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Brief Mag Oct/Nov 04 SSTT AANNTTHHOONNYY bbrriieeff € IRISH FRANCISCAN MISSION MAGAZINE No .4 JUNE/JULY 2009 1.00 FFiinnddiinngg tthhee RReeaall SStt AAnntthhoonnyy BBee WWiittnneesssseess ttoo tthhee BBeeaauuttyy ooff GGoodd AA PPrraayyeerr ffoorr EEccoollooggiiccaall CCoonnvveerrssiioonn I ask that if, in my sermons, you find anything edifying, anything consoling, that you give all praise, all glory and all honour to the Blessed Son of God, Jesus Christ. If, on the other hand, you find anything that is ill-composed and of little benefit you attribute it to my weakness, blindness, Spirit and lack of skill. and – St Anthony of Padua Life The feast of St Anthony is celebrated on 13th June. 2 St Anthony Brief SSTT ANTHONANTHONYY briefbrief From the Editor. 4 Finding the Real St Anthony . The late FR LEONARD FOLEY, OFM, had a deep understanding of the world’s favourite saint, 5 Anthony of Padua. Is it Fair? FR TEDDY LENNON, O FM, tells of a horrific 8 happening in Namibia and its consequences. A Film Crew Comes Calling. Working on his TV documentary series “What in the World?” PEADAR KING spends a fascinating time 10 with the nomadic people in Mongolia. Church Brief. 12 Taking Jesus for a Walk! “Athlone Tertiary” has a unique way of 13 thanking St Anthony for favours received. Be Witnesses to the Beauty of God. POPE BENEDICT spoke to the Franciscans at the end of their “Chapter of Mats” held in Assisi 14 to mark the Eight Centenary of the founding of the Order. The Laity – An Inferior Calling? FR FRANCIS COTTER, OFM, ponders the essential role of the lay man and woman within Church 16 and society. San Damiano – Discipleship . 19 St Anthony – Patron of Franciscan Education. FR PATRICK CONLAN, OFM, looks at how St Anthony has been a presence in 20 the education of young Irish friars for centuries. News from Around the Franciscan World. Volume 69 No.4 22 Heaven Was Not Far Off! FR TOM RUSSELL, OFM, was Missionary Magazine of the Irish overjoyed by his participation in the recent “Chapter of Mats” in Franciscans. Published bi-monthly by 24 the Franciscan Missionary Union, Assisi where 2,000 friars represented the 35,000 Franciscan friars 8 Merchants Quay, Dublin 8. throughout the world. Editor: Fr Ulic Troy, OFM. Production: Fr Francis Cotter, OFM. A Prayer for Ecological Conversion. FR GEARÓID Ó CONAIRE, Subscription & Distribution Secretary: OFM, offers a prayer service for World Environment Day on 5th Helen Doran. Tel: (01) 6777651. 27 Design, Layout & Printing: June. Corcoran Print & Design. Tel: (053) 9234760. Mission Digest. Subscription including Postage: € Ireland – 12.00 per annum Britain – Stg£12.00 per annum 30 € Letters to the Editor. Overseas – 15.00 per annum 31 June/July 2009 3 From the Editor… Fr Ulic Troy SAINT OF THE WHOLE WORLD On 12th September 1985, Pope John Paul II paid a visit to the Basilica of St Anthony at Padua. On that occasion he said: “Let me draw your attention straight-away to that special quality which crops up repeatedly in the recorded events of this saint’s life, and which sets him apart in the immense and almost limitless panorama of Christian holiness – throughout the whole course of his life on earth, Anthony was ‘a man of the Gospel.’” In all the Franciscan churches throughout the world the annual novena in honour of St Anthony will commence on 4th June and continue until 13th June – the feast of St Anthony of Padua. Thousands of people will make this Novena. They will come interceding with the saint to make representation for them with God. It may be for a sick child, a woman or man who has cancer, or some other health issue. It may be to overcome a particular difficulty or problem. But they will come to this saint who is called “a man of the Gospel,” and also “saint of the whole world” (Pope Leo X111). It is not for me to tell people what they should pray for or ask God for during the novena. But because of the times and the economic difficulties that are facing so many people at this time I place the following thoughts before you. St Anthony is known as the saint who finds things for us. All of us in one way or another have lost something. I think of the many people who have lost their hard-earned money and homes because of the financial recklessness of a few. I think of so many at this time who have lost their jobs, and have little hope or prospect of obtaining further employment. I think of parents who have lost a son or a daughter in a tragic accident, or as a result of an over-dose of drugs. Then I think of people who are lost, and who have taken the wrong road, perhaps due to greed or reckless behaviour or sheer indifference. Then there are the ones who have been estranged from the Church itself and feel lost and are nervous and worried about the manner in which they can return, or the reception they will receive if they do return. Some are estranged and outside the Church and are unable to return because we have made no space for their search within the community. And there are those who are hurt by the Church itself and have lost faith in it and in God because of the abuses that have taken place in the past. But it is far easier to find the lost article than to heal the lost or unwanted person. St Anthony is more than a saint who finds things that are lost for us. From the day that he joined the Franciscan Order his one great desire was to be a martyr for the faith, but that was not to be. God had other plans for him. He was to become one of God’s great preachers of the Good News throughout Italy and France. No matter where he preached, or whatever he wrote, his one message was to bring Jesus Christ to those who were lost and especially to those who were seeking Jesus Christ in the midst of many false doctrines that were being propagated in his day. For those of you who will attend the novena in the different Franciscan churches throughout Ireland and elsewhere, or for those who will make the novena in private, in the midst of your own special prayers and needs think of those who have lost so much throughout the world. Then fervently pray to allow this saint, called “a Man of the Gospel,” beloved everywhere, to inspire you to a greater commitment to the values of Jesus Christ. – Ulic Troy, OFM ([email protected]) 4 St Anthony Brief Finding the RThe laete FaR LlEO SNARtD F OALEYn, OFMt, hhad oa denep uynder standing of the world’s favourite saint, Anthony of Padua. Anthony, Benediction and the reading of petitions written on little scraps of paper: "for a safe delivery, to obtain a job, for reconciliation with my daughter," and invariably, "to find my lost _______." On the saint’s feast day, 13th June, St Anthony’s Bread is blessed. And since the saint is the special patron of Italy, an honour he shares with St Francis, many Italian families have a son named Anthony. The list of human concerns for which Anthony is the patron is amazingly varied. The array of wonders attributed to Anthony in story and legend is equally astounding in its variety. He was in two places at the same time; at his prayer, a donkey knelt before the Blessed Sacrament, after a dare by an unbeliever; fishes lifted their heads above the water to listen as he preached to them, after bored believers turned away; a foot severed by an axe was rejoined to its leg. Are these legends true? Let us first see if we can trace the line of facts regarding this immensely popular saint. Anthony was born in 1195 (13 years after St Francis) in Lisbon (now Portugal, then a part of Spain), and given the name of Fernando at Baptism. His parents, Martin and Mary Bulhom, appar - ently belonged to one of the prominent families of the city. At the age of 15 he entered the religious order of St Augustine. Monastery life was hardly peaceful for young Fernando, nor conducive to prayer and study, as his old friends came to visit frequently and lder , unremodelled churches lily — or a book — or all three — in his engaged in vehement political discus - almost always count St Anthony arms. A bank of vigil lights will burn in sions. After two years he was sent to among their pantheon of statues. front of the statue. Tuesday evening is Coimbra. There he began nine years of TOOhe saint of Padua is usually sculpted or the traditional time of St Anthony intense study, learning the Augustinian portrayed holding the child Jesus — or a novena devotions, with prayers to St theology which he would later combine June/July 2009 5 with the Franciscan vision. Fernando was probably ordained a priest during this time. Becoming a Friar The life of the young priest took a crucial turn when the bodies of the first five Franciscan martyrs were returned from Morocco. They had preached in the mosque in Seville, almost being martyred at the outset, but the sultan allowed them to pass on to Morocco, where, after continuing to preach Christ despite repeated warnings, they were tortured and beheaded. Now, in the presence of the queen and a huge crowd, their remains were carried in solemn procession to Fernando’s monastery.
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