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Spring 2007


Let Us Pray for One Another

♦�� In your charity, please remember in prayer, Robert Wolski, the brother of Adalbert Wolski, who died recently.� May Adalbert find consolation in the promise of the resurrection, and may Robert rest in peace.

♦�� The friars who served in Paraguay may remember Gloria, the sister of Peter Chavez.� Word was received that she passed away.� Peter was unable to attend the funeral because of ill health.� May she rest in peace.

♦��� Please remember Patricia Markusic in your prayers.� Friars who have served in Florida know that Pat has faithfully served the Diocese of Orlando in many capacities over the years.� She recently suffered a stroke.

♦��� Tello Vu has been experiencing some difficult health issues recently.� He was diagnosed with an inflamed adrenal gland and will be undergoing surgery in the near future.� Please remember him in prayer.

♦��� Please pray for the capitular friars who will attend the 110th General Chapter of the Order in May.� May the Holy Spirit guide their deliberations and decisions.


Robert D�Aversa provided the following synopsis of highlights from his sojourns in Europe.�� Robert completes his special assignment as spiritual director for the Irish College in Rome in June.

Salutti e tutti!

We began the year with a pilgrimage to Turkey in the footsteps of Saint Paul.� Several sites were remarkable: one had to do with Paul himself, namely, to stand in the amphitheater in Ephesus where he preached;� the second was to stand in the history of the early church in Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)� and then finally to visit the Orthodox Patriarchate which was being spruced up for the (then) impending visit of Pope Benedict.� It was, if you will, stepping into the scriptures, into church history and into the challenge of the present call to seek the reunion of the churches of the East and West.

The next highlight was to be invited to join one of the Irish Bishops, John Kirby, during his ad limina visit and being able to meet the pope in a brief encounter.

During my sojourn here, I've been involved in a group of English-speaking spiritual directors.� We are all working with seminarians and so the group is comprised of English, Scots, North Americans, and Irish.� I led the discussion and hosted them here at the Irish College in December.� The theme was spirituality prior to the two mid-lives, the chronological and the ministerial.

A few things on the horizon are an overnight�trip, a gift of the Irish hierarchy, to what was their former summer villa in Gaeta with the purpose of visiting those sites that were important in the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas and his commentator Saint Cajetan (Gaetano).� Finally, two retreats are scheduled in Lent, one for the graduate priests to take place in Assisi, and the other for the seminarians to take place in Bagnoregio (home of Saint Bonaventure).� I will participate in both retreats and perfect my levitation skills.

A perk of life in Rome.� Pope Benedict XVI� meets Robert D�Aversa.


TOR North American Conference

From February 12 to February 14, members of the joint Provincial Councils of the three TOR Provinces in North America met to discuss issues of common concern to the three Provinces.� Priestfield Pastoral Center , Kearneysville, WV provided a� wonderful setting for this historic gathering.� Many of the visiting friars had never experienced the beauty of that retreat setting or the exceptional hospitality of the friars who serve there.� The meeting was facilitated by Anthony Criscitelli who moved the group through an agenda generated by the three Provincials.� David Liedl served as secretary and created bi-lingual liturgies to help the Council members pray their way through those days.� Two sub-committees were formed, one to� advance the agenda for cooperative efforts at formation, the second to structure a facilitated opportunity to discuss the different �cultures� of all three Provinces.� A follow up gathering is planned in conjunction with the tenth anniversary celebration of the Vice-Province of Saint Mary of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico.

��Back Row (left to right):� Fr. Richard Davis, Bro. David Liedl, Bro. Mark McBride,� Fr. Carl Vacek, Fr. Brad Baldwin, Fr. Peter Lyons, Fr. Terrence Henry, Fr. Bill Linhares, Fr. Nicholas Polichnowski

Front Row (left to right): Fr. Mauricio Alarc�n Mart�nez, V. Rev Anthony Criscitelli, V. Rev. Amando Trujillo Cano,� V. Rev. Christian Oravec, Fr. Gabriel Zeis

Not pictured:� Fr. David Guti�rrez Escudero



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