PRAYER WITH THE RELICS OF THE

YOUNG PASSIONIST SAINTS THAT

WILL BE USED DAILY FROM TODAY

Relics prayer card

Word version

JOURNEY OF THE RELICS OF THE

THREE YOUNG PASSIONIST SAINTS

New South Wales program

South Australia program

Victoria program

Information's videos with music

NEW PASSIONIST WEB SITE

Vicariate of the Resurrection, Peru (CORI-RES)

www.pasionistasperu.com

LAY PASSIONIST MOVEMENT:

LAT PROVINCE, ITALY

INVITATION TO THE

PROVINCIAL JOURNEY OF THE LPM

On June 1st. at the

Shrine of " Madonna della

Catena" in Laurignano

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 MEETING OF THE PASSIONIST STUDY TEAM

OF LATIN AMERICA -- BRAZIL (ERPAL)
 

From 16 to 18 May, at the Passionist Community of

San Carlo, SP, Brazil, the ERPAL Study Team reflected on the topic:
JPIC in light of our Passionist charism
and the book of the prophet Amos.

The preachers were Fr. Norberto Donizetti, CP;
Sister Celia Aparecida, CP
and Fr. Guinge, SVD
 

HOLY SPIRIT PROVINCE

NEWSLETTER

(SPIR)

Australia, Papua, New Guinea,

New Zealand

The relics of Passionists

Saints in Australia for

lead up to WYD

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May 2008

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A NEW PASSIONIST BISHOP

M. REV. FR. NEIL TIEDEMANN, CP

ST. PAUL OF THE CROSS

PROVINCE (PAUL), USA

CONGRATULATIONS!

The Holy Father has appointed Father Neil Tiedemann, C.P.,

a Provincial Consultor of St. Paul of the Cross Province,

to be the new bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica.
 

Curriculum vitae:

Fr. Neil Tiedemann was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 5th 1948. He entered the Passionist Congregation in 1970 and professed his perpetual vows on September 8th 1974. He was ordained a priest on May 16th 1975.

After ordination he has held the following posts:
1975-1982 Associate pastor at Immaculate Conception parish (CP), Jamaica, NY
1977-1978 Catholic Charities, Jamaica, NY
1982-1984 Co-pastor, St. Joseph’s parish (CP), Union City, NJ
1984-1987 Associate pastor, Blessed Sacrament parish, Springfield, MA
1987-1994 Pastoral ministry in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1995-1997 Pastoral ministry, St. Joseph’s parish (CP), NJ
1997-1998 Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica, NY
1998 Administrator- pastor, Visitation of the Bl. Virgin Mary parish (Hispanic ministry,) Brooklyn, NY
2005-2006 Pastoral ministry in Honduras
2006 Elected a Provincial Consultor of his Passionist St. Paul of the Cross Province.
 

Some statistical information
The Mandeville diocese (1997) is a suffragan of the Kingston-in-Jamaica archdiocese. It covers a surface of 3,282 sq. Km (1,267 sq. miles). The total population is around 582,000, of whom some 8,800 are Catholics. The diocese has 22 parishes, 43 priests (42 diocesan and 1 religious,) 6 religious Brothers, 4 seminarians and 28 Sisters.
The diocese has been vacant since August 8th 2006, following the resignation of Bishop Gordon Bennett, S.J., due to health reasons.
 

DEACON & PRIESTLY ORDINATIONS

IN MÉXICO

Province of Christ the King (REG)

Deacon:

Victor Hugo Álvarez Hernández, cp

Priest:

Armando Morales Aparicio, cp

On May 17, 2008,

at the Passionist Spiritual Center

 (Cuernavaca, México)

By Bishop Florencio Olvera.

CONGRATULATIONS!

VULN VICEPROVINCE CONGRESS

Germany/Austria

May 14 - 16,  2008

The following religious were elected:

Fr. Gregor Lenzen, cp

Vice-Provincial Superior (center)

Fr. Michael Hösl, cp 1st. Cons. (left)

Fr. Lukas Temme, cp  2nd. Cons.  (right)

CONGRATULATIONS!

FRIENDS OF JESUS CRUCIFIED

(Amici di Gesù Crocifisso)

MAGAZINE OF THE ITALIAN LAY

PASSIONIST MOVEMENT

May-June, 2008

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PREPARING FOR THE PASSIONIST

FEAST OF SAINT GEMMA GALGANI
(May 16)

Document prepared by Holy Spirit
Province (Australia) for the Entire
Passionist Congregation
 

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DEDICATION OF ST. MARY GORETTI PARISH CHURCH
IN MÁLAGA, SPAIN (HOLY FAMILY PROVINCE)

This took place the 12th May 2008 and was presided over by the bishop of Málaga,

Mons. Antonio Dorado Soto. The Provincial, Fr. Fernando Rabanal, C.P., the parish

priest Fr. Luis Marco Súss, C.P. and some 15 Passionist and diocesan priests

from the Málaga deanery took part in the ceremony, which was attended by a large

number of the faithful. The parish has been in the hands of the Passionists since

its creation in 1972. The church has since been remodeled and has acquired a

precious relic of St. Mary Goretti suitable for public veneration.
 

CONGRATULATIONS!

NEW PASSIONIST WEB SITE

CREATED BY THE ITALIAN

PASSIONIST THEOLOGY STUDENTS

(STIP)
 

You can access this STIP web site
In the column of buttons on the left

side in the Italian version of

Passiochristi.org
 

NEW CURIA IN THE CRUC-THOM

VICARIATE (INDIA)

The Congress took place on

May  5 - 13, 2008.

Fr. Antony X. Tharayil, cp

was appointed Regional Vicar

and the following religious were elected

Fr. Paul Cherukoduth

!st. Consultor

Fr. Sebastian Konnully, cp

2nd. Consultor

CONGRATULATIONS!

SET-UP AND FIRST SESSION OF THE ROME

ARCHDIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FOR THE INTRODUCTION

OF THE CAUSE REGARDING THE VIRTUES OF THE
SERVANT OF GOD Father Theodore Foley, C.P.

This solemn ceremony was held Friday noon May 9th in the “Aula della Conciliazione” (Reconciliation Hall) of the Lateran palace and was presided over by Card. Camillo Ruini, the holy Father’s Vicar for Rome.
The tribunal is made up by the President of the Tribunal, a delegate judge, two Promoters of Justice and a Clerk of the Court (in UK Registrar.)
 

Photos:
1) The Archdiocesan Tribunal.
2) Card. Ruini signing the decree setting up the Tribunal.
3) Card. Ruini reading a biography of the Servant of God.
4) Fr. Giovanni Zubiani, C.P., General Postulator, taking the oath to

honestly fulfill his duties as Postulator of the cause.
5) Passionist religious present at the ceremony.
 

LAUS DEO!

THE PASSIONIST GENERAL COUNCIL MET WITH THE COORDINATORS FOR "RESTRUCTURING THE CONGREGATION" AND WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE IBERIAN INTER-PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE (CII)

The encounters took place at the Passionist Retreat Center in Las Presas,

near the city of Santander, Spain, from May 3rd – 10th 2008.

• Together with the Restructuring Coordinators, General Council members examined the replies from the Provinces and Conferences to the questionnaire sent out by the Council and prepared for the coming General Synod, clarifying the objectives for the same. (Photo 1)

• Taking part in the CII encounter were the Provincial Councils of the four Iberian Provinces together as well as representatives from 3 Congregations of Passionist Sisters in Spain. (Photo 2)

XVII MEETING OF THE CII PASSIONIST FAMILY

This took place on May 3, 2008

at the Passionist community of Peñafiel, Spain.

Attending were 475 persons (lay and Passionist religious from the

Passionist communities of Spain and Portugal). The topic was:

"A Family growing: The  young people in the Passionist Family"

THE PASSIONIST EX STUDENTS

ASSOCIATION  OF DOL PROVINCE

(ASEAP), ITALY

Invites to the next annual meeting

and calls to find others ex Passionist

students

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FR. Innocent Velaphi Mazibuko, CP
(PATR-MATAF -South Africa )

Passed away on May 3, 2008
At the Passionist Parish of

St George, Saulsville, Tshwane

South Africa

Born on July 13, 1969

Professed on August 7, 1993 and

Ordained on May 2, 1998

MAY HE REST IN PEACE!

STATEMENT BY CHRISTIAN, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER NGO’S
TO ‘THE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY AND THE
CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIOENERGY’,

Rome 3-5 June 2008

This is a Statement made by

a group of NGOs and Religious

Institutes based in Rome.

The Passionist Congregation is

present too.

Picture: FAO headquarters in Rome

SPANISH              ITALIAN

ENGLISH             FRENCH

MEETING  IN ROME OF THE ITALIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF THE  LAY PASSIONIST MOVEMENT

This took place on May 2- 4, 2008 at the Sts. John and Paul General House.

Attending were the spiritual directors of the italian Provinces, the lay coordinators

and some representatives of the bigger groups of each Province. The topics

of the encounter were: Evaluation of the Province programs, the common

Passionist formation and programming the next Congress on June, 2009.

DEACON ORDINATIONS IN ITALY:

THE PRAES PROVINCE (ITALY) AND THE DOMIN VICARIATE (BRAZIL)

Fr. Alessandro Dos Santos Alves, cp

Fr. José Secundino Mendes Oliveira, cp

Fr. Marcio Santos De Souza, cp

On May 3, 2008 at the Passionist Shrine "The Scala Santa"  (Rome)

By Bishop Claudio Humes, ofm

CONGRATULATIONS!

PERPETUAL PROFESSIONS IN PHILIPPINES: PROVINCE

OF THE PASSION OF CHRIST (PASS)

On may 2, 2008 at the Passionist novitiate of St. Paul of the Cross,

Lagao, General Santos, Philippines.

(1) Confr. Mark Reagan Tobias, CP,

(2) Confr. Stanley Baldon, CP,          

(3) Confr. Rey Carvyn Ondap, CP &  

(4) Confr. Christopher Akiatan, CP.   

CONGRATULATIONS!

PRIESTLY ORDINATION IN

INDIA: CRUC-THOM VICARIATE

Fr. Juan Louis Stanislaus, cp

On April 28, 2008

at the Infant Jesus Cathedral in Salem (Southern India)

By Bishop Dr. S. Singarayan

of the Salem Diocese

CONGRATULATIONS!

AN ENCOUNTER OF ITALIAN PASSIONIST POSTULANTS

at our Saints John & Paul General House in Rome
- April 30th to May 3rd 2008 -
An encounter of fraternity and vocational discernment
attended by 16 postulants from 5 of Italy’s 6 Provinces.
In the photo: The postulants with the Superior General, Fr. Ottaviano D'Egidio cp,

and the Postulant Directors: Fr. Roberto Cecconi, cp (PIET), Fr. Gianvito Sernia, cp (PRAES), Fr.. Daniele Pierangioli, cp (PIET), Fr. Corrado Albini, cp (CORM),

Fr. Alessando Ciciliani, cp (PIET) and the Italian students with their directors:

Fr. Giovanni Cipriani, cp (DOL), Fr. Matteo Nonini, cp (CORM) and

 Fr. Patricio Manosalvas, cp (LAT)
 

A PASSIONIST ATTACHED TO
THE OFFICE OF THE VATICAN
SECRETARIAT OF STATE:

FR. GIOVANNI PELÁ CP (CORM)

It’s become traditional that some

Passionists are invited to take a job at

the Vatican, and now Fr. Giovanni Pelá

has started work as a clerk in the

office of general business and documentation of the Vatican

Secretariat of State.
 

CONGRATULATIONS!