Vol. 16, No. 5 http://www.geocities.com/pilgrimsfaith May 2005 The PILGRIM is a periodical from the Pilgrims of Faith Marian Center (PFMC). The PFMC is a ministry of lay Catholic evangelization and healing through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. A PRAYER prayers. In the joy of the Risen Lord, trusting in His permanent help, as we go forward the Lord will help Dearest Mother, We come before you, on us, and His Mother, Mary Most Holy, is on our side. our knees searching for the path to Thank you.” holiness. Help us on this road of endless search and resignation to the will of God. (OP/ELECTION BENEDICT XVI/ VIS 050419 (380)) Wrap us in your mantle and take us to the Heart of your Son, Jesus. Guide us in the daily effort to pray with our hearts, and to live in purity and joy. BENEDICT XVI - BIOGRAPHY Mother of Jesus and spouse of the Holy Spirit bring VATICAN CITY, APR 19, 2005 (VIS) - Following is us to full repentance for our daily sins and the official biography of the newly elected Pope strengthen us with the great virtues. Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger: Mother of our hearts, embrace us daily with thy Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, former prefect of the Heavenly protection. Embrace us with thy care and Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, President with protection of thy mighty warrior angels. of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and of the AMEN International Theological Commission, Dean of the (Kathleen prays from the heart for each issue .) College of Cardinals, was born on April 16, 1927 in Marktlam Inn, Germany. He was ordained a priest on HABEMUS PAPAM - June 29, 1951. POPE BENEDICT XVI His father, a police officer, came from a traditional family of farmers from Lower Bavaria. He spent his Praise God for the quick election of Joseph Cardinal adolescent years in Traunstein, and was called into Ratzinger as our new Pope. He chose Benedict XVI the auxiliary anti-aircraft service in the last months of as his papal name. The news coverage, particularly World War II. From 1946 to 1951, the year in which that of Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), he was ordained a priest and began to teach, he has been overwhelming even though the secular studied philosophy and theology at the University of networks have tried to look at the negatives of both Munich and at the higher school in Freising. In 1953 Pope John Paul II Pope Benedict XVI and the new . he obtained a doctorate in theology with a thesis Hear are the first words of the new Pope Benedict entitled: “The People and House of God in Saint XVI excerpted from “CARDINAL RATZINGER Augustine’s doctrine of the Church.” Four years later, IS ELECTED AS NEW POPE, BENEDICT XVI” he qualified as a university teacher. He then taught VATICAN CITY, APR 19, 2005 (VIS): dogma and fundamental theology at the higher school “Dear Brothers and Sisters, of philosophy and theology of Freising, in Bonn from 1959 to 1969, in Munster from 1963 to 1966, and in “After the great Pope John Paul II, the Lord Cardinals Tubinga from 1966 to 1969. From 1969, he was have elected me, a simple and humble worker in the professor of dogmatic theology and of the history of vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by the fact that dogma at the University of Regensburg and vice the Lord knows how to act, even with inadequate president of the same university. instruments and above all I entrust myself to your He was already well known in 1962 when, at Vatican The April MESSAGE, from GOSPA, Our Lady, Queen of Peace, to an alleged visionary from “The PILGRIM” for May 2005 is dedicated to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, is presented “Mary, Our Mother” and the success of the beginning on page 14 (centerfold page) followed by papacy of Pope Benedict XVI. See page 3 for an REFLECTION and PRESS BULLETIN. “IN THIS ISSUE . .” Table of Contents listing. Council II at the age of 35, he became a consultor to Peoples, Catholic Education (congregations). Cardinal Joseph Frings, Archbishop of Cologne. - Christian Unity (council). Among his numerous publications, a particular post belongs to the “Introduction to Christianity,” a - Latin America, Ecclesia Dei (commissions). collection of university lessons on the profession of (OP/BIO:BENEDICT XVI/... VIS 050419 (590)) apostolic faith, published in 1968; and to “Dogma and Revelation” an anthology of essays, sermons and reflections dedicated to the pastoral ministry, published in 1973. PLEASE CONTINUE to PRAY for In March 1977, Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of KATHLEEN Munich and Freising and on May 28, 1977 he was Although Kathleen is getting better every day. She consecrated - the first diocesan priest after 80 years to still has pain in her back and left leg. Physical take over the pastoral ministry of this large Bavarian therapy is returning more and more use of Kathleen’s diocese. left leg. She still must use a cane because of Created and proclaimed cardinal by Paul VI in the instability and lack of strength in the left leg. consistory of June 27, 1977, he assumed the titles of Many are calling or sending e-mails to get details the suburbicarian Church of Velletri-Segni (April 5, from Kathleen or the volunteers without reading 1993) and of the suburbicarian Church of Ostia what was printed in the January or February – (November 30, 2002). March issues of “The PILGRIM” or updated at the On November 25, 1981 he was nominated by John Kathleen Back Problems link on the left side at Paul II as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine http://www.geocities.com/pilgrimsfaith. Please of the Faith; and as president of the Biblical understand that we cannot give personal responses for Commission and of the Pontifical International Kathleen and she is still not up to answering all the Theological Commission. mail and calls personally. He was relator of the 5th General Assembly of the We thank everyone for their prayers and concerns and Synod of Bishops (1980). wish we could relate the details of Kathleen’s care, status, and thanks to everyone personally. He was president delegate to the 6th Synodal Assembly (1983). (Keith) Elected vice dean of the College of Cardinals November 6, 1998, the Holy Father approved his IN MEMORIAM election, by the order of cardinal bishops, as dean of the College of Cardinals on November 30, 2002. Please pray for the repose of the souls of: As President of the Commission for the Preparation Pope John Paul II of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, after 6 years Prince Ranier of Monaco of work (1986-92) he presented the New Catechism to the Holy Father. Mary Anlage He received an honoris causa degree in jurisprudence Teresa Mosier from the Free University of Maria Santissima Assunta Please send us death notices, prayer cards, etc. so we on November 10. 1999. can pray for the deceased who are beloved by our He became an honorary member of the Pontifical readers. Academy of Sciences, November 13, 2000. (Requested by Colleen Thomas, PFMC Volunteer) Curial Membership: - Secretariat of State (second section). PFMC FUND RAISER - Oriental Churches, Divine Worship and Discipline We wish to thank Shelly and friends for setting up a of the Sacraments, Bishops, Evangelization of Fund Raiser to benefit the Pilgrims of Faith The volunteer Board of Directors and Staff of the PFMC recognize and accept that the final authority regarding the alleged apparitions, locutions and related messages at, and to the recipients from, Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as all other private revelations, rests with the Holy See, to whose judgment we willingly submit. We give total allegiance to our One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and its Magisterium, particularly Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. While those presenters who work with the PFMC are selected for their personal qualifications and commitment to the Church, their comments and presentations are those of individual Catholics and no endorsement by ecclesiastical authority is to be presumed. Page 2 The PILGRIM, Volume 16, Number 5 – May 2005 Marian Center (PFMC). An information sheet has been distributed around the Flushing, NY area. IN THIS ISSUE . This event will be a LATIN DANCE featuring Disc A PRAYER, HABEMUS PAPAM - POPE BENEDICT XVI, Jockey (DJ) Luis Orlando. It will be held from 8 to BENEDICT XVI - BIOGRAPHY........................................................ 1 12 PM, Saturday, 21 May 2005, at Knights of PLEASE CONTINUE to PRAY for KATHLEEN, th IN MEMORIAM, PFMC FUND RAISER......................................... 2 Columbus Club, 35-79 160 Street, (between WE WILL HAVE A 2006 RETREAT CONFERENCE.................... 3 Northern Blvd and 35th Avenue), Flushing, NY. GRACE of DAILY COMMUNION, ANYONE WHO EATS MY Donation is $25 per person, $45 per couple. There FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD HAS ETERNAL LIFE........... 4 ROSARY of MARY’S IMMACULATE HEART, PLEASE will be an Open Bar and Food Available. 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