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Imp. New Letter INGLESE N° XXVIII SEPTEMBER 2012 FROM 13th TO 15th SEPTEMBER 2013 THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE ORDER TO ROME FOR THE YEAR OF FAITH he announced great pilgrimage of the The programme of the pilgrimage, which is Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre not an event of religious tourism, is under the Tof Jerusalem to Rome, on the occasion of control of a special Commission headed by the Year of Faith, will take place from 13th to Chancellor Ivan Rebernik. The definition of 15th September 2013. The date was defined the details involves agreements between sever- during a meeting of the Grand Master Cardi- al interlocutors (Pontifical Council for Promot- nal Edwin F. O’Brien and of the Governor ing the New Evangelization, Prefecture of the General Agostino Borromeo with Archbishop Papal Household, Cardinal-Archpriests of the Salvatore Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Major Basilicas, authorities of the City Council Council for Promoting the New Evangeliza- of Rome). Meanwhile all the Lieutenancies tion, who proceeded to add the pilgrimage to and the Magistral Delegations have received the calendar of the Year of Faith. This way our instructions on the terms of participation, in Institution has been awarded a special privi- particular they have been informed that for lege: it is in fact the only Order admitted to the welcoming, the hotel accomodation and the official celebrations. The pilgrimage will be the travels of the pilgrims (also from Fiumici- preceded, from the 10th to the 12th September, no international airport), the Grand Magisteri- by a meeting of the Consulta, an organism um stipulated an agreement with UNITALSI, composed of the Lieutenants and Magistral which has a renowned and appreciated experi- Delegates, set for the revision of the Constitu- ence, also international, in the organisation of tion. pilgrimages. THE OPENING ARCHBISHOP GIUSEPPE LAZZAROTTO OF THE YEAR NEW NUNCIO IN ISRAEL OF FAITH II AND APOSTOLIC DELEGATE IN GRAND MAGISTERIUM JERUSALEM AND PALESTINE IV OF THE EQUESTRIAN ORDER THE POPE’S SAINT PIUS X WILL BE OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE EXHORTATION TO COMMEMORATED ONE HUNDRED OF JERUSALEM THE MIDDLE EAST III YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH V 00120 VATICAN CITY II N° XXVIII - SEPTEMBER 2012 THE OPENING OF THE YEAR OF FAITH LINKED TO THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS AND TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE II VATICAN COUNCIL ext October 11th, Benedict XVI will 28th October), the canonisation of six martyrs open the Year of Faith during a solemn and confessors of faith (21st October), the Nceremony in St. Peter’s Square which opening of an exhibition at Castel Sant’Angelo will gather the members of the Synod of Bish- (20th December - 1st May 2013). And in 2013: ops (devoted to the theme of the “New Evange- an ecumenical celebration with the Holy Fa- lization for the Transmission of the Christian ther in the basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the faith”) and the presidents of the Episcopal Walls (25th January), an International con- Conferences of the whole world. In the after- gress on the theme “Saints Cyril and Method- noon and evening, a torchlight procession from ius among the Slovak populations: 1150 years Castel Sant’Angelo to St. Peter’s Square will re- from the beginning of the mission” (25th - 26th member the 50th anniversary of the opening of February), the celebration of Palm Sunday the II Vatican Council. The Year will be closed with young people (24th March), the Day of by the Pope on November 24th, 2013. Seminars for the 450th anniversary from their A first schedule of the main events of the institution (15th April), the Pentecost vigil Year of Faith has been issued by the Pontifical dedicated to ecclesiastic movements, with the Council for Promoting the New Evangeliza- pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter’s (18th tion. There will be several congresses, confer- May), the Eucharistic Adoration, occurring at ences, study seminars, concerts, pilgrimages. the same time all over the world, in the occa- As well as the pilgrimage to Rome of the sion of the feast of Corpus Domini (2nd June), members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy the Day of Evangelium Vitae (16th June), Sepulchre of Jerusalem from 13th to 15th Sep- the World Youth Days (in Rio de Janeiro, 23rd tember (see the special information), two oth- -28th July), a seminar on the Catechism of the er events stand out: the 13th general assembly Catholics (18th-19th September), the celebra- of the Synod of Bishops (from the 7th to the tion of a Marian Day (13th October). FAITH, BENEDICT XVI RECOMMENDS, TODAY HAS TO BE THOUGHT OUT AND LIVED AFRESH The President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization states: “The world hungers for witnesses” aith today has to be thought out and above all lived afresh, so that it is suited to the pres- “Fent day”. Taking his cue from Benedict XVI’s reflection expressed during his trip to Ger- many which illuminates his decision to call the Year of Faith, the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, wrote that this event could be “a fruitful chance … to let grace illuminate the mind and heart to make room to let the greatness of belief emerge. The force of belief is joy of an encounter with the live per- son of Jesus Christ who changes and transforms life. Knowing how to give testimony of this lets believers be new evangelists in a changing world”. “A faith which is lived”, he continues, “is so much more necessary as one realises the value of the testimony… The world today hungers for witnesses. It feels a vital need for them, be- cause it looks for coherence and loyalty… A faith accompanied by the reasons of the heart is more convincing, because it has the force of credibility. The challenge is then to be able to con- jugate the faith which is lived with its intelligence and vice versa”. III N° XXVIII - SEPTEMBER 2012 THE POPE’S EXHORTATION TO THE MIDDLE EAST: “IT IS HERE AND NOW THAT WE ARE CALLED TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY OF LOVE OVER HATE, FORGIVENESS OVER REVENGE” fruit of the Special Synod of the Bish- Christians who have been a fundamental part ops for the Middle East, which took of its history and whom he recommends to re- Aplace in October two years ago – and sist the drive towards a forced exodus by giv- which was attended, for the Equestrian Order ing a new credible testimony to the Word of of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, by the God. He invites them then to hold a constant Grand Master, the Governor General and the dialogue with all believers in one God, purify- President of the Holy Land Commission – ing one’s faith by residual temporal incrusta- Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation, enti- tions and to become announcers of the true tled Ecclesia in Medio Oriente, bears witness peace, without fear, in a context in which the to a Christianity which can claim to have an upcoming and growing requests of freedom identity which is never “against” but always risk to drift dangerously towards exclusion, “for”. The exhortation is strong: “It is here refusing both the excesses of the laity which and now that we are called to celebrate the denies citizens the public expression of their victory of love over hate, forgiveness over re- own religion, and of the violent fundamental- venge, service over domination, humility over ism which claims to have a religious origin. In pride, and unity over division”. The document a speech in which the Pope exalts Lebanon as was signed by the Holy Father and handed a model of cohabitation, he states that funda- out to the Synod Fathers on the 14h Septem- mentalism is the falsification of religion. ber on the first day of his visit to Lebanon The Exhortation, which is several pages during a solemn ceremony in Harissa, in the long, invites people, with its biblical and pas- Melkite-Greek basilica of Saint Paul, a few toral orientation, to make a close spiritual yards away from the sanctuary of Our Lady and ecclesiological examination, to a liturgical of Lebanon. and catechetic renewal, to pursue the way of It is absolutely inconceivable, the Pope dialogue without any fear, to nourish purity writes, to think of a Middle East without of faith following the Cross. THE WORDS OF POPE BENEDICT XVI IN LEBANON therefore urge all the Christians of the Middle East, whether they belong to the old stock Ior have recently arrived, to be peacemakers and architects of reconciliation. (General Audi- ence at the Vatican, Wednesday 12th September, two days before leaving for Lebanon). As the situation (of the region, editor’s note) becomes more complex, it is all the more nec- essary to offer this sign of fraternal encouragement and solidarity… Love of neighbour is fun- damental to all religions. (Press conference during the flight from Rome to Beirut, Friday 14th Sep- tember). A pluralistic society can only exist on the basis of mutual respect, the desire to know the other… What nowadays passes for tolerance does not eliminate cases of discrimination. In or- der to make possible a future of peace the ‘Lebanese model’ is a possible path. (Address to the members of the government, institutions of the Republic, the religious leaders and representatives of the world of culture at the Presidential Palace of Beirut, Saturday 15th September). IV N° XXVIII - SEPTEMBER 2012 ARCHBISHOP GIUSEPPE LAZZAROTTO NEW NUNCIO IN ISRAEL AND APOSTOLIC DELEGATE IN JERUSALEM AND PALESTINE rchbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, age awareness will prevail that only through dia- 70, is the new Apostolic Nuncio in Is- logue, by walking together, one can find the Arael and Cyprus as well as Apostolic right and more suitable solutions to meet the Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine.
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