SYMPOSIUM SVD/SSPS IN ROME - SVD GENERALATE - December 6, 2008
posted on December 15, 2008
During the joint death centennial of our Founder St. Arnold Janssen and our mission pioneer St. Joseph Freinademetz, a Symposium “Mission as Holy Folly” was organized on December 6, 2008, in Collegio del Verbo Divino, Rome.........
Presentation materials are available in English :Photo Gallery is here
SAVE THE MOTHER EARTH FROM GLOBAL WARMING
posted on July 3, 2008
COMMON ACTION
THE GRASS ROOT COMMUNITY OF CROSS RELIGIONS AND CROSS ETHNICS
PLANTING THE 6000 MANGROVE TREES
AT WONOREJO BEACH
Saturday, June 14. 2008
To celebrate the “Year of Arnold and Joseph“ (January 29, 2008 – January 15, 2009) the Preparatory Commission of the German Provinces SSpS and SVD invites SVD and SSpS and all others interested in the spirituality of St. Arnold and St. Joseph to join prayer chain or “a relay novena” where the praying of the novena is passed on from one group to the next like the baton in a relay race
When one group finishes the nine days of the novena the next group takes over. Thus prayer to the two saints will never cease throughout the “Year of Arnold and Joseph“. A total of 40 groups – each praying the novena of either St. Arnold or St. Joseph for 9 days – is needed to assure that the prayer chain is never interrupted in the 360 days of the “Year of Arnold and Joseph“.
One of the intentions especially recommended in praying the novena is the following: Through intercession of the two saints may we understand better our mission in a secularized world and be able to dynamically bear witness to the word of God and proclaim it.
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Click here for:
- Letter from Steyler Missionare Kommission
- Who prays, when?
Novene to St. Joseph Freinademetz in the Internet:
CHAIN OF ACTIVITIES IN FLORES
From Chinesse nuance Eucharist until the book titled "HIDUP MATI UNTUK CINA" (Live- Die for China) launching - in Bahasa Indonesia and in English
From Indonesia - SSpS, the Province of Flores East : An Experience of being together with the people
- in English
SVD-SSpS RECOLLECTION IN ROME, February 23, 2008
The members of the Arnoldus Family in Rome gathered at the SSpS Generalate at Via Cassia, Rome for a common Lenten recollection. This is part of a series of activities to celebrate the Centennial Year of St. Arnold Janssen and St. Joseph Freinademetz. Fr. Pietro Irsara, SVD gave the talk on Fr. Joseph Freinademetz focusing on: “Examples from his life as stimulus for our own Christian Life and for our relationship with God and with our brother and sister.” The half day activity included moments for personal reflection and group sharing. Fr. Willy Müller , SVD was the main celebrant for the Holy Mass. - Find the materials here:
- Article by Fr. Pietro Irsara, SVD, available in English, Spanish, Indonesian and Italian.
- Pictures presented by Fr. Irsara in the Recollection
- Photo Gallery/ Slide show of the Recollection day
FROM PORTUGAL:
The Comittee of The Centennial Year consists of Fr. António Augusto Leite [as Coordinator], Fr. José Luís Pimenta [Secretary of the Missions], Sr. Maria José Rebelo [SSpS], Fernanda Melo, Ricardo Caetano, Gabriela Heliodoro and Paulo Madeira and Augusto Martins [president of AAVD]. In January 12, 2008 they had already the second meeting.
You can get the invitation of the Openning of Centennial Year, click here.
ARTIKEL:
Relevance of Freinademetz in the Asian Context , by Anthony Poruthur, SVD:
> English
> Indonesian
OPENING CEREMONIES:
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