CONGREGATION OF THE MISSIONARIES OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
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1 CONGREGATION OF THE MISSIONARIES OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES Casa Generalizia MISSIONARI DI S. FRANCESCO DI SALES, Via delle Testuggini 21, Roma, Italia. Tel: (06) Fax: (06) MISSIONNARES DE SAINT FRACOIS DE SALES SG-AB-20 DECEMBER 19, 2017 SUPERIOR GENERAL TO ALL THE MISSIONARIES OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES My dear Confreres: Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to you! Wi joy and hope, may I share wi you a message for Christmas and e New Year, Our Plans for e Year 2018, certain specifics to prepare for 20 General Chapter in 2019, and oer events in e Congregation. 1. O COME, LET US ADORE HIM, CHRIST, THE LORD! We are given a fresh chance at each Advent to discover our deepest hunger for God. Prophet Isaiah, known as e prophet of Advent, emphasizes e hunger and hopes of e people of Israel for a messiah roughout is liturgical season. Our longing for God is at e heart of e preparations for Christmas. Advent is a time to make space for Jesus to bir in our lives. The baby Jesus, we see in e manger, is silent, still, humble, poor, and hidden. He is hidden benea e appearance of e swaddling cloes at wrapped him. This attitude of hiddenness is important for us to discover our hunger wiin us for God. To discover our longing for God and to see him, who became human, requires of us to find time to widraw ourselves from e sight of people, go unnoticed, and hidden like Mary and Joseph. We need to widraw from all at solicits our attention, our energy, and our time into e hiddenness of baby Jesus in e manger. We need to grow in silence, stillness, humility, poverty, and in e virtue of hiddenness. Ultimately, all at satisfies our hearts' desires is to adore Him in e manger and to adore Him before His Eucharistic face in e sacred host every day. To adore Him, our Saviour, we need to be content to position ourselves where we are not seen, known, appreciated, or praised. He is a hidden God. Truly wi you God is hidden, e God of Israel, e Saviour (Is. 45:15).
2 O Come, let us adore Him, Christ, e Lord! We shall turn e year 2018 into a turning point in our lives by regularly seeking e Eucharistic face of Christ, hidden benea e appearance of e sacred host, in e tabernacle. We shall make e Holy Sacrifice of e Mass 'e sun of our existence' (SFS) and of our community life, illumining each day wi its brightness. 2. YEAR 2018 AS THE YEAR OF LOCAL COMMUNITY THEME:'REVITALISING MY LOCAL COMMUNITY: SPACEFOR COMMUNION ANDMISSION' Wi e consent of e General Council, I am glad to declare Year 2018 as e YEAR OF LOCAL COMMUNITY wi effect from January 24, 2018 rough January 23, The eme of e Year 2018 highlights one of e four pillars of our MSFS way of life envisioned by Fr. Mermier. In keeping wi e eme of e General Chapter 2019: 'MSFS, WAKE-UP TO THE BASICS', we focus on communion in Local Community for mission (and apostolates).i request every confrere in e community and e Local Superior to work on e following objectives: My role in revitalizing e local community Various dimensions of community as space Building Communion in community Community for Mission and apostolates Guidelines for celebrating e Year of Our Local Community are: In e early part of 2018, e Provincials will convoke Local Superiors Forum Meeting The meeting will be a day/days of animation and formation for e Local Superiors based on e Province statutes, Constitutions, General Directory, call of General Chapter 2013, and e Church documents on consecrated life The meeting can also finalize e different ways of celebration of e year in e Province Ensure at half hour adoration before e Blessed Sacrament becomes part of community life Each Province Forum/Local Community can also suggest to e Provincial e different ways of celebrating e eme at e level of e Forum/Community The Provincial Administration will finalize e different ways of celebrating e Year of our Local Community and send a copy of e same to e Asst. General for information to be shared wi e rest of e Congregation 2
3 3. LOGO FOR THE 20 GENERAL CHAPTER 2019 We have an official LOGO for e upcoming General Chapter highlighting e Basics of MSFS life and e eme of e Chapter. May I remind e Major Superiors to kindly request all Superiors of Local Communities and Rectors/Novice Masters of Formation Houses to display is LOGO in our Provincial Houses, Formation Houses, and Local Communities? My sincere appreciation and gratitude to Fr. Albert Fernandes for designing e LOGO! 4. PREPARATION FOR 20 GENERAL CHAPTER 2019 To backtrack on what has been done so far: 20 General Chapter 2019 begins on February 01, 2019 rough February 13, 2019 at MSFS PROVINCIAL HOUSE IN GUWAHATI, ASSAM, INDIA THREE REFLECTION PAPERS are already sent out to all e confreres rough Provincials wi a Power Point presentation of e same The REFLECTION PAPERS are also published in a booklet form and sent out to Provinces The Preparatory Committee for General Chapter (PCGC), consisting of Fr. James Pattarkalayil, Fr. Dola Velangani, and Fr. Daiy Sebastian, is collating e Proposals from Individual Confreres, Provincial Administration and General Administration, and 19 General Chapter
4 NEXT STEP: From January 2018, ese Reflection Papers are to be studied individually, in Local Community, and in Apostolic Communities. Local Superiors and Conveners of Apostolic Communities will facilitate e group study of Reflection Papers. The suggested schedule and meodology for Apostolic Communities to study and collate e report is as follows: PART 1: January February 2018 The Apostolic Community Convener will facilitate e study of REFLECTION PAPER 1 and e PROPOSALS FROM GENERAL CHAPTER 2013 The Provincials will send by March 15, 2018: The collated report on Reflection Paper 1 gaered from all e Apostolic Communities in e Province to e Secretary of e Superior General at secretarymsfsrome@gmail.com, and The collated study report on e Proposals from e General Chapter 2013 to e Convener of PCGC at pattarjam97@googl .com PART 2: March April 2018 The Apostolic Community Convener will facilitate e study of REFLECTION PAPER 2 and e PROPOSALS FROM PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION The Provincials will send by May 15, 2018: The collated report of Reflection Paper 2 from e Province to e Secretary of e Superior General, and The collated report on Proposals from e Provincial Administration and General Administration to e Convener of PCGC PART 3: May June 2018 The Apostolic Community Convener will facilitate e study of REFLECTION PAPER 3 and e PROPOSALS FROM INDIVIDUAL CONFRERES. The Provincial will send by July 15, 2018: The collated report of Reflection Paper 3 from e Province to e Secretary of e Superior General, and The collated report on e Proposals from Individual Confreres to e Convener of PCGC PCGC will send its findings on collated proposals wi a prioritized list to e Superior General by September 05,
5 June 15 August 20, 2018: Election of Delegates to 20 General Chapter 2019 August 24, 2018: Submission of e names of e Capitulants to e Superior General September 04, 2018: Appointing of e Pre-Capitular Commission and e Secretary General of General Chapter 2019 DECISIONS, NEWS, AND EVENTS 1. FR. MANI MALANA After having consulted wi e confreres in Australia, wi e recommendation of PIF and wi e consent of e General Council, I am glad to appoint Fr. Mani Malana as e Coordinator of MSFS in Australia for a term of ree years wi effect from January 01, FR. JOSEPH AMALRAJ After having consulted wi Delegation Superiors in GAH, wi e recommendation of PIF PEA and wi e consent of e General Council, I am glad to appoint Fr. Joseph Amalraj as e Coordinator of MSFS Delegation Superiors Forum in GAH wi effect from January 24, FR. SILVESTER OTTAPLACKAL On behalf of e General Administration, I sincerely ank Fr. Silvester for his leadership to e Delegations and to Delegation Superiors in GAH during e past ree years. 4. SALESIAN PROGRAM ANNECY (SPA) On behalf of e General Administration and Provincial Administration, I express sentiments of appreciation and gratitude - to Fr. Yves Carron, Provincial of F-S Province, Fr. Samuel Devaraj, e Local Superior, MSFS Proupeine Community, and e entire Province family - for organizing and facilitating e Program. On behalf of e participants of SPA, Fr. Isaac John writes: The long cherished dream of e Congregation, 'Salesian Programme Annecy (SPA 2017)' wi e intent to deepen e knowledge of St. Francis, Fr. Mermier, and e congregation was actualized from 5 October to 16 November, 2017 in Maison du diocèse, La Puya, Annecy by e director and primary resource person Fr. Yves Carron and team. The first of its sort in e history of e congregation turned out to be an enriching and enralling experience wi regard to its exploits of e rich cultural heritage of Annecy, intriguing insights, erudition and exposure for e five participants from five provinces, namely Frs. Thomas (EA), Philip (NE), Issac (NGP), Timson (SW) and Adaikalarajan (PUN). Six week's packed programme included Salesian accompanied retreat, visiting places of importance in e life of St. Francis, Mermier and Congregation, pilgrimage centres, an in-dep study of our patron, founder, history of e congregation, Introduction to devout life and a scientific study of Treatise on e love of God. 5
6 5. PARISH MISSION PREACHING TEAM (PMP TEAM) Mermierian Parish Mission Preaching Team in India had its follow up seminar in MSFS Provincial House Guwahati from November 13 17, The Team is working on a 'MSFS MERMERIAN PARISH MISSION PREACHING MANUAL' as an official manual for our use to strengen our efforts to revive e foundational apostolate of parish mission preaching started by Fr. Mermier. I request every Province to set apart two confreres totally free for is ministry until it takes roots and becomes once again a tradition in e Province/Congregation. 6. JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION We have already prepared e draft stating e objectives, composition, and functioning of e Justice and Peace Commission of e Congregation. I request all Provincials to appoint Justice and Peace Commissioner latest by December 31, 2017 and report e names to e Superior General. General Secretary for Social Apostolates and Innovative Ministries will organize a training Program for e Commissioners after we have e names of Commissioners. 7. CAUSE OF FR. MERMIER On January 24, 2017, e Cause of Fr. Mermier was officially re-opened during e Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Msgr. Yves BOIVINEAU, Bishop of Annecy. The tribunal has been constituted, Fr. Yves CARRON, e Provincial of Franco-Suisse Province as e Postulator of e Cause, Fr. Pierre Marie MASSON, The Chancellor and Judicial Vicar as e Episcopal Delegate, and Fr. Marcel VEYRAT, as e Promoter of Justice. As per law, all e writings of Fr. Mermier, published and unpublished, manuscripts have to be censored by two eologians. However, in e case of Fr. Mermier's writings, in his time none of his writings were published. Therefore, we have only e unpublished writings and manuscripts of Fr. Mermier. When we opened e cause for e first time in 1993, e writings were given to one well-known Redemptorist eologian Fr. Théodule Rey-Mermet. He died in However, he has given his report. Anoer eologian is yet to be assigned Prayer Cards for e Cause of Fr. Mermier have been printed and distributed in e Visitation Basilica, all e MSFS parishes and schools. All e writings of Fr. Mermier are being digitalized. We are in close contact wi Jöelle MERMIER, e fif generation niece of Fr. Mermier. She gaers from time to time some of e important historical documents related to Fr. Mermier. We are gaering e list of names and witnesses who know about Fr. Mermier and who have received e graces and blessings rough e power of his intercessions. In e comings mons, we will be having e tribunal hearings of ese witnesses On behalf of e entire Congregation, I express our gratitude to Fr. Yves Carron, e 6
7 Postulator, Fr. K. Thomas, e Vice Postulator, Fr. Thumma Mariadas, e Promoter, and all e Vice Promoters in e Provinces for eir contribution to e cause of our dear Founder, Fr. Peter Mermier. 8. CHANGE OF TELEPHONE NUMBER IN VATICAN HOUSE The new telephone number for MSFS House located near Vatican on Via del Mascherino 46/2 is: Please note at is is e number to contact Fr. Augustine Mangatt, e General Bursar and Superior of e Local Community in Rome. 9. FOR OUR MEDITATION: St. Francis de Sales on Incarnation: Below is a very enlightening passage from St. Francis de Sales' Treatise on e Love of God where he teaches at e primary reason for e Incarnation was not e redemption of fallen man from sin, but at God willed e Incarnation first and foremost in order to communicate Himself to a creature in a most perfect way: in such sort at e creature might be engrafted and implanted in e divinity, and become one single person wi It. To is created nature, namely e Sacred Humanity of Christ, God destined at incomparable honor of personal union wi His Divine Majesty, to e end at for all eternity it might enjoy by excellence e treasures of His infinite glory. (TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF GOD Book II, Chapter IV) I bring you good news of great joy at will be for all people. Today in e town of David a Savior has been born to you. Lk 2: Live Jesus! Fraternally in Christ, Faer Abraham Vettuvelil, MSFS Superior General 7
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