NUNTIA - June 2012 (English)

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News Bulletin from the General Curia of the Congregation of the Mission

In Memoriam

On 10 June, our dear confrere, Julio Suescun Olcoz, returned to the House of the Father.

He was born in Larraga (Navarre) on 7 May 1935. He joined the Congregation on 22September 1951, in Limpias, where he made the Internal Seminary.

He worked in various ministries and services. Among these were Sub-Director of theInternal Seminary, Director of Students and Philosophy Professor, Visitor, Editor of theVincentian Familys websites in Spain and the Spanish versions of the websites of theCongregation of the Mission and the International Vincentian Family. He was Execu-tive Secretary of SIEV for seven years. After four years in the General Curia (2007-2011)as Director of Communications (Vincentiana, Nuntia, websites, etc.), he returned to theProvince of Saragossa, where, surrounded by the affection of his family and the prayerand gratitude of the whole Congregation of the Mission, he died in the peace of theLord.

Thank you, Father Julio, for your dedication and fidelity to the Congregation of the Mis-sion and the whole Vincentian Family.

Julio Suescun Olcoz, CM.


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The Superior General

On 3 June, he had a virtual conference with the InternationalCouncil of the Vincentian Marian Youth Association. Thatsame day, in the evening, he met with the Councils of the dif-ferent provinces of the Daughters of Charity of Italy.

From 4-8 June, together with all the Assistants General, heheld the third Tempo Forte of the year. On the 7th, he wel-comed a delegation from the Cardinal Alberoni Foundation.It is entrusted to the Congregation and is in charge of the Al-beroni College, which is a Seminary that receives young Vin-centians from the different provinces of Italy and is located inPiacenza, in the north of Italy. During the visit, the affiliationto the Congregation of the Mission of the President of thisfoundation, Mrs. Anna Braghieri, became official.

On Sunday, the 10th, together with John Maher, he took part ina meeting and the Eucharist with the Community in Dialog, atwhich five members of this community were affiliated to theCongregation of the Mission. In the evening of the same day,he participated in the graduation ceremony of the students ofSt. John Universitys Roman Campus.

On Monday, the 11th, he had an ordinary meeting of the Gen-

eral Council. On the 12th, he travelled to Benin to study thepossibility of opening a mission of the Congregation there inconjunction with the Sisters of the Miraculous Medal. Thenhe went to Equatorial Guinea to visit the Daughters of Charityof the Province of Gijon, Spain.

On the 26th, he returned Rome. That same day he had a Masswith the Daughters of Charity of Casa Santa Luisa in Rome. Itwill be the new Provincial House of the unified Province ofTurin, Siena, and Rome.

On the morning of the 27th he had Council meeting and in theafternoon he left for Lebanon to take part in the meeting of theFormation Commission of Vincentian Leaders.

Broer Huitema

Superior GeneralFraters CMM


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The Curia House

During the month we have had several visitors in the Curia.Among them were the Archbishop of Port Moresby, PapuaNew Guinea, and our confrere, Rolando Santos, Bishop ofAlotau-Sideia in Papua New Guinea; some relatives of Javierand Flix lvarez; and the confreres of the Commission forthe Revision of the Ratio Formationis.

The Activities of Stanislav ZontakAfter Easter this year, Father Zontak, Assistant General, went to the Region of Cameroon (Province ofParis) for the canonical visitation. This visit began on 2 May and concluded on the 31st of the samemonth.The beginnings of the Region of Cameroon go back to 1980 when the French confreres (Paul Limousinand Pierre Hahn) came to Nsimalen, a parish entrusted to the Archbishop of Yaound. The confreres, inaddition to the pastoral works in the parish, collaborated in the formation of the diocesan clergy, as wellas the beginning of the formation of our own. In 2003 the Provincial Council of Paris made an importantdecision: In view of raising the mission to a Region, it opened three canonical houses (Bua, Yaound(Nkolafm), and Nsimalen). On 29 June 2004, with the consent of the Superior General, the Region waserected and Emmanuel Typamm was named Regional Superior.

At present, the Region has five juridically constituted houses (four in Cameroon and one in the CentralAfrican Republic). There are 38 incorporated confreres: 33 priests, three brothers, a deacon, and an incor-porated student. The Region has seven students in theology, 13 in philosophy, and five in the prepara-tory year. The average age of the provinces members is 41 years.The confreres work in three African countries: 28 in Cameroon, three in the Central African Republic, andone in Chad; and two European countries: five in France and one in Greece.The pastoral work is varied:parishes, the sick, prisons, education, lay formation, and with the Vincentian Family present in the area:Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne Antide, Association of the Miraculous Medal,Vincentian Marian Youth, and the International Association of Charities.

The Assistant General noted that the confreres love theCongregation and work with great fervor. They havegood relations with the people and are particularly sensi-tive to the needy and the poor.

We pray that the confreres of the Region of Camerooncontinue always to be open to the cry of the poor and ofthe Church and that this Region continues grow-ing in fidelity to our charism.


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From 25-29 June, the Commission for the Revi-sion of the Ratio Formationis met for its third ses-sion. The members of this Commission are: Or-lando Escobar (Colombia), Dominique Iyolo(Congo), Gerard Luttenberger (USA-East), JnMartinek (Vice-Province of Saints Cyril andMethodius - Slovakia), Robert Petkovek(Slovenia), and Joy Thuruthel (South India).

The major work of this session was the review ofthe second drafts of the documents each mem-ber had prepared. After doing the reviews anddetermining what must be done for a final draft,the Commission agreed on a schedule for ac-complishing the next stages of its work. It willsend its final draft to the General Council for itscomments during the September Tempo Fortemeeting and then to the Visitors Meeting, whichwill be held in July 2013, to receive its contribu-

tions too.

We congratulate the Commission that has en-deavored to carry out a good work.

The Commission for the Revision of theRatio Formationis


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Nominationes / Confirmationes

ESCOBAR RUIZ Jos Orlando 27/06/2012 Visitor Colombia

Ordinationes

SOUSA DA SILVA Anderson Clay Sac For 31/05/2012

NDUNGURU Simon Sac InM 19/06/2012

POHAR Borut Sac Sln 29/12/2012

Necrologium

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

AGUSTN BENITO Mximo Sac 02/06/2012 Cae 84 67

SUESCUN OLCOZ Julio Sac 10/06/2012 Cae 77 60

BARAN Stanisaw Sac 12/06/2012 Pol 69 44

KALLARACKAL Jose D. Sac 14/06/2012 InS 70 51

PRINDEZIS Jean Fra 15/06/2012 Par 69 53

MORA DAZA Ramn Sac 28/06/2012 Col 89 70

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