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and Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life Consecrated of Institutes for and Secretary of the Congregation VOLUME XLVI • EDITION 199 EDITION • XLVI VOLUME More information with photos the next edition of Fraternitas. of edition next the photos with information More Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida, Brazil (2007). Brazil in Aparecida, America and the Caribbean Latin XVI to participate in the V General Conference of the Episcopate of of Episcopate the of Conference General V the in participate to XVI Societies of Apostolic Life and participated in the Synods of Bishops of Synods the in participated and Life Apostolic of Societies Benedict by appointed was He 2012. and 2010, 2008, 2005, of oples and the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Life of Consecrated Institutes for and the oples Congregation (USG). He is a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Pe 2012, he was elected President of 2012, he the General Union of was President elected Superiors Order of Minor as 119th successor of St. Francis of Assisi and and Assisi of Francis St. of successor 119th as Minor Friars of Order 23, November On 2009. 4, June on years six another for re-elected the Order. On June 5, 2003, he was elected Minister General of the the of General Minister elected was he 2003, 5, June On Order. the During During the of session the nitory ! De of General June of 21, 1997, Br. Studies and Formation for General Secretary appointed was Jose On On May 16, 1997, he was elected nitor ! De General of the Order. appointed President of the Union Franciscan Provincial Ministers of of Ministers Provincial Franciscan Union the of President appointed Europe (UFME), a position he held until 1997. de Compostela elected him Minister Provincial and in 1993, he was was he 1993, in and Provincial Minister him elected Compostela de cretary for Formation and Studies, Commissary of Commissary Holy and and Land, Studies, cretary for Formation of Santiago In the Province 1992, Master. as a reappointed nitor nitor and at the Capitular Congress was appointed Provincial Se Rome and obtained a License in Sacred Scripture in 1981. in Scripture Sacred in License a obtained and Rome At the Provincial of 1983, he was elected Provincial De! cal Biblical Institute in in Institute Biblical cal ! Ponti the in enrolled he 1978, of October In 1979, he attended the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Jerusalem), (Jerusalem), Franciscanum Biblicum Studium the attended he 1979, Theology. in Biblical a degree he obtained of in 1978, June where, he pursue his philosophical studies Then, (1971-1973). from 1976- From Ponteareas, From he Ponteareas, was assigned to the Fraternity of Santiago de and of at Compostela Studies Center the the Theological City, vent, where he took the Franciscan habit on July 31, 1970. Then, a Then, 1970. 31, on July habit Franciscan the he took where vent, 1971. 9, August on profession simple his made he later year Ponteareas. He did his novitiate year in the same Ponteareas Con fth year in the Seminary of Herbón (La (La Herbón of Seminary the in year fth ! the to second the and dies he Coruña); the attended sixth year in of Convent the Franciscan Spain, where he attended the !rst year of the second cycle of stu In 1964, he entered In the 1964, he Provin Minor Seminary entered of the Franciscan (Zamora), Campos de Castroverde in Compostela of Santiago of ce baptized in baptized the of parish church Santa Maria on 16, August 1953. José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM, was born on August 11, 1953, 11, 1953, on was born August OFM, Carballo, Rodríguez José Friar was he Spain; Ourense, of and Province the of Lodoselo in OTHER NEWS from the theological and sociologi- their Spring meeting at the Porziun- cal point of view, noting how the two cola Retreat House in Baħar iċ-Ċagħ- aspects are inseparable as shown by aq, Malta. The ESC is formed by the the Scriptures and the Church’s social North American OFM Provinces, the doctrine. Irish OFM Province, the UK OFM Pro- vince, the Lithuanian OFM Province There is, in fact, a separation betwe- and the Maltese OFM Province. The Ecumenical Training Program in en prayer, justice, and everyday life. Minister of the Australian OFM Pro- Spiritual Direction 2013 – 2014 “Doing justice, “Br. Mike said, “is what vince was also invited to participate God expects from our lives as an au- at the meeting and was present. Du- The program will consist of three we- thentic expression of our lived out fai- ring this week the Provincials and the ekends and nine Saturdays over the th. To do this it is necessary to bring executive Secretary had the opportu- year. back the dimension of faith and God, nity to visit the Island on a day tour. The !rst part of the program focuses which humanizes society.” “Pope Fran- The next ESC meeting is scheduled on personal spiritual development for Autumn 2013 and will be held in and building skills which will be deve- San Diego, US, this time hosted by St. loped and deepened throughout the Barbara OFM Province. program. The second part includes lo- oking at spirituality within the Church and wider community. The third and Newly Elected Provincials !nal part of the program will concen- trate on the further development of Br. Michel Laloux, OFM the skills for spiritual direction. For Prov. Blessed Jean Duns Scot - more info, go to www.franciscans. France-Belgique ac.uk cis,” he went on to remind us, “challen- Br. Maggiorino Stoppa, OFM ges us all to build ‘a poor Church for Prov. St. Bonaventura in Franciscan Directed Retreat the poor’, otherwise we run the risk of Piedmont - Italy forgetting that God, in whom we be- Wednesday August 28 - Thursday lieve and who is the One who hears Br. Juan C. Moya Ovejero, OFM September 5, 2013. The Program fo- the cries of su"ering of his people.” Prov. St. Joseph , Spouse of the cuses on a positive spiritual experien- B.V.M - Valencia-Spain ce in peaceful and beautiful surroun- Social justice is a constitutive dimen- WWW.OFM.ORG ! FRATERNITAS dings. There will be inspiring liturgies sion of the faith then and we Friars Mi- Br. Joaquín Zurera Ribó, OFM in the Franciscan Tradition to help nor are asked to live, there where we Prov. Our Lady of the Rule – you deepen your prayer with Spiri- are, the relationship between Gospel, Granada - Spain tual Directors to accompany you on Church, and Culture, in order to be a your journey. The Franciscan Directed men and women of dialogue and am- Br. Manuel Corullón F., OFM Retreat will begin with supper on We- bassadors of reconciliation Custody of the Holy Martyrs dnesday evening, August 28 and will Morocco end with Mass on Thursday morning, September 5, 2013. For more info, go Meeting of the English Speaking Con- Br. Felix Junco Jr., OFM to www.franciscans.ac.uk ference in Malta Cust. St. Anthony of Padua - Philippines

Session of Inter-Franciscan Missio- Br. José M. Sainz Jiménez, OFM nary Formation Prov. St Gregory Magno Castile-Spain From April 1-4, 2013, Br. Michael A. Perry, of the Order of Friars Minor, facilitated the Session of Inter-Franciscan Missionary Forma- Do you have information that tion at the “Notre-Dame des Nations” you would like to share with International Fraternity in Brussels. other regarding events in your province? Send them all to us to The theme of “Justice, Peace, and In- From the 8th to the 12th April 2013, our email: [email protected] tegrity of Creation at the Service of the English Speaking Conference the Mission” was studied in-depth (ESC) of the Order of Friars Minor had 2 FRATERNITAS ! WWW.OFM.ORG 3

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Episcopal Ordination Election of the New Fraternitas Minister General Br. José R. Carballo, OFM OFM International News The election process for the new The Episcopal Ordination of editor: Fr. Joseph Magro OFM His Excellency Rev. Br. José Minister General will begin with will be on May 18, 2013, on a day of reflection and prayer on May 21. The morning of May eMail: [email protected] the Vigil of Pentecost at 18:00 tel: +39 0668491 339 in the Cathedral of Santiago 22, the brother electors (Defini- tors General, Presidents and de Compostela, Spain. He will http://www.ofm.org/fraternitas be ordained by His Excellen- vice-Presidents of OFM Confer- cy Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, ences) will gather in prayer, fol- lowed by a process of election of www.!.com/ofm.org Secretary of the State of the www.twitter.com/ofmdotorg Vatican. the new Minister General.

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