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SECRETARIAT OF STATE N. 438.046 From the Vatican, July 15, 1998 Dear Father Maloney, The Holy Father was pleased to learn of the General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission, taking place in Rome in these days. He very much appreciates your expression of prayerful support for his ministry, and he asks you to convey to all present his greetings in the Lord and the assurance of his prayers. Looking back to the great figure of the Founder, His Holiness gives thanks to God for the many graces brought to the Church and the world through the mission of the sons of Saint Vincent de Paul. In his time - le grand siècle - Saint Vincent understood that true grandeur lay in service of those who seem the least, "rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and precious" (1 Pet 2:4). His vision of the dignity of every human person and his courage in acting upon what he saw made him a luminous witness to the glory of God's love in Christ. At a time when human dignity is threatened in new ways, His Holiness prays that the Congregation of the Mission will live ever more deeply the charism of the Founder and be a prime agent of the new evangelization to which the Church is called. This will ensure that the future of the Congregation is as illustrious as its past and that the sons of Saint Vincent will play their part in ushering in the new springtime which the Holy Spirit is preparing for the Church (cf. Tertio Millennio Adveniente, 18). Commending the General Assembly to the loving care of Mary, Mother of the Redeemer, His Holiness cordially imparts to all his Apostolic Blessing. With personal best wishes for the Assembly's deliberations, I remain Sincerely yours in Christ, (signed) + Angelo Card. Sodano Secretary of State The Very Reverend Robert P. Maloney, C.M. Superior General Congregation of the Mission Via dei Capasso, 30 00164 ROMA Lists of the participants Chaves dos Santos Eli, vis, Flu at the 1998 General Barbosa Geraldo, delegate, Flu Assembly Klidzio Pedro, vis, Cur Members - Guests - Various Services Camargo Gílson, delegate, Cur Pereira Costa Aluizio, vis, For I. Members of the General Assembly Silva Antonio Assis, delegate, For General Curi Maloney Robert P., sup gen Fernández de Mendoza Ignacio, vic gen Sampedro Francisco, vis, Chi Bieler Victor, asst gen Romero Eloy, delegate, Chi Palú Lauro, asst gen Zedde Italo, asst gen Naranjo Gabriel, vis, Col Amyot d’Inville Emeric, secr gen Campuzano Guillermo, delegate, Delagoza Rolando, proc gen Col Griffin Patrick J., oec gen Mesa Alfonso, delegate, Col Ubillús José Antonio, asst gen elected Pérez Flores Miguel, vis, Cos Africa Browne Egbert, delegate, Cos Elli Luigi, vis, Mad Michelangelo Santia, delegate, Mad Moro Justo, substitute for vis, Cub Niño Arturo, delegate, Cub Girmay Abraha, vis, Aet Hagos Hayish, delegate, Aet González Manuel J., vis, Mex Calderón Silviano, delegate, Mex Weldemariam Zera/J., vis, SJJ Zeracristos Yosief, delegate, SJJ Berrade Alfonso, vis, Per Guillén Pedro, delegate, Per Costa Ferreira Luciano, vis, Moz Balói Armindo, delegate, Moz Alegría Gregorio, vis, Por Miguelo Licínio L., invited, Moz Cordero Tulio, delegate, Por Zwolinski Janusz, vis, Cng Estévez Conde Antonio, vis, Ven Iyolo Iyombe Dominique, delegate, Cng Rodríguez Francisco, delegate, Ven Osuji Urban, vis, Nig Hartenbach William, vis, OcC Edem Michael, delegate, Nig Rybolt John, delegate, OcC Joyce Michael, delegate, OcC Martínez S. Gonzalo, vis, Aeq Chiliquinga Federico, delegate, Aeq Levesque Joseph, vis, Orl Freund John, delegate, Orl America Gay Gregory, delegate, Orl Bastiaensen Adrián, vis, AmC McKenna Thomas, delegate, Orl Mux Méndez Raúl, delegate, AmC Sledziona John, vis, NAN Masciná José, vis, Arg Gorowski Roman, delegate, NAN Bokalic Vicente, delegate, Arg Weber George, vis, Mer Azcárate Santiago, vis, Cae Borlik Daniel, delegate, Mer Corera Jaime, delegate, Cae Delgado Corpus Juan, delegate, Cae Quinn Bernard, vis, Occ Villarroya Pedro, delegate, Occ Álvarez Félix, vis, Mat Nieto José María, delegate, Mat Quintano Fernando, delegate, Mat Asia Ranasingh John, vis, InS López Maside J. María, vis, Sal Kaipuram Simon, delegate, InS Sánchez Mallo J. M., delegate, Sal López García J. Eugenio, delegate, Sal Thozhuthumparambil Sebastian, vis, InM Chellan Wilson, delegate, InM Groetelaars Victor, vis, Hol Bellemakers Wiel, delegate, Hol Hardjodirono Franciscus, vis, Ids Handoko Petrus, delegate, Ids Dusik Tibor, Vis, Hun Bou Jaoudé Georges, vis, Ori Guerra Giuseppe, vis, Nea Douaihy Antoine, delegate, Ori Falco Biagio, delegate, Nea Ginete Manuel, vis, Phi Di Carlo Mario, vis, Rom Belita Jimmy, delegate, Phi Testa Giuseppe, delegate, Rom O’Donnell Hugh, vis, Sin Gonella Bruno, vis, Tau Pan Charles, delegate, Sin Turati Giuseppe, delegate, Tau Europe Nóbrega Manuel, vis, Lus Kangler Franz, vis, Aus Gonçalves José Carlos, delegate, Lus Jernej Alexander, delegate, Aus Sie_czak Bronis_aw, vis, Pol Corneé Pierre, vis, Par Banko Kryspin, delegate, Pol Delplace Elie, delegate, Par Bomba W_adis_aw, delegate, Pol Holzer Vincent, delegate, Par Kapu_ciak Józef, delegate, asst gen élu, Pol Sens Christian, vis, Tol Stelmach Kasimierz, delegate, Pol Leboeuf Jean-Yves, delegate, Tol Slaninka Augustín, vis, Slo Haasbach Norbert, vis, Ger Zonták Stanislaw, delegate, Slo Tix Norbert, delegate, Ger Pogorelc Zdravko, vis, Sla Rafferty Kevin, vis, Hib _akelj Peter, delegate, Sla Roche Paul, delegate, Hib Oceania García Miguel, vis, Bar Sullivan Maurice, vis, Aul Solé Luis, delegate, Bar Williams Timothy, delegate, Aul II. Guests from the Vincentian Family Sr. Juana Elizondo, sup gen DC Sr. Therezinha Remonatto, asst gen DC Sr. Rufina Leitenbauer, cons gen DC Sr. Margaret Barrett, cons gen DC Sr. María Teresa Svarcas, cons gen DC Sr. María Luisa Morante, cons gen DC Sr. Marie-Bernard Giffard, cons gen DC Sr. Giovanna Beltrando, cons gen DC Sr. Cecilia Rode , cons gen DC Sr. Wiwine Kisu, cons gen DC Sr. Julma Neo, cons gen DC Mrs. Patricia de Navas, president AIC Mrs. Marina Costa, vice-president AIC Mrs. Andrée Thomanek, vice-president AIC Mrs. Marianne Chevalier, sec gen AIC Mrs. Beatriz G. Philimeno Gomes, AIC Brazil Mr. Cesar Nunes Viana, president SSVP Mr. Amin de Tarrazi, vice-president SSVP Mr. Gerry Martin, vice-president SSVP Mr. Francesco De Barberis, Vincentian Family coordinator, SSVP Mr. Erick Schmitz, coordinator for Europe Group 2, SSVP Miss Edurne Urdampilleta, president JMV Spain Miss Anna Salis, president Marian Association Italy Miss Virginia Alfaro, MISEVI Mrs. Maureen Treanor, popular missions, Ireland Miss Ubaldina Morales, popular missions, Panama Miss Maria Otilia de Lima, popular missions, Portugal Fr. Yvon Laroche, sup gen Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul Sr. Denise Baumann, sup gen Sisters of Charity of Strasbourg Sr. Marie-Antoine Henriot, sup gen Sisters of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret Sr. Theresa Capria, Sister of Charity of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Fr. Charles Shelby, C.M., dir Association of the Miraculous Medal of St. Louis (USA) Fr. Andrés Pato, C.M., dir Association of the Miraculous Medal of Spain Fr. Jean Chen, C.M., Continental China (invited for the entire Assembly) III. Various Services Facilitators Sr Alicia Muñoz, DC Peralta Serafín, Phi Translators Sr. Price Germaine, DC Barquín Teodoro, Mat Carnio Adriano, Tol Chronicler Curran Eugene, Hib Quevedo Alvaro, Col Díaz Catalán J. Julián, Cae Fernandes da Silva Joaquim, Moz Video reporter García Bernardo, Tol Mika Lourenço, Cur Kennedy John, Orl Kieken Noël, Par Marmilicz André, Cur Assistants in the secretariat Martínez Augustín, Mat Fajardo Gerardo, General Curia Pereira José Gil, Flu Guené Thierry, Par Santangelo Claudio, Rom Pura Raul, Phi Sevivas João, Lus Vásquez Diego Luis, Col Stone Robert, Orl Sr Ann Mary Dougherty, DC The 39th General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission Emeric Amyot d’Inville, C.M. Secrétaire Générale The 39th General Assembly of the Congregation of the Mission was held from July 6-31 in the house of the Daughters of Charity on the Via Ezio in Rome. The theme was "The Worldwide Vincentian Family and the Challenges of the Mission in the Third Millennium." There were 119 participants, including 7 members of the General Curia, 49 Visitors (that of Cuba was absent for health reasons), and 63 delegates from the provinces. Organization and services of the Assembly. Some of the participants stayed at the Via Ezio, while others were lodged nearby at the Leonine College, which is also the Provincial House of the confreres of Rome. The sessions were held in the large conference room of the Via Ezio which is equipped for simultaneous translation. Fourteen dedicated translators competently and patiently translated the talks and documents, either orally or in writing, into French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. The three moderators, Frs. Christian Sens, Joseph Levesque and Jaime Corera directed the work and the discussions. Fr. Giuseppe Turati, named Secretary of the Assembly, faithfully wrote up the minutes of the Assembly with the help of Bruno Gonella. The former also organized the work of the various people who gave themselves unselfishly in the nearby secretariat and whose collaboration was invaluable. Fr. Serafín Peralta and Sr. Germaine Price, DC, were the facilitators. Fr. Alvaro Quevedo, chronicler, wrote an article each day which was put on the Internet web site in Spanish, French, and English, and which, we hope, kept you regularly informed on the progress of our work. Fr. Lourenço Mika was our video-reporter, filming our Assembly in all its aspects and taking many photos. He is now preparing a video in several languages in order to present the Assembly and its principal decisions to the provinces. First days. The Assembly began on July 6 at 9 a.m. with a Eucharist presided over by Fr. Robert Maloney, Superior General, in the main chapel of the Leonine College. Songs and readings in various languages reflected the wonderful diversity of the participants. Then, in the conference hall, Fr.