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The Spirit of Love
The love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us
[Rm 5:5].
The Holy Spirit has been given to us with all the
richness of His gifts, and, not only that, but also the very presence of
Himself, and hence, the presence of the Holy Trinity. It is this
friendship, established by the grace between God and man, that requires
the presence of a friend, the Holy Spirit, in the soul of the just with
the intent to unite Himself to it in a very intimate way, and to live
there as in a temple, where He may receive the homage of love, worship
and adoration.
The Holy Spirit, together with the Father and the
Son, come to reside in the soul of the just as in His own temple, and
remains there in profound humility. The three Divine Persons, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, come to us and we approach them. They come to us in
the splendor of light, while we approach them, opening the eyes of our
spirit, so that we may be enlightened from within.
They come with the power of divine help, and we approach them,
opening our ears in obedience. They come with the richness of their
gifts, and we approach them with humility that prepares us to receive
them.
In the divine plan, this
indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our hearts is a reality that is not
fleeing and temporary.
It is permanent and everlasting.
(Source: 'La Grammatica di Don Gaspare Bertoni' -
Rev. Ignazio Bonetti, CSS)
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Priestly
Ordination
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Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Villeta, Paraguay, Deacon Gerardo Del
Pilar Medina Jauregui will be ordained Priest, through the
imposition of the hands by Most Rev. Moacyr José Vitti, CSS,
Archbishop of Curitiba, Brazil. Let us thank God for this gift
of clerical and religious vocation, and may St. Gaspar Bertoni,
Our Founder, intercede for our new Priest in his ministry.
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On Friday, April 25,
2008, at the Divine Redeemer Church, in Santiago, Chile, our
confrere the professed Christian Oscar
Sapiains Arrué was ordained Deacon through
the imposition of the hands by Most Rev. Cristián
Contreras Villarroel, Auxiliary Bishop
of Santiago.
On Sunday, April 6, 2008,
at the Holy Family Church in São Caetano do Sul, SP, our
confreres the professed João Roberto Bonato and José Aguiar
Nobre were ordained Deacons. The ordination was conferred
by
the imposition of the hands of Most Rev. João Carlos Seneme,
CSS, Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, PR.
See here
further information.
On March 1st
and 2nd, respectively, our confreres the professed
Joélio Oliveira Brito and
Jorge da Silva Souza were ordained Deacons by
the imposition of the hands of Most Rev. Antônio
Alberto Guimarães Rezende, CSS, Bishop Emeritus of Caetité, BA.
We all Stigmatines are united to
the new deacons in
joy and thanksgiving, asking them to
develop fruitful ministry in favor of the Church, under the
protection of the Holy Spouses and following the example of St. Gaspar Bertoni.
On January 23, feast of
the Holy Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph,
about 40 young confreres gave one step ahead in their path in
the Stigmatine life.
See here
further information and pictures
On January 10, 2008, our
dearest confrere Fr. Mario Zuchetto was called home to the
Father's House. He was 90 years old,
and counted 70 of these years in religious life and 65 of
priestly life. "Ready for all" could be the motto of his
life. We may state that we have now another intercessor together
with our Founder. See here his
Necrology.
On January 8, 2008 there
was elected
the new govern of the Province of the Holy Cross.
On December 16
Bishop elected
João Carlos Seneme was ordained the Titular Bishop of
Albule and Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Curitiba. Until his
appointment, he was Superior Provincial of the Province of
the Holy Cross.
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