The Barnabite Messenger Vol.29 - Winter 1988

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29 1023Swan Rd - Youngstown, N.Y. 14174 winter 988

SOLEMNROFESSIONROBERT.KOSEK,.R.S.P.

0n Sunday,ecember2T,987, obert .made is Solemn rofessionf Vowsthe DomeBasilica f Our Ladyof thef Fatima, oungstown,,Y,ThesonofJohnandTheresaosek asoland, n September,He attended rade chool nd heighSchooln Warsaw. rriv-Romen 1981, estudied t Propa-ideiand eceivedB.A. n Philos-n 1983,Robert nteredhenovitiate ftheBarna-Fathers ndBrothersn Florence,taly6,1983.Hemade is FirstfVows nSeptember3,1984,the BarnabiteChurchof Our LadyofProvidence,n Florence.Arrivingn theUnitedStatesn 1984,eheBarnabite ommunityn Bethle-Pa., ndbeganheologicaltudies tmmaculate eminary, orthampton,.He s currentlyinishing is ourth earndwill receivehe Master fand Masterof Ttreology egrees.will beordainedo thepriesthoodateryear,Father nthonyM.Bianco, ,R,S,P.,ro-Superior,eceived obert's olemnf Vows. Concelebratingererom the United States andspecial uest oncelebrant asTomMoran, astorof St. Bernard'soungstown,.Y.We hankRobert'sarents ndhissister,or the gift of their son/brotheroministryof theChurch.Please ray orRobert shepreparesorpriestlyordination.Congratulationsobert!

RobertM. Kosek.C.R.S.p. TheProfession

Signot Peace Mr.& Mrs.Go2dan. r.Julio.Robert


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HOMILY ORSOLEMNROFESSIONFr.AnthonyM.Bianco, .R.S.P.

DearRobert,oday ousolemnly rofessthe religious owsof poverty, hastityandobedience n the Order of the ClericsRegular f St.Paul, heBarnabites. oudosobefore he Church,hePeople f God,nthe course of the Church'sPrayer, heLiturgr, defined by Vatican II as "thesummit owardwhich all activityof theChurch s directed and the source romwhichall herpowerlows." (S.C.10)Essentially,he Liturgy s JesusChristofferinghimself o the Fatherand to hisPeoplen a suprcme ctof ovebythepowerof the Holy Spirit. It is therefore ighlyfitting thatyoumake ourownoffering tolove the lord yourGodwith yourwholeheart,withyourwholeoul,withyourwholestrength ndwithyourwholemindand ourneighbor syourself,"Dt.6,6;Mk 12,30f;Mt, 22,37f;Lk 10,22f),accordingo theBarnabiteonstitutions,n thecourse f aLitulgy.fire readingsyou have selectedelo-quently indicate your dispositions, our

intentionsand yourexpectations s youpermanentlyssumeourBarnabiteden-tity. TtrecharmingOldTestamenttoryofyoung amuelulminatesn hisdeclaration:"Speak,ord, foryourservants istening,"with the same ttitude evealedy Maryatthedawning fthe NewTestament:l amtheseryantheLord;et t bedoneomeasyousay."(Lk 1,38)In our elationship ith God,isteningssimply ssential.n avery ealsense,odayyou ormallyprofesso listen o God.As acontemporaryheologianIb. VadakethalaVineeth) ptlyputs t: "Having iven isflesh o Christn chastity, ndhisworldoChrist n poverty, Religious asonlyoneconcemn life, hatoflisteningo God ndIiving in Godwhich is the basisof hisobedience."So, oday, ou reelyandpubliclyprofessto listen to God,not to Yourown self,becauseisteningo one's elf eads oself-destruction ut listening o God eads olife. As we read in todaY'sGosPel:"Whoeverwouldave is ifewill lose t;butwhoeveroses is ife, or mysake,will saveit,"

Why s this so?Whys isteningo God ouniquely ssentialor our ruewell-being?fire mostprofound nswero thisquestionis ound n today's econdeading. ecauseGods ove.Thiss what ou elieve;his syour undamentalaith.Radically,our eligousprofessions aprofessionffaith; faith in the Godwho slove;n the Godwho s the Father fJesusChrist; he Godwho howedhedepthofhislove ygiving shisonlySon. sn't his hecentral heme f Christmas?Love onsistsin this: not hatwehaveovedGod ut thathe has ovedusandhassenthis Sonasanofferingorour ins." Secondeading).notherwords, od asshown s hat he rueway to love s by giving, ndeedby self-giving. By givinghis only Son,his ownpedect mage,Godgave f himself.Yourprofessions a statement f love,astatement fself-givingn responseo God'sself-givingand to Christ's self-giving:"Though e was n the ormof God, e didnot deemequalitywith Godsomethingograspat. Ratherhe emptiedhimselfandtook he formof a slave, eingborn n thelikeness f men...andt was hus hat hehumbled imseltobedientlycceptingvendeath, eath n hecross." Phil2,6f)Christmas oints o Calvary.TheBabyborn n Bethlehem asnotborn to sleepnheavenlypeace,"ut o climb hecross, issupreme ct of self-givingo theFather ndto his People."If anyone ants o be afollowerof mine, et him renounceimselfand take up his crossand followme.Anyonewho oseshis life for my sakewillfind life.

This ife with God, hrough esus,n theHoly Spirit is so uniquelyprecious hatgaining he whole world meansnothingcomparedo t. Thisyoualsoafrirmbyyourprofessionoday.It maybe askedhowwe know hat wehaveGod'sife n us."Thewaywe nowweremainn him andhe n us s that he hasgivenusof his Spirit." (Secondeading)Now,what the Spirit brings s totallydifrerentromwhat oveof selfbrings.St.Paul ells us: "When elf-indulgences atwork the results arc obvious: sexual r-

responsibility,dolatry, euds and wrgling, ealousy, ad temperand quanedisagreements,actions...Thosehobehlike this will not inherit the KingdomGod, What he Spirit brings s love,opeace, atience, indness,enerositdelity, entlenessnd elf-control."CTG5,19f)Anyone anseehow hisPauline nayspiritual ualitiesnddispositionseloto the very core of our Religiousife,relationo God,n relationo our sarnaCommunitynd n relation o all peoplYourprofessionf aith and ove s alsprofessionfjoy, despite ll frustrationprofessionfpeace, espite nxieties,flicts and ailures;a professionf patieendurancen the ace flife-longtruggYouprofessobelieven the God fHopewhomPaulsays:"MayGod, he sourchope, ill youwith all joy and peacebelieving o hat hroughhepower f HolySpirit you may havehope n abdance." Rm15,13)

Kindness nd gentleness o verywwith loveand mply an understandingforgiving spirit, essential o commuliving. Yourgenerositynd idelitymremainundeterred y chance appenor acts of human reedomhat mayphavocwith yourbest aid plansandyopurestntentions. inally,idelityandcontrol will carryyou throughall wenesses,n courage ndhumility,checkanger, nflexibility, assertive ride,widrawing ride,hurtpride.Doesal l this loom as an awesodaunting hallenge?Not or"themanwhomakesheLordtrust" (Responsorialsalm). Not for tman vho s willing and ablesolemnprofess,syoudo oday: Todoyourwilmy God,s mydelight,"n sicknessndhealth, n tranquiland turbulentcircustances, hether ife is long or brief,cause,as Psalm63 sums t all up, mnificently,Yourove, [ord, s better hlife," YOUR OVE S BDITER HAN IF


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THBPROVINCIALHAPTBR987Barnabitesrom the United StatesandCanadaatheredn Youngstown,.Y. romDecember8-30or heProvineial hapter.firis Chapterwasreparatorytohe GeneralChapter o be held in Italy during hesummermonths.Under he presidencyf Fr. AnthonyM.Bianco,ProvincialSuperior, ndFrs.JulioM. Ciavaglia ndStevenM. Grancini,Pro-moters, embersiscussedommunityUfe:IdealandReality.fire family pirit of heBarnabitess aliveandwellasevidencedn the eports feachcommunityf heProvince, urministrysappreciatedy the Bishopsn whosedio-ceses e serue, ndby the aity.In his homilyor he openingMass f heHolySpirit, FatherBianco aid he follow-ing:

With enewedonfidencen theHolySpirit,I welcome ou o this ProvincialChapterwhichwehold npreparationor heGeneralChapter f 1988. t is most itting hatweinvoke he HolySpirit, he SpiritofJesus,who said: "Apart from me you can do

AroundheAltarwithMsgr.Caligiuri, icaror Religious

nothing" John 5:5), while Paul,an in-spiredwriter,assuress hat "Godwill notlet you be tested beyond ourstrength.Alongwith the test,hewill giveyoua wayout ofit so hatyoumaybeable oendureit." (lCor. 0:13)We nvoke he HolySpirit or hesuccess fthisChapter,ecausehis s a meeting f acommunity f aith(Const. ),not ofcom-petingbusinessmenrpoliticians.Wearenot here o winpointsover neanother utrather o discern, umblyandprayerfully,God's lan orus. Human bilityalonewillnotdo.Faith omesromGod, ndonlyGodcanmake t grow.Underlyingll other oncems re he ollow-ing questions:Since he last ProvincialChapter,m closero God, m closer omy confreres? Theseare our primaryoperativerinciples...

To accompanyr. Bianco, rovincial u-perior,o the General hapter, r.AugustoM,Pucciwas lected sDelegate,r.PaulM. Keelings theAlternate elegate.

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AROUNDTHEBARNABITE PRAYERWORLDMARIAN XAR FR.GARIOLO

FatherDavidM.Brasca asordainedn theChapel f the Roman heologatey BishopPlacidoCambiaghi, arnabite, n July 5,1987.FatherJuan CarlosDel Vecchiowas or-dainedo hepriesthoodn theparish fSt.AnthonyM, Zaccaia,Buenos ires,onJuly5,1987.Barnabite eminariansectorAcosta nd0svaldoCauwellprofessed irst Vows nfugentina.BishopPlacidoCambiaghi, arnabite,e-centlycelebrated is 87thbirthdayat theGeneralaten Rome,A specialguestwasUgoCardinalPoletti,VicarGeneral f theCityof Rome.Two Brazilians nd a Spaniard rofessedtheir Solemn owsn the Church f St.Charles,Shrineof Our Lady, MotherofDivineProvidence,n Rome, n November14, 987. treRightBev, oseph .Bassotti,Superior eneral,eceivedheVows fLuizCarlos unesGoncalvesBrazil),oseRamosdas Merces Brazil),and CarlosMaranaAndresSpain),Fourseminariansrebeginningheirnovi-tiate yearunder he directionof Fr. Bade-racchi, n Jacarepagua,razil,ExpeditoDe LimaFreireswasordainedothe Diaconaten Dec,8, 1987, y Arch-bishopAlbertoRamos,n the Basilica eNazare.Belem. razil.

Fr .PaulM.Keeling, .R.S.P.

LORD,urGod,Yougiveusa yearof gracein this Marian ear.Ttrroughhe ntercessionfthe Blessed irginMarymayweprepareo celebratethesecond illenium fChristianitywith oyfulhearts.Maywereachoutto all oursisters ndbrotherswith tendernessnd ove,WemakeourprayerthroughChrist urLord.AmenMother f RedemptionPray or us.

I fast Coast Contact:Fr, Peter M. Calabrese CRSPPrnct sp@fat imarh ine .co n

Tel:716'754-7489 x2oz

Fr . osephM. Gariolo, .R.S.P.

FatherJoseph.Gariolo, .R.S.P.,h.Dtook to the friendly skies on MondayJanuary11, to begin a spring/summsabbatical. atherGarioloeceivedPh,Din ModernanguagesSpanishnd talian)from heUniversityf Buffalon 1974.Hecurrentlyeachest Canisius ollege,uf-falo, N.Y.with the rank of Associate ro-fessor, n addition o his eaching threecoutsesn Spanish,ne n ltalian,and woindependentoursesFather arioloewein theSpanish postolateftheDiocesefBuffalo.He egularly ttends onferencandsymposiumst various merican niversities nd olleges. ehas lso hairedwosessionsn Latin American iterature tMississippiniversity,ead riginal aperat BuffaloStateCollege ndat the Mid-Hudson onventionn Poughkeepsie,.Y.Nextyear,Canisius ollege ill expandits programn Spanish ndwill grantaM4jorn thissubject,Dr.Gariolo ill be ncharge f coordinatinghe program.Forthis eason,ewasgranted sabbaticaloenablehim to travel throughHispanicountrieso collecteducational aterialfor the classroomnd anguageaboratoryWecongratulate ather/DoctorGarioloandwishhim a goodrip.

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