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Ivan Rebernik Director

Graziano Motta Co-Director and Editor

With the editorial collaboration of François Vayne, the authors cited in each article, the Latin Patriarchate of , the Lieutenants of the corresponding Lieutenancies

Translators: Chiara Andreola, Nancy Celaschi, Isabelle Cousturié Contini, Claudia Kock, Tomás Scusceria Muffatti

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Photographic documentation: the Archives of the Grand Magisterium, the Archives of L’Osservatore Romano, the Archives of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Archives of the corresponding Lieutenancies Carla Morselli, Elisa Pinna, and Christa von Siemens

Cover photo: Jerusalem – the Grand Master Cardinal Edwin O’Brien proceeds from the Jaffa Gate for his solemn entrance into the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. He has just received an official welcome from the Holy City. Near him (in the photo) are the Latin Fouad Twal, Grand of the Order, the Vicar of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, Father Artemio Vitores, and the Governor General Agostino Borromeo.

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In the sign of continuity ...... 2

Cardinal O’Brien’s solemn entrance into the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre . . . . . 4

Consistory, the Pope creates the Grand Master a Cardinal ...... 10

The Cardinal Grand Master takes possession of the Diaconal Church of San Sebastiano al Palatino ...... 15

Pope Benedict XVI and the way of the Christians in the Middle East ...... 17

“Rethink the present so as to look to the future with the eyes of Christ” ...... 18

The life of the Order ...... 21

Projects in the Holy Land – The Church in Aqaba proclaims the future ...... 24

Gethsemane’s olive trees reveal their secrets ...... 30

Oil for Peace ...... 33

Jerusalem: a City between Earth and Heaven ...... 35

A city built in in the image of Jerusalem ...... 39

In Acquapendente the oldest replica of the Holy Sepulchre ...... 41

George Doty dies, leading figure in the restoration of the Anastasis ...... 44

Blessed Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac, a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre ...... 46

From the Lieutenancies ...... 51

Review ...... 73

Lieutenancies in the world ...... 75 IN THE SIGN OF CONTINUITY

NNALES” comes back to life! With the same pulsation, the same intent, the same aspirations that marked its birth in the 1990’s when “Ait was welcomed with pleasure all over the Order and at all levels; so much so that it was missed and there were many requests to bring it back. Many of our members saved their copies; others used them to present our institution to those who wanted to be closer to it or even join it. The hoped-for work of its re birth in the sign of continuity, which was a decision of the Grand Magisterium, once again availed of the valuable collaboration of its Co-Director, Graziano Motta, who was called back to place at the service of the Order a unique professional experience, not only in the field of Catholic journalism, but also in his knowledge of the Holy Land where he had lived for almost thirty years, during a large part of which he was actively involved in the Latin n the life of the Order two great events marked Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Ithe beginning and the end of 2012, with the Grand Master as the protagonist of both: on 18 The process began with the February he was created a Cardinal of the Holy revisiting of the periodical “AD”, and Roman Church with the diaconate church of San in fact its latest issue, that of last year, Sebastiano al Palatino; his first pilgrimage to outlined and anticipated its general Jerusalem, with his solemn entrance into the lines. The involvement of the same art Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre on 27 November. design firm and the same graphics Thus he has been fully inserted into the Church firm was meant to show a continuity of , among the Holy Father’s closest collab- that nonetheless assimilates the orators in service to the Holy Land; and in vener- technical and stylistic updating. The ating the tomb of the Risen Lord, he highlighted the centuries-old bond of the members of the life of the Order was naturally given Order with that tomb and thus renewed their pre-eminence: the two big events of dedication to the support of the Mother Church the year were, in fact, the consistory of of Jerusalem. Pope Benedict XVI in which Grand Master Edwin O’Brien was created a Cardinal and then his pilgrimage in the Holy Land with his solemn entrance into the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre and his making contact with the reality that is the Order’s raison d’etre. The sign of continuity is offered by Jerusalem, which receives special attention because of the concomitance of four events deserving due attention; first of all the Study Week dedicated to the city by the Fondazione Paolo VI at Gazzada, which brought together scholars and researchers of great renown; we are honored to publish the introductory report given by Professor Cesare Alzati, scientific director. Then there is the millennium of the city of Sansepolcro – built by two enlightened pilgrims not only to perpetuate the meaning of Jerusalem, but also to keep it alive in time – which was rendered more solemn by the visit of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI and his memorable discourse. Then there was the

2 - Annales 2012 seminar at Acquapendente, a city in Tuscia on the medieval Via Francigena; thanks to the research of an Israeli historian, H.E. Mordechai Levy, Ambassador of to the , it can claim the title of housing in its cathedral the most ancient reproduction of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. (For this reason Sansepolcro and Acquapendente continue to be centres of historical attraction and a source of spirituality for the members of the Order). And finally the continuity with the past of “Annales” cannot be better highlighted than by mentioning the fact that this year our confrere George Doty, featured in 1996 in the first volume of “Annales”, was called home to the House of the Father: in fact, it was shortly after the inauguration of the restoration of the Anastasis, the rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre, in a unimaginable and unrepeatable ecumenical ceremony. The project, which was stalled for several decades, became a splendid reality thanks to the acceptance of his generous and disinterested offer that was made at the conclusion of exhausting diplomatic negotiations by the President of the “Pontifical Mission for Palestine” at that time, Monsignor Robert Stern. In the necessary documentation of the projects realized in the Holy Land through the donations of the and Ladies – which this year reached an all- time high – we would point out the monumental parish Church dedicated to Maria Stella Maris in the Jordanian city of Aqaba on the Red Sea, which is in a period of impressive demographic and economic growth; and the Catholic secondary school in Rameh, an Israeli town near the border with Lebanon. Because of their importance and the commitment of funds over the years, they are the “crown jewel” of the Latin Patriarchate. The volume has as an appendix two singular accounts: on the scientific front, the dating of the olive trees of Gethsemane – promoted and executed by our confrere Professor Giovanni Gianfrate, which caught the attention of the world’s media; and one on the development of the initiative by Father Raed Abusahlia, enterprising priest of the Patriarchate, who has provided stable work to almost a hundred Palestinian Christian workers through his collaboration with several European Lieutenancies. Two more contributions deserve mention: that of Cardinal , Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, who reflects on the closing document of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of , in which our Order was called to participate actively; and the one by our confrere Davor Zovko who proposes for the attention and veneration of the Knights and Ladies Blessed Cardinal Aloiz Stepinac, Commander with Plaque of the Order, recounting his tormented story. For many of us, this is quite a discovery! Ivan Rebernik Chancellor

Annales 2012 - 3 The Grand Master’s historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land Cardinal O’Brien’s solemn entrance into the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre

In his first official visit to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth and Jordan, he was accompanied by the Grand Prior, Patriarch Fouad Twal, and by Governor General Agostino Borromeo. An event that, at the beginning of the Year of Faith, is inserted in the dynamic of the new pastoral missions that the Pope had entrusted to him

In front of the chapel containing the empty tomb of Jesus, Cardinal Edwin O’Brien prepares to impart the solemn blessing at the conclusion of the ceremony for his solemn entrance into the Basilica.

4 - Annales 2012 he presence of the Land, Father Artemio Vítores, ing – the Grand Master, accom- Church in the Holy and by religious and civil digni- panied by the Grand Prior and “TLand, where it has taries. Then in procession they Governor General Agostino Bor- miraculously survived over the went to the nearby co-cathedral romeo, entered the Sepulchre of centuries under hostile domina- of the Patriarchate, where, after the Risen Christ at the end of a tion, must persevere in bearing reciting together the Creed for fervent procession through the witness of its service to the lived the Year of Faith, the Pilgrim streets of the old city of Gospel”. This, in substance, is shell was solemnly conferred up- Jerusalem, opened up by the the message of hope and peace on him. An enthusiastic crowd kawwas, guards wearing the tra- proclaimed by the Grand Master accompanied him on his first ditional uniform that dates back of the Order of the Holy Sepul- steps in the Holy City, and Patri- to the time of the Ottoman Em- chre upon his arrival in arch Twal did not hide his deep pire. Jerusalem, Monday, 26 Novem- joy in giving him the prestigious As is stipulated by the status ber. “shell” reserved to members of quo, the Franciscan Custos of the He was officially received at the Order in memory of their pil- Holy Land, Father Pierbattista the Jaffa Gate, the “Gate of the grimage in the Holy Land. Pizzaballa, had the honour of Friend”, by the Patriarch of welcoming him and leading him Jerusalem of the Latins and THE ENTRANCE INTO in the Basilica of the Anastasis, Grand Prior of the Order, Fouad THE HOLY SEPULCHRE accompanied by many Francis- Twal, by the Apostoic Delegate can religious, “custodians” of to Jerusalem and Palestine and On Tuesday afternoon – after this holy place, and by represen- the in Israel, Giuseppe having visited the Greek Ortho- tatives of the Greek Orthodox Lazzarotto, by the Vicar of the dox Patriarch and the Armenian and Armenian Orthodox Patriar- Franciscan Custody of the Holy Orthodox Patriarch in the morn- chates. Before the sepulchre up- A procession led by the “kawwas” (their uniform, from the Ottoman era, is kept because of the “status quo” in Jerusalem) and by the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, accompanied the Cardinal Grand Master to the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. The procession formed at the Jaffa Gate (in the background in the photo on the previous page). Near him are (l- r): Auxiliary William Somali; the Latin Patriarch; the Vicar of the Franciscan Custody; the Governor General; our confrere, Giuseppe Lazzarotto, Nuncio in Israel and Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem; a Bishop from the Armenian-Orthodox Patriarchate; Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, Auxiliary and Vicar of the Latin Patriarch for Israel. on which our faith in the divine tians in living and remaining in Saviour’s birth. victory over evil and death is the land of their ancestors. The Grand Master then visit- founded, Monsignor Twal re- “Please do not let us down”, ed the Catholic University, the called the centuries-old senti- Monsignor Twal insisted. first one founded in Palestine in ments that bind the Patriarchate This cry from the heart deeply 1965, one of the fruits of Pope of Jerusalem of the Latins to the touched the Grand Master who Paul VI’s pilgrimage; here he was Order of the Holy Sepulchre, urged the faithful to imitate the awaited by more than 500 direc- emphasizing the January 1868 faith of the first Christians and to tors of schools and many profes- message of Pope Pius IX. With “show that the sepulchre is emp- sors and teachers from the this message the Pope entrusted ty and that Christ is living”. throughout the region. “Jesus to the Knights the mission of told his disciples to go and teach supporting the works and cultur- THE BETHLEHEM STAGE the whole world. The Brothers of al and social institutions of the AND THE INAUGURATION the Christian Schools and their in the Holy AT THE UNIVERSITY colleagues wonderfully illustrate Land, in particular through the these words of our Lord, espe- construction of schools. On the third day of his official cially in Palestine”, the North “We are particularly grateful visit, Cardinal O’Brien went to American Cardinal stated with for the generous interest in the Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, gratitude. Holy Land that Your Eminence, first and foremost to pray at the During the inauguration, the Grand Magisterium, and all place where Jesus was born and Brother Peter Bray, Vice Chan- the members of the Order dis- also inaugurate a new building at cellor of this University that to- play. We accept your support and the Catholic University that had day has 2,600 students and more your solidarity with gratitude. taken two years of work. than 10 thousand graduates, Know that we place our hope, Upon his entrance into the thanked the generous donors of our aspirations and our trust in Basilica of the Nativity, he was the Equestrian Order of the Holy you”, in few words said the Latin received by the Franciscan Cus- Sepulchre of Jerusalem who al- Patriarch, a native of Jordan, tos, who accompanied him to the lowed the realization of the new which daily faces the countless Grotto; here he knelt to kiss the building with eight classrooms difficulties of the Eastern Chris- star that marks the place of the equipped with the most modern

6 - Annales 2012 he went to meet the future priests in formation at the Patri- archal Seminary, listening with emotion to the testimony of one of the 35 seminarians, Bernard, an American Palestinian, who ex- pressed how happy he was to be able to study in the Holy Land to prepare for the priesthood.

TO THE MEETING WITH THE CHILDREN OF RAMEH

Nazareth was the next stop, Thursday 29 November, with a Mass celebrated in the Basilica of the Annunciation and the bless- technology. He also made men- the recent destruction of many of ing of a new school in Ramen, in tion of the recent violence in the homes and the loss of numerous Upper Galilee. Today the school region, noting that “while we are relatives”. building is a dream come true. It gathered in Bethlehem on this The Cardinal also wanted to took two years (2009-2011) to happy occasion to inaugurate the go to the parish of Beit Sahour, finish the work after Pope Bene- construction of this new build- east of Bethlehem, where he vis- dict XVI blessed the first stone ing, we join in prayer with the ited the school and spent time during his pilgrimage in the Holy 435 former students and gradu- talking to the students of the var- Land while celebrating Mass in ates of the Bethlehem University ious classes. Then, not too far Nazareth on 14 May 2009. On who at Gaza have been struck by away, in the village of Beit Jala, the occasion of the official inau-

The Franciscan custos of the Holy Land, Father introduces the liturgical ceremony at the “Stone of the Anointing” which Cardinal O’Brien prostrates to kiss (photo above). This is a traditional act of veneration that recalls the rite by which Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus placed the body of the Crucified Lord here to anointing it with oils and perfume, according to Jewish custom, before placing him in the tomb.

Annales 2012 - 7 guration, Druse and Muslim reli- gious participated in the ceremo- ny and the celebrations. Because of many difficulties, mostly bu- reaucratic in nature, it took no less than 18 years to bring to completion the project, initiated in 1995 by Auxiliary Bishop and Patriarchal Vicar in Israel resi- dent in Nazareth, Monsignor Gi- acinto-Boulos Marcuzzo. Rameh is home to 8 thousand inhabitants, 51% of whom are Christians, 29% Druse and 20% Muslim. The school plays a fun- damental role in the city for the unity of the inhabitants: indeed, it was quite moving to see Chris- Festive inauguration of the secondary school of the Latin Patriarchate in Rameh tians, Muslims and Jews gathered (Upper Galilee). Cardinal O’Brien guides the hand of a child in cutting the traditional ribbon; near him are (right-) Patriarch Twal, a member of the Druse with the Patriarch and Cardinal community, the Greek-Melkite Archbishop emeritus Pierre Mouallem of Akka-St O’Brien to ask God to bless the John of Acre, and the Vicar for Israel, Bishop Marcuzzo. In addition to the invited school and to grant grace to the guests, participants included Patriarch emeritus of Jerusalem of the Latins, , and members of the Muslim community (photo below). teachers and students. This

8 - Annales 2012 school, which has 650 students from it. “The coming of such an to the schools of the Patriarchate from Rameh and the surrounding important person to our school is supported by the Order. He also area, allows 141 Christian fami- a memorable event, and we are visited the famous map mosaic in lies of the area not to have to greatly encouraged by the hon- the Orthodox Church. Last of move to another place in the re- our he has paid us” one of those all, he went on pilgrimage in the gion. responsible for teaching said to footsteps of Moses on Mount During his discourse the Pa- the press. Nebo. Returning to Amman, he triarch recalled that the school is celebrated Mass in the parish not merely a place of learning, THE MEETING IN JORDAN Church of Hashimi. On Sunday, but also a place of dialogue be- WITH KING ABDALLAH II 2 December, Cardinal O’Brien tween religions and cultures; it and Patriarch Twal, who accom- must always be at the service of During the last three days of panied him, were cordially re- the human person and con- his official journey, the Grand ceived by the King of Jordan, tribute to the building of new Master went to Jordan, to Patri- Abdallah II, who discussed with bridges of friendship and love arch Twal’s homeland. At Am- him various topics of current for all, without distinction. Car- man the Cardinal had a meeting concern for the Christians in the dinal O’Brien, moved by this with the Vicar of the Latin Patri- Middle East. concrete religious brotherhood arch in that country, Archbishop After having greeted the faith- that promotes Islamic-Christian Maroun Lahham, and with some ful of the parish of Sweifieh, the dialogue, said: “I had prepared a priests; then he went to visit the Grand Master re-entered Israel written address, but when I saw centre for the disabled dedicated in order to return to Rome from the crowd, the faithful of differ- to Our Lady of Peace and to the the airport at Tel Aviv. ent religions living together in parish-sponsored outreach works Upon his return to Rome, the joy, when I saw the enthusiasm in the town of Zerka. That heart of the universal Church, he of the parents and students, I put evening he dined with the priests presented at the tomb of Peter all my written text aside and let my of the Vicariate. The following these testimonies of a coura- heart speak”. As usual, he espe- day he went to to visit geous, consistent and persevering cially took the role of a pastor the new AUM (American Uni- faith being lived out in the land most attentive to the little ones, versity of Madaba), which was of the Saviour’s birth. and his presence will certainly af- the desire of Patriarch Twal, and François Vayne fect the history of this region. “Jesus grew up here, like you”, the Grand Master said to the children who joyfully sur- rounded him. His speech, so filled with goodness, will remain one of the highpoints of this journey and perhaps some new religious vocations will come

Cardinal O’Brien and Patriarch Twal who accompanied him, were received by King Abdullah II of Jordan, who entered into a cordial discussion with them about various timely topics of interest to the Christians in the Middle East.

Annales 2012 - 9 The Order’s great joy and gratitude at the appointment Consistory, the Pope creates the Grand Master a Cardinal

10 - Annales atican, 6 January, the February he will preside at an or- for the Holy Father to entrust to Solemnity of the dinary public consistory for the the care of a Cardinal the leader- VEpiphany. When the Eu- creation of 22 new Cardinals, and ship of the ancient chivalric Or- charistic celebration in St. Peter’s reads their names. The seventh der that is placed, as we find in Basilica ends, Benedict XVI goes one listed is the Archbishop of the Annuario Pontificio, “under to his study window for a festive Baltimore, Edwin O’Brien, Pro- the protection of the Holy See” encounter with the faithful who Grand Master of the Equestrian and is a juridical person under filled the immense piazza and, be- Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Canon Law as well as in Vatican fore the traditional recitation of Jerusalem. City State. The joy of the Knights the Angelus, he makes the sur- An appointment that is expect- and Ladies is as great as their ex- prise announcement that on 18 ed, because it is now traditional pectation. This is conveyed by the Governor General, Agostino Bor- ors respectively of the Lieutenan- Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto; romeo, who expresses his grati- cies of New York and Toronto; Governor General, Agostino Bor- tude to the Holy Father for this , President of romeo; the Vice Governor Gener- appointment, and presents to the the Pontifical Commission of Vat- als, Adolfo Rinaldi, Patrick D. new best wishes and the ican City State and President of Powers and Giorgio Moroni devotion in the name of the digni- its Governatorate; Giuseppe Be- Stampa; the Ceremonial Officer taries of the Grand Magisterium, tori, Metropolitan Archbishop of Francis D. Kelly; the members of the Lieutenants and the Magistral Florence, , the Grand Magisterium: Christa Delegates. A great number of President of the Administration Von Siemens, Joseph E. Spinnato, congratulatory messages are sent of the Patrimony of the Apostolic Pierre Blanchard, the Conde de by members of the Order and See. Rezende Joao de Castro de Men- from personages and faithful from The highest officials of the Or- dia, Michael F. Welan , Alberto every continent, in particular der cannot fail to attend the Con- Consoli Navarra, from his fellow citizens of the sistory: present in Saint Peter’s Thomas McKiernan; the Assessor United States of America. The Basilica on Saturday, 18 February of Honor, Cardinal Andrea Order is pleased as well by the el- are the Grand Prior, the Patriarch Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo evation of five other members to of Jerusalem of the Latins, Fouad (who designed the new Cardinal’s the : Timothy Twal, and the Assessor, Archbish- coat-of-arms); the Chancellor of Michael Dolan and Thomas op Giuseppe De Andrea; Lieu- Honor Monsignor José Dor- Christopher Collins, Grand Pri- tenant General Giuseppe Della ronsoro; the Dignitaries of

12 - Annales 2012 Maristany y Ibarra; of Ireland, Ladies and Knights who had Nicholas Mc Kenna; of Italy Cen- come to Rome for the occasion, tral Saverio Petrillo; of Italy Ap- participants included several car- penine Central, Giovanni Ricas- dinals, (including one with his oli; of Italy Southern Tyrrhenian, same surname, Keith Michael Giovanni Napolitano; of Italy Patrick O’Brien, Archbishop of Southern Adriatic, Rocco Saltino; Saint Andrews and of Italy Sicily, Giovanni Russo; of and Grand Prior of the Lieu- Holland, Godfried J.M.Prieck- tenancy of Scotland, and José aerts; of Poland, Karol Szlenkier; Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Grand of Portugal, Goncalo De Medina Prior of the Lieutenancy of Figuereido de Bar; of Switzer- West), and Bishops, land, Jean-Pierre Marie de Glutz- from the United States Ruchti; of Scotland, Sheriff W. (including the Rector of the Pon- Frank Lunny, of USA Northcen- tifical North American College, tral,Charles H.Foos; of USAWest- which the Grand Master had at- ern, William H. Davidson; the tended and later served as rector), Magistral Delegate of the Russian diplomats and civil officials. Serv- Federation, Yaroslav A.Ter- ing as honour guard at the flag of novskiy; representatives from the the Order were members in cere- Lieutenancies of Belgium, France, monial dress from the Lieutenan- Eastern Spain, Malta, Hungary cy of Italy Central; led by their and the Principality of . Ceremonial Officer, they also ful- Several Lieutenancies send dele- filled other roles in the reception. gations, some of them—particu- The Cardinal has the intense larly those from Italy—are com- experience of other moments of posed of tens or even a hundred the Consistory: on the vigil, Fri- Saint Peter’s Basilica. Deeply members. There is also a signifi- day the 17th, he participates in a recollected, Cardinal O’Brien cant presence of faithful from day of prayer and reflection on approaches Pope Benedict XVI who will confer the Cardinal’s berretta on Baltimore, the Archdiocese of the theme of “Proclamation of the him. which the Grand Master was pas- Gospel today, between the missio On the preceding pages the images tor and is now Apostolic Admin- ad gentes and the New Evange- capture this moment and recount the liturgical ceremony at the altar of the istrator, as well as from New lization”, which was introduced Confessio. Seated behind the eleven York, his birthplace. by a reflection given by his con- cardinals (right) are their closest The event will also be marked frere, Archbishop Dolan, which collaborators; one of them is our confrere Monsignor Adam J. Parker, by a reception in honour of the the Pope would describe as “up- the Grand Master’s secretary. new Cardinal on Monday the 20th lifting, joyful and deep”; the re- at Palazzo della Rovere, decorat- flection day itself was guided by ed as a sign of festivity with tapes- Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Presi- Hhonor Aldo Maria Arena, tries hung from the windows on dent of the Pontifical Council for Philippe Husson, Mario Cantuti Via della Conciliazione. With the the Promotion of the New Evan- Castelvetri, Michael R.Earthman Governor General at his side, he gelization, focusing on the immi- and Otto Kaspar; the Lieutenants personally attends to the invited nent beginning of the Year of of England and Wales David guests: besides the officials of the Faith at a time of particular crisis Lawrence Gilbert Smith; of West- Grand Magisterium and the Lieu- that sees, first and foremost, many ern Spain Juan Garcia Martínez; tenants, the Dignitaries of Honor, Christians far from the life of the of Eastern Spain Jacinto de the members of the delegations of community and often confused

Annales 2012 - 13 The Pope’s warm embrace was also a sign of encouragement for the work performed by the Order’s 30 thousand members on behalf of their Christian brothers and sisters in the Holy Land.

doubt about the road chosen by Jesus”. Other themes would be elabo- rated upon by the Holy Father the following day, Sunday the 19th, during the homily at the solemn Mass celebrated with the new Cardinals on the Solemnity of the Chair of St. Peter (which the litur- gical calendar marks on 22 Febru- ary, but whose celebration was an- ticipated because that date coin- cided with Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent). The Chair, he says, recalls the famous expres- because of the events of history in minder, a commission and an en- sion of Saint Ignatius of Antioch this period and in a serious crisis couragement especially for “you”; that the Church of Rome is “the of identity and social responsibili- authentic faith imparts and devel- one who presides in charity”. In ty”. ops in our daily lives and which is truth, the Pope emphasizes, “pre- On Saturday the 18th in St. Pe- not the type of power and glory siding in faith is inseparably ter’s Basilica, shortly before con- which belongs to this world”. linked to presiding in love”; there- ferring the “red biretta” on the Lastly, he recalls that in every fore the Petrine ministry is “a pri- Cardinals, giving them their rings time and place there is a struggle macy of love in the Eucharistic and the that would between “dominion and service, sense”. Everything in the Church, mark their insertion into the egoism and altruism, possession he continues, rests on faith: love Church of Rome (the Grand Mas- and gift, self-interest and gratu- and authority, evangelization and ter is given the diaconate church itousness”, but “there can be no charity, the sacraments and litur- of San Sebastiano al Palatino), gy. “Faith without love would no Benedict XVI chooses to recall longer be an authentic Christian n 16 March Pope Bene- faith”, but it is also true that the revolution caused by Jesus Odict XVI conferred the ti- with the words from the Gospel tle of Grand Master of the “Love collapses if man no longer of Mark: (10:44-45): “Whoever Order of the Holy Sepulchre trusts in God and disobeys him.” wishes to be first among you will of Jerusalem on Cardinal Ed- In conclusion the Pope urges all be the slave of all. For the Son of win O’Brien, who until that “to remain always united to their man also came not to be served but time was Pro-Grand Master. pastors, and to the new cardinals to serve, and to give his life as a After confirming him a mem- as well, to be in communion with ransom for many”. “Words”, he ber of the Congregation for the Church”, whose unity “is a di- Catholic Education he also explains that “shed light upon to- vine gift to defend and help appointed him to the Congre- grow”; to his “dear brother cardi- day’s public Consistory with a gation for Oriental Churches nals” he said that their task in par- particular intensity. They resound and to the Pontifical Council in the depths of the soul and rep- “Cor Unum”. ticular” is to “bear witness to the resent an invitation and a re- joy of Christ’s love”.

14 - Annales 2012 THE CARDINAL GRAND MASTER TAKES POSSESSION OF THE DIACONAL CHURCH OF SAN SEBASTIANO AL PALATINO

Cardinal O’Brien’s titular Church is dedicated to Saint Sebastian, a Roman soldier and martyr for the faith, intercessor for all Christians, witnesses of peace, who are persecuted today

here was great excitement to take possession, during the sented to him by the Rector of on 25 October at the Ro- course of a religious ceremony, of the Church, Father Alvaro Cac- Tman Forum, amid the fa- the diaconate title of this church ciotti OFM who offers him an of- mous archaeological remains, assigned to him by Pope Bene- ficial salute from the altar. Then over an uncommon event: tens of dict XVI in the Consistory of 18 the Apostolic Protonotary, Mon- members of the Equestrian Or- February; this appointment also signor Nicholas Henry Marie De- der of the Holy Sepulchre of requires a series of canonical nis Thevenin, a diplomat in serv- Jerusalem, in their white capes, steps to confirm his membership ice at the Holy See’s Secretariat welcomed their Grand Master, in the of Rome. of State, read the Pontifical Bull Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, near There was a solemn proces- of appointment in Latin.This was the Church of St. Sebastian on sional entrance. At the door the followed by Mass; concelebrants the Palatine Hill when he came Cardinal kisses the Crucifix pre- were the Patriarch of Jerusalem

Annales 2012 - 15 The Lieutenant General and the Governor General with many members of the then urged his listeners to pray Grand Magisterium (photo) and dignitaries of the Order participated in the event for them as well as for the suffer- which, according to the ceremonial, has as its witness the crucified Christ from the beginning, with the Cardinal’s entrance into the church (photo on previous page) ing of the to the reading of the Papal Bull that attests to the appointment (photo below). and for all Christians who coura- geously face persecution; then, of the Latins, Fouad Twal, Grand army, who was tortured because recalling that he had been a Prior of the Order, the Assessor of his faith, and recalled that the chaplain and then the Military Archbishop Giuseppe De An- members of the Order which he Ordinary (Archbishop for the drea and Archbishop Gérald Cy- heads are the guard of honor for Military Services, USA) – for the prien Lacroix of Quebec. the protection of the Holy Sepul- men and women in uniform com- In his homily the Cardinal re- chre of Christ, no longer with the mitted to preserving the peace. called the figure of Saint Sebast- force of arms but with the con- Present also were the Lieu- ian, a soldier in the imperial stant witness of their faith.He tenant General Giuseppe Della Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, the Governor General Agostino Borromeo, some members of the Grand Magisterium, the Lieu- tenant for Italy Central Saverio Petrillo with many Knights from the Rome Section, some of whom had assured the service of order. There were other ecclesiastical and civil dignitaries present, in- cluding Cardinal , Archpriest emeritus of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Ma- jor and Bishop Franco Croci, Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy Italy Central. G.M.

16 - Annales 2012 Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, presents the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pope Benedict XVI and the way of the Christians in the Middle East

he Post Synodal Apostolic a special day, 14 September, the consigned: “the Exhortation”, he Exhortation Ecclesia in liturgical celebration of the Feast said, “although destined for the TMiddle East gathered the of the Exaltation of the Holy whole world, is meant to be a fruits of the Special Assembly of Cross, one of the major feasts roadmap for the pastors for the the Synod of Bishops, which was that spread from the East coming years.... Through them I held in the Vatican in October throughout Christendom follow- paternally greet all the Christians 2010. Two special circumstances ing the Dedication of the Basilica of the Middle East”; and he em- highlighted its importance: Bene- of the Resurrection built on Gol- phasized that the presence of the dict XVI chose to sign the docu- gotha and Our Lord’s Sepulchre. Orthodox Patriarchs and Bish- ment and give it personally to the It is the Pope presenting its ops who had come to welcome recipients in the heart of the purposes during his address at him, as well as the representa- Middle East, in Lebanon, and on the ceremony in which it was tives of the diverse religious com-

Annales 2012 - 17 Pope Benedict XVI decided to sign the Apostolic Exhortation in Lebanon, the nation that gives witness to peaceful coexistence in the heart of the Middle East, and he personally gave it to its recipients, including representatives of the Orthodox Churches, Muslim leaders, and exponents of culture and society. The solemn ceremony took place in the Greek Melkite Catholic Cathedral of Harissa (photo on the previous page), on the hill noted for its Marian shrine.

The Pope’s address on the Apostolic Exhortation in the Greek Melkite Basilica of Saint Paul “Rethink the present so as to look to the future with the eyes of Christ” n examining the present situation of the Part One of the Post-Synodal Exhortation), dear “IChurch in the Middle East, the Synod Fa- Christians of the Middle East! How can we fail to thers reflected on the joys and struggles, the fears praise him for your courage and faith? How can and hopes of Christ’s disciples in these lands. In we fail to thank him for the flame of his infinite this way, the entire Church was able to hear the love which you continue to keep alive and burn- troubled cry and see the desperate faces of many ing in these places which were the first to wel- men and women who experience grave human come his incarnate Son? How can we fail to praise and material difficulties, who live amid powerful and thank him for your efforts to build ecclesial tensions in fear and uncertainty, who desire to fol- and fraternal communion, and for the human soli- low Christ – the One who gives meaning to their darity which you constantly show to all God’s existence – yet often find themselves prevented children? from doing so. That is why I wanted the First Let- Ecclesia in Medio Oriente makes it possible to ter of Saint Peter to serve as the framework of the rethink the present in order to look to the future document. At the same time, the Church was able with the eyes of Christ. By its biblical and pastoral to admire all that is beautiful and noble in the orientation, its invitation to deeper spiritual and Churches in these lands. How can we fail to thank ecclesiological reflection, its call for liturgical and God at every moment for all of you (cf. 1 Th 1:2; catechetical renewal, and its summons to dia-

18 - Annales 2012 munities of Lebanon, demon- their brothers and sisters of other of the Omnipotent and God gave strates the esteem and collabora- religions. him a wise and intelligent heart. tion that should be fostered with Quite aware of how terribly The Pontiff made explicit mutual respect among all. He delicate this balance can be, and mention of God to signify the ab- thanked everyone for their ef- of how it threatens to break solute value of the divine pres- forts in this direction and, saying when it is stretched like a bow or ence in the life of individuals and that he was certain that they put under pressure – often from the Churches, but also to affirm would continue to seek the paths parties or interests that are con- that the conviviality to which of unity and harmony, he pointed trary and extraneous to Lebanese Lebanon wants to give witness out how the happy conviviality harmony and gentlenesss – the will not be credible unless it is that characterizes Lebanon must Holy Father urged his listeners to founded on a welcoming gaze show the whole of the Middle give proof of real moderation and an attitude of mutual good East and the rest of the world and great wisdom, recommend- will, unless it is rooted in God, that within a nation there can be ing that reason prevail over pas- who desires all men and women collaboration among the diverse sion in order to foster the com- to be brothers and sisters. Churches, all members of the mon good. Efficacious was the Through the good will and com- one catholic Church, in a frater- mention of King Solomon: well mitment of each and every per- nal spirit of communion with the he knew Hiram, King of Tyre, son, the Lebanese can give to the other Christians and, at the same and precisely because he consid- inhabitants of the region and of time, conviviality and respectful ered wisdom the virtue par excel- the whole world an example to dialogue between Christians and lence, he did not hesitate to ask it follow but only if they remember

logue, the Exhortation points out a path for redis- covering what is essential: being a follower of The hill of Harissa, near the Greek Melkite Basilica Christ even in difficult and sometimes painful sit- of Saint Paul, is dominated uations which may lead to the temptation to ig- by the shrine in honor nore or to forget the exaltation of the cross. It is of Mary, patroness of Lebanon. here and now that we are called to celebrate the victory of love over hate, forgiveness over re- venge, service over domination, humility over pride, and unity over division. In the light of to- day’s Feast, and in view of a fruitful application of the Exhortation, I urge all of you to fear not, to stand firm in truth and in purity of faith. This is the language of the cross, exalted and glorious! This is the “folly” of the cross: a folly capable of changing our sufferings into a declaration of love for God and mercy for our neighbour; a folly ca- pable of transforming those who suffer because of their faith and identity into vessels of clay ready to be filled to overflowing by divine gifts more pre- the different Churches to reflect the beauty of the cious than gold (cf. 2 Cor 4:7-18). This is more first community of believers (cf. Acts 2:41-47: than simply picturesque language: it is a pressing Part Two of the Exhortation); in a way like that of appeal to act concretely in a way which configures the Emperor Constantine, who could bear witness us ever more fully to Christ, in a way which helps and bring Christians forth from discrimination to

Annales 2012 - 19 that it is not merely the work of special importance for the whole and the timeliness of their mis- humans, but rather a gift of God, of the Middle East. sion, that is, the unity of all the which must be asked for insis- After all, Benedict XVI had baptized, especially in the East. tently, preserved by all means announced the Special Assembly It was the Second Vatican Coun- possible and strengthened with of the Synod for that area in a cil that pointed out this wonder- determination. memorable meeting at Castel ful synthesis of the identity of the The signing of the Exhorta- Gandolfo on 19 September 2009. Christians of the Orient in the tion took place in the Greek It was the first time that the Bish- decree Orientalium Ecclesiarum. Melkite Basilica of St. Paul on op of Rome had received the The desire for unity is obviously the hill of Harissa, overlooking Eastern Patriarchs and Major inseparable from the desire for Beirut, in the presence of the Archbishops together in a frater- peace. Both of these come from Head of State, the Patriarchs and nal gathering intended to give another word pair: communion Bishops, the Members of the the Universal Pastor direct and witness. This is the theme Special Council for the Middle knowledge of the situation in the that guided the Synod’s work and East of the Synod of Bishops, of motherland of Christianity. now constitutes the sure path for the Orthodox and Muslim dele- The Exhortation Ecclesia in the Christians of the Orient, in gations, as well as representatives Media Oriente is a true gift of the womb of the universal of the world of culture and civil God because it points out what is Church, to direct human history society. Each one received the essential for the Christians of the with the light of the Gospel. text because, as the Pope ob- Orient, regardless of their origin, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri served, although it is destined for who are all rooted in the inheri- Prefect of the Congregation for the Universal Church, it has a tance of the Apostles themselves, Oriental Churches

enable them openly and freely to live their faith pass on faithfully to others what he or she has be- in Christ crucified, dead and risen for the salva- come by Baptism: a child of light, sharing in tion of all. God’s own light, a lamp newly lit amid the trou- Ecclesia in Medio Oriente provides some ele- bled darkness of this world, so that the light may ments that are helpful for a personal and commu- shine in the darkness (cf. Jn 1:4f. and 2 Cor nal examination of conscience, and an objective 4:1-6). The document seeks to help purify the evaluation of the commitment and desire for ho- faith from all that disfigures it, from everything liness of each one of Christ’s disciples. The Ex- that can obscure the splendour of Christ’s light. hortation shows openness to authentic interreli- For communion is true fidelity to Christ, and gious dialogue based on faith in the one God, the Christian witness is the radiance of the paschal Creator. It also seeks to contribute to an ecu- mystery which gives full meaning to the cross, ex- menism full of human, spiritual and charitable alted and glorious. As his followers, “we proclaim fervor, in evangelical truth and love, drawing its Christ crucified … the power of God and the strength from the commandment of the risen wisdom of God” (1 Cor 1:23-24; cf. Part Three Lord: “Go therefore and make disciples of all na- of the Exhortation). tions, baptizing them in the name of the Father “Fear not, little flock” (Lk 12:32) and remem- and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching ber the promise made to Constantine: “In this them to observe all that I have commanded you. sign you will conquer!”. Churches of the Middle Behold, I am with you always, to the close of the East, fear not, for the Lord is truly with you, to age” (Mt 28:19-20). the close of the age! Fear not, because the univer- The Exhortation as a whole is meant to help sal Church walks at your side and is humanly and each of the Lord’s disciples to live fully and to spiritually close to you!”.

20 - Annales 2012 TheThe lifelife ofof thethe OrderOrder

RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE GRAND MAGISTERIUM Appointments: Jerusalem, he was director of administrative servic- es of the Fabric of St. Peter’s Basilica and of the ● Ivan Rebernik is Chancellor of the Equestrian Order Fabric of St. Paul’s Outside-the-Walls. of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. ● John Theodore Ralph is a Member of Honor of the of the Order since 2000, born in 1939, hold- Grand Magisterium. ing a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian Univer- Knight of the Grand Cross, an Australian, he was sity, he served as a librarian in the Vatican before Lieutenant of Australia Victoria and later a member representing his homeland, Slovenia, as Ambassador of the Grand Magisterium. to the Holy See. ● Bo Theutenberg is a member of the Grand Magisteri- um Terms of office completed Professor of international law, born in 1942, Knight- Commander with Star, in 2000 he became the first ● Adolfo Rinaldi, one of the Vice Governor Generals of Lieutenant of the young Lieutenancy of Sweden. the Order, a Knight of the Grand Cross, he re- ● Philippe Plantade is a member of the Grand Magis- nounced for personal reasons a second four-year terium. term. He was appointed Vice Governor General of A lawyer in , born in 1958, he is a Knight-Com- Honor in recognition of his activities and received mander with Star of the Equestrian Order of the Holy the Palm of Jerusalem of gold. Sepulchre of Jerusalem since 2004 and he has exer- cised roles of great responsibility in the Lieutenancy of France. Confirmation of a second term ● Pier Carlo Visconti is a Consulter of the Grand Mag- ● Joseph E. Spinnato, Knight of the Grand Cross, for- isterium. mer Lieutenant of USA Eastern, member of the An engineer and industrialist, born in , a Knight Grand Magisterium since 2008, he has been con- of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of firmed for a second term.

THE YEAR OF FAITH The Order mobilizes for a pilgrimage to Rome ithin the dynamic of the Synod of Bishops on the Ladies active in the Lieutenancies throughout the whole WNew Evangelization, which was celebrated in world began preparations for their participation in an Rome from 7-28 October 2012, the Year of Faith was extraordinary international pilgrimage to Rome, organ- opened by Pope Benedict XVI who, in his homily at the ized by the Grand Magisterium in coordination with the opening Mass on 11 October, introduced it as “a pil- Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evange- grimage … in which we must take only what is neces- lization, presided over by Archbishop Salvatore Fisichel- sary: the Gospel and the faith of the Church, of which la. the Council documents are a luminous expression, as is After a planning meeting with the latter, the Grand the Catechism of the Catholic Church, published twenty Master confirmed the dates of the pilgrimage to coin- years ago.” From that day onwards the entire Equestrian cide with the Consulta, from 13-15 September 2013. Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem went into gear The commission, with Chancellor Ivan Rebernik presid- for this Year of Faith, which will end in November 2013. ing, worked together with the Prefecture of the Papal Stimulated by the enthusiastic appeal of Cardinal Household, the Cardinal Archpriests of the Papal Basili- Edwin O’Brien, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of cas, and the authorities of the Commune of Rome. The the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, the Knights and Lieutenancies and Magistral Delegations received in-

Annales 2012 - 21 structions on the method of participation and, in order tion of the Sick to Lourdes and Other International to better manage the logistical aspects, especially re- Sanctuaries”), a public association of the faithful with garding questions of reception and transportation, the proven experience in the field of pilgrimages. Grand Master signed an agreement with UNITALSI (from It is the “spiritual desertification” of recent decades the Italian for “Italian National Union for the Transporta- that Benedict XVI gave as his motivation for creating a

Gathered in Synod to delve deeper together into the topico f the New Evangelization, the Bishops also prayed together with the Pope during the opening Mass for the Year of Faith in St. Peter’s Square.

22 - Annales 2012 Pontifical Council delegated to promoting the New celebrations marking the 2000th anniversary of the Evangelization, thus situating the Year of Faith in this birth of the Apostle St. Paul, in the summer of 2010 – perspective. Naturally he placed the event in the con- of the creation of a new specifically dedicated text of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sec- to the New Evangelization, followed by this historic Year ond Vatican Ecumenical Council: “The Council did not of Faith. It was in 1979, at Nowa Huta, in Poland, that formulate anything new in matters of faith, nor did it John Paul II began to make popular the expression wish to replace what was ancient. Rather, it concerned “New Evangelization”, which he took up again in in itself with seeing that the same faith might continue to 1983, a few days before opening the Year of Redemp- be lived in the present day, that it might remain a living tion on 25 March of that same year, with a view to bet- faith in a world of change”. ter preparing for and anticipating the Jubilee of 2000, This work of Church renewal, begun by John XXIII and whose spiritual fruits are still multiplying in these open- Paul VI, has not ceased to develop, up to the an- ing years of the 21st century within the Order as well. nouncement by Pope Benedict XVI – at the close of the F. V.

IN CHICAGO AND ROME MEETINGS OF THE LIEUTENANTS he Lieutenants and Magistral Delegates of North TAmerica and – the geographic areas with the greatest number of members of the Order – met again in 2012, in Chicago (31 May - 2 June) and in Rome (14-15 June), for the traditional appointment presided over by the Grand Master. It was the occa- sion for Governor General Agostino Borromeo to an- nounce for the month of September 2013 in Rome both the Consulta of the Order for the revi- sion of the Statutes and the international pilgrimage on the oc- casion of the Year of The Governor General and the Grand Faith, which the Holy master of the Order. Father wanted to tie to the Synod of Bish- a new record, higher than that of ops for the New Evan- 2010 (more than 10 million Euros), gelization, from 7-28 which also had been unprecedented October 2012. The in the life of the Order. However, the Ceremonial Officer of Vice Governor General Patrick D. Powers. deficit in the balance of the Patriar- the Order, Monsignor chate of Jerusalem of the Latins, es- Francis D. Kelly, especially explained to the European pecially in the operation of the schools, places new Lieutenants the importance of these events for the challenges in front of the Order, as Vice Governor life of the Order and the spiritual growth of its mem- General Patrick D. Powers explained in Chicago and bers. Consultor Pier Carlo Visconti did in Rome, also includ- Presenting the financial report for 2011, the Gov- ing aspects of the balance of the current year which, ernor General emphasized that once again the in- as always, is destined for the needs of the Christians come (in excess of 11 million Euros) has established of the Holy Land.

Annales 2012 - 23 THE ORDER’S PROJECTS BEGUN OR COMPLETED IN 2012 THE CHURCH OF AQABA PROCLAIMS THE FUTURE

The financial report of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem reached an all-time high in 2011: because of the tireless commitment of the Lieutenancies members donated 11,6 million Euros to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem of the Latins, which is facing great challenges. Thus in 2012 important projects could be finished or undertaken.

24 - Annales 2012 he first stone of the Boulos Marcuzzo, the Greek Mary, “Star of the Sea”. church in Aqaba was Melkite catholicos of Petra and Christians in Aqaba represent Tplaced in May 2011. The Philadelpia, Yasser Al-Ayyash, 2% of a constantly growing pop- work took approximately one and the parish priest, Father Is- ulation with the considerable de- and a half years and the conse- sam Zoomot and many priests, velopment of the tourist industry cration took place on 14 Decem- including the First Secretary of due to its proximity to the fa- ber 2012, in Advent. The solemn the Apostolic Nunciature in Jor- mous UNESCO world heritage Mass, with the Latin Patriarch dan. archaeological site of Petra, and Grand Prior of the Order, Gover Fawwaz Irshedat of which welcomes approximately Monsignor Fouad Twal presid- Aqaba and other civil and Mus- 300.000 visitors a year. ing, was concelebrated by Arch- lim authorities participated in the Emphasizing this new bishop Maroun Lahham, Auxil- celebration, together with the church’s importance for the re- iary Bishop for Jordan, by Bishop faithful of the parish and many gion, the Patriarch stated that it emeritus Salim Sayegh, by Auxil- Christians who had arrived by “proclaims the future” and that iary Bishop for Israel Giacinto- bus from every part of Jordan. “this place will be a reference The new church, located in point for Christians”. With its this port city on the Red Sea modern form and its shining The monumental Church of Aqaba which sees the arrival of mer- brightness, the church makes all (photo on preceding page) is dedicated to Mary, “Stella Maris”. It chant ships – and, naturally, forget about the little parlour in was consecrated by the Latin sailors too, many of whom are which Father Zoomot had been Patriarch Fouad Twal who then Catholic – from every part of the celebrating Mass for his parish- proceeded to the solemn Eucharistic celebration (photo above). world, is dedicated to the Virgin ioners for several years. In his ad-

Annales 2012 - 25 The bright interior and Church furnishings of the parish Church in Aqaba and (photo below) the exterior of the new secondary school in Rameh. This building was inaugurated by the Grand Master Cardinal O’Brien during his pilgrimage in the Holy Land (see pages 7 and 8). dress of welcome on the day on which the church had opened its doors, the parish priest thanked SPIRITUAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN WORKERS the architect, Oussama Twal, and FROM FOREIGN LANDS the many donors, especially the Knights and Ladies of the Eques- he Latin Patriarchate has entrusted the Franciscan Custody of the trian Order of the Holy Sepul- THoly Land with a program designed to assure the spiritual assistance chre of Jerusalem. In his homily of the 220 thousand Christian workers from other nations (the the Patriarch expressed his grati- Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Eastern Europe, Latin America) living in Israel, in particular with the construction of a church and a pastoral tude for the Order’s generosity centre This is one of the most urgent problems facing the local Church that allowed the construction of that was illustrated to the Grand Magisterium of the Order by the Grand the building with its large meet- Prior, Patriarch Fouad Twal while, paradoxically, it is committed in the ing space in the basement: fi- opposition to the phenomenon of the emigration of many Christian nancing of more than 1,5 million families from the Holy Land. In the context of a thorough report on the Euros was the result of the par- religious, social and political situation in Palestine, Jordan, Israel and ticular commitment of the Lieu- Cyprus, the Patriarch recalled that the recent Assembly of the Catholic tenancies of France, Ireland, Ordinaries in the Holy Land has created a commission for the pastoral , Italy, Spain, Canada, care of immigrants and political asylum seekers (approximately 30 thousand, mostly from African countries) entrusted to the patriarchal United States and Taiwan. vicar for the Catholic community of Hebrew expression, the Jesuit Father Now, he said, Jordanian . Catholics, together with the Fil- ipinos and Sinhalese who have come to work in this city, can mary and secondary school stu- ters who are very active among better develop the life of the lo- dents can complete their studies the local population. Their con- cal Church with the youth here. This initiative, financed en- gregation, founded in Jerusalem groups and prayer groups and tirely by the Order, was already in 1880 by Blessed Maria Alfon- with those involved in various referred to in the account of the sina, is the only women’s congre- parish activities. Aqaba, located Grand Master’s pilgrimage in the gation founded in the Latin Pa- on the border of Israel and not Holy Land (see pages 7 and 8). triarchate. far from Egypt, has come to be a Sister Nadia and Sister Eva, strategic place for dialogue be- the former a Palestinian and the tween cultures and for the build- THE SISTERS’ CONVENT latter a Jordanian, take care of ing of peace between Christians, IN ABOUD RESTORED the house. They visit the Christ- Jews and Muslims, all believers ian families, giving special atten- in one God. The projects for 2012 also in- tion to the elderly and the chil- cluded the restoration of the con- dren and seek to maintain frater- vent in Aboud. In this town, situ- nal bonds with the Muslim in- THE GRAND SECONDARY ated in the Palestinian Territories habitants, increasingly numerous SCHOOL IN RAMEH about 20 kilometers northwest of because of the constant demo- , the convent of the graphic growth. Thanks to funds The second important project Rosary Sisters was in need of sent by the Grand Magisterium – of 2012 was in Upper Galilee, in restoration, since it had been the results of a collection from the town of Rameh. It involved without maintenance for at least the Lieutenancy of Portugal – the construction of a four-story 40 years. The building, con- they were able to begin and bring building on the school campus of structed in 1011, served as a to conclusion major work in the the Latin Patriarchate to host the priests’ residence for many years; main parts of the convent, in par- secondary school. Thus the pri- then it was used to house the sis- ticular in the chapel, kitchen, of-

Annales 2012 - 27 fice and parlor. The whole electrical system was rewired and a new outside space was put in good order.

RESTORATION WORK IN THE VICARIATE OF AMMAN AND FOUR PRIESTS’ RESIDENCES IN JORDAN

The building of the Vicariate of the Latin Pa- triarchate in Amman is an important place for pastoral and diplomatic gatherings in one of the Arab countries more open to and respectful of the Christian presence. It was necessary to re- pair the exterior, modify some of the spaces and remodel the adjacent monastery of the women religious. Precisely for the pastoral activities centre, the offices of the administration, the rooms and offices of the Patriarch and the Aux- iliary Bishop, the rooms of the women religious and guestrooms, the total financing provided by the Grand Magisterium was in excess of 8 mil- lion Euros. The parish house in Amman’s Misdar neigh- bourhood, the parish dedicated to Christ the King – the oldest of the city parishes, founded in 1924 – was in urgent need of restoration be- cause the old building was in very poor condi- tion. The stairs were rebuilt, as were the plumb- ing and electrical system. Until the end of the 1960’s the building had been the seat of the Vic- ariate; today it is the “general headquarters” of a large parish that includes 800 families and 2.500 faithful, many of whom are immigrants from Iraq. “Poverty is one of the biggest prob- lems of our parish and many people want to leave the area”, says the parish priest, Father Ri- ad Hejazin, always available to give his all to face the difficulties of daily living. In Al-Hashimi, east of Amman, near the in- ternational airport, work on the priest’s house of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish was financed by the contribution of the Lieutenancy of Spain Western. The parish unites 400 families, a num- The Rosary Sisters of Aboud (photo above) in one of the newly-restored rooms in their convent. In Amman (center and ber which, according to the parish priest, Father below): the entrance to the church of the Latin Vicariate and Adnan Bader, is growing. Father Bader is the a view of the parish church of the Sacred Heart.a spiritual assistant for the young people of the

28 - Annales 2012 patriarchal school that has 600 students, from pre-school through high school, half of them Christians. The school, whose director is the parish priest, has been funded by the Order since its founding in 1958; it promotes in- creased mutual respect among the religious groups. In Al-Rusaifeh, a city situated on the road to Zarka, to the east of Amman, a contribution from the Grand Magisterium allowed the restoration of the priest’s house of Mary Moth- er of the Church Parish. Here the Christian families are dynamic in keeping the Catholic community alive, although there is still a con- stant exodus of the faithful at the same time as there is a corresponding exponential growth in the Muslim population, especially due to the presence of a refugee camp. The church was built in 1967, when the territory still contained several tens of families of Latin Rite Christians, but their number is considerably less today. The Christian university youth movement is very active at Al- Rusaifeh and holds its gather- ings in the newly-remodelled parish hall. Today, without a parish priest, the community is cared for by a priest from Sri Lanka who lives in the parish house; he is also occupied in the care of his fellow countrymen living in Amman and in other cities throughout Jordan. Parish life is an- imated by the Sisters of Charity of Mother Teresa who care for handicapped children in a centre they opened. Farther north, not far from Ajloun, in the town of Al-Wahadneh, where the school of the Latin Patriarchate was just remodelled, the re- construction of the parish house was also nec- essary. The old building, built in 1948, was in very bad condition; it was demolished and an- other one, naturally more comfortable, was built. The new house, near the church dedicat- ed to Saint Elias, will allow the parish priest to perform his role of hospitality, listening and counselling the faithful who are more than one At Al-Hashimi and Al-Rusaifeh important restoration work thousand of the 10 thousand inhabitants, mem- was done on the priest’s residence (photo above and center) bers of a community rich in faith and which has while in Al-Wahadneh a new one was built. Here (photo below) the work on the roof is still underway. in recent years given the Church many priestly vocations. F.V.

Annales 2012 - 29 The event of the year in the eyes of the world’s media GETHSEMANE’S OLIVE TREES REVEAL THEIR SECRETS

Professor Giovanni Gianfrate had admired those olive trees so many times without ever tells his confreres how the scientific Iasking myself “who” they research he sponsored and might be and what they might have witnessed, and what impor- coordinated revealed for the first tance that would have today in a time the age, state of health and disoriented and incredulous genetic code of the trees whose Christianity. Then, a bit of en- lightenment came from a passage ancestors were witnesses of the of one of St. Cyril of Jerusalem’s Agony in the Garden catechetical lectures (X, 19) (“Gethsemane bears witness,

30 - Annales 2012 still to the thoughtful almost showing Judas”) and the “discov- ery” that at my age I knew almost nothing about Gethsemane and what its eight “venerable” olive trees could tell us. From my pro- fessional experience and my awareness as a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem that it was not enough only to know that these were the “Olive Trees of the Agony” of Christ; it was neces- sary to know more and, most of all, about them and their “memo- ry”. but now director of the Holy The olive trees are both a promise Therefore, as director for Land’s Caritas organization), due and a symbol of peace in a region torn by conflicts. They also are a projects in the Holy Land of Flo- particularly to a decades-long remainder of Christ’s Agony in rence’s cultural association friendship resulting from the Gethsemane and hence of God’s “Coltiviamo la pace” [Let’s culti- Italian Bishops’ Conference of a immense love for humanity. On the preceding page: the Basilica vate peace], I sponsored and co- gift of an olive press (which I of Gethsemane and, behind it, the ordinated a scientific research sponsored), which has assured a convent of the Order of Friars Minor. project that I named Hortus modest survival-level income for Gethsemani, the memory of an his agricultural parishioners. This environment, naturally, with the initiative marks the beginning of August of 2010, I accompanied a agreement of the Franciscan cus- the commercialization of Pales- scientific mission composed of tody of the Holy Land, propri- tinian oil in Europe and the research scientists from the Trees etor of the site. The study was “lamp for peace” project to and Timber Institute from Sesto conducted with the scientific col- which a number of Lieutenancies Fiorentino and to collect laboration of the CNR (from the have responded. samples needed for the dating of Italian for “National Research The study of Gethsemane’s the plants (taken from the trees Council) through IVALSA (Trees olive trees was conducted over a above the soil level). This would and Timber Institute) in Sesto three year period, from 2009 to be followed in 2011 by the analy- Fiorentino, calling upon its most 2012, and involved 15 Italian re- sis of the olives and their oil and renowned researcher, Professsor searchers from various university in May of 2012 by the collecting Antonio Cimato as scientific co- departments and institutes of the of flower samples for observation ordinator and counting on the fi- National Research Council. First under an electronic microscope. nancial support of Copagri, the of all the author, assisted by his Given the extraordinary impor- confederation of Italian agricul- former student in agricultural tance of the project because of tural producers, whose members technology, Adriano Rossi, col- the religious, cultural and scien- include the majority of Italian lected samples of the roots and tific expectation, there was a mo- olive growers. Significant assis- branches of the eight plants, nec- bilization of interdisciplinary ex- tance was also offered by the essary for identifying their genet- pertise from five university de- Olive Branch Foundation of ic profile, the verification of their partments (Udine, Florence, Jerusalem, whose President, Fa- physical, and “nutritional” con- Pisa, Chieti-Pescara) and three ther Raed Abusahlia (at that time dition and their morphological institutes of the National Re- parish priest in Taybeh/Efraim description. One year later, in search Council from the “Scien-

Annales 2012 - 31 tific Pole” of Sesto Fiorentino. Some 15 research scientists from volved in launching a plan of Italian universities were involved for On 19 October of this year three years at Gethsemane (photo of agronomical intervention and the results of the research were them at work on an ancient olive tree). techniques of cultivation that will made public in Rome, in Vatican The analysis and scientific dating of allow their vegetative revitaliza- Radio’s Marconi Room. This au- the olive trees was done in reputable tion and unlimited conservation laboratories. thor and Prof. Cimato explained as well as the improvement of the to the international journalists whole Franciscan holding at that the eight olive trees did not Gethsemane. This study, howev- grow spontaneously nor are they chaeological nature, it is possible er, should be reason for rediscov- the result of grafts on previously- that they are descendants of ering and revitalizing devotion to existing plants; they are absolute- much older plants, even from Christ in his Agony, in which he ly “twins”, children of the same several centuries before the time freely chose to accept the Passion mother, having identical DNA. It of Jesus. The studies also re- for the salvation of humankind. was possible to date three of vealed that these plants are not Blaise Pascal reminds us them, which exhibited less lack affected by any disease, not even (Pensees, 717) that “Jesus is in of wood at the base of the trunk; those of environmental origin agony until the end of the world. this was done by the use of Car- generated by the ever-present We must not sleep during this bon 14 dating (the particularly sources of pollution. As if the time”. precise wiggle matching method). ground in which they are grow- Giovanni Gianfrate The test was done by two inde- ing were capable of blocking – pendent accredited laboratories, Professor Cimato called it a “lit- Professor. Giovanni Gianfrate, 65 years old, a professor of agronomy, is the Center for Dating and Diag- tle miracle” – the proliferation of considered the foremost expert on nostic of the University of Salen- bacteria, insects, virus and any Mediterranean olive history. A Knight to and the Environmental other cause of suffering in these of the Equestrian Order of Jerusalem sacred plants. since 2007, he has served as secretary of Research Accelerator (VERA) at the section of Florence. The scientific the University of that city. The The research therefore fur- results of his project Hortus Gethse- result is that their trunks can be nished results of great scientific mani, la memoria di un ambiente [Hor- dated to 1198, 1092 and 1166. interest, but in order to offset tus Gethsemani, an environment’s memory] were very well received; for However, for various reasons, es- any concern for the conservation the world’s media, it was the event of pecially of a historical and ar- of these plants, I am now in- the year in the Holy Land.

32 - Annales 2012 A look at the Crhistians in Taybeh Oil for Peace

studied philosophy at The Order’s projects for bers. At present there are about the Lateran University the construction or 1,300 but some 3,700 are spread “Iin Rome; but people say around the world. I have business and economics renovation of schools, It soon became evident to the in my blood”, says Reverend kindergartens, churches, parish priest that something had (“Abouna”) Raed Abusahliah, presbyteries and other to be done to combat unemploy- until recently the parish priest of ment. So, in 2003, a new and Taybeh and now in Ramallah. We structures usually involve powerful oil press was donated – a group of pilgrims from west- donations on a large by the Italian Bishops’ Confer- ern – are sitting in a cir- scale and we like to ence. Nowadays 430 olive grow- cle in the large courtyard of the ers make use of it. From the out- presbytery in Ramallah, listing in- report the results with set it was clear that the oil must tently to Abouna Raed talking pride and joy. Yet our be of top quality. In fact it was about the projects in Taybeh. He direct support for the tested in Austria by a food re- is so enthusiastic that he can search organization and certified hardly sit still for a single sen- “living stones”, brothers to be an exceptional product. tence, his many emphatic ges- and sisters of the Holy Everyone who tries it can imme- tures animating his words. Our Land, descendants of diately taste the difference in mere presence here is an event. comparison with olive oils pro- We have come to his new parish Christ’s first followers, duced and marketed in industrial because some of us already had should not be ignored, quantities. Last year 800 tons personal contacts with him and especially when our were pressed; this year Abouna wanted to discuss with him how Raed is hoping for 1000 tons. these contacts could be given assistance makes it easier concrete expression without dif- for them to become self- A “minor” project ficulty during the year. The topic sufficient. In this article A member of the Order from is oil. Not that oil (i.e., petrole- , Austria organized the um) that causes so much friction we provide a look at the import of 7500 500ml-bottles in the Near East but the olive oil Christians of Taybeh. and 92 5-litre cans (this year he from Taybeh that we have been hopes it will be 9,000. bottles). selling at home for several years Some of them will be sent on to now. the German and Swiss Lieu- nary of Beit Jala, as Chancellor of tenancies. A man with many strings the Patriarchate itself; he studied Some members of the Order to his bow in Rome and in 2002 became offer the oil for sale after Sunday Abouna Raed, born in 1965 parish priest of Taybeh, the bibli- Mass in a number of parishes, in Zababdeh in Palestine, was or- cal Ephraim. Taybeh is renowned and it can also be bought from dained a priest in 1990. He held for its olive groves, vineyards and monastery shops. Several good appointments in various institu- the cultivation of figs. Christians restaurants and businesses have tions in the Holy Land – as a live throughout this region, also been persuaded to use it and professor in the Patriarchal Semi- though now in dwindling num- they are all very happy with the

Annales 2012 - 33 quality and price. But there is an- is impossible to see any path to Since 1869 the area has also other important fact at the heart peace in the foreseeable future. had a school of the Latin Patriar- of the matter: by their own ef- “It really does need the Holy chate which, in 1978, was im- forts, the people in the Holy Spirit to give the politicians ideas proved with a new building fi- Land are producing something on what they can and must do”. nanced by the Equestrian Order that gives them an income and But there’s more… of the Holy Sepulchre of validates their dignity. What they Oil production has been ac- Jerusalem. In the past school year receive is not a handout but a fair companied by the manufacture around 500 children from the price. of soaps and cosmetics; then in whole area attended this school, 2005 the parish priest was able to 60% of whom are Christians. Peace lamps found the “Bet Afram” home for The school employs 31 teachers As well as producing oil, since the elderly and later, the Bet and other staff. 2004 the local Christians have Afram Guest House for pilgrims. As he describes these develop- been making “lamps for peace in In the same year Holy Land Ra- ments we understand why the Holy Land” which, indeed, dio was set up, the first Christian Abouna Raed cannot sit still. Yet are lit by oil and provide employ- radio station in the Holy Land. he has not forgotten his priestly ment for 20 people. In fact, the vocation. Shortly before our visit theme of peace arises again and So many jobs the story of the multiplication of again as we proceed on our pil- Altogether these parish enter- the bread (John 6, 1-15) had grimage. A Palestinian Christian prises employ almost 90 people, been related during a Sunday guide in Bethlehem told us that about a quarter of all the workers Mass and Abouna Raed ex- she and several other women in Taybeh. plained that this story also points come together at 6.30 every up one of the Church’s missions Monday evening to pray for in our own day: to give to people peace. It would be a good thing the means to achieve what they Father Raed Abusahlia, among the if Christians in our own areas most active priests of the Latin need to live. But the miracle of were to meet and pray together Patriarchate of Jerusalem, with the the bread was only possible for the same purpose and at the Italian olive press that allowed the through sharing: what would beginning of the economic same time. development of Taybeh, where he was have happened if the boy had An Israeli guide stated – in a the parish priest. Following the kept his five barley loaves and true Catholic perspective – that, production of the oil he promoted its two fishes for himself? But he sale in Europe and affirmed the looking at the situation from the initiative of the “Lamps for peace in did not hesitate even for a mo- viewpoint of the people today, it the Holy Land”. ment and Jesus used that sacri- fice as the basis for His miracle. Abouna Raed associates an- other reflection with the “lamps for peace in the Holy Land”: he hopes that many Christians will buy these lamps and light them as they pray for peace in the Holy Land. And he sums up his hope as follows: “If 100,000 churches are united in praying for peace in the Holy Land God cannot fail to hear our request – He will have no choice!”. Otto Kaspar Jerusalem the city in Research into history of religion which, as Scripture says, every person was Jerusalem: born, invites us to enter into the “other A City between world” dimension. The monotheistic Earth and Heaven religions recognize themselves in the n the context of the Study Weeks at Villa Cagnola sponsored by the message of spiritual Fondazione Ambrosiana Paolo VI (the Ambrosian Paul VI Founda- Ition) the one devoted to Jerusalem has an extremely special signifi- growth and interior re cance. We can say that an intellectual journey lasting several decades birth that it has has arrived at the goal par excellence of a research in religious history, the goal capable of transfiguring even a simple journey of historical transmitted throughout knowledge into a “holy journey” (Ps 84 [Heb. 84]:5) it is an approach the centuries, uniting to a holy reality: Jerusalem.1 However, drawing near to this unique city also means rediscovering individuals in a its significance in the history of European-Mediterranean civilization common desire to live and – owing to the spread of the religious traditions of the later on the here below the values global level – in the story of the whole of humanity. Jerusalem also had a prehistory; however, it is one of preparation, of eternity, and in a preparing the way for its extraordinary and unrepeatable subsequent certain sense to achieve destiny. The Book of Genesis itself, through the mysterious figure of the king-priest Melchisedek (Gen 14:18), seems to show the prefigurative “heaven on earth” value that the early era of Jerusalem takes on with respect to what devel-

Annales 2012 - 35 oped during the conquest of the to become the center – and pro- Passover meal (Dt. 16:1-8). Jebusite stronghold at David’s gressively exclusively so – of Is- Because of that evolution, in hands. rael’s sacrificial worship, or in the his day Jesus of Nazareth also In fact its transformation into specific acceptance of the term, went up to Jerusalem to celebrate the City di David gives rise to a the liturgy of the Levitic priest- his own Passover (Mk 10:32-34 something new, something which hood. From the reign of Josiah in [Mt 20:17-19; Lk 18:31-33]; cf. Jn would cause Jerusalem to take on the latter part of the 7th century 11:55 ff.) which, rooted in the universal significance, the basis of onwards, the celebration of Passover of Israel, was trans- which, however, is to be found in Passover, described in the Book formed into the new Passover, the fact that – because of of Kings (4 Kgs 23:21-23; cf. 2 which for those who believe in Solomon’s Temple – the city of Chron. 35: 1-19), was absorbed Him is a sign – in the blood of the king became the city of the into that process of centralization the Lamb of God (Jn 1:29) – of shekhinah, the place of the pres- that made Jerusalem the only Covenant and expiation and – in ence of the God Most High. place in which the children of Is- the Resurrection – the source of That place, which the Book of rael were allowed to eat the eternal life (cf. R. CANTALAMESSA, Chronicles identifies with the La Pasqua della nostra salvezza, mountain in the territory of Mori- Genova-Milano, Marietti, 20072 1 ah (2 Chronicles, 3:1) which An ancient image representing (1971 ), ch. III (La Pasqua di Abraham climbed to offer his son Jerusalem, city of peace, the spiritual Cristo). Isaac to God (Gen 22:2), started heart of human history. The centrality thus acquired by Jerusalem in the Hebrew and Christian world was not without Jerusalem, reflection in Mohammed as well. Jewish synagogue praxis, par- common homeland ticularly the Amidah, is character- of those who ized by an orientation in the di- rection of Jerusalem (cf. J. believe in one God HEINEMANN, Amidah,inEncy- clopaedia Judaica, II, Jerusalem, he article by Prof. Cesare Alzati, who kindly allowed us to publish Keter, 1971, cc. 838-845). For a T it, opened the 34th European week, certain period of time that orien- the third on the history of religion at tation was shared by the primitive the Euro-Mediterranean university, Muslim community until in the sponsored by the “Paul VI Am- Medina phase after the hegira, ac- brosian Foundation” in collabora- cording to what is stated in the II tion with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in , where Sura of the Q’uran, it was deter- Prof. Alzati teaches modern and mined that the qibla (or the direc- contemporary history. He was scien- tion) for prayer was the Holy tific director of the seminar on Mosque of Mecca (Q’uran Sura Jerusalem, “a city between Earth II [The Cow], 142-150). With and heaven”, which was held from 3-7 September 2012 at Villa reference to the ancient sanctu- Cagnola di Gazzada (Varese). The ary, from the earliest days of Is- reports and discourses of the aca- lam until the second half of the demics and scholars, some coming 10th century (the 4th century of from outside Europe, and not only the Hegira), Jerusalem increasing- Christians but also Jews and Mus- lims, treated topics such as reli- ly referred to as al-Quds [the gions, churches, pilgrimages, liturgy, spirituality, art, and imitations of the Sanctuary] (cf. S.D. GOITEIN, al- Holy City. Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, as Docent in Bethlehem Univer- Quds, in Encyclopédie de l’Islam, sity, spoke about the historical and pastoral aspects of the reconstitution of V, curr. C.E. BOSWORTH - E. VAN the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in 1847. The conclusion of the week was DONZEL - B. LEWIS - Ch. PELLAT entrusted to His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch and Grand Prior of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, who spoke on the (coop. T.h. DIJKEMA - S. NURIT), “common patrimony for all Christians and the heart of the world”. Leiden-Paris, Brill - Maisonneuve The acts of the seminar will be published by the sponsoring agencies. In- & Larose, 1986, pp. 321-323). formation can be obtained from the Secretariat of the Fondazione Am- Jerusalem would later be consid- brosiana Paolo VI, whose Headquarters are at Villa Cagnola di Gazzada, e- ered, especially in the Sunni mail: [email protected] world, the place of Mohammed’s miraculous nighttime voyage in which the Prophet was taken up character as a sign marked by di- It is no coincidence that this into the contemplation of celes- vine holiness have obtained for it city, a junction point in human tial signs (Q’uran, Sura XVII a recognition of extremely great history, would also become the [The Nocturnal Journey], 1). dimensions. symbol of the end and transcen- Following the dispersal onto What is found in Jerusalem is, dence of history. the various continents in the Jew- therefore, a reality with precise Already in the time of Israel’s ish Diaspora and the rooting of spatial and temporal dimensions, prophets they delineated an es- Christianity and Islam among a but also a reality that transcends chatological Jerusalem in which multiplicity of peoples and na- those coordinates to assume a sig- all nations would find their tions throughout the world, nificance that touches on the di- dwelling: “In days to come the Jerusalem’s centrality and its mension of the spirit. mount of the LORD’S house

Annales 2012 - 37 shall be established higher than Jerusalem which the prophets of echo of the prayer of ancient the mountains; …and peoples Israel lauded, is placed not at the Christian generations: We make shall stream to it” (Micah 4:1). In end of history, but beyond histo- our offering “to You also, O this regard we can thank of what ry, and described as follows: Lord, for the holy places, which is written in the Book of Isaiah “Then I saw a new heaven and a You have glorified by the divine “Many peoples shall come and new earth…. I also saw the holy appearing of Your Christ, and by say: ‘Come, let us climb the city, a new Jerusalem, coming the visitation of Your all-holy LORD’S mountain, to the house down out of heaven from God, Spirit; especially for the glorious of the God of Jacob, that he may prepared as a bride adorned for Zion, the mother of all the instruct us in his ways, and we her husband. I heard a loud voice churches” (as it was expressed in may walk in his paths’” (2:3); from the throne saying, “Behold, the Liturgy of Saint James: ed. B. “On this mountain the LORD of God’s dwelling is with the human Ch. Mercier, La Liturgie de Saint hosts will provide for all peoples race. … they will be his people Jacques. Edition critique du text a feast of rich food…. He will de- and God himself will always be grec avec traduction latine, Paris, stroy the veil that veils all peo- with them (as their God)” (Rev. Firmin-Didot, 1946 (Patrologia ples, the web that is woven over 21:1-3). Orientalis, XXVI, 2], p. 206 [92]; all nations” (25:6-7); “Nations We can find traces of this es- nor can he or she ignore the that knew you not shall run to chatological dimension connect- blessing of the Q’uran in the you, because of the LORD, your ed to Jerusalem and understood common Suni interpretation: God, the Holy One of Israel, who differently in the diverse religious “Glory be to Him who by night has glorified you” (55:5); “The environments in the cemeteries of transported His servant from the foreigners who join themselves to the Valley of Josaphat, with the Holy Mosque [Mecca] to the dis- the LORD, ministering to him, Muslim tombs facing Mecca, the tant Mosque [the place of the loving the name of the LORD, Jewish tombs facing the Temple, Temple of Jerusalem” (Q’uran, and becoming his servants – all and the Christian tombs aligned Sura XVII [The Night Journey], who keep the Sabbath free from with the East, (expressing their 1). profanation and hold to my expectation of the glorious return Because of these multiple reli- covenant, them I will bring to my of the Lord Jesus. gious meanings of Jerusalem, holy mountain and make joyful in Therefore any reconsideration studying the situation, analyzing my house of prayer; … for my of the historical data regarding its manifold aspects, entering into house shall be called a house of Jerusalem cannot fail to take in contact with the spiritual themes prayer for all peoples” (56:6-7). the religious meanings the city related to it naturally also be- Nor is it different in the Book of has acquired in the spirituality of comes an experience of profound Zephaniah: “For then I will the diverse religious components sharing with the human commu- change and purify the lips of the who regard it as a Holy City. nities living there in dramatic peoples, that they all may call up- In this is the unique capacity conditions at this time, and not on the name of the LORD” (already mentioned in the begin- without suffering, the unique and (Zeph 3:9) In this context Psalm ning) of that city to transform unrepeatable reality of the City 87 could well state: “Glorious every approach to it, even a pure- that is holy for all and deeply things are said of you, O city of ly intellectual one, into a “holy loved by all, but a City that God! From Babylon and Egypt I journey”. In fact, anyone who throughout the centuries (and count those who acknowledge draws near to it cannot fail to even to this very day) has been so the LORD. Philistia, Ethiopia, consider the words of that pious painfully contested. Tyre, the Lord notes in the regis- Israelite: “Let us go to the house Cesare Alzati ter of the peoples: ‘This one was of the Lord! And now our feet born here’” (3-4, 6). are standing within your gates, 1 Ps 84 (Heb.: 84): 5: “Happy are In the Christian of Revelations Jerusalem!” (Ps 122:1-2); and he those who find refuge in you, whose by John, the eschatological or she cannot fail to hear the hearts are set on pilgrim roads”.

38 - Annales 2012 The Millennium of Sansepolcro in the presence of Benedict XVI A CITY BUILT IN ITALY IN THE IMAGE OF JERUSALEM

thousand years ago, Lieutenancy for Italy Central hearts for that unforgettable day on their journey to Apennine, representing our Or- whose success was obtained by “Athe Holy Land, the der which has a special relation- the efforts of Bishop Riccardo pilgrim Saints Aegidius and Ar- ship with Sansepolcro. Fontana of Arezzo-Cortona- canus, in the face of the major “They planned a well-struc- Sansepolcro, and the mayor of the changes taking place, began to tured model for the city, one full city, Daniela Frullani, who had search for the truth and the mean- of hope for the future, where the the honor of giving a warm wel- ing of life. On their return, they disciples of Christ were called to come to Pope Benedict XVI. brought with them not only the be the engine of society in pro- The idea of building a new lit- stones gathered on Mount Zion moting peace by practicing jus- tle Jerusalem at the mouth of the but the unique idea they had tice”, the Holy Father said further Tiber, the river that flows through thought of in the Land of Jesus: to the crowd which, despite the Rome, expressed Arcanus and building on the Upper Tiber Val- rain, had filled Piazza Torre di Aegidius’ desire to support spiri- ley an image of Jerusalem, a civi- Berta. An homage to the two pil- tually the ministry of the succes- tas hominis which in its very grim founders, considering that sor of Peter, in a fidelity renewed name, recalls justice and peace”. the prospective they opened – “to by the missionary spirit of the This opening passage is from see life as a journey to come clos- apostolic times. Using the exam- Pope Benedict XVI’s address of er to the ‘truth’ and the ‘just’ – is ple of these two laymen, the Pope 13 May 2012 when he joined with still valid today.” highlighted the timeliness of the the citizens of Sansepolcro in cel- message conveyed by Sansepol- ebrating the city’s great jubilee. A “new public ethic” cro: “Today there is the particular Joining in the historic event – no A diocesan pilgrimage without need for the service of the Church Pope had visited the city dedicat- precedent the previous month of in the world to be expressed ed to the Holy Sepulchre for March, in which the members of through enlightened faithful lay about 500 years – was a group of the Lieutenancy participated, al- people, capable of working in the Knights and Ladies from the lowed a good preparation of the city of man with the will to serve

Annales 2012 - 39 iest brethren in the Holy Land”, the Holy Father noted. “These ancient bonds led your forefa- thers to build a replica of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in stone here, in order to give the identity of the people a solid basis and to keep the devotion and prayer for the holy City alive. This bond continues and makes every- thing concerning the Holy Land appear as a reality that involves you, and likewise Jerusalem. Your name and the presence of the pil- Pope Benedict XVI greets the citizens of Sansepolcro. At his side are Bishop grims of your Diocese nourish the Riccardo Fontana and Cardinal , Archbishop of Florence. On the previous page: among the festive crowd there is a group of Knights of the fraternal relationship”. He urged Lieutenancy of Italy – Central Apennine. the inhabitants and all their friends to open up new perspec- over and above personal interests, flavour to the whole of civil socie- tives of solidarity, giving a re- beyond partisan views. The com- ty with the salt of honesty and dis- newed apostolic impetus at the mon good counts far more than interested altruism. It is necessary service of the Gospel. that of the individual and it is up to recover a strong motivation to to Christians to contribute to the serve the good of citizens”. Contemplation of the Holy Face birth of a new public ethic”. Even In a context of a strong Euro- Before this celebration of the beyond the anniversary of the pean social crisis, where despera- Millennium the Pope had visited founding of the city and its cathe- tion is gaining ground, the Pope the cathedral and prayed before dral – which in addition to Piero told his listeners to broaden their the depiction of the Holy Face, in della Francesca’s famous Resur- horizons, turning their thoughts spiritual communion with the rection contains the beautiful to the Christians in the Holy Franciscan religious family that sculpture of the Holy Face of Je- Land who are undergoing a much animates, not far from there, pil- sus – the Holy Father’s visit as- more serious and painful crisis. grimages to Mount La Verna, in sumed an important significance The Holy Father’s words on this the foothills of the Apennines, with this invitation. topic particularly struck the mem- where St. Francis received the Six months after the opening bers of the Order, who have had a stigmata in mid-September 1214. of the Year of Faith, Benedict bond with the city of Sansepolcro Because of the inclement weather, XVI addressed the new genera- for a long time, so much so that Benedict XVI was not able to visit tions: “Christians, especially the Grand Master emeritus Cardinal there, as was planned; therefore youth, are called to counter dis- Carlo Furno, is an honorary citi- in Sansepolcro he entrusted the trust of the political and social zen. “We thank God that your intentions of the universal sphere with their commitment diocesan community through the Church, in the paths of the and love for responsibility, en- centuries developed an ardent Poverello of Assisi and his disci- livened by the love of the Gospel missionary openness, as is wit- ple, the great saint of these Tus- which calls us to not to withdraw nessed by its twinning with the can lands, Margaret of Cortona, into ourselves but to take care of Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem who knew how to unite contem- others. I invite the youth to think which I was pleased to learn has plation of the Crucified with ex- big: may you have the courage to borne fruitful collaboration and treme charity. be bold! Be ready to give new charitable works to help the need- François Vayne

40 - Annales 2012 Confirmation of the medieval chapel built in the crypt of the cathedral IN ACQUAPENDENTE THE OLDEST REPLICA OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

he enigma of Ac- turies there have been many sup- The experts, studying the unusu- quapendente”, a city positions and hypotheses about al and stratified structure of the “TinTuscia (now in the the origin, construction and dat- basilica, have established with Province of Viterbo) on the Via ing of the city’s most precious certitude only that the little Romea, that is, the medieval monument, the copy of the Holy building with a pyramid-shaped route taken by pilgrims between Sepulchre of Jerusalem, or rather roof, like that of Jerusalem, was Canterbury and Rome, continues a chapel in the Romanesque a tribute to a non-extant larger to fascinate: in fact, over the cen- crypt of its Basilica Cathedral. religious building from the High

The research of the historian, Mordechai Levy, Ambassador of Israel to the Holy See, presented at an international gathering of scholars with the presence of many Knights and Ladies of the Lieutenancy of Italy Central who have made this monument the center of their spiritual life Middle Ages. This was enough for the Knights and Ladies of our Order from the nearby Delega- tion of Viterbo to make it the center of their spiritual life and for those from Lazio for it to be- come a goal of frequent pilgrim- ages Now the confirmation that the chapel is “the oldest replica in Europe” of the Holy Sepul- chre of Jerusalem came from the studies of the historian Mordechai Levy, Ambassador of Israel to the Holy See, who pre- sented his findings during an in- ternational seminar on 11 March 2012 in that very Cathedral of Acqupendente. The event, spon- sored by the local Church and , is seen as funda- mental for its religious history by the Bishop Lino Fumagalli of Viterbo, Prior of the Lazio Sec- tion of the Order, who encour- Mathilde, the sister of Otto II. The facade of the Basilica of th Acquapendente is from a recent aged the presence of many mem- Both of them lived in the 10 era, while its medieval crypt bers of the Lieutenancy for Italy century, but no documents indi- houses the most ancient Central and celebrated a Mass cate that they founded a reli- reproduction of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The monument (in for all the seminar participants, gious house in Italy. Naturally it the photo on the previous and especially the docents and acade- could not have been commis- adjacent pages) is particularly micians. sioned by Mathilde of Canossa, venerated by the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre of Mordechai Levy stated that Marchessa of Tuscany, nor by Lazio. the date of the “Chapel of the Mathilde of Scotland, who lived Holy Sepulchre” must certainly a century later. He then declared Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem be placed in the 10th century. He that he had concentrated his at- from the time of Charlemagne began by excluding that it was tention on the powerful and pi- through the beginning of the commissioned by a noblewoman ous Count Ugo of Tuscany, who Crusades). This document named Mathilde, as oral tradi- in a letter of Saint Peter Damian makes mention of the donation tion states, and so neither by the is mentioned as the founder of of his large properties to two Saxon princess Saint Mathilde, seven monasteries. Scholars have churches in Jerusalem, that of wife of Henry the Fowler, King identified five of them, said Levy, the Holy Sepulchre and Santa of Germany and mother of Otto and the sixth should be that of Maria Latina, annexed to the I the Great, King of Italy from Acquapendente. In support of monastery. 951 to 973 (who dedicated her this thesis he cites the “Charter” However, Levy affirmed, “the life entirely to works of charity of 993 by count Ugo (which document could be interpreted supporting the poor and build- many scholars consider proof of in another key”: Ugo’s “Charter” ing churches, monasteries and an uninterrupted relationship states that the donations were in hospitals) nor her niece between the Latin West and the favor of the monks who in

42 - Annales 2012 Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem by count Ugo. It seems that he had brought from Jerusalem a relic of the Holy Cross to be placed in the chapel in Acquapendente. The marble reliquary came from the Holy City more than a centu- ry later, at the time of the Cru- sades, during the planning stage for the crypt which would shel- ter it. For Levy, Count Ugo was probably one of the first sover- eigns in Italian territory to have founded a hostel for pilgrims on the way to Jerusalem, in the spir- it of Cluny. In conclusion Levy explained the reason that the chapel of Ac- quapendente is an imitation of that of Jerusalem, an imitation that in the medieval era – he be- gan by saying – was based on symbolic parameters, and there- Jerusalem would be taking care even though his biography was fore not a full-scale model. of the pilgrims coming there and never written and none of his The majority of the descrip- leaving from there. These tasks, writings are extant. He is known tions of the aedicule in Jerusalem however, could have been per- to have been a promoter of the before the time of the Crusades formed during the pilgrimage as monastic life, inspring Saint Ro- mention a conical roof resting on well, not at the final destination, muald in the foundation of the a polygonal structure, almost al- “as if there were two Camaldolese Order and the ways a pentagon, with five exter- ”. Many and specific Venetian Doge, Pietro Orsoleo, nal columns surrounding the are the written examples of the in his seeking the contemplative Sepulchre. From different view- use of the term Jerusalem not so life as a hermit at Cuxa. Both of points the shape of the roof much as a geographic place but these have been canonized and could appear to be a cone or a as an expression of its spiritual we know of Guarino through pyramid; viewed from the front, importance. We should also re- their biographies. Guarino, Levy however, it appears to have a tri- call the many churches, begin- continued, was also a key figure angular form. Villibar, the Eng- ning with the Roman Church of in the Cluny movement, so much lish monk who visited Jerusalem Santa Croce and the medieval so that he introduced that re- in 735, has left us a notable de- monasteries, with explicit refer- form in five monasteries of the scription of the aedicule of ence to Jerusalem. Pyrenees and Languedoc. He Jerusalem: the tomb carved into Documents from 993, Levy went as a pilgrim to the Holy the rock, the square base, the continued, indicate as a benefici- Land several times and in 993, pointed extremities surmounted ary of part of Count Ugo’s dona- upon his return from a pro- by a cross. “An impressive de- tions a certain abbot Farinus, longed stay, seems to have partic- scription”, says Levy. “It is as if that is, Guarinus of Cuxa, an im- ipated in the act of the founda- he had the chapel of Acquapen- portant religious personality tion of the Monastery of the dente in front of him”. G.M.

Annales 2012 - 43 George Doty dies, leading figure in the restoration of the Anastasis

n 2 January 1997 the Jerusalem, to the many authori- We remember him in restoration of the dome ties and important personages, this first volume of the Oof the Anastasis in the including the Apostolic Delegate new series of Annales Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre for Jerusalem and Palestine, who was hailed as an event of un- was also Nuncio in Israel and a with some precedented historical impor- member of the Order, Archbish- photographs of our tance. After thirty years, the scaf- op (now Cardinal) Andrea reporting on the event folding hiding the aedicule of the Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo; Resurrection was dismantled; it and to the limited number of in- and the article had been erected for work that vited guests, first of whom was dedicated to him in was always delayed because of fi- nancial reasons or for those of a 1996, in the first Jerusalem, the Basilica of the Holy juridical nature; now, however, Sepulchre. George Doty and his wife, volume of Annales the vault appeared again in all its accompanied by Monsignor Robert splendor to the patriarchs and Stern, admire the restoration of the dome of the Anastasis on the day of leaders of the Catholic, Ortho- its dedication. His generosity allowed dox and Protestant Churches of the work to be done.

44 - Annales 2012 owners of the Basilica, the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Patri- archs and the Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land, to agree on the terms, goals and juridical as- pects of a gift that would respect the historic rights sanctioned by the status quo. Naturally, present also was the artist, Ara Normart from the United States (who was introduced by our confrere Monsgnor Denis Madden, at that time working for the Pontif- ical Mission and currently Auxil- iary Bishop of Baltimore); he had submitted several designs, the last of which was then executed in almost three years of work. On 24 April 2012 Doty died in New York where he had been born on 15 February 1918. He was 94 years old. Exemplary for his Catholic faith, he was invest- ed as a Knight of the Order on 19 April 1981. Greatly esteemed as well for his “notable dy- namism” by the Archbishop of the metropolis, Cardinal John O’Connor, Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy, and by Vice Gover- nor General F.Russell Kendall, on October 1990 he was called to lead the Lieutenancy of Unit- ed States Eastern. On 19 May 1997 he was given the Cross of Merit and Gold Palm of Jerusalem by Grand Master Car- dinal Carlo Furno; on 10 Sep- tember 1993 he had received the Silver Palm of Jerusalem from Knight of the Grand Cross member of the Lieutenancy of the latter’s predecessor, Cardi- George Doty, accompanied by United States Eastern, had fi- nale . his wife and the then Secretary nanced the whole restoration The father of five, he had also General of the “Pontifical Mis- project; Monsignor Stern had se- visited Rome many times in his sion for Palestine”, our confrere cretly brought to a successful capacity as one of the Patrons of Monsignor Robert Stern. end the lengthy and difficult ne- the Arts of the Vatican Muse- Doty, a wealthy banker and gotiations that allowed the co- ums.

Annales 2012 - 45 Blessed Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac, member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

A confrere, his devoted compatriot, recounts his life for the Annales and tells how he came to “discover” the prelate’s membership in the Order: the then Archbishop of was admitted in 1937 by the Patriarch of Jerusalem during a pilgrimage in the Holy Land

loysius Stepinac was born on 8 May 1898 in the vil- Alage of Brezariç, in the parish of Kra‰iç, forty kilometers from Zagreb. He was baptized the following day with the name of Alojzije Viktor. He was or- dained a priest in Rome on 26 October 1930. In July of 1931 he returned to his native with two degrees, one each in philosophy and theology. Yu- goslavia at that time was under a strong military dictatorship and the government forces particular- ly tried to weaken the Catholic Church. He served as Master of Ceremonies in the Archdiocese. On 28 May 1934 Pope Pius XI appointed him Coadjutor Arch- bishop with the right of succes- sion: only 36 years old and a priest for less than four years, he was the youngest bishop in the Zagreb, 3 October 1998 – Pope whether black or refined Euro- world. Three years later on the John Paul II in prayer in the peans, whether hated Jews or ar- Cathedral in front of the funerary death of Archbishop Bauer on 7 monument to Cardinal Stepinac. rogant Arians, have the same December 1937, he assumed re- Several hours before he had right to say, ‘Our Father who art sponsibility for the Archdiocese presided over the ceremony of his in heaven’. And if God has given beatification in the famous shrine and was also entrusted with the of Marija Bistrica. this right to everyone, what hu- presidency Bishops’ Conference man authority can deny it?”. of Yugoslavia. He also opposed the practice he strongly protested to the au- of forced religious conversion The whirlwind thorities. During the war he and when he could not prevent of the Second World War saved many Jews, Serbians, gyp- it, he gave confidential instruc- From the beginning of the sies, Poles and even his Commu- tions to the clergy: those who Second World War, consistent nist compatriots from persecu- were seeking conversion to save with his patriotism but very faith- tion. When the Croatian govern- their life should be received into ful to his pastoral mission, ment was installed, he intervened the Catholic Church uncondi- Stepinac firmly and bravely con- decisively, stating: “According to tionally, because “when this wild demned the racial, ideological Catholic moral teaching, it is time of madness is over, those and political persecutions. In his never permissible to kill a prison- who were converted because of public appearances as well as his er for a crime committed by oth- their own conviction will remain, many courageous written inter- ers”. In a sermon in the Cathe- while when the danger is over, ventions, he demanded respect dral of Zagreb on 25 October the others can return to their for every person, regardless of 1942, he declared: “Every nation own confession”. differences in race, ethnic origin, and every race present on the religion, gender or age. Faithful earth today has the right to live a The Communist to the Gospel, he tirelessly con- life that respects human dignity attacks after the war demned the crimes against hu- and has the right to a treatment After the end of the Second manity and all other injustices. worthy of human dignity. Every- World War, the Communist Par- Immediately after the adoption one, without exception, whether ty, inspired by the Bolsheviks and of the racist laws in April 1941, gypsies or of another race, especially by militant atheism,

Annales 2012 - 47 took power in Croatia and in all Martyr of communist of Yugoslavia. Archbishop totalitarianism Stepinac was already arrested on founded on lies, 17 May 1945 and remained in MonsignorStepina prison until 3 June. The follow- c underwent an iniquitous trial in ing day the dictator Tito called 1946 and was him for a discussion in Zagreb. condemned to 16 From this conversation, just as years in prison. Pope Pius XII from Tito’s conversation with the created him a representatives of the Catholic cardinal in 1953, clergy two days earlier in Zagreb, an act that led to a break in it was clear that the new regime diplomatic wanted a “national Church”, in- relations between dependent of the Holy See. For Yugoslavia and the Holy See. Stepinac it was an attack on Catholic unity and indeed it soon became clear that the govern- ment was planning violent perse- cutions against the Church. These persecutions would not be aimed only at bishops and priests, but also at all Catholics. An unprecedented media campaign was mounted against throwing stones at him in Za- the legality of the tribunal. The the Church, especially against pre‰iç, near Zagreb on 4 Novem- address is also a sort of creed Stepinac, and it lasted with vary- ber 1945. The Archbishop was which shows how the Archbish- ing intensity until the fall of the no longer able to carry out his op was ready to give his own life Communist regimes on the Euro- pastoral activity and in January for the faith and the Church. pean political scene. 1946 the new Communist au- Based on forced statements In September 1945 Stepinac thorities also began behaving in and false testimony, even on falsi- convoked a meeting of the Bish- the same way as the preceding fied documents, on 11 October ops’ Conference to study the new Nazi regime: they asked the Holy 1946 the innocent Archbishop circumstances and at its conclu- See to remove Stepinac from his was condemned to 16 years of sion on the 22nd he promulgated ministry as Archbishop of Za- forced labour and a further five a pastoral letter in which he greb. years of deprivation of civil minutely and courageously docu- rights. Witnesses who wanted to mented the violence and injus- A farce trial testify in favour of him were not tices committed by the new gov- Following all the vehement at- allowed into the courtroom. ernment during the war and after tacks against his person, Stepinac Their written testimony was nev- it, and not only against religion was arrested again on 18 Septem- er used. These testimonies have and the Church, but also against ber 1946. A political trial with a survived and today they are on the citizens’ freedom of con- predetermined outcome began exhibit in the Aloysius Stepinac science. Still harsher persecu- on 30 September. Memorable Museum at the Kaptol in Zagreb. tions followed the pastoral letter, were his words in his third ad- After an impressive amount of focused on Archbishop Stepinac dress to the court, in October, protests from the civilian world, personally. They even began at- which were not merely a defence, the Archbishop was transferred tacks in the real, true sense, but even an accusation against to house arrest in Kra‰iç for the

48 - Annales 2012 rest of his sentence. On 12 Janu- at the time of his imprisonment death of Cardinal Stepinac were ary 1953, when he was still in in Lepoglava worsened. He recognized and honored by the prison, Pope Pius XII created would have needed systematic people even during his lifetime him a Cardinal. Because of this hospital care and the doctors, and especially after his death, de- the Yugoslavian government sev- closely watched by the regime, spite the efforts of and persecu- ered diplomatic relations with could not do anything. He re- tions by the Communists. He the Holy See. Stepinac, con- fused any care that would mean was beatified by Pope John Paul vinced that he would not have that he would have to bow be- II at Marija Bistrica on 3 October been allowed to return to his fore biased judges who were 1998. The beautiful area behind homeland, decided not to go to slaves of the regime, or who the main altar in the Cathedral of Rome to receive his Cardinal’s could intimidate the clergy and Zagreb, where his earthly re- biretta nor to participate in the other persons. His pain became a mains are kept, is continuously conclave at the death of Pius XII. part of his life as a prisoner, but decorated with an abundance of He wanted to remain with his he bore it patiently until his flowers, candles and notes of people at all costs, to be a guid- death. thanksgiving for prayers an- ing light for his faithful through- Death found him on 10 Feb- swered through his intercession. out those dark times. ruary 1960, while he was still Many pilgrims acknowledge him serving his unjust sentence. He as their personal protector and a Prison and death died a martyr, as the dictionary patron of the Croatian people. While in captivity, in the says, “ex aerumnis carceris” – be- harshest isolation, he carried on cause of “hardships in prison”, The testimony his apostolate by writing. He but on his lips he had a prayer of a Jewish historian wrote thousands of pages of ser- for his persecutors and the Confirmation of the greatness mons and other spiritual works. Lord’s words: “Father, may your of Cardinal Stepinac has come He sent more than five thousand will be done!”. from an American Jewish histori- letters to bishops, priests and The virtuous life and the an, Ester Gitman. She lived in faithful (approximately 700 of Zagreb for two years while work- the letters are still extant) in ing on her doctoral dissertation, which he, a man of faith, firm studying thousands of docu- hope and total abandonment to ments about the Second World God, encouraged and comforted War. She had never heard of his correspondents, especially Aloysius Stepinac before that urging them to persevere in the time. However, from the very be- faith and in the unity of the ginning of her research she con- Church. In these letters, as he tinuously ran into his name and did throughout his trial and im- so she could not but try to find prisonment, he demonstrated a out more about him. Developing sincere love even for those indi- a great admiration for his person viduals who had persecuted and and his action, she expressed it in unjustly accused him. Prayer for her work “A Question of Judg- his enemies and asking forgive- ment: Dr. Alojzije Stepinac and ness for all are the constant the Jews” (Review of Croatian themes of his statements, his let- History 2/2006, no. 1, 47, 58) ters, and of the three testaments and in the book, When Courage that he wrote. Portrait of Blessed Stepinac with the Prevailed: The Rescue and Sur- insignia of the Equestrian Order of the Beginning in the spring of Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Detail vival of Jews in the Independent 1953, the illnesses he contracted of a painting by Davor Zovko). State of Croatia 1941-1945. (Saint

Annales 2012 - 49 In October 2008, Mr. Sandro Barieviç wrote to tell me that he had seen a cross of the Equestri- an Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem among the personal effects of Blessed Aloysius Stepinac on display in the Aloy- sius Stepinac Museum at the Kaptol in Zagreb. He also sent me a picture of the distinction which I immediately recognized as belonging to a Knight Com- mander with Star of the Order. I immediately understood that Blessed Aloysius Stepinac was one of our confreres! Several days later Mr. Barieviç found confirmation of that in a couple of biographies, maintaining great discretion but informing the Church authorities in Croatia. The confirmation came from the registry of the members of the Order (see photo), that I re- ceived from the Latin Patriar- chate. Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac was made a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in 1937, during the Croatian pilgrimage to the Holy Land which he led, The register of new members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre preserved in Jerusalem in the archives of the Latin Patriarchate shows that by Latin Patriarch Luigi Barlassi- Monsignor Stepinac was listed on 116 July 1937. It also notes his title of na who at that time exercised the Titular Archbishop and Coadjutor to the Archbishop of Zagreb with the right role of Grand Master of the Or- of succession. (The Archbishop died six months later, on 7 December). der. As a Coadjutor Archbishop, he had the rank of Commander Paul, Paragon House Publishers) life was in immediate danger sev- with Star (Grand Officer) . and in a documentary dedicated eral times, she illustrated and I am one of the many pilgrims to him (Kad istina pobijedi, by lauded Stepinac’s aversion to the who visit the tomb of Blessed Jadranka Jure‰ko-Kero). Git- racial laws and his defense of hu- Aloysius and ask his intercession. man’s work demolished the insin- man dignity; she showed how he As a member, and now secretary, uations and lies about the pre- was personally involved in saving of the Lieutenancy for Sweden, I sumed ties between the Arch- hundreds of Jews, even stating recognize that this great saint of bishop and the dictator, Ante that she was surprised that he our times has sustained me and Pavelic, head of the regime, a had not yet been recognized as my family in all of life’s impor- Croatian ustasha faithful to the one of the “Righteous among the tant events. anti-Nazis, documenting how his Nations”. Davor Zovko

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AUSTRALIA – VICTORIA New investiture in Melbourne he Knights and Ladies of the Lieutenancy by Mons. Carlo Portelli and distinguished by Tgather periodically for Mass, the recitation the warm welcome the sisters gave to the of the Rosary, and other moments of the many participants. spiritual life. The most important moment The annual dinner was enlivened by con- took place in Melbourne in October, with the frere Frank Costa and his accounts of an im- investiture of new members in St. Patrick’s migrant childhood, his career as a success- Cathedral, with the Grand Prior, Archbishop ful businessman, and his management of Dennis Hart (center of the photo), presiding. the Geelong Football Club, marked three The ceremony was preceded by the Vigil of times with the team’s victory in the champi- Arms in the Carmelite Monastery of Kew, led onship.

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AUSTRIA The Gold Palm of Jerusalem given to brother Otto Kaspar ieutenant Karl LLengheimer presented to our Tyrolean confrere Otto Kaspar, Lieutenant of Honor for Austria and member of the Grand Magisterium, the Gold Palm of Jerusalem, which had been conferred on him by Grand Master Car- dinal Edwin O’Brien for his merits as a member of the Grand Magisterium, and in particular for his efficient renewal of the in- ternational informational bulletin published by the Order. During his beyond Austria for its philosophical-theologi- address of homage the Lieutenant affirmed cal athenaeum that bears the name of Pope that Doctor Kasper deserved this great hon- Benedict XVI (who visited there in 2007) our not only because of his authority, found- and since this year is of pontifical right. Its ed upon a solid faith, his fidelity to the au- Grand Chancellor, Abbot Maximilian Heim thorities of the Order in the tasks entrusted O.Cist., a very active member of the Order, to him and his sensitivity to the needs of the ended the long procession bearing the relic times, but also so that his work may be an of the Holy Cross, which was then exposed example for the Knights and Ladies of the on the main altar. The celebration was Order. Doctor Lengheimer expressed a wish presided over by the Grand Prior of the Lieu- for much strength and God’s blessing in the tenancy, Archbishop Alois Kothgasser S.D.B., future. (The photo above recalls the ceremo- while the homily was given by the Prior of ny). the Baden- section, Father In recognition of his various extraordinary Amadeus Hörschläger O.Cist. merits Knight of the Grand Cross Otto Kas- The investiture the following day began par also received a great pontifical distinc- with a solemn chapter at Mödling. Member tion: Pope Benedict XVI named him a Com- Gerhard Engelhardt greeted the members of mander of the Order of Pope St. Sylvester. the Order, led by the Chancellor of the Order, Ivan Rebernik, by the Lieutenants of the THE INVESTITURE IN BADEN Netherlands, , Slovenia and WIENER NEUSTADT Hungary, by the Chancellor of and the German Chancellor; also present Friday, 21 September 2011, the Vigil of was a large group of English and Scotch Arms for a new investiture was celebrated in confreres. The Austrian Knights and Ladies the ancient Cistercian Abbey of Heili- were led by Lieutenant Karl Lengheimer and genkreuz, which has existed without interrup- Grand Prior, Alois Kothgasser. tion since 1133 and where more than 80 During the celebration of the Mass of In- monks live today. The abbey is also known vestiture 21 candidates (17 Knights, 2

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Ladies, 1 priest and 1 deacon) were handicrafts made of olive wood as well as solemnly received into the Order by the oil and incense from Christian producers in Grand Prior, Archbishop Alois Kothgasser the Holy Land. The purpose of these Christ- (photo above). mas bazaars (see photo) is to give work to On 23 September the Sunday Mass of Christians in Palestine, but their proceeds the Order was celebrated, respecting the support the Order’s projects in the Holy Austrian tradition, together with the commu- Land. nity of St. Stephan’s parish in Baden; the church, which is also the section’s place of worship, this year cele- brated 700 years of parochial independ- ence.

CHRISTMAS BAZAARS

For about 10 years the various sections of the Lieutenancy have been organizing Christ- mas bazaars. They sell

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BELGIUM The investiture presided over by the Patriarch of Jerusalem Intense activity in the dioceses – Confrere Julien Ries created a Cardinal

he Mass for the deceased of the Order is that of the investitures. On Friday, 14 June, Ttraditionally the first gathering of the Litur- the Chapter met, followed by a lunch and gical Year. It is held on 24 March and is fol- the Vigil of Arms. The following day the Patri- lowed each year by the General Assembly of arch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, Grand Prior of the Association of the Members of the the Order, presided over the investiture of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of ten new members (four Knights, one Lady, Jerusalem, which directs the Belgian Foun- one bishop and four priests). A brief cere- dation for the Holy Land, the activities in mony marked the installation of the new economic support of the Holy Land . Lieutenant, Jean-Pierre Fierens. This was fol- In the month of April the members of the lowed by a dinner with a discourse by His Order participated in the celebrations of Beatitude. The Order’s liturgical year con- Holy See (Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good cluded with the celebration of the feast of Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday) in Our Lady of Palestine on 27 October. Arch- the capitular church of Notre Dame de bishop Joseph Jules Zerey, Auxiliary of the Sablon. They participated in the Te Deum on Greek Melkite Patriarch of Jerusalem, was the National holiday, 21 July, and on the the main celebrant and he spoke at the din- king’s feastday, 15 November. ner following the Mass. The big event of the year, naturally, was The annual retreat, which was held from

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15–18 November in France in the Cistercian erings and spiritual activities. On 21 March Abbey of Notre Dame du Mont des Cats, Bishop of Bruges spoke was directed by an experienced preacher, about the situation of the local Church; on our confrere Father Christian van Zeebroeck, 14 November Bishop Lucas Van Looy of OSB. Approximately 50 members participat- Gand celebrated the Eucharist in his private ed. The Lenten day of recollection, it which chapel, followed by refreshments; on 16 May about 40 of our brothers and sisters partici- Fr. Dominique Collin, OP spoke to the confr- pated, some of them coming from the eres of the Dioceses of Liege and Limburg Netherlands, was held as it is every year in on how Christianity can still be credible to- the Cistercian Abbey of Westmalle and was day. In the Diocese of and the Vicari- directed by the Ecclesiastical Ceremonial Of- ate of Brabant on 9 October Lebanese Fa- ficer, Canon Rijckenqui, who had also ther Francesco el Kouri of the Maronite Anto- presided at the retreat for the aspirant mem- nine Order illustrated the history of the bers of the Order in the Benedictine Abbey Christian presence in his country. On 29 No- of Maredsous. vember our confrere Bishop of The series of conferences held in Tournai analyzed various current problem ar- during the year was opened on 17 January eas in the local Church. by Grand Prior Bishop Jean Kockerols al- An important moment for the Lieutenancy lowed the members of the Lieutenancy, was the Consistory on 18 February because many of whom participated, to reflect on Pope Benedict XVI created a cardinal not and delve deeper into the problems of pres- only our Grand Master Edwin O’Brien, but al- ent concern in the light of faith. Particularly so our confrere Bishop Julien Ries , profes- interesting was the conference by the jurist sor emeritus of the Catholic Universities of Etienne Montéro, Professor at the Catholic Louvain and Milan, anthropologist and reli- University of Louvain, on the topic of “Eu- gious historian of international renown. The thanasia and Ethics”, which demonstrated conference he gave on 24 November at the urgency of a general involvement in the Lessines, in the Diocese of Tournai, organ- public debate on respect for life from con- ized by Notre Dame à la Rose Hospital, was ception to natural death (the practice of eu- attended by a great number of people. thanasia is being performed in Belgium The annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land without the consent of the patient). took place from 11-14 November with ap- In the dioceses also many were the gath- proximately 30 participants.

CANADA - TORONTO Increased distributions and donations he memory of the September investiture Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Tof 17 new members of the Lieutenancy in Among the more significant events of the St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto will remain year, there was the celebration of the Easter alive for a long time. The ceremony, with Vigil by our confrere Fr. Allan Hood, in the Grand Prior Archbishop Thomas Collins pre- Augustinian Monastery of Marylake, near siding, was particularly suggestive when Toronto. It was attended by more than 60 Archbishop James Weisgerber of Winnipeg Knights and Ladies gathered in the splendid (Manitoba), as he expressed in his address church dedicated to Our Lady of Graces, during the gala dinner, described his joy and with its impressive architecture; they then emotion upon entering the Order of the Holy proceeded to a meeting with a reception

56 - Annales 2012 Celebration of the Easter Vigil in the Church of Our Lady of Grace, at Marylake.

Ladies and Knights who had just been invested in the Order in Saint Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. and supper in the monastery’s dining room. its. One of the latter was marked by the cel- The Lieutenancy continued fostering the ebration of Sunday Mass in Corpus Christi spiritual life of its members during Advent, Church in Toronto, at which more than 70 with Lenten days of reflection, Easter medi- Knights and Ladies participated. tations, special conferences, and parish vis- The speaker at the dinner that followed

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Lieutenant Sir Clare Beingessner explains the annual report of the Lieutenancy during the annual general gathering in Le Parc, Toronto.

was Sir Hugh Mac Kinnon, a member of the The Lieutenancy’s program, which began Lieutenancy Council and of the Bethlehem in 2007, continues to develop with dona- University Foundation, who spoke about the tions and distributions which reached a activities and needs of this precious institu- record level in 2011 and particularly benefit- tion of the Holy Land and encouraged all to ed two institutions in Bethlehem: the Crèche not allow it to lack support. (a day care) and the Catholic University.

IRELAND The Lieutenancy mobilizes for the 50th Eucharistic Congress

here were five main events this year, oc- ed; the procession for the feast in honor of Tcasions for the members of the Lieu- Saint Oliver Plunkett at Drogheda County tenancy to meet and pray, and they all had Louth; the Vigil of Arms and the investiture of the Eucharist as their center: a nocturnal new members at Saint Patrick Pontifical vigil was held at the Marian shrine of Knock Seminary in Maynooth, with Governor Gener- in County Mayo; the “springtime Mass” in al Agostino Borromeo present. Lastly, the Galway in which the postulants were accept- year was brought to a close in November

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with a reflection day. bers in mantle participated in the proces- Pilgrims from the However, from 8-18 June this year Ireland sion. Some of them took care of the stands Holy Land in hosted the 50th International Eucharistic where religious articles were displayed, oth- . Leading the procession is a Congress, with the city of Dublin at its cen- ers gave conferences or interviews in various Franciscan friar ter; it was an exceptional event prepared for sessions of the Congress. In his homily (left) and a priest by a special day led by its Secretary Gener- on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, the of the Latin al. Many Knights were involved in various Grand Prior of the Order, Patriarch of Patriarchate ways for the whole of the time, in particular Jerusalem Fouad Twal, said, among other (right). by chauffeuring ecclesiastical dignitaries, in- things: “Recalling our communion in suffer- cluding our own Cardinal Grand Master, from ing, I come to you as the pastor of Christ’s their arrival at the airport to their departure, little flock (Lk 12:32) which suffers in the often dedicating themselves from dawn to Land of Promise, the Land of the new and late at night. The Lieutenancy contributed fi- modern promises and international resolu- nancially to the pilgrims’ travel expenses to tions that have never been fulfilled. It is the Ireland. The Council welcomed 34 of them Land that first saw the fulfillment of God’s coming from the Holy Land; others were plan to redeem His creation in the incarna- lodged in the homes of the Knights and tion, passion, death, resurrection and as- Ladies. cension of the Son of Mary, our Mother and Two Knights participated in the opening Virgin”. ceremony, carrying the banners of the Order. Many Knights and Ladies in mantle par- On the feast of Corpus Christi, a solemnity ticipated in the closing ceremony of the enhanced by the presence of more than 10 “Statio Orbis” at Croke Park, the general thousand faithful, approximately 50 mem- headquarters of the Gaelic Association.

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ITALY CENTRAL Intense spiritual activity marked by pilgrimages and by First Friday gatherings in Rome uring the course of the year the Lieu- St. Mary Major on 13 January celebrated by Dtenancy began a rich program of signifi- the then Pro-Grand Master Edwin O’Brien for cant events that met with a great and in- the “month’s mind” of the death of Cardinal volved response for all the sections and del- , Grand Master Emeritus. egations. After that we had the joy of participating in We recall the Holy Mass in the Basilica of the Consistory in which our Grand Master

Rome Section – Pilgrimage to Santiago di Compostela and Fatima (16-21 June 2012).

Jerusalem – Holy Sepulchre: Pilgrimage of the Rome Section (1- 8 October 2012).

60 - Annales 2012 Pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of “Madonna della Quercia” - Viterbo 27-28 October 2012.

was created a Cardinal and his taking pos- in Rome in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, session of the Church of St. Sebastian on with the Grand Master Cardinal Edwin the Palatine, his titular church as Cardinal. O’Brien presiding, and in the presence of the On 19 January the Lieutenancy suffered a Governor General Agostino Borromeo, the great loss: the death of Archbishop Giovanni Assessor, Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea, De Andrea, Grand Prior of Honor. His memo- and other dignitaries of the Grand Magisteri- ry shall remain a blessing and will be con- um served in the hearts of all for all the good Particular attention was given to the or- that each of us received from his assiduous and precious closeness. We must make particular mention of the pilgrimage to and Fatima, from 17 to 21 June and the pilgrim- age to the Holy Land from 1 to 8 October, both of them with Lieutenant Saverio Petrillo presiding, with the participation as well of the Grand Prior, Bishop Franco Croci, and the expert leadership of the Prior of the Rome Section, Monsignor Natalino Zagotto. All the participants, particularly the new Knights and Ladies, returned from this expe- rience with a great satisfaction and a deep sense of spiritual enrichment. As is customary, on the occasion of the Solemnity of Our Lady Queen of Palestine, the Lieutenancy made a pilgrimage to the beautiful Shrine of the Madonna della Quer- The Eucharistic cia in Viterbo on 27-28 October. celebration in the At the end of the year there were two sanctuary of solemn investitures, the first in Rieti on 12 Santuario “Madonna della and 13 October for the Knights and Ladies Quercia”, of the Lazio Section, presided by the Grand represented in the Prior, and the other on 14 and 15 December icon.

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ganization of the First Fridays of the month. of spirituality], is a collection of the Grand The Lieutenancy gathered around the altar in Prior’s homilies on devotion to the Sacred the historic Roman Church of St. Praxedes, Heart, which he gave during the Masses on with the Grand Prior Franco Croci presiding. the First Friday of the month in 2011; the On 1 December Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello second work, with the title Cenni storici e presided at the Mass and on 7 December compiti attuali [Historical notes and today’s the Grand Master, on the first anniversary of tasks] is a brief presentation of the Order’s the death of Cardinal Foley. history and its noble aims, for the purpose During the course of the year the Lieu- of facilitating and promoting a more thor- tenancy prepared two publications: one of ough and correct understanding of the Order them, a Quaderno di spiritualità [Notebook for those aspiring to become a part of it.

ITALY – SOUTHERN ADRIATIC Knights and Ladies of Italy at the sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

undreds of Knights and Ladies partici- fering], a hospital and scientific research Hpated in the first national pilgrimage to center par excellence. Next to it, in com- the shrine of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in the memoration of his canonization, the Ca- town of San Giovanni Rotondo. Every year puchin friars have built a monumental tens of millions of faithful come from all over church, designed by the famous architect, the world to this place in southern Italy, on Renzo Piano, embellished with important Mount Gargano, to venerate the miracle- works of art, including the mosaics by the working Capuchin friar who was privileged equally famous Jesuit Father Marco Rupnik. with the Stigmata and left behind a magnifi- In every continent “Padre Pio Prayer Groups” cent charitable activity, the Casa Sollievo memorialize his beatification and canoniza- della Sofferenza [Home for the Relief of Suf- tion celebrated by Pope John Paul II, who had known him personally and had been his devoté. Promoted and organized by the Lieutenancy for Italy – Southern Adri- atic, which is at work in this region, Apulia, through many very active sections and delegations, the pil- grimage took place from 29 June to 1 July with the significant presence of the Assessor of the Order, Arch- bishop Giuseppe De Andrea repre- senting the Grand Master Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, and the participation of the Governor General Agostino Borromeo, of the Lieutenants for Italy Northern Giuseppe Vecchio, for Italy Central Appennine Giovanni Ri- casoli- Firidolfi, for Italy South

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Tyrrhenian Giovanni Napolitano. To them and all the pilgrims a greeting was given on Sat- urday morning, 30 June, in the Basilica’s au- ditorium, by Lieutenant Rocco Saltino, by Archbishop Michele Castoro of Manfredonia- Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo and by friar Mariano Di Vito, in the name of the Rector and his confreres (in the photo on the pre- ceding page the presidency of the gathering). Lieutenant Saltino highlighted the idea that the secret of the widespread devotion to Padre Pio should be sought “in his being ‘a friar of the people’, a miracle worker, but first and foremost a religious sincerely en- amored of Christ Crucified; therefore, in the mystery of the Cross that he lived with the Stigmata as well. Indeed, with his thoughts The pilgrimage had begun in the after- turned to the Holy Land, he loved to join the noon of the previous day, Friday the 29th, glory of Mount Tabor to the mystery of the with a visit to the basilica, the masterpiece Passion of the Lord.” of architect Renzo Piano, and a procession Governor General Agostino Borromeo de- to the crypt for the veneration of the mortal voted his address to the pilgrims on the remains of Saint Pio, which are enclosed in theme of “Christian pilgrimage” in which, as a silver and glass urn. The splendid mosaics a professor and historian, he reconstructed along the walls of the corridor present a par- and described its expressions over the cen- allel of the life of St. Francis and that of St. turies. He made particular mention of the Pio, with citations that are not so much his- protection, defense and assistance of pil- torical as they are theological and pastoral. grims to the Holy Land offered by the Eques- On Saturday afternoon on the slope of trian Orders who in that way joined it to the Monte Castellano, a moving Via Crucis was devotional visit and veneration of the holy held based on the meditations of our con- places of the Redemption. Over time it ma- frere Monsignor Carmine La Dogana at each tured in their ongoing support of all the Station of the journey, which is enriched by Christian institutions in the Holy Land. the monumental sculptures of Francesco Archbishop De Andrea reflected on the Mesina. Particularly symbolic was the Fifth theological meaning of pilgrimage, not only Station in which (see photo above) the Cyre- on the idea of going to and returning from nean was depicted as Saint Padre Pio. The the holy places, but also of departing and cross was carried by the Lieutenants in the departing anew from the earthly Jerusalem, last section and up to the Fifteenth Station, having always the heavenly Jerusalem as our the Resurrection, where after receiving the fi- goal. Recalling, then, some episodes of his nal blessing, the group posed for their pho- life as a diplomat, Papal Nuncio in various to-record. parts of the world, he urged each Knight and The pilgrimage concluded in the Basilica Lady to reconsider their own Christian voca- on Sunday with Archbishop De Andrea pre- tion in the light of a journey of pilgrimage, siding at the solemn celebration of the devotion and conversion, an “occasion for Mass, which was made more memorable by re-energizing one’s own faith and hope”, in his homily. The Lieutenants led the Prayers of such a way as to attend fully to the works of the Faithful and at the end the Governor charity, without which the other virtues would General recited the prayer of the Knights and lack meaning or fulfilment. Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre.

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ITALY NORTH

On 28 October 2012 in the With the Pope the Festival of the Family Church of San Bernardino in n the beginning of June the great diocese falling in love. But it does not last until the Crema the feast of end: a second wine has to come later, it has the Patroness, the Iof Milan, with its millions of faithful, hosted Blessed Virgin the Seventh World Meeting of Families, with to ferment and grow, to mature. The definitive Queen of Benedict XVI presiding. Many Knights and love that can truly become this ‘second wine’ Palestine was Ladies, not only from this Lieutenancy, par- is more wonderful still, it is better than the celebrated, with ticipated in the event with their families in first wine.” He also invited divorced and re- the Grand Prior, Bishop Oscar the context of their ecclesial involvement, married to offer their suffering of not being Cantoni presiding, particularly at the parish level. able to participate in the Sacrament of the and the At the gathering on Saturday 2 June in Eucharist, a suffering that can truly help the Ecclesiastical Bresso Park during the “Evening of Witness”, Church if it is intimately accepted. At the Ceremonial the Holy Father dialogued with the families, Sunday Mass the next day in the same park Officer, Monsignor responding to the few testimonies expressed Benedict XVI urged the families to “believe ... Giordano Ronchi in the name of the whole assembly. He in- in authentic love, the kind that comes from and the Prior of sisted on the necessity of joining reason, God and unites us to him”. Among the other the Delegation of sentiment and will with the goal of achieving important events of the Lieutenancy we Torino, that “forever” of the sacrament of Matrimony. would mention the feast of the Patroness of Monsignor Ottorino Girotti, “I often think of the wedding-feast of Cana”, the Order, the pilgrimage to the Holy Land, concelebrating. he said. “The first wine is very fine: this is and the annual ceremony of investiture.

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ITALY - SICILY Growth in the spiritual life, in engagement for the Holy Land and in the field of communications

fter a period of organization and the rectives of the Consulta, but a significant Aovercoming of some initial difficulties, move because it was taken at the time of a the Lieutenancy now experiences a spirit of noticeable economic and financial crisis. The fraternal collaboration, thank to a general sections of Palermo and Catania made pro- commitment and the active collaboration of vision for the extraordinary collection of out- the Grand Prior, Cardinal , and side funds: the first through the manage- all the Bishop of the sections and del- ment of the ancient Church of San Catalod; egations. The Lieutenancy now numbers 669 the second through the 8th annual Lenten members: 398 Knights, 182 Ladies and 89 concert that allowed a collection of funds, In the photos, the ecclesiastics. and other initiatives. The Lieutenancy also ceremony of investiture in the The Council of the Lieutenancy decided brought its expenses into line with what is Cathedral of on a slight increase in the dues for 2012, a indicated in the Statutes and made provi- Catania. small step towards the fulfillment of the di- sion for sending the money coming from do-

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nations and other initiatives to the Holy both events. Land through the Grand Magisterium for the In the field of communication an internet ends determined by the Patriarchate. Next site was activated (www.santosepolcrosicil- year there are plans to support some ROACO ia.it), and is followed with great interest not projects, in particular the restoration of the only by members of the Lieutenancy; it has house of the Daughters of St. Anne at Ein intensified participation in the various semi- Karem and the remodeling of the Church of nars and round tables in all the dioceses. St. John the Baptist at Rafidia; there are al- Still within the perspective of imparting bet- so plans for the awarding of an annual ter knowledge of the Order, the Lieutenancy scholarship to a seminarian from the Holy sponsored the publication of a volume on Land, whose name will be chosen by the Pa- “S. Andrea a Piazza Armerina, Priorato del- triarch, and renewed until the time of his l’Ordine del Santo Sepolcro. Vicende priestly ordination. costruttive, cicli pittorici e spazio liturgico”. From 29 April to 4 May the Lieutenancy’s (St. Andrew’s at Piazza Armerina, Priorate of pilgrimage to Lourdes was held, incorporat- the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. History of ed into the pilgrimage of the Diocese of its construction, painting cycles and liturgi- Catania and led by the Metropolitan Arch- cal space.) bishop Salvatore Gristina, Prior of the Sec- In the context of the ongoing formation of tion. There was great participation in the Eu- the Knights and Ladies, in agreement with charistic celebrations and the candlelight the Grand Prior for the year 2011-2012, the processions, during which the Knights and sections and delegations were encouraged Ladies carried the cross or the statue of Our to study and discuss with the assistance of Lady. The Lieutenancy’s pilgrimage to the ecclesiastics Pope Benedict XVI’s Exhorta- Holy Land is planned for April 2013. tion, “Verbum Domini”. Furthermore, follow- On 19 May the ceremony of investiture ing the indications in his Apostolic Letter was held in the Cathedral Basilica of Cata- “Porta Fidei”, they delved deeper into the nia, preceded by the Vigil of Arms and prayer great topic of the faith, on the 50th anniver- in the capitular Church of Saint Julian, sary of the Second Vatican Council “so that Headquarters of the Order. The Chancellor of the Lord may grant each of us to experience the Order, Ivan Rebernik, participated in the beauty and joy of being Christians”.

Annales 2012 - 67 The Lieutenancy of Mexico generously mobilized to give a warm welcome to the Pope, gathering around Lieutenant, José Maria Carracedo Bolinaga and Grand Prior Cardinal .

MEXICO The Pope urges resistance to and reaction against fear reat was the joy of the Knights and mersed, however, in a political situation of a GLadies of the Lieutenancy upon the visit distinct separation between Church and of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, to that State, the result of a strong anticlerical tradi- nation from 23 to 26 March, which was fol- tion. Replying to the welcoming address of lowed by a visit to the island of Cuba. the Federal President, Felipe Calderón, and The war between the drug cartels in Mexi- at the homily during Mass in León, at the co, which also involves the police forces, has monument of Christ the King, which saw the claimed more than 50 thousand victims in participation of approximately six thousand five years, a de facto civil war. For this rea- faithful, the “pilgrim of hope” who had come son there was much expectation about the from Rome encouraged all Mexicans to re- Pope’s message. He revived the Christian sist the fear that helps the gang warfare to hope of its population of 108 million inhabi- flourish and “boldly to promote peace, har- tants, 90 per cent of whom are Catholic, im- mony, justice and solidarity”.

HOLLAND An experience, meeting with a Sister who has contributed greatly in raising aid to the Holy Land he Lieutenancy’s activities are always fo- tributes to the achievement of these objec- Tcused on the spiritual development of the tives. Therefore, the three foundational pil- members and support for our Christian lars are: spirituality, charity and brotherhood brothers and sisters in the Holy Land. A good and on these this year’s program allows for a relationship among the members con- broad reflection.

68 - Annales 2012 The spiritual activities are related to the ceremony of Investiture and the celebrations of advent, Holy Week and the Exaltation of the Cross. These events allow personal en- counters and fund-raising initiatives. This is what happens as well in the meetings that the Lieutenancy sponsors in its eight re- gions. The feelings of fraternity develop bet- ter in a group with a smaller number of per- sons. The deepening of faith requires a spiri- tual education and to that end the Lieu- tenancy is promoting and organizing cours- es, retreat days and meetings, giving prefer- ence to small group gatherings in every re- gion. The “Caritas” Commission is charged with collecting aid not only from the members of the Order, but also from foundations outside the Holy Land, they visit one or more institu- the Order, thus establishing relationships tions of the Latin Patriarchate, such as the with Catholic institutions and individuals seminary, the schools, parish institutions who are sympathetic to our objectives. The and other humanitarian institutions conduct- funds raised help support the life of the ed by religious congregations. Often these Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and con- institutions given agonizing impression of tribute to the realization of projects of other the complexity of life for Christians in the Catholic institutions. Holy Land, but also of the wonderful human- The political and religious situation in the itarian work they perform. They meet priests, Holy Land is complicated. During journeys to religious and laity who are attractive exam- the Holy Land and through publications in ples of faith put to work in love. In the con- the media, the members of the Order face viction that meeting people is more effective this complex situation and the problems re- than any publication, we sometimes invite lated to it. Special public lectures help to individuals who work in the Holy Land to vis- give the most balanced possible picture of it Holland to give them an opportunity for a the situation. richer knowledge and experience. All the Christians in the Holy Land offer In 2012 Sister Maria Rosa di Toro, of the their services to persons of other confes- Congregation of the Hortus Conclusus, was sions as well. Children belonging to the Mus- our guest; she works in the village of Ortas, lim religion attend Christian schools. In the near Bethlehem, in a totally Muslim area. hospitals patients are cared for without con- Adjacent to the beautiful Marian shrine she sideration of their religion or philosophy of conducts a day-care that is extremely re- life. It is important that these Christian insti- spectful of the religion of the children en- tutions give people the possibility to enjoy a trusted to their care. The members of the more decent life and show in practice what Lieutenancy who visited Ortas were im- is meant by love of God and love of neigh- pressed by the sentiments of faith that bor. emerged in their meeting with Sister Maria Through its internal publications the Lieu- Rosa (in the photo) and her sisters.. And the tenancy tries to motivate the members to Knights and Ladies who met Sister Maria sponsor fund-raising activities, as much as Rosa in Holland had the same experience. possible. However, personal contact is more Thus Sister Maria Rosa’s visit to our country effective than any publication and for this has doubtlessly contributed much to the reason, on the occasion of its pilgrimages to support of our aid programs.

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PORTUGAL A pilgrimage to the Holy Land That began in Rome near the Pope arious activities in the spiritual, social F. O’Brien, a Cardinal, at which a delegation Vand cultural field were sponsored by the from the Lieutenancy was present; and from Lieutenancy, all of them aimed at promoting 25 September to 4 October the pilgrimage the spiritual growth of the members, increas- to Rome and the Holy Land, with 75 partici- ing their knowledge of the Order, and sensi- pants, led by Lieutenant Gonçalo Figueirado tizing them in their support of the Holy Land. de Barros. At the general audience granted There was great participation in the tradi- by the Holy Father on 26 September, the tional religious celebrations of the Order and group of 41 Knights and Ladies, wearing the Church for the feasts of Our Lady Queen their capes and the insignia of the Order, of Palestine and the Exaltation of the Holy were seated in a reserved section at the left Cross, for Holy Week, Corpus Christi and of the altar in St. Peter’s Square. Before im- Christmas. A spiritual retreat on the theme of parting his Apostolic Blessing, Pope Bene- Porta Fidei was led by the Ecclesiastical dict XVI greeted them in Portuguese. Then he Ceremonial Officer, Father Gonçalo Portocar- blessed a composition of azulejos (ceramic rero de Almada. In a Mass for peace tiles) depicting Our Lady of the Immaculate in the Holy Land was celebrated, with Mon- Conception, Patroness and Queen of Portu- signor João Seabra, Canon of the Holy gal, offered by the Lieutenancy to the Sanc- Sepulchre, presiding, and with the participa- tuary of the Annunciation in Nazareth tion of a delegation from the Lieutenancy for through the contribution of two of its Finland, which included the Lieutenant Ma- Knights. tias Sarimoe, the Lieutenant of Honor, Lauri The pilgrimage to the Holy Land was Juhani Gorki and the Archbishop of , marked in the beginning by a visit to Aboud Teemu Sippo. to the Convent of the Rosary Sisters, which A conference organized in collaboration had been restored with contributions from with the Catholic University, was given by the Lieutenancy; two days (2 and 3 October) Professor Miguel Ayuso, President of the were spent in Jerusalem for the Vigil of Arms Union of Catholic Jurists. Three other confer- in the Co-Cathedral of the Latin Patriarchate ences, each preceded by social gatherings, and the investiture of 10 new Knights and permitted the collection of funds for the Holy Ladies in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Land: the first conference, by the Ambas- both celebrations presided by Mons. William sador of Hungary, Norbert Konkoly, was on Shomali, Auxiliary Bishop of Patriarch Fouad the topic of his nation’s constitution; the Twal, who then conferred the “pilgrim’s shell” second, on the social marginalization of on all those who were making their first pil- Christians, was given by Monsignor Duarte grimage. In the evening, during a dinner of- da Cunha, Secretary of the Commission of fered in the Patriarchate to the Lieutenant the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe; lastly, and the members of the Lieutenancy Coun- Father Gonçalo Portocarrero de Almada cil, they presented a statue of Our Lady of spoke on the Year of Faith. Other financial Fatima, produced by the historic factory of contributions were raised on the occasion of Vista Alegre, a gift for Patriarch Twal from the the second annual Christmas Bazaar, which Bishop of Leira-Fatima, Antonio Marto, who was a great success. accompanied it with an invitation to preside Among the year’s most important events on 13 May of next year at the ceremonies were: the February consistory in which the celebrating the apparition of the Virgin. Last- Holy Father created the Grand Master, Edwin ly, on 4 October, before setting out on their

70 - Annales 2012 return flight to Portugal, the group of pilgrims venir DVD which was distributed to all the The 75 visited the shrine of the Patroness, Our Lady participants. Portuguese of Palestine, at Deir Rafat and participated The recent investiture ceremonies in the pilgrims with Bishop William in the celebration of the Mass, gladdened by Holy Land, which combined the periodic Shomali and the the singing of the Correja de Campos family, ones held in various cities in Portugal, had a Portughese who had also participated in all the other very positive and significant impact on the ambassador to events. We should also recall the valuable spiritual life of the members of the Order Israel (Holy pilgrim’s guide book prepared for the occa- and a gave them greater awareness of their Sepulchre, 3 October 2012). sion by Father Miguel d’Aguiar and the sou- statutory commitments.

SWDEN Initiatives to raise awareness about the Order and to support the work in the Holy Land uring the course of 2012 the Lieutenan- also open to their friends; pilgrimages to the Dcy conducted various activities. “The Holy Land were organized in collaboration Days of the Order” were held regularly; the with other Lieutenancies. Diocese of Marielund hosted a spiritual re- The fifth issue of the periodical Acta treat for the Knights and Ladies, which was Locumtenentiae Sveciae contained a study

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the mozzetta and insignia of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (see the article on page 46); the second card shows the coat-of-arms of the Grand Master, Cardinal O’Brien. In this way they celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Arch- bishop of Zagreb’s admission into the Order and the Consistory at which the Grand Mas- ter was created a Cardinal, and at the same time they raised funds for their works of charity: a project, which they were able to complete thanks to the contribution of some donors and the assistance of the Lieutenant for Canada Atlantic, Stewart LeForte. Brother Zovko, who is also a talented baritone, gave a benefit Christmas concert to publicize the goals of the Order and raise funds for its ac- tivities. In September the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated together with Cardinal , a guest in Sweden at that time because of his evange- lization initiative, “The Courtyard of the Gen- tiles”. The central event of the year was the feast of Our Lady Queen of Palestine, cele- brated with a solemn Mass in St. Erik’s of the history of the Order by Lieutenant Carl Cathedral in and conferences by Falck. Another member, Biblical studies Pro- two illustrious speakers: Ulla Gudmundsson, fessor Tord Fornberg, wrote an article in Ambassador of Sweden to the Holy See and which, on the basis of the data acquired Douglas Brommesson from the University of from many scientists, confirms that the Lund. place we venerate as the Holy Sepulchre is Since the Feast of All Saints, the new precisely the empty tomb of Our Lord. An ar- Lieutenant is our confrere Stefan Ahrenstedt ticle about the Holy Land was sent by Fr. Fi- (in the photo), a noted psychiatrist, who has ras Aridah of St. Joseph’s Parish in Jifna. been working for 17 years in his clinic in To support the Order’s activities and pres- Stockholm. Married, he is the father of three. ent these activities to the Swedish public He has the rank of Major in the Swedish the Lieutenancy, in collaboration with the armed forces, is involved in the Arctic Croatian Catholic Mission in Sweden, pub- forestry service and in hyperbaric medical lished two postcards with paintings by con- emergency care. A Knight since 2004, he is frere Davor Zovko, an expert in heraldry: the Commander since 2009; he served as sec- first card shows a detail of the portrait of retary of the Lieutenancy from 2004 to Blessed Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac working 2008 and treasurer from 2008 to 2012.

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Redempionem misit Dominus in populo suo

Musical Compact Disc – Edited by the Lieutenancy for Italy Central Appe- nine, 2012

he project of Umberto Lorenzetti and Cristina Belli Montanari, authors of the important book L’Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di TGerusalemme. Tradizione e rinnovamento all’alba del Terzo Millennio (which I reviewed in the periodical “AD” 2012), has now been completed with the production of a musical compact disc, this too with the approval of the Lieutenancy of Italy Central Appenine, of which they are very active members, and with the same scope, that of “making known the charitable mission of the Order for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and to collect funds for the Chris- tian brothers and sisters who are living today in the tormented Land of the Re- deemer”. But why have recourse to music? Because “in the art of sounds one finds a reflection of the sovereign beautiful of God”, they explain in the booklet that accompanies the CD. And why with Gregorian liturgical chant? Because “it is considered the most elevated expression of prayer, thanksgiving and praise of God”. Therefore it is a gift offered to all listeners – but first and foremost to our confreres – “capable of arousing sentiments of devotion and disposing the spirit

Annales 2012 - 73 to receive the fruits of divine grace”. An intention that is even more laudable in that, they point out, “profane influences have penetrated into sacred music, ren- dering it unadapt for the ministerial function that belongs to it”. The work is of the highest quality. The planner and artistic director is Mae- stro Gabriele Gravagna, renowned teach of musical philology and Chair of or- gan and Gregorian chant at the “Conservatorio Gioachino Rossini”, the presti- gious musical school of Pesaro (the composer’s birthplace). Performers are members of the two formations, men and women, of the choir Gravagna found- ed twenty years ago for the philological recovery of Gregorian chant pursued through the study of the most authoritative codices of the 12th, 11th and 12th centuries. With the title of Redemptionem misit Dominus in populo suo, the pro- gram follows an itinerary of liturgical chants planned “for meditation on the mystery of the Redemption, that supreme manifestation of God’s love for hu- manity”, and to facilitate meditation on the texts of the chants, which are natu- rally sung in Latin, the booklet contains Italian and English translations. The program is also accompanied by three of the Huit pièces modales pour orgue , compositions for the organ, by the Frenchman Jean Langlais (1907- 1991), exquisitely performer by Giovanna Franzoni, professor of organ and or- gan composition at the Conservatory of Pesaro. And – SURPRISE! – it is complet- HYMN OF THE KNIGHTS ed and brought to closer with the Choir’s OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE rendition of the Inno dei Cavalieri del San- to Sepolcro, the unforgettable composition God of pardon, God of salvation, of Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882-1949). Ray that enkindles heavenly dawns, The composer and pianist, born in Bo- Light of grace, flame of valour, hemia and a naturalized Italian citizen, Temper us all with your strength. from 1936 until his death he directed the You, font of every good and gladness, Conservatory of Milan, alternating his Burning sun, mystical dew, teaching and concert work. The text of this In the sign of the cross and the sword, hymn, a beautiful lyric poem by Luigi Keep us worthy of your service. Orsini, (in the adjacent box) deserves to be reproduced here [in an unofficial English translation]. There are no better statements of esteem and pleasure for this project created and executed by Umberto Lorenzetti and Cristina Belli Montanari, than those of the Lieutenant for Italy Central Appenine Giovanni Ricasoli-Firidolfi (who calls it a “fortuitous instrument” for promoting the patrimony of faith, history and the finality of the Order) and of the Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy, Bishop Luciano Giovannetti. He says that he is certain that “in listening to this sacred music one will experience what Saint Augustine said, that is, that ‘Whoever prays singing is praying twice’. And so that the beauty of this prayer may be au- thentic, my wish is that it may have a profound effect on one’s existence, as that same great doctor of the Church recommended, “And with your life you must keep singing without ever ceasing”. Graziano Motta

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