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CONGREGATIO MISS IONIS
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CURIA GENERALITIA
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SUMMARIUM
ACTA SAN('TAE SEDIS
- Letter of the Pt ii. orator General to Cong. for Divine \Nor-
ship ...._....... .. ..............................................................
- DecretumCongieg proCultu Divino(pro linguapolona)
CURIA GENERALITIA
I - Litterae Superioris Gerteralis
- a toute la Congregation (28.1.1989) 3
to the Congregation (Lent 1989) 4
2 - Some Reflections on Evangelical Poverty in the Congre-
gation - The Gen. Council C.Al. (Lent 1989)........ 5
3 - Regimen C.M.: Nominationes, Confirmationes el Pre-
scriptiones (Decemb. 1988 Feb. 1989) ..... 10
4 - Necrulogium
.an. 1988 .......__ ............._..._ ............................................ 11
-Jan.-Feb. 1989 ........ ..................... 13
5 - Neo-Sacerdotcs, an. 1988 ......................... 14
6 - Neo-Incorporati, an. 1988 ........................ 15
RENCONTRF. DES VISITEURS - RIO. 3.17 juillet 1989
1 - English test
Letter of the Prep. Corn. (2.1.1989) ............... 17
Program for the Visitors fleeting ................ 18
Towards an Evaluation of thhe Lines of Action,
1986.1992 21
2- Testo expanol
Carta de la Corfu. Prepa. (2.1.1989) - ...... 41
Programa del Encuentro de los Visitadores ....... 42
Rcspucstas en vista de la Evaluacitin de [as
Lignas de Accion, 1986-1992 ..... 45
3 - Testc Irancais
Lettre de la Commis. Prepa. (2.1.1989) 66
Programme de la Renconire des Visiteurs ..... 67
- Fn rue dune Evaluation des Lignes d'Action,
1986 1992 70
ETIOPIA: 150 ANSI DALL'INIZIO DELLA NUOVA
MISSIONE CATTOLICA
I - San Giustino De .lacobis all'inirio delta missione etiopi-
ca (1839) - Luigi Betta C.M. ...................... 91
2 - One hundred and Fifty Years of Prestly Formation by
the Lararists in Ethiopia, 1838.1988 - Gerard van Win-
sen C.M. 97
3 - 11 messaggio di San Giustino: sanrita ed ccuntcnismo
Miguel Perez Flores C.M. 105
4 -- ELtopia Vincenriana Oggi - Benlarnino Dc Palma C.M. 112
5 - Otnelia del Superiore Generale presso la Tontha di San
Giustino (lleho, 17 11.19881 117
6 - Homily: Fr. Richard tlcCullerr, 150th.Anm%crsar\ of en-
trusting Vicari:'te of Abyssinia to the Community by the
Holy See (Addis Ababa. 3.12.1988) ................. 119
7 - The Congregation of the Mission completes 150 years in
Ethiopia I'Net' Bull.". India) 123
VITA CONGRF.G.ATIONIS
I - Un "merci" all P. Gaziello - fow Oriol Bavlach C.M. . 124
2 - Portugal:Funchal: Reportagenr to P. McCullcn "O Jor-
intl It %ladcio,' ........ .. 125
3 - New Orleans Damascus House: Vincenttan Brothers.
Renescal Program Bernard 1. QuinnnC..tl. . . 128
4 - Madagascar: I n Herntano misionero r' constructor: el
HerrrtartoJose Rua C.Al. -(Estacto de''Caminos de Mi-
siorr", Madrid) 131
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VINCENTIANA
COMMENTARIUM OFFICIALE PRO SODALIBUS CONGREGATION IS
MISSION IS ALTERNIS MENSIBUS EDITUM
Apud Curiam Generalitiam Via di Bravetta, 159 - 00164 ROMA
ANNO XXXIII (1989); N° 162 Fasciculus 1, Jan.-Feb.
ACTA SANCTAE SEDIS
CONGREGAZIONE DELLA MISSIONE
CURIA GENERALIZIA January 13, 1989
Via di Bravetta, 159 - Roma 89-001-POL
Your Eminence:
Permit me to present the text of the Liturgy of the Hours for
the Proper of the Congregation of the Mission in the polish language.
This text is respectfully presented for the confirmation or appro-
bation of the Congregation for Divine Worship.
The translation into the polish language was carried out
under the supervision of the Provincial Superior of our Polish
Province, Very Rev. Stanislaw Wypych, CM, former Assistant Gen-
eral at our General Curia in Rome (1980-1986).
The original text of the Proper for our Congregation in the la-
tin language was approved by the Sacred Congregation for Divine
Worship on the 21st of March, 1974 (Prot. N. 1222/74).
With prayerful best wishes and sentiments of esteem, I am,
Respectfully yours in our Lord,
William W. Sheldon, C.M.
Procurator General
His Eminence
Cardinal Eduardo MartinezSomalo
Prefect
Congregation forDivine Worship
Pia:,a Pio X11, 3 - 00193 Rome
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CONGREGATIO PRO CULTU DIVINO
Prot. 196/89
CONGREGATIONIS MTSSIONIS
Instante Reverendo Patre Gulielmo W. Wheldon, Congregatio-
nis Missionis Procuratore Generali, litteris die 13 ianuarii 1989 da-
tis, vigore facultatum huic Congregationi a Summo Pontifice IOAN-
NE PAULO II tributarurn, texturn Proprii Liturgiae Horarum eius-
dem Congrcgationis, lingua polona exaratum et huic Decreto ad-
nexum, perlibenter prohamus seu confirmamus.
In textu imprimendo inseratur ex integro hoc Decretum, quo
ab Apostolica Sede petita confirmatio conceditur.
Eiusdern insuper textus impressi duo exemplaria ad hanc Con-
gregationern transmittantur.
Contrariis quibuslibet minime obstantibus.
Ex aedibus Congregationis pro Cultu Divino, die 16 februarii
1989.
Eduardo+s Cruel. . lartine
Practc tu,
t Vergilius Noe
Archiep. tit. Voncariensis
a Secretis
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CURIA GENERALI TIA
LITTERAE SUPERIORIS GENERALIS
A Joule la Congregation Roma, 28 janvier 1989
Mes chers Confreres,
La grace de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ
soil avec nous a jamais!
Il v a quelques semaines, le Perc Jcan-Francois Gaziello, Assis-
tant pour les Missions, m'a dernande d'etre decharge dc son office
d'Assistant. A la session d'aujourd'hui, apres avoir entendu l'avis
des rnembres du Conseil General et obtenu leur consentement, j'ai
accepts sa dcmission.
Le motif do la dcmission du Pere Gaziello, c'est son etat de
sante. Fin 1987, lors de la visite d'unc mission, it a contracts une
malaria cerebrale et it est reste quatre jours dans le coma. Son co0ur
en a ete affects. Lors d'un recent examen medical, apres une visite
Bans une Province missionnaire, les docteurs lui ont conseills de
ne plus entreprendre de longs et penibles voyages. A la lumiere do
ces faits, j'ai decide, sur sa dernande, de Ic decharger de son office.
La Congregation doit de la reconnaissance au Pere Gaziello
polo- son excellent travail durant huit ans et demi. Il a ete tres
assidu a visiter les missions et it s'est applique tics activement a
les promouvoir. Ses contributions lors des Conseils ont ete un sti-
mulant pour noun tous. Je Iui suis profondemcnt reconnaissant de
I'aide qu'il m'a personnellement donnee.
Je sais que vous vous unircz a nous pour demander au Seigneur
de lui rendre ses forces, afin qu'il puisse continuer a travailler pour
la Congregation, dins la Province de Toulouse, a laquelle it
retourne. Que Notre-Dame, "Salus Infirmorum", lui accorde la pro-
tection de son intercession touts-puissante!
Dans I'amour de Notre-Seigneur je demeure
votre devour confrere
Richard McCULLEN, is. C.M.
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Rorna, Lent 1989
To the Congregation
My dear Confreres,
May the grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ bi with us forevar!
A few weeks ago in my Advent letter I wrote to you on the topic
of our Vow of Poverty. Since that time the members of the General
Councilhave devoted a number of sessions to reflecting on the sub-
ject. We would like now to offer you the fruits of our reflection, along
with some questions which should be faced and honestly answered
by each one of us.
We consider that the maintenance and practice of evangelical
poverty in the Congregation is essential for our survivalas a Com-
munity in the Church, a conviction which Saint Vincent expressed
frequently to us at the end of his life.
During the weeksof Lent I askeach local community in the Con-
gregation to hold at least one conference on the subject of evangeli-
cal poverty as practised by us as individuals and as communities.
Later, at your next Provincial Assembly consideration and reflec-
tion can be given to the questions of evangelical poverty at a provin-
cial level.
The short document which the General Council now offers you
will, / hope, be a help inyour personal, community and provincial
reflection on our practice of evangelical poverty. May the Spirit of
God enlighten us about the means we should adopt to strengthen,
or if need be, restore the dynamism that the practice of evangelical
poverty gives to the life of a man who is intent on continuing the
mission of Christ of proclaiming good news to the poor.
Asking a remembrance in your prayers, I remain in the love of
Our Lord,
Your devoted confrere,
Richard McCULLEN, i.s. C.M.
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SOME REFLECTIONS ON EVANGELICAL
POVERTY IN THE CONGREGATION
1. SOMF. FACTS
In a civilization and a world marked by a prodigious movement of'
almost indefinite material growth, what witness would he offered
by a religious who let himself be carried away by an uncurbed seek-
ing for his own case, and who considered it normal to allow himself
without discernment or restraint everything that is offered him?
(Evangelica Testificatio, 19).
* A number of Visitors have expressed their happiness at
knowing that the Superior General intended to call to the atten-
tion of the whole Congregation to the fidelity we owe to our vow
of poverty. Thanks be to God, many confreres are faithful to the
demands of the evangelical virtue of poverty. Likewise, many lo-
cal communities live a simple life-style. Among the Provinces too,
there are clear signs of solidarity through the sharing of our ma-
terial goods. But, notwithstanding all the good that exists, we find
ourselves confronted with other negative facts.
* Some Provinces have not carried out what is demanded by
Statute 17: "The Provincial Assembly will make concrete norms in
regard to poverty in conformity with the Constitutions and with
the spirit of the Common Rules and the Fundamental Statute on
Poverty......
* Some of those responsible for administering goods which do
not belong to the Congregation, but which are entrusted to it, are
acting independently of the Visitor and his council in the adminis-
tration of these goods, contrary to what is determined in Statutes
102 and 103,4; or they administer them without keeping in mind
the spirit of poverty proper to the Congregation (Const. 154).
* Some seek money for the missions and other works of the
Congregation without the knowledge of the Superior or get funds
for personal works which are not included in the provincial plan
or the local community plan.
* Some do not always faithfully seek poverty permissions for
using or disposing of community goods or their own belongings,
as demanded by articles 34-35 of the Constitutions.
* More important than all these facts is the temptation to have
abundant things and to seek always the best of everything. The Su-
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perior General, in his Advent letter, emphasized the risk that some
members of the Congregation run of succumbing to this temp-
tation and of thus becoming insensitive to many evangelical and
Vincentian values (cf. CR III, 1 and Stat. 100, 1).
Question:
What other facts, positive or negative, raise questions for us,
personally or communally,in regard to the practice of evangelical
poverty?
2. PRINCIPLES
Evangelical poverty "is not, as you know, a movement of the politi-
cal or temporal order; it calls rather for the conversion of hearts,
for liberation from all temporal encumbrances. It is a call to love.
(Evangelica Testificatio, 17).
"Though he was rich, he became poor..." (2 Cor. 8:9).
The contemplation of Christ, poor himself and the Evangel-
izer of the Poor, ought to be the source of our love of poverty. The
Common Rules III, 1, and the Constitutions, 31, present to us a
Christ who "while Lord of all, adopted a life so poor that he had
nowhere to lay his head" and who, moreover, wanted his apostles
to live the same simple life-style.
In St. Vincent's mind, contemplation of the poor Christ will
free the missionary from every attachment and will dispose him
to fight against the avid desire for riches, the cause of ruin for the
whole world.
The Constitutions view poverty as a means toward and a sign
of our dependence on God and as a source of efficacy in our aposto-
late, an apostolatc that finds its strength in the power of God and
not in the power of this world.
"Poverty as a sign of growth in our vocation in the Church"
(Stat. 18).
The church is the Church of the poor, and the poor are its
preferential option. The option for the poor is fundamental to the
Congregation; it inspired the birth of the Company and will be the
source of its present and future vitality as well. If the Church can-
not be conceived of without reference to the poor (like the mission
of Jesus and the whole gospel message), the same must be said for
the Congregation, because the reason for our existence in the Church
is to continue the mission of Christ the Evangelizer of the poor.