10 August 2002

Dehonian Year Week XXIV
Preparation for the 125^th anniversary of the congregation

What's New?

New Email Address

The Seminário Missionário Pe. Dehon (LU) has a new email address: smpdehon@pluricanal-gnd.com

Historical Calendar

As the congregation continues to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of the congregation we have added a History of the SCJ Congregation orginally done for the 100th anniversary celebration in 1978.  An update for the years 1978 through 2000 is in the process of being added.  The update was prepared by Egdio Driedonky (CH) of Central Studies.  The web version of the work was done by our webmaster Zdzislaw Huber (FIN) who notes that he has just been made pastor of the parish at Jyväskylä from his current assignment at St.Mary's, Helsinki.

 What's Happening?

Africa

Among the important decisions made by the scj fomation directors of Africa at their meeting in Marianhill (South Africa) held from November 6 - 11, 2000, was to  organize a final vow program for African scjs.. It became a reality during the month of  July, 2002, when the first vinal vow program for African scjs was held at the scj noviciate of Ndoungué (Cameroun). Twelve young scjs from three different provinces partcipated:

1. José SIMAO (Mz)
2. Messias Alberto LOPEZ (MZ)
3. Christophe-Eitel DIKOUNDOU (CM)
4. François TSANGA (CM)
5. Pascal-Claude ETEME (CM)
6. Wilfrid ZIBI (CM)
7. Etienne ULIGHI (CO)
8. Gustave LULENDO (CO)
9. Innocent BOLIMO (CO)
10. Jean-Paul MASUDI (CO)
11. Lambert LIKUNDE (CO)
12. Marc ALOMA (CO)

NB For more information including a message prepared by the partcipants link here:  Afrique -- Préparation aux vux perpétuels.

Brazil - chapter delegates from BM

The South Braziliam province held its Provincial Chapter during July and elected four delegates to the XXI General Chapter. They are:

Adilson Colombi,
Mariano Weizenmann,
Paulo Hulse,
Wilson Jonk.

United States - chapter

The US Province held it's 13^th provincial chapter at Sacred Heart Monasetery/SacredHeart School of Theology during the week of  August 5th.

This week's Dehonian Historical & Spiritual Calendar

Here is this weeks Dehonian Historical and Spiritual Calendar. As previously noted the text is in Spanish with the Dehonian quotes in French. You can link to past weeks from the Letters & Documents section.

Dehonian Historical & Spiritual Calendar for the week of: 11.08.2002 to 17.08.2002