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raternus f NUNTIUS f entualium Conv inorum M Luglio Agosto ratrum Settembre 2019 F NOTITIARIUM EDIZIONE ITALIANA 3 2 CONTENUTO n MINISTRO GENERALE / DEFINITORIO GENERALE Brasile: simposio francescano ................................... 29 Calendario del Ministro generale .................................3 Rio de Janeiro: incontro formativo ............................ 30 Calendario degli incontri del Definitorio generale .....3 Brasile: corso di francescanesimo ............................ 31 Sessione del 12-14 Agosto 2019 ..................................4 Brasile: icontro per i Parroci del UCOB ..................... 31 El Salvador: 25 anni di presenza missionaria ........... 32 n SEGRETERIA GENERALE Messico: eventi in Provincia ....................................... 33 Nomine ed elezioni ........................................................5 Messico: incontro formatori FALC ............................. 34 n UFFICI GENERALIZI Cile: settimana di formazione..................................... 34 Perù: Professione solenne ......................................... 35 UFFICIO COMUNICAZIONI Il pro Vicario ....................................................................6 FAMC Gli apostoli Filippo e Giacomo in Argentina ................7 Indonesia: eventi della neo-Provincia ....................... 36 Il decano dell’Ordine compie 100 anni .........................8 India: Ordinazioni sacerdotali .................................... 37 Breviario dell’ecologista ................................................9 Filippine: notizie dalla formazione ............................ 37 Filippine: 40° anniversario della presenza dell’Ordine .. 39 SGF India: Ashram francescano San Bonaventura .......... 40 Kenya: scuola inter-francescana per i formatori ..... 10 Giappone: assemblea provinciale ............................. 41 SGAM FEMO Bruxelles: corso per i nuovi missionari .................... 11 Repubblica Ceca: l’Ordinazione sacerdotale GPIC e diaconale ........................................................... 42 Roma: giubileo di Franciscans International ............ 12 Grodno: indulgenza della Porziuncola ...................... 42 Ghana: visita alle case di formazione ....................... 13 Cracovia: i Ministri ai corsi di formazione permanente ... 43 POSTULAZIONE GENERALE Polonia: workshop francescano di missiologia ........ 44 Giappone e Indonesia: Cechia: incontro di fraternità ..................................... 45 visita del Postulatore generale ........................... 14 Polonia (Varsavia): Professione semplice e vestizione ........................................................... 45 OFS Lituania: visita fraterna ............................................... 46 Ungheria: Capitolo nazionale OFS ............................ 15 Paraguay: Capitolo nazionale OFS ............................ 16 Polonia (Cracovia): eventi della formazione iniziale .... 47 FIMP II ORDINE Libano: Messa di ringraziamento .............................. 49 Polonia: incontro di spiritualità clariana ................... 17 Roma: sulle banchine del Tevere ............................... 50 Roma: assemblea federale delle Clarisse urbaniste .. 18 Romania: Prima commemorazione ECONOMATO della Beata Veronica ............................................ 50 Bacheca della solidarietà ............................................ 19 Francia: esperienza estiva di servizio a Lourdes ...... 51 n CONFERENZE/FEDERAZIONI Foligno: Professione solenne .................................... 52 Francia/Belgio: Professione solenne ......................... 52 AFCOF Libano: esercizi spirituali ............................................ 53 Zambia: eventi in Provincia ........................................ 20 Calabria/Sicilia: Definitorio congiunto ...................... 54 Tanzania: celebrazioni nella Custodia ...................... 21 Oriente e Terra Santa: visita fraterna ....................... 55 Ghana: eventi della Custodia ..................................... 22 n CAPITOLI CEF Spagna: Capitolo spirituale ....................................... 56 Olanda: assemblea annuale ....................................... 23 Slovacchia: Capitolo custodiale ordinario - parte I e II ... 57 CFF Venezuela: V Capitolo custodiale - parte I e II ........ 58 USA/Colombia: attività sociali India: Capitolo provinciale ordinario - parte I ......... 59 per i frati in formazione ..................................... 24 Calabria (Italia): Capitolo custodiale ordinario - parte I .. 60 USA: vestizione e Professione semplice ................... 25 Malta: Capitolo provinciale ordinario - parte I ...... 61 Canada: reliquie di San Giovanni Paolo II ................. 26 Canada: Capitolo custodiale - parte I e II ................ 62 2019 Kenya: primo Capitolo provinciale ordinario - parte I . 63 / FALC 3 Cile: incontro a Copiapó ............................................. 27 n INFORMAZIONI ANAGRAFICHE Colombia: esercizi spirituali ....................................... 28 Statistiche ................................................................... 65 Brasile: Postulanti in missione ................................... 28 Traguardi in Dio .......................................................... 65 n FRATERNUS NUNTIUS: Notitiarium Fratrum Minorum Conventualium [3/2019] Nuntius n a cura: Ufficio generale per le comunicazioni [UGC], 00187 Roma, Piazza Ss. Apostoli, 51; tel. (+39) 06.69957319; fax (+39) 06.69957321 n www.ofmconv.net n [email protected] n redattore esecutivo – Fra Alejandro PALACIOS VÁZQUEZ OFMConv n redattore in italiano – Fra Aurelio ERCOLI OFMConv n DTP – Studio perbene [www.perbene.pl] n il presente numero è stato chiuso il 30 Settembre 2019. Fraternus 3 MINISTRO GENERALE / DEFINITORIO GENERALE n MINISTRO GENERALE Fra Carlos Alberto TROVARELLI CALENDARIO DEL MINISTRO GENERALE LUGLIO 17 Assisi: elezione della Madre generale delle Suore Missionarie Francescane d’Assisi 27- AGOSTO -5 Venezuela: visita alle fraternità locali e Capitolo custodiale ordinario 12-14 Roma: sessione del Definitorio generale 23- SETTEMEBRE -7 India: visita alle fraternità e Capitolo provinciale ordinario 7-13 Malta: Capitolo provinciale ordinario 18 Kenya: visita alle fraternità e primo Capitolo provinciale ordinario CALENDARIO DEL DEFINITORIO GENERALE 2019 28-31 Ottobre – Definitorio generale 16-21 Dicembre – Definitorio generale 2020 7-11 Gennaio – Definitorio generale 20-25 Gennaio – Incontro con i nuovi Provinciali e Custodi 24-29 Febbraio – Definitorio generale 30 Marzo – 4 Aprile – Definitorio generale 5-9 Aprile – Esercizi Spirituali 18-23 Maggio – Definitorio generale 20-25 Luglio – Definitorio generale 27 Luglio – 01 Agosto – Incontro con i Presidenti delle Federazioni (Assisi) 11-19 Settembre – Definitorio generale 26-31 Ottobre – Definitorio generale 9-19 Dicembre – Definitorio generale Il Definitorio generale 2019 / 3 Nuntius Nuntius Fraternus 4 DEFINITORIO GENERALE SESSIONE DEL 12-14 AGOSTO 2019 Nella sessione tenuta presso il Convento dei Ss. XII Apostoli a Roma, il Definitorio generale: approva il verbale della riunione del 1,6,14 Giugno 2019; viene informato dall’Assistente generale CFF (Conventual Franciscan Federation) Fra Jude WINKLER sul Soli- darity Fund, e propone di presentare il nome dell’Esattore generale Fra Leszek ŁUCZKANIN per il Consiglio di amministrazione; viene informato dal Ministro generale sull’UniFra e sul recente incontro dei tre Ministri generali del Primo Ordine Francescano con Mons. Angelo Vincenzo ZANI, Segretario della Congregazione per l’Educazione cat- tolica; viene informato dal Vicario generale sulla prima edizione del corso di formazione permanente ad Emmaus; ascolta le relazioni delle visite fraterne effettuate dal Ministro generale ed alcuni Assistenti generali a varie Circoscrizioni: del Ministro Generale, in occasione del Capitolo ordinario della Custodia provinciale della B.V.M. di Coro- moto in Venezuela (29 Luglio - 08 Agosto); dell’Assistente generale Fra Jude WINKLER, in occasione della visita fatta al Noviziato CFF ad Arroyo Grande - California - USA (17 Luglio 2019); dell’Assistente generale FALC (Federación América Latina Conventuales) Fra Rogério PEREIRA XAVIER, in occasione dell’ultimo incontro di MIREFALC; dell’Assistente generale AFCOF (African Federation of Conventual Franciscans) Fra Anthony Bezo KUTIERO, in occasione: dell’Ordinazione presbiterale di due nostri frati a Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso (5 Luglio 2019), del Capitolo straordinario della Provincia dei Santi Protomartiri Francescani nello Zambia (15-19 Luglio 2019), della celebrazione dove la chiesa di Munyono Shrine - Uganda è stata elevata al titolo della Basilica (28 Luglio 2019), della Professione solenne di 6 frati ad Accra - Ghana (10 Agosto 2019); dell’Assistente generale CEF (Centralis Europae Foederatio) Fra Tomáš LESŇÁK, in occasione: del Capitolo ordinario della Custodia provinciale dell’Immacolata Concezione della B.V.M. in Slovacchia (8-11 Luglio 2019), dell’incontro dei Definitori della Slovacchia e della Provincia dei Santi Cirillo e Metodio in Cechia (22 Luglio 2019) viene informato sull’associazione Bynode; presenta la sua opinione circa l’adeguamento liturgico dell’area presbiterale della Basilica XII Apostoli di Roma; viene consultato su come organizzare la prossima edizione dell’incontro “Giovani Verso Assisi International Meeting”, accoglie la richiesta della Provincia della B.V.M. Consolatrice degli Afflitti in USA (OLC) e dà il suo nulla osta per la preparazione della documentazione necessaria per l’apertura della causa
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