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S S S P I O I R N I T In this issue front pag e:
3. Editorial
3. The Diploma Course in Augustinian Spirituality
OSA INTeractive augustinian famil y: 2-2012
5. The Roman Synod (October 7-28, 2012) Editorial board: 6. Vocation Promoters of the Order Meet in Rome Michael Di Gregorio, OSA Robert Guessetto, OSA Melchor Mirador, OSA 8. Congress of Augustinian Educators and Schools
Collaborators: 10. Lay Augustinian Congress in Rome Manuel Calderon, OSA Kolawole Chabi, OSA 11. Visit of Cardinal Prospero Grech O.S.A. to Korea Sr. Anne Marie Dauguet Paolo Del Bianco, OSA 12. International Assembly of Augustinian Contemplative Nuns Pasquale Di Lernia, OSA José Gallardo, OSA 14. Growing in Communion: Revitalizing Community Life Antonio Gaytan, OSA Roger Ivan Guerra, OSA Christian Iorio, OSA 16. Conquering Vast Distances in Asia Pacific Matchado Jean, OSA Miguel Angel Juarez, OSA 18. A New Beginning of Augustinian Presence in Havana, Cuba Franz Klein, OSA Claudia Kock Robert Marsh, OSA 19. Groundbreaking for a Premier School in Bulacan, Philippines S. Suzzane Mottu, ANDP Brian O’Sullivan, OSA 20. Blessed Simon Returns to Florence Mauricio Saavedra, OSA Rafael Santana, OSA 22. The First Gathering of Contemplative Augustinians in the Philippines Elia Taban, OSA Veronica Vandoni i 23. Publications: (Italian) The Heart of Fr. Marco Tells a Story: 26 years in Apurimac in the Peruvian Andes Graphic, layout and printing: Tipolitografia 2000 sas di De Magistris R. & C. Front cover: Via Trento 46, Grottaferrata (Rm) 1. Participants at the Congress of Vocation Promoters of the Order held last July 2-6, 2012 in the Augustinian Patristic Institute, Rome 2. Participants at the Congress on Lay Augustinians held last July 11-17, 2012 in the Augu - stinian Patristic Institute, Rome
Back cover: 1. Some participants of the International Assembly of OSA Contemplative Nuns held last CURIA GENERALIZIA September 30 till October 5, 2012 in Guadarrama, Spain AGOSTINIANA 2. Coffee-break for the participants of the OSA Spirituality Course held in Rome last Spring Via Paolo VI, 25 – Roma (Italia) Tel. +39.06.680061 Fax +39.06.68006299 OSA Interactive and www.augustinians.net Information Network of the Order of Saint Augustine E.mail: [email protected] f
r Editorial o n As the academic year 2011- t 2012 drew to a close in the city of THE DIPLOMA COURSE IN p Rome, the scene of students and ag professors ascending and descend - AUGUSTINIAN SPIRITUALITY e ing the steps of the Patristic Insti - tute was replaced by that of friars and laity who had come to partic - ipate in one of two International The Diploma Course in Augustinian Spirituality was held in Rome Congresses that were held in the for a second year; this time for English – speaking participants. The Eternal City during the month of course is offered by the Institute of Augustinian Spirituality of the Order July. The first was that for Augustin - in collaboration with the “ Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum ” in accor - ian Vocation Promoters, bringing dance with the program of the General Chapter of 2007. together 38 friars from many cir - The objective of the course is to ensure that participants obtain a cumscriptions of the Order for five days of conferences, discussion, fel - substantial academic, historic, cultural and spiritual formation in the lowship, prayer, and the exchange thought of Saint Augustine, in the Augustinian Theological School and of hopes and challenges which the tradition of the Order throughout its historical development. In addi - they experience in the important tion to the personal spiritual enrichment of the participants, the course ministry which has been entrusted aims to assist friars and sisters to acquire a fuller understanding of Augus - to them by the Order. The second gathering was that for Augustinian tinian Spirituality in order that they be better equipped to work in the laity. Close to 150 lay men and service of the Gospel based on the Augustinian charism. women, together with a small Important was the participation of men and women religious of the group of friars who collaborate Augustinian Family. Nineteen participants from different continents and with them in their various regions, different countries, young and older, persevered with joy until the end of gathered under the banner “To Be the Body of Christ in Today’s the course. Africa was particularly well-represented. There were 13 friars, World,” in order to reflect on the 4 Augustinian Missionary Sisters and two School Sisters of Notre Dame. challenge that is theirs to live and The fraternal spirit among the friars and sisters was an additional and communicate the Augustinian much appreciated component of the course.They participated very ac - charism precisely as committed lay tively in the lectures held at the Curia and in the visits to sites of Augustin - 3 men and women in the 21 st Cen - tury. Despite what is sometimes a ian, ecclesial and historic importance in Italy. To meet the requirements of the diploma, they sat for a final exam and presented their research on
notable summer exodus from the 2
city of Rome, Via Paolo VI and the a thesis topic on various Augustinian themes. 1
Augustinianum were filled with en - 0 ergy, enthusiasm and activity during 2
these days of fraternal sharing, re - –
flection and prayer.
Many hundreds of miles away 2 yet another group, bound also by Augustinian ties and values, gath - ered in Lima, Peru in the final days of July and the first days of August, around the theme of Augustinian education. Here approximately 200 friars and their lay colleagues from diverse educational centers of the Order considered the edu - cational community, its mission, and its participants from a Gospel- Augustinian point of view. The coming together of nearly 400 friars and laity in these various gatherings in which friendships are made and deepened, ideas ex - pressed and exchanged, experi - ences lived and shared, cannot help but renew and strengthen the values we hold as brothers and The participants in Roccaporena during their retreat in Cascia sisters in Augustine. From each encounter participants returned home confirmed in the ideals they Fr. Robert Prevost, Prior General, celebrated the Holy Eucharist with claim and the commitment to live the participants at the inauguration of the course at Saint Augustine’s and proclaim them anew. Church, Campo Marzio, Rome and at the conclusion at Santa Maria del FR. M ICHAEL DI GREGORIO , OSA Popolo, Rome, where all participants received a Certificate of Partici - Coordinator of Communications pation. E
G The Course calls our attention to the ecclesial nature of Augustinian Spirituality: that of a restless heart at the service of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and offering a pathway to the fullness of the “City of God”. “ The a spirituality of the Order... proceeds from the follow - p
ing of Christ according to the teachings of the Gospel and the action of the Holy Spirit. Its prin - t cipal point of reference is the teaching and exam - n ple of Saint Augustine, complemented by the tradi -
o tion of the Order. The principal document of our spirituality is the Rule, which must direct our lives r and action. Augustinian spirituality, developed f over time, and enriched by the example and teach - ing of our forebears, ought to be lived according to the circumstances of time, place, and culture and in harmony with our charism ” (OSA Constitu - tions n. 16).
Putting into practice what is written in the Constitutions, the Order offered such an opportunity to provide an instruction on ap - propriate responses in Augustinian spirituali - ty for the social context of our religious lives. The participants in pilgrimage to Ostia Antica with the guide, Fr. Brian Lowery, O.S.A. In fact, the design of the course was based on two components which were complementa - ry: – The spiritual area included activities such as a Spiritual Retreat and visits 4 to historical places significant for the spiritual and cultural value they hold for the Augustinian Order. – The academic area was composed of different lectures such as Lectio Au - gustini, Augustinian Spiritual Theolo - gy and its context, History and Tradi - tion and the Present Day Reality of the Order, Augustinian School of Theology etc.
English speaking lecturers enhanced the Augustinian Spirituality Course with A group picture after a Eucharistic celebration their professional teaching. Almost all the lectures were followed by sharing of experi - ences, discussions and workshops on topics within the field of presentation. By all means it was the richest part offered by the Course on Augustinian Spirituality. The friars were most appreciative of the fraternal and gener - ous hospitality given by the community of St. Monica’s College.
The course was a very good opportunity to discern and assimilate the richness of the Augustinian Spirituality. Another opportuni - ty will be given next year in Italian language for those who would like to have this experi - ence.
FR. P ETER PAUL CACHIA Lunch-break during the pilgrimage to Ostia Antica MYSTERY AS AN ANTIDOTE TO SPECTACLE An excerpt from the address of the Prior General, Fr. Robert F. Prevost, O.S.A., on the Synod of Bishops held in Rome last October 7-28, 2012
At least in the contemporary western world, if in a world dominated by mass media. Magisterial not throughout the entire world, the human imagi - Church teaching can be helpful in this regard, yet nation concerning both religious faith and ethics is there is a great need for further development in this largely shaped by mass media, especially by television area. Noteworthy for its perception of the mass me - and cinema. Western mass media is extraordinarily dia context for evangelization is the post-conciliar effective in fostering within the general public enor - document Aetatis novae (1992). This document ob - mous sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at served that modern media not only distorts reality by odds with the Gospel. Religion is at best tolerated by telling us what to think, it tells us what to think about. mass media as “tame” and “quaint” when it does not actively oppose positions on ethical issues that the The Fathers of the Church can provide eminent media have embraced as their own. However, when guidance for the Church in this aspect of the new religious voices are raised in opposition to these posi - evangelization, precisely because they were masters tions, mass media can target religion, labeling it as of the art of rhetoric. With their rhetorical formation, ideological and insensitive in regard to the so-called which, for many of them, constituted the best train - vital needs of people in the contemporary world. ing available in the late ancient world, the Church Fa - thers offered a formidable response to those non-Christian and anti-Christian literary and rhetorical forces at work throughout the Ro - man Empire in shaping the religious and ethi - cal imaginations of the day. They understood with enormous precision the techniques through which popular religious and ethical 5 imaginations of their day were manipulated by
the centers of secular power in that world. 2 1 0
It is not sufficient for the Church to own 2
its own television media or to sponsor religious –
films. The secular media will always be stronger
in this field, and while it is vital that the Church 2 be actively engaged in and with the media, we cannot successfully compete with the secular media. In his City of God , Augustine teaches that mystery focuses the imagination on the dark - ness surrounding death, specifically on the darkness of Christ’s crucifixion which St. Augus - Three Augustinian members of the Synod: Fr. Robert Prevost (Prior General), tine saw echoed in the deaths of the Christian Most Rev. José Ulloa Mendieta (Archbishop of Panama City), martyrs. Spectacle, on the other hand, with its Most Rev. Michael Campbell (Bishop of Lancaster, England) companion features - celebrity and heroism - of - fers people a false comfort by distracting the Moreover, overt opposition to Christianity by mind from its instinctive fear of death. Augustine saw mass media is only part of the problem. The sympa - this false comfort present in Roman theatre, sports thy for anti-Christian lifestyle choices that mass me - events, secular festivals, and military honors. dia fosters is so brilliantly and artfully engrained in the viewing public, that when people hear the Chris - Augustine’s argument has relevance for modern tian message it often inevitably seems ideological and culture, where these same ancient features of specta - emotionally cruel by contrast to the ostensible hu - cle are amplified by modern media into false forms maneness of the anti-Christian perspective. of celebrity and heroism. Secularism as an anti-Chris - tian force depends upon the grasp that the media If the “new evangelization” is going to counter have upon contemporary culture and, consequently, these mass media-produced distortions of religious upon religious and ethical imagination. As a conse - and ethical reality successfully, pastors, preachers, quence, evangelization in the modern world must teachers and catechists are going to have to become find the appropriate means for redirecting public at - far more informed about the context of evangelizing tention away from spectacle and into mystery. y l i Vocation Promoters of the Order m
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The International College of Saint Monica motion of a more evident and dynamic voca -
n and the Augustinian Patristic Institute, Rome, tion culture in every circumscription, indeed in were the meeting point for 40 friars this summer every local community. The five days of the pro - a
i who gathered to study and discuss the theme of gram unfolded in a fraternal atmosphere of hos - Vocations and Vocation Promotion. The friars, pitality and open dialogue, confirming the im - n who represented 23 circumscriptions of the Or - portance of renewing Augustinian life in our i der, are responsible in their local areas for this various communities and circumscriptions as a t particular ministry, so vital for the Church and for fundamental component of vocation ministry. s the Order. During welcoming remarks on Mon - The need and desire to make Augustinian life
u day, July 2 at the opening of the workshop, Prior more visible, to share the good news of brothers General Robert Prevost recalled the words of committed to live and minister together in unity, G Pope Benedict addressed to a group of North became the invitation and the challenge which u American Bishops during their ad limina visit last the friars placed before themselves. year: “The urgent need in our own time for cred - a ible and attractive witnesses to the redemptive The workshop had been requested by the and transformative power of the Gospel makes General Chapter of 2007 and was designed by it essential to recapture a sense of the sublime the International Vocation Commission of the dignity and beauty of the consecrated life, to Order both to offer an opportunity for common pray for religious vocations and to promote reflection on this important ministry and to cre - them actively, while strengthening existing ate a strong link among the vocation promoters channels for communication and coopera - of the Order’s various circumscriptions in order to 6 tion…” (May 18, 2012). ensure a fruitful exchange of information con - cerning programs and initiatives presently in use. The workshop which covered five days of conferences, group discussions, and the ex - “We want people to see that we Augustini - change of pastoral experiences and best prac - ans are men of service, that we are brothers, fri - tices among participants, focused on the pro - ars, who live in charity, that we are happy and
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u g u that we live in the love of God,” said one of the s t participants. in ia Among the friars who made presentations n f were Fr. Luis Marín OSA, who offered a reflection amily on the theology of vocation and on the specific characteristics of the Augustinian charism; Frs. Joseph Farrell OSA and Kevin DePrinzio OSA covered several sessions dealing with the person of the Vocation Promoter and the role of ac - companiment of candidates exploring a reli - gious vocation. Using the biblical image of Peter and John encountering a beggar at the Beauti - ful Gate of the temple, they led the participants in a meditative exploration and discussion of various elements of vocational ministry. Fr. Isaac Estevez OSA examined the question of a Voca - Vocation Promoters attending mass in the chapel tion Culture from within and from without, draw - of St. Monica International College ing implications and suggesting plans of action in the concrete exeperience of living Augustin - ian life. In addition to the work content of the week, participants themselves shared - in the various languages represented - the responsibili - ty for preparing morning and evening prayer each day as well as the celebration of Eucharist. Included was also the opportunity to visit the Sis - tine Chapel and, at the end of the week, to cel - ebrate Eucharist together at the tomb of Saint Peter. The community of Sant’Agostino wel - 7 comed the participants for a meal on the rooftop of their friary, a section of the Order’s former Generalate. 2 1 0
As participants prepared to return to their 2
local communities there was a general feeling – of optimism and enthusiasm to take up again the task which the Order had entrusted to them. 2 One friar, who had also participated in the two previous Vocation Conferences of previous years, remarked, “What I like about this confer - ence as opposed to the two previous ones, is that there was not an emphasis on methods or materials, but rather on the person of the voca - tion director and his relationship to inquirers and the friars in the province.” Some reading materials on religious vocations
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For the last 2 years the Delegation of Korea, numbering just 11 solemnly professed Koreans, has been working on a building project for a retreat apostolate in the Diocese of Uijongbu, north of Seoul. To celebrate the completion of the first stage of this project they invited Cardinal Prospero Grech to join them and he graciously accepted. On Saturday, September 8, a new church and priory were consecrated by the Bishop of Uijongbu, Bishop Peter Lee, with Cardinal Grech, the papal nuncio, Bishop Osvaldo Padilla, the Australian provincial, Fr. Tony Banks and Fr. Armando Dayao representing the Cebu province, in attendance. The Delegation superior, Fr. Jacobo Seo, welcomed the The new church consecrated on September 8, 2012 visitors and some 500 Augustinian supporters. The church seats 120 people and the priory, the great singing by choir and congregation. which will now also serve as the novitiate house, has On Monday, the 10 th September, in Incheon 10 rooms for the friars, novices and private re - Catholic cathedral, Cardinal Grech ordained to the treatants. The foundations of the retreat house priesthood, Matteo Cho Woo-Hyeong O.S.A. This proper have also been laid. It will have 14 twin bed - was also the cardinal’s first ordination. The bishop rooms and will be able to take up to 30 retreatants. of Incheon, Boniface Choi, was also in attendance The completion of this building will form stage 2 of and the cathedral was packed. the building project, the goal set for 2013. Cardinal Grech rightly considers himself a mis - 11 Earlier on the same day Cardinal Grech had sionary, at least indirectly, as so many of his students
baptized Augustine Park Jong-Geun (78), a major over the years came from missionary countries. Ko - 2 benefactor of the Order in Korea. It was he who do - rea was no exception and during his 10 day stay he 1 0
nated the land on which the new buildings stand and was met and feted by several of his former students 2 he contributed in large part to the building of the who are now bishops, seminary rectors and profes - –
church. This was Cardinal Grech’s first baptism of sors in their own right. One of these was Bishop Laz - an adult. In Korea the majority of baptisms are of zaro You, Bishop of Daejeon, who organized for Car - 2 adults. Ten percent of Korea is now Catholic with a dinal Grech a visit to two martyr shrines in his larger percentage still being Protestant. Buddhism is diocese. The Catholic church in Korea is just 230 the other main religion. years old but the first 100 years saw five major perse - On Sunday morning Cardinal Grech took part cutions of Christians. Apart from the official 103 in a typical Korean 11 am Sunday parish Mass and canonized martyrs there were many unknown mar - was impressed by the dignity of the service and by tyrs who were summarily killed and buried in mass graves. It was one of these sites that the Cardinal visited. The other was the birth place of the first Korean priest, Kim Dae- Gon, who was martyred at the age of 24 years. The remaining time spent by the Cardinal was in giving a spiritual talk at the Incheon Catholic seminary to over 100 seminarians, visiting the 2 other Au - gustinian houses and taking in the cultur - al sites of Seoul and its surroundings. Highlights were also visits to two famous Buddhist temples.
His Eminence Prospero Cardinal Grech, O.S.A., with the bishop of Incheon, Most Rev. Boniface Choi, the Prior Provincial of Australia, Rev. Fr. Tony Banks, O.S.A., with some members of the Order and the Korean clergy y l INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF i
m AUGUSTINIANS OF CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE a (Guadarrama, 30 September - 5 October, 2012) f
n Under the MOTTO “Contem - Prior to this, the 1 plate your face in silence, cele - a communities had di - i brate your love in communion” , alogued and reflect - the first days of the Augustinian ed on certain points, n
i Nuns of Contemplative Life were as a preliminary task held in Guadarrama (at the Fray for the work of these t Luis de León residence, of the days. The areas re - s Province of Castile, in Madrid), flected upon were u from 30 September to 5 October. the inner voice,
G prayer, lectio divina , The gathering was convoked by fraternal life, forma - u the Prior General, Robert F. Pre - tion, communion a vost, and the three Federation and ecclesiality in the Presidents, M. Rita Piccione from certainty that a re - the Italian Federation, M. Maria turn to our roots Inés Dias and M. Natividad Sal - would be a source of renewal and opportunity for our mutual en - vador, from the Federations of authenticity, rekindling joy in our richment deriving from cultural Spain. own identity. diversity and the universality of In the first week of October a The principal aims of this meet - the Order. Indeed, this would hundred or so Augustinian Sisters ing were to become acquainted serve to fortify communion be - 12 of Contemplative Life met, com - with the different paths for living tween the Augustinian Sisters and ing from different countries: out the Augustinian contempla - Brothers as a sign of unity at the Spain, Italy, Philippines, Romania, tive vocation, and to share a lived service of the Gospel. Kenya, United States, Canada, experience with a view to closer Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Panama and ties of friendship and fraternity On 30 September the Prior Bolivia, in representation of all among monasteries and federa - General opened the assembly with the Monasteries of the Order. tions. The meeting provided an a celebration of the Eucharist, in -
2 1. A Eucharistic celebration during the assembly 2. The participants of the first international assembly of OSA Contemplative Nuns together with the Prior General, Rev. Fr. Robert F. Prevost, O.S.A. 3. Participants take some photographs for posterity 4. Participants in session
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sisting in his homily on UNION there are elements in common in Deum), in community life repre - and COMMUNION in the diversi - our lives (as women and men reli - sent important goals opening us ty of cultures, communities and gious) which unite us, over and up to the future, with challenges ways of thinking and feeling. above differences and changes, which need to be renewed and In the course of the week we and these constitute the gift of loved by each community and by dedicated one day to practising UNITY. We receive this unity as a each sister in a concrete way. contemplation together. We also grace which we need to reinforce reflected on the spirituality of and cultivate, so that we ourselves This assembly, the first ever in 13 Saint Augustine and on some of may become a sign of communion the Order at this level, has thrown
the most important virtues, such in the single body of Christ, so invaluable light on the present 2
as humility and charity, so neces - meaningful in the life of the first situation of our communities 1 sary for living life in common. On Christian community, as described and monasteries, but this is not 0 2
other days we shared various in the Acts of the Apostles. enough. Now let us start off on a points of view on the theme of new path, respecting and main - –
apostolic and contemplative life The last day is general assembly, taining what is permanent, but 2 in the community. Another of the with the conclusions and propos - open to the light and guidance of central themes of this assembly als, went deeper into the title of the Spirit, which will help us to was: What does it mean to belong the congress: “Contemplate your read the signs of the times and to to the Order of Saint Augustine? face in silence, celebrate your live out our charism with a re - The Prior General stressed in his love in communion”. Silence, newed commitment. homily for the mass of thanksgiv - prayer, the inner voice, together ing on the last day, 5 October, that with communion in charity (in P. A LEJANDRO MORAL ANTÓN , OSA
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n The 8 th Ordinary Provincial Chapter of the tral Province in the Philippines. He invited the friars to reflect on discipleship as a call and a challenge that a Province of Cebu was celebrated April 16-21, 2012 at i the Santo Niño Spirituality Center in Tolotolo, Conso - brings about deeper relationship with the Lord. His lacion, Cebu with the theme: Growing in Communion: message was that any encounter with the Lord in reli - n Revitalizing Community Life. gious life in particular or life in general is an invigorat -
i For twenty-eight years, since its solemn inauguration on January 15, 1984, the ing, life-changing and life-giving experience. This ex - t Province has worked toward realizing its vision of be - perience is necessary for any growth in communion to s ing “a community of brothers and friends, living har - happen. Thus, growing in communion is growing in
u moniously with one mind and heart intent upon God discipleship or vice-versa. Fr. Alpuerto also led the fri - and sharing goods in common for the service of the ars in a reflection on the nature of the Holy Trinity G people of God” despite the many challenges it has en - which is a prototype of love, sharing, self-giving and u countered. It has continued its commitment to incar - self-emptying. It is also a model for solidarity, coopera -
a nate the Augustinian way of life in its various areas of tion and fellowship which are essential values in revital - apostolate, growing in communion as it responds to izing community life. the needs of the Church and the Order. Anticipating Fr. Prevost was the resource person in the after - new challenges ahead, it prepares itself with relevant noon session. He opened his talk by relating the theme programs for the next four years (2012-2016). of the Chapter to the specific verse from the Acts of Pre-Chapter Day of Recollection the Apostles, “the community of brothers has one mind and heart”. He noted that the most powerful act A day of recollection was attended by all the of the Holy Spirit was the creation of the first Christian 14 members of the Province present in the Philippines to - community. This means that common life is funda - gether with the Prior General, Fr. Robert F. Prevost, mental in Christian life. Quoting the former Prior OSA on April 16, in order to offer all members a prop - General, Fr. Theodore Tack, OSA, Fr. Prevost empha - er disposition for the Chapter and for the new term. sized that, based on our Augustinian tradition “com - The day started with the enthronement of the images munity is our primary apostolate”. He also encouraged of Sto. Niño de Cebu, Our Mother of Good Counsel the brothers to reflect on the prophetic nature of com - and St. Augustine. Thus a fitting mood for prayer and munity life: that it should bear signs of fraternity, soli - reflection was established. darity, respect for others, and must be rooted in chari - The morning session was facilitated by Fr. Corne - ty. This means that to be prophetic, brothers must be lio Alpuerto, SVD, former Provincial of the SVD Cen - men of God, that is, rooted in Him and constantly r e v u t r D a t o t c t t c l h a i m C o i a e d H c t z d F P c P y m f t t s t O o s L f G C i n d e h h o h r o o u a h h t t e e a a e i o e o l n n l r h r f p p f e r r r i e e a f h r i a a s e e r p e u e e
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f Contact and co-ordination throughout the vast ligious and the support of formators, and Augustin -
Asia Pacific is maintained both by the Order of St. ian vocations. Larger events have included a bi-annu -
n Augustine in particular and by the broader Augustin - al gathering for novices for fourteen days (with ian family of numerous religious orders and congre - novices from as many as six male and female reli - a gations in general. For the latter purpose, the Augus - gious congregations participating), and an all-night i tinian Asia Pacific Conference (APAC) was begun in annual Augustinian vocations jamboree in Cebu that n Rome on 13 th September 1977 during an Augustin - has sometimes attracted as many as 2,700 partici - i ian General Chapter, and then other male and fe - pants. As well, an issue of the APAC Bulletin has been t male Augustinian congregations were progressively produced every six months for over a dozen years. s drawn into it, such that APAC now embraces over There has been an APAC Convention every
u twenty religious congregations that have an estimat - three years since 1980, and from this event over a ed 2,500 professed members in Asia Pacific. These decade ago grew the practice of the seven Asia Pacif - G professed minister in the Philippines, India, Indone - ic leaders of the Order of St Augustine also meeting u sia, Australia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Tai - by themselves for an additional period either imme - a wan, China and New Zealand. diately before or after the APAC Convention. This in - Every year there are a number of APAC events formal gathering led Fr. Patrick Fahey O.S.A. to for - organised by some of the five APAC sub-committees malize this gathering successfully, while he was the (Commissions). These events are most frequently Australian Provincial, under the title of the Order of held in the Philippines because of its convenient lo - St. Augustine in the Asia Pacific (OSAAP). Hence - cation within the Asia Pacific, but occasionally APAC forth OSAAP usually met annually, rather than only events have also been held in India. Usually taking every three years. five days, these events have each centred on one of OSAAP noted the renewal program adopted by 16 the following topics: Augustinian spirituality, social OALA in Latin America, and had Fr. Art Purcaro justice and ecological awareness, the formation of re - O.S.A. (Peru) advise on a similar renewal program
Delegates of the 2012 APAC Convention, held on 27 th – 29 th February 2012 at Villa Consuelo Retreat House in the Del Rey Ville subdivision, Camarin Novaliches, Caloocan City, (not far from Manila), Philippines. Back row (left to right): Fr. Tetsuya Hirano O.S.A. (Japan), Fr. Willy Arana O.S.A. (Vicariate of the Orient), Fr. Bernard Holzer a.a. (Philippines), Sr. Imelda Mora ASOLC (Philippines), Fr. Tony Banks O.S.A. (Australia), Fr. Dave Austin O.S.A. (Australia), Bro. Salesio Lee O.S.A. (Korea), Fr. Hiroyuki Shibata O.S.A. (Japan). Front row (left to right): Fr. Victor Gonzaga O.S.A. (Cebu), Sr. Ma. Luz Mijares ASOLC (Philippines), Fr. Anson Joseph O.S.A. (India), Fr. Conrad Ngadur O.S.A. (Papua, Indonesia), Fr. Andrew Batayola O.S.A. (Cebu), Fr. Bernard Baru O.S.A. (Papua, Indonesia), Fr. Eusebio Berdon O.S.A. (Cebu), Sr. Ignatia Tuti from Augustinian Sisters of Divine Mercy (Indonesia), Fr. Suh In-Seok Jacobo O.S.A. (Korea), Sr. Felisitas Noli from Augustinian Sisters of Divine Mercy (Indonesia), Ms. Bernadina Abuan (APAC Secretary Emeritus), and Sr. Jocy Widwid ASOLC (Philippines). adapted for the Order of St. Augustine throughout the Asia Pacific region; this program then com - menced two years ago. The renewal program faces great external challenges: the seven participating Au - gustinian jurisdictions are located over a third of the world, based on two different continents and scat - tered around two different oceans; travel between these nations requires expensive international air - line journeys of up to ten hours in duration and is complicated by visa regulations, and these jurisdic - Fr. Tony Banks O.S.A. (Provincial, Australia), the tions involve a total of six different native languages newly-elected President of – English, Tagalog, Malayalam (in Kerala, India), In - OSAAP and the President donesian, Japanese and Korean. Guest speakers from Emeritus of APAC overseas usually have to communicate to their audi - ence via a translator. OSAAP involves the Augustinian Provinces of Australia and Cebu, the Vicariate of the Augustinian APAC President by Fr. Bernard Holzer A.A., who Martyrs of Japan, the Vicariate of the Orient, and the thereby became the first Assumptionist to lead Delegations of Korea, India and Papua (Indonesia). APAC, and only the fourth person not a member of As of late February 2012 the newly-elected president the Order of St. Augustine to become one of the of OSAAP is Fr. Tony Banks O.S.A. (Australia), who fourteen successive presidents in the thirty-five year succeeded Fr. Eusebio Berdon O.S.A. (Cebu) in that history of APAC. office. In that same week, Fr. Banks was succeeded as MICHAEL ENDICOTT O.S.A.
PROVINCE OF NIGERI A: (2012-2016) 17 Prior Provincial: - Fr. John ABUBAKAR 2
Counsellors: - Fr. Raymond HICKEY - Fr. Modestus ONUOHA 1 0
- Fr. Augustine GARBA - Fr. Joel OKOJIE 2
Econome: - Fr. Peter MEDUGU –
Secretary: - Fr. Anthony Ikechukwu KANU 2
PROVINCE OF ITAL Y: (2012-2016)
Prior Provincial: - Fr. Luciano DE MICHIELI Counsellors: - Fr. Bernardino PINCIAROLI - Fr. Giuseppe PAGANO - Fr. Gabriele PEDICINO - Fr. Pasquale CORMIO Econome: - Fr. Domenico GIACOMOBELLO Secretary: - Fr. Francesco GIULIANI
PROVINCE OF POLAN D: (2012-2016)
Provincial Superior - Fr. Wieslaw DAWIDOWSKI Counsellors: - Fr. Piotr Szymon JANKOWSKI - Fr. Przemyslaw PLATA Econome: - Br. Jan Michal LEGOCKI Secretary: - Fr. Lukasz Beniamin KUCZALA y l i A New Beginning of Augustinian Presence m in Havana, Cuba a f
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a During the recent visit of Our Holy Father, vana, I have chosen not to give a historical overview i Benedict XVI, the cameras of the world were focused of the Institute’s beginnings, nor of our Augustinian th th
n on Cuba. From the 26 to the 28 of last March, for collaboration with the Cardinal Archbishop of Ha - i a brief moment, people of all continents were wit - vana, Jaime Lucas Ortega Alamino. Rather, I prefer
t nesses of what goes on in this island country and to focus on this current historical moment and the
s could see what the Catholic Church of Cuba is doing great adventure which our Holy Father, Benedict concretely in its mission of evangelization. After a XVI, by his presence among us and through his u long period of persecution and of life in the cata - homily on the 28 th of March 2012, has chosen not
G combs, the memorable event of Blessed John Paul only to bless but has also proposed as one of the
u II’s historic visit on 1998 represented a rebirth of the most urgent and important tasks of the Cuban Church of Cuba to a new life. From that moment on, Church. a she has been recovering her rightful place in Cuban society which she held for a number of centuries and It’s clear that the Institute and our collabora - which was then denied her by the communist revolu - tion did not begin as a spontaneous creation ex nihi - tion of 1959. lo , but rather as the mature fruit of a long process of growth. The Archdiocese of Havana and its San Car - John Paul II made that pastoral visit so that los and San Ambrosio seminary are intimately tied to Cuba “might open itself to the world and the world the formation of the Cuban nation. The seminary 18 to Cuba”. Thirteen years have now passed since then was first a school established by the Jesuits at that and Benedict XVI came to strengthen the Catholics seminary in the 18 th century at which a number of of Cuba and all those who live in Cuba in their faith Cuban priests also studied. It was there that the fa - and to proclaim that: “truth is a yearning in the hu - mous Felix Varela taught. He was declared Venerable man heart and the search for its fulfillment always last March and was known for teaching Cubans to presupposes an exercise of authentic freedom … think as Cubans. The seminary building, however, Faith and reason are necessary and complementary was no longer in proper condition to function as a in the search for truth … It is certainly not irrational - school of formation of seminarians. Consequently, ity, but rather a desire for truth that promotes Chris - some years ago, Cardinal Jaime decided to construct tian faith …” ( Homily of our Holy Father in the Plaza José a new seminary building outside the city of Havana Marti of the Revolution, Havana, 28 March 2012). Co - where seminarians could be formed in an environ - herent with his thinking and expressed in an un - ment appropriate for our times. Immediately after - equivocal manner in his most recent book, Jesus of ward, a question was raised: What will we do with the Nazareth, from the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrec - old seminary (today known as the first San Carlos tion, the pope, in a loud and clear voice without fear and San Ambrosio seminary)? asserted: “The right to religious liberty, as much in its individual expression as in its communitarian dimen - Little by little an idea emerged to transform the sion, manifests the unity of the human person who is building and this historical ecclesiastical institution citizen and believer at the same time”. Speaking of into the Felix Varela Cultural Center. In a recent in - the mission that the Church of Cuba must accom - terview by the online magazine Progreso Semanal, enti - plish, Benedict XVI at the end of his homily, with his tled: Towards a dialectic of dialogue and reconciliation legendary serenity and with a voice that while not (Por una dialéctica del diálogo y la reconciliación), the reaching far, penetrates deeply the mind and the rector of this center and of the Institute of Ecclesias - heart, exclaimed: “It is hoped that the moment tical Studies, Fr. Yosvany Carvajal Sureda, comment - might soon arrive here, also, in which the Church ed on the purpose of both initiatives in these terms: might bring to the field of knowledge the benefits of “In this new Cultural Center we want to continue to the mission which the Lord has entrusted to it and promote dialogue, which has been fruitful up until which can never be overlooked.” now, with the world of culture and its various mani - festations. … Another role of vital importance that As I tell you about the Institute of Ecclesiastical the center will have is the formation of Catholic laity, Studies at the Felix Varela Cultural Center and the through an Institute of Ecclesiastical Studies which commitment of our Augustinian community of Ha - will function within the same Center and which is a O A C c r t o R t i A T M S G T l t C o i l a ( b o w c g p s i s t M P S i A e c c c h i n n u a n i n i e i a i a u a l r b r o e u a J f f e n e e a f e t i h a a u g n u e i e g
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NEW ECONOME GENERAL
Fr. Matthias H ECHT (Prv. GER)
NEW POSTULATOR GENERAL
Fr. Josef SCIBERRAS (Prv. MEL) y l i THE FIRST GATHERING OF CONTEMPLATIVE m a AUGUSTINIANS IN THE PHILIPPINES f
n The gathering of contemplative Augustinians tionis ; (afternoon) – Fr. Andrew Batayola, OSA,
a in the Philippines was held for the first time in the gave a talk on the Spirituality of Love in St. Augus - i Augustinian Monastery of our Mother of Good tine and St. John.
n Counsel, Bulacan, Philippines from January 31 to i February 4, 2012. It was a gathering attended by Third day: (morning) – Fr. Eusebio Berdon, t all the Prioress/Delegate Superiors of the five Au - OSA, gave a talk on the Augustinian Contemplative s gustinian Contemplative Monasteries in the Philip - Nuns in the Documents of the Order; (afternoon) –
u pines, plus a Delegate Superior of the Augustinian The afternoon of the last day was spent in sharing Monastery of the Holy Trinity in G Puerto Bello, Merida, Leyte, u Philippines. a The theme was “WALK - ING AND GROWING TOGETH - ER, a Memory to Celebrate, a Future to Build Together.” The purpose of such a gathering is “to start a series of annual 22 meetings in order to deepen re - ciprocal knowledge, consoli - date communion, and to focus on the most important aspects for an Augustinian Contempla - tive presence, clear in its identi - ty”. So, the nuns met to come to know each other better, and
to deepen important aspects of The participants of the first gathering of Contemplative Augustinians in the Philippines their charism in order to be and with the Prior Provincial of Cebu, Fr. Eusebio B. Berdon, O.S.A. to give a transparent witness of what they live and believe as Augustinians. and reporting on the nuns’ humble beginnings and development of their respective foundations, and The activity started with a Eucharistic celebra - the future prospective of each monastery. Also, the tion presided over by Fr. Eusebio Berdon, OSA, nuns planned for the next gathering to be held Prior Provincial of the Province of Cebu. Then, sometime in January 2013, the topics to consider, morning and afternoon conferences were held expenses, and the venue of the next gathering. each day with different topics and different invited speakers: Fraternal sharing of experiences throughout this first gathering of Augustinian nuns ever held in First day: (morning) – Msgr. Bart Santos, a the Philippines was fully participated by all those biblical scholar and the Vicar of Religious of the who were present. As the nuns returned home, Diocese of Malolos, Bulacan, gave a short intro - they brought with them, in their hearts, the good duction on the passage (Acts 4: 32ff.) about the tidings to be shared in their respective communi - first Christian community in Jerusalem; (afternoon) ties. Looking forward then for the next gathering in – Fr. Carlo Bittante, FDCC, gave a talk on Creative January 2013 to be held in the Augustinian Fidelity to one’s Charism and Permanent Forma - Monastery of Santo Niño de Cebu, Mohon, Talisay tion. City. Second day: (morning) – Fr. Lauro Larlar, OAR, SR. M A. E LIzABETH MONTuyA , OSA gave a talk on the Introduction to the Ratio Forma - Mother Prioress, Augustinian Monastery of Sto. Niño PUBLICATIO NS: (in Italian)
The Heart of Fr. Marco Tells a Story: 26 years in Apurimac in the Peruvian Andes editions Apurimac onlus, Rome 2011, 158 pp. with illustrations. by Marco Morasca, OSA
The author of this volume, the Augustinian friar, Fr. Marco Morasca, was a missionary for 26 years. From 1977 to 2003, he labored in Apurimac, a region in the Peruvian Andes to the south of Cuzco, one of the most isolated corners of the American continent. Everything there seems to be ancestral, from the mountains to the an - imals to the population itself. Fr. Marco exerted all his energy, fulfilled his dreams and lived out the most creative years of his life among the people of that land. He would still be there, today, if he did not have to pay the cost of living at the altitudes of the Apurimac region, a territory that rises from 2,800 to 5,500 meters above sea lev - el. Over the years it took its toll, confirming that he is not a native of that land. In 2003, his poor health forced him to return to Italy. However, his heart remained there, in the land of the condor and of the llama. What can we say about his writings? Perhaps, that they are his ‘heart’s song’ to the land and to the people he had to leave; that they are at one time, a memoir, nostalgia, gratitude, a testimony, songs of hope … a flood of memories and emotions that come back, but perhaps outside of time and outside of space. Extract from the Foreword by Pietro Bellini.
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