Newsand Views Newsletter of the Divine Providence Province Sanctity in Silence Be still and know that I am God. (Ps 46,10) Dear Confreres, Sisters & Cooperators, but on the contrary the fullness of faith March 2021 Volume 14 Number 3 The month of March dedicated he bears in his heart and which guides to St. Joseph is very special to us his very thought and action. Of course Guanellians, the patrimony handed St. Joseph was not somebody in society down by our Founder himself who as recorded in the Gospels. But his was able to envision him as the great swift obedience speaks volumes of his solace of human agony and suffering, faith because our experience tells that someone who can empathize with one can obey just like the one who had us and accompany us in our painful years of trust and training. The inner moments. In this special year of St. silence out of deep faith in God that he Joseph, Mother Church is inviting us had, led him to this better discernment to reflect on this silent guardian of of doing God’s will over his will. whom we talk about often these days. As priests, religious and Christian St. John of the Cross said, “Silence is faithful we are faced often and God’s first language”. How fitting it is sometimes even daily with this to reflect on the silence of St. Joseph challenging task of discernment, in this quiet and recollected season of choosing one among the choices. St. Lent when the Lord asks us to go to Joseph stands as the model for all of St. Joseph .. “ our room, shut the door and pray to us who must choose the better part the Father who is in secret (Mt 6,6). It (Lk 10,42), which will not be knocked express[es] an inner may seem funny to talk about silence down by the floods and winds of life ... fullness of faith he in this noisy world, but how relevant (Mt 7,25). bears in his heart and necessary it is for us individuals I take this moment to express our hearty and society as well to be quiet. “and which guides his wishes to St. Joseph Roman province, If God has spoken to humans through St. Joseph Bascilica at Trionfale, St. very thought and various means (Hb 1,1), silence is yet Joseph Seminary in Cuddalore and all action . another means with which He has those who bear the name of St. Joseph. Pope Benedict XVI communicated in the case of St. Joseph. It is God’s providence that we are going They say that exterior noise intensifies to have 3 more perpetual confreres in interior noise, exterior silence brings our province. I ask your special prayers Year of St. Joseph about interior silence. When we pray, for our confreres Bro. Arun Kumar, we speak to God; when we are silent, Bro. Raja Rathinam, Bro. Merugu God speaks to us. Pope Benedict XVI Anil who are preparing themselves in in 2005 wrote that St. Joseph’s silence view of their perpetual profession and does not express an inner emptiness diaconate which is expected to happen on March 18th and 19th at DGMS, Chennai. INSIDE: Every silence has a lot to say, you only Provincial 2-4 need to listen to it carefully. The most powerful thing you can say is O St. Joseph foster-father of Jesus Christ and India 5-12 true Spouse of Mary ever-virgin, pray for us nothing. and for the suffering and dying of this day/ United States 13 night. Fr. Ronald J, SdC St.Joseph, pray for us! Calendar 14 Provincial Superior Provincial Fr.Balayesu's death 15 Nellikollai: Marriage Mass 17 Palavakkam: Ash Wednesday 28 Andra: Feast Day - Vatluru Regency Meeting PROVINCIALATE - The confreres of the Provincialate house and Don Guanella Major Seminary had a monthly recollection on February 25th at St. Antony church in Palavakam. Rev. Fr. Nesamani gave a talk on “Handle Human Beings with Care”, because human beings are precious in the hands of God. He also talked about the four pillars of faith where participants compared and identified psychologically their character. During adoration the fathers made use of the time with the Eucharistic Lord and for confession. Fr. Paul Arockia Raj celebrated Everyone Wants to Go to Heaven, but No One is Ready to Die By Fr. Leo joseph, SdC Mass and Fr. Ronald, the Provincial Superior, preached was approved by Most. Rev. Bishop Kenneth Povish, the homily. After Mass delicious food prepared by the Bishop of Lansing, MI on August 3, 1987. parish priest was shared. It was a great day and good Although the Pious Union of St. Joseph has as its focus experience with the Lord. to pray for those who are dying, it is also a beautiful This title reflects a basic truth about Catholics and place for prayer, worship, recollection, retreats, and Christians in general: if we other spiritual activities. There really believed what we said is a grotto and the Stations of we do, we should be anxious to the Cross that add beauty to get this life over with and get the Shrine. The main purpose to heaven; yet no one seems of the Shrine is to provide a eager to accept the reality of place for those who suffer in death. This is where St. Joseph mind, body, and spirit, a place becomes important. where they can find peace and Most people know there consolation in the heart. are churches and shrines Fr. Germano Pegoraro, SdC attributed to St. Joseph was the first director of the worldwide, but there is only one Shrine in the United Shrine. He was also an artist, and most of the paintings States that is dedicated to St. Joseph, Patronof the in the Shrine are his work. Here the priest offers daily Suffering and Dying, and that is none other than the Masses, with confessions before and after Mass, the Pious Union of St. Joseph in Grass Lake, MI. The Pious Rosary before Mass daily, the Stations of the Cross Union of St. Joseph emerged from the love of the heart every Friday and the Anointing of the Sick every first of St. Louis Guanella. He perceived that the last hours of Saturday of the month (or whenever upon request). people’s lives were the most important for every human Many people die every day throughout the world, and life. In these hours,he understood the value of St. Joseph there are many Masses offered each day for the dying. in assisting all those facing death in making the decision In the Shrine, the priest offers daily Mass intentions, to abandon their lives to the bountiful mercy of God. Triduum Masses, Novena Masses, Gregorian Masses, The first shrine dedicated to St. Joseph, Patron of the Perpetual Masses, masses for enrollment in the Golden Suffering and Dying was instituted by St. Louis Guanella Book and Masses for the Unborn - all for the benefit of at St. Joseph at Trionfale in Rome, Italy. The Pious Union souls. of St. Joseph was officially approved by Pope Pius X on Of these, the Gregorian Mass, offered in support of February 17, 1913, and extended to the whole world on the dying, is most noted because of its history. Pope February 12, 1914. The Shrine in Grass Lake Michigan St. Gregory the great (540-604), the first pontiff to March 2021 2 Provincial receive the name ‘great’,was the first Benedictine monk Now and at the Hour, that goes out to 13,000 members. to become pope. He tells us in his ‘Dialogues’ that Mass is offered for all the members of the Pious Union he ordered thirty Masses to be celebrated on thirty every Wednesday. The Shrine honors “The Unborn” by consecutive days for the repose of the soul of Justus, dedicating a book called “The Book of Innocents” where a monk who had died in his monastery. Justus died the names of children lost to miscarriage or illness are without the sacraments for violating the vow of poverty registered and a Mass for these children is celebrated for three gold coins he possessed in his cell. At the every 16th day of the month. High solemn Mass is end of the thirty Masses, Justus appeared to his blood celebrated October 16th on the Feast of St. Gerard brother Copious, a physician who assisted him in his Majella, Patron for the Unborn, and special blessings last days of illness, and said that he had been relieved are bestowed upon parents with the relics of St. Gerard. from the prison of purgatory. Copious shared this with The Shrine has also spread devotion to St. Joseph the monks, and they realized that on the by introducing the “Traveling St. 30th day of the celebrated Masses, Justus Joseph” in 2018. People love to utilize was released from his sufferings by the the opportunity to host St. Joseph in merits of the holy sacrifice of the Mass. On their homes while praying for their the same day, St. Gregory was assured of various needs. The Shrine also has the deliverance of the soul of Justus. In the an active advisory board member, church of St. Gregory on Mount Celio is a men’s group, a women’s group, as the original altar where these Masses were well as a men's and women's faith first offered. This same altar is where Pope sharing group. Sunday Masses are Gregory offered Masses for the souls in celebrated outdoors at the Calvary purgatory.