERMOSILLA Carlos Sac 01/02/2012 Mat 91 76

WIGNJAPRANATA Aloysius Sac 02/02/2012 Ids 73 54

BIERNASKI Ladislau Ep 13/02/2012 Cur 74 56

IJLST Piet Sac 18/02/2012 Hol 86 66

GROETELAARS Jan Sac 18/02/2012 Hol 84 65GARCÍA GRANELL Juan Sac 22/02/2012 Cae 76 59

THOTTAMKARA Xavier Sac 23/02/2012 InS 66 45

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