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December 2014 Volume 13 No November - December 2014 Volume 13 No. 6 News & Views Assumption Province During the celebration, the new Toronto District Superior and Council was installed… Page 12 Contents Page 3 Anglican-Catholic Dialogues Page 4 CROCUS Page 5 New Pastor in Melville th Page 6 25 Annual Festival of Religious Songs Page 8 A Joyous Celebration Page 9 Provincial Council Page 10 Bro. Paul Patrick OMI Page 12 Feast of Immaculate Conception Page 13 Fr. Wojciech Stangel OMI Page 14 A Gift from the Heart John 1, 4; 1, 14 Page 15 New Pastor at St. Stanislaus “In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the Kostka Parish Page 16 Christmas at the General House darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it… Page 17 Good Shepherd Brothers The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his Page 19 Homilies of Fr. Kozicki glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” "Your destiny is to be apostles, and so tend within your hearts the sacred fire that the Holy Spirit lights there..." - St. Eugene de Mazenod - November - December 2014 Volume 13 No. 6 Dear Brother Oblates, This Christmas is taking place during our Triennium preparation and makes focus of our spiritual journey on true life. Our Superior General in his letter written for December 8, 2014, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, puts before us as a Province and Congregation three choices: death, stagnation or rebirth - new life. May the coming of Jesus during this Christmas season rekindle once again the fire in our hearts for new life. He is the only one who can give us courage to change what we are not able to change ourselves, hope for what we are not even able to imagine, and faith that is able to make miracles. May Jesus who wants to be born again and again in our hearts help us to experience true freedom and new life, and lead us along a new way, just as the three wise men who return to their home country by a different route. May His love, peace and joy be born in our hearts so that we are able to speak about the Good News with a new enthusiasm and without fear of political correctness . May our Blessed Mother Mary who brought Jesus to this world continue to teach us how to be His humble servants and instruments of His love. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Fr. Marian Gil OMI Provincial 2 November - December 2014 Volume 13 No. 6 Anglican-Catholic Dialogues Representatives of Canada’s Anglican and Catholic churches recently met for five days of diverse discussions characterized by candour and charity. The joint and separate meetings of the Anglican- Roman Catholic Dialogue of Canada and the Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops’ Dialogue of Canada took place November 8-12, 2014 at the Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The discussions included the Anglican Church of Canada’s current discernment about expanding its canonical definition of marriage to include same-gender couples. In a spirit of broad consultation, the Anglican Church has invited the input of its ecumenical partners on this question, and the members of both dialogues engaged in a frank and friendly theological exchange. The Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue will continue these discussions on marriage, as well as related ecclesiological questions, and produce a statement for the Anglican Church of Canada’s consideration. The members of the dialogues also welcomed as a guest Monsignor Jeffrey Steenson, the head of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. The Ordinariate was created by the Roman Catholic Church in 2009 as a means by which Anglicans or former Anglicans who wished to come into full communion with the Bishop of Rome could do so corporately, while still maintaining certain aspects of Anglican patrimony. Monsignor Steenson outlined the Ordinariate’s development in North America and engaged in a candid and respectful dialogue about how different paths for Anglicans and Roman Catholics to fuller, visible unity may coexist. In a related discussion, the members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops’ Dialogue of Canada reviewed their pastoral guidelines on clergy moving from one communion to the other. They also explored what the two churches might be able to say in common about physician-assisted suicide, an issue that has resurfaced on the national agenda. 3 November - December 2014 Volume 13 No. 6 CROCUS On November 10-16, 2014, Assumption Province hosted the bi-annual CROCUS meeting for the North American region. The meeting was held at the Strathcona Hotel in downtown Toronto. Province day included a visit to St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, which celebrates the 30th anniversary of the consecration of the church this year. The visit included a presentation about the life and growth of the parish, Holy Mass, and a delicious dinner served in the parish hall. 4 November - December 2014 Volume 13 No. 6 Installation of new Pastor at St. Henry’s Parish in Melville! On November 16th, His Grace Daniel Bohan, Archbishop of Regina, presided over the official installation of Fr. Mieczyslaw Burdzy, OMI as the pastor of St. Henry's Parish in Melville, SK. With cold double digit temperatures below zero outside, parishioners gather inside St. Henry’s church to witness again another Oblate be officially installed as their pastor. The bulletin insert read: "On this Sunday we welcome very warmly Most Reverend Daniel J. Bohan, the Archbishop of Regina. The Archbishop is presiding over the Eucharist, with the official installation of Fr. Mitch to the office of the pastor of the parish. Installation of the pastor into his office at the parish involves the Bishop walking the new pastor to various points of significance in the church, from the ambo to the altar, to the confessional and the baptism font with a prayer at each place where the Bishop asks the new pastor, if he is going to do what is specifically applied to that site, to which the pastor replies, "With God's help, I will." Each time the Bishop asks the congregation if they would in turn do their part. The congregation is asked if they will bring their children to baptism, come to confession, call the pastor for their sick, listen to the Word of God, receive communion and so on.” When a priest accepts a pastorate, he becomes the appointed leader of the parish, the bond of communion, the designated head, and the father in the faith to this community of believers. He is also called to be a servant of the people. Moreover, he is to be the animator, motivating his people to work together, and at the same time to be the healer, bringing peace and unity to avert division and anger. Consultation with parishioners, as individuals and as a community, is required for a pastor to carry out his duties responsibly. After the celebration during the Sunday Eucharist, the Archbishop, the newly installed pastor and the faithful moved to the parish hall for a shared meal. God's blessings to "Fr. Mitch", as he is known in Melville, and prayers for abundance of God's grace for the service at St. Henry's Parish. 5 November - December 2014 Volume 13 No. 6 th 25 Annual Festival of Religious Songs This year’s 25th Annual Festival of Religious Songs took place on November 22nd and 23rd, 2014. Special guests included the Master of Ceremonies Krzysztof Ziemiec, journalist and anchor of Wiadomosci of the Polish National Television Network, and artists Monika Kuszynska and Marcin Styczen who performed at this year’s festival. Other performers included laureates from past year’s festivals! Since 1989, the Festival of Religious Songs has included over 237 soloists, 243 bands, 1600 volunteers and 20,000 audience members! The founder of the Festival of Religious Songs, Fr. Marian Gil OMI, remembers the last 25 years in the following message: The goal of the Festival of Religious Songs is to give a voice to artists, young and old, professionals and armatures, who want to share their faith through singing. To show what an important role this event has played in the lives of young people, I would like to bring up an episode which took place in the year 2000, right after the concert performed by Tony Melendez, a man who was born without arms. There was a young person who approached me after the concert with tears in her eyes. She said that, “if this person who was born without arms is giving us so much hope, than my problems that I struggle with, comparing to his, are so little”. This festival has become a platform for people who can bring a powerful message, which is inspiring and enriching to our spiritual life and Christian culture. th This year, this silver jubilee coincides with many other important events like the beatification of St. John Paul II, the 30 anniversary of the martyrdom of Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko and the 25th anniversary of regaining freedom from communist oppression by Poland. For this occasion, the chaplain of the solidarity movement in Poland, presented Catholic Family Radio with relics of Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko to encourage the radio producers and volunteers to proclaim the Good News with boldness and courage, remembering the words of the patron of the solidarity movement: “in order to remain free we have to live our life in truth.” Following this year’s Festival, an audience member stated: “We need event such as this, which lift our spirits and give us courage to be a good person and Christian in today’s world.
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