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.
�
|
