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The Episcopal Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger on a visit

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Friday, May 25, 2018 was certainly a historic moment for the General House, which was visited by 21 bishops from Burkina Faso and Niger, on a “Ad Limina” visit in Rome. The bishops arrived around 6:00 pm and spoke with the General Council before sharing, in a great moment of simplicity, the evening meal with the whole community. After the meal, they went to pray on the grave of Cardinal Lavigerie, in the Crypt of the General House. Here are some photos. The elders from Burkina will probably recognize former companions.

 
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Interview Rémi Caucanas

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Etienne Renaud, La passion du dialogue from Diocèse de Marseille on Vimeo.

On the occasion of his visit to Marseille on May 18, 2018, Rémi Caucanas, former director of the Catholic Institute of the Mediterranean, presents his book on the life of Étienne Renaud: “The passion for dialogue”. White Father, Etienne Renaud (1936-2013) dedicated his life to the meeting with Islam and Muslims. Secondly, Rémi Caucanas shares his vision of East Africa.

Rémi gave a conference last year at the Generalate in Rome on « Lavigerie au prisme de trois Pères Blancs » (of whom Etienne Renaud). You can listen again to the conference here (in French of course).

You can also buy his latest book ETIENNE RENAUD, LA PASSION DU DIALOGUE at the  Association Chemins de dialogue (11 impasse Flammarion, 13001 Marseille – 04 91 50 35 50) or on the online shop: http://www.boutiquecheminsdedialogue.com

Or even on amazon.fr

Jerusalem sessions

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The Jerusalem sessions will resume from next year. Please refer to the Jerusalem Sessions Page or download the programme for the next four years

Stéphane Joulain on Canal+ on the question of the Chilean Bishops

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Our confrere Stéphane Joulain participated in the show “L’info du vrai” on May 24, in duplex from Rome, in reaction to the resignation of Chilean bishops during their visit to the Pope last week. You can listen to the show (about 30 minutes) by following this link, but we do not know how long it will be available. Our advice is to hurry up. Of course, it is in French.

https://www.mycanal.fr/docus-infos/l-info-du-vrai-du-24-05-l-info-du-vrai/p/1495770

Conference on Cardinal Paul Zoungrana

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As part of the conferences organized by the Roman Committee to prepare the 150th anniversary of the founding of our Lavigerie Family, Father Jacques Sidibe tells us about “Paul Zoungrana, a Pastor figure, one of the fruits of the work of evangelization of the Sons and Daughters of Cardinal Lavigerie. ” (in French)

Jacques Sidibe is a priest of the diocese of Ouagadougou, ordained in 1999. After a few years of pastoral ministry in a parish, Jacques is sent to Rome for studies, then teaches in two major seminaries. He is received in our community in Rome in 2018 while taking a time of sabbatical at the Urbaniana, when his bishop asks him to take advantage of his presence with us to work on Cardinal Paul Zoungrana, M.Afr., an emblematic figure of the Church of Burkina Faso, as his diocese is preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth.

 
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Africa – a song to sensitize…

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“AFRICA”
Text of Luciano Somma
Music of Fabio Volpe
Ed. AGOSMUSIC- Vignola (Modena)

Sguardo di ragazzo dalla pelle scura
Solo la miseria vedi intorno a te
Sogni la tua barca che ti porti via
Verso il tuo destino che chissà com’è.		A dark-skinned boy’s look
All you see around you is misery
You dream of your boat taking you away
Towards your destiny, which nobody knows what it will be.
Troppa fame
C’è nella tua Africa
Terra che profuma di mistero
Brucia senza scampo
Già da secoli
Questo continente troppo nero		There is too much hunger
In your Africa,
Earth that smells of mystery,
It’s been burning without escape
For centuries
This continent too black.
Eppure canti
E la tua musica va
Oltre il cielo oltre il mare
Ma chi t’ascolterà
Tu lo sai che però
La tua vita da vivere
Irta e piena di ostacoli
Clandestina sarà.		And yet you sing
And your music goes
Beyond the sky, beyond the sea,
But who will listen to you ?
And yet you know that 
Your life that you have to live,
fraught and full of obstacles,
Will be clandestine.
Brucia come brucia
La tua Africa
È una beffa il sole da lassù
Padri missionari
Per te pregano
Mentre troppi sono I tuoi tabù.		Burns as it burns
Your Africa !
The sun from up there is a mockery !
Missionary Fathers
Pray for you
Even though too many are your taboos.
E ti chiedi spesso che sarà domani
Vedi un cielo scuro, scuro più di te,
e negli occhi cresce la malinconia
mentre solo Dio ti può dir perché.		And you often ask yourself what will be tomorrow made of.
You see a dark sky, darker than you,
and melancholy grows in the eyes
while only God can tell you why.
Troppo fame …There is too much hunger …

The Petit Echo on your Kindle

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The Petit Echo nr 1090 d’avril 2018 is now available for download into your Kindle.

Procedure:

  1. Download the file
  2. Connect your Kndle to your computer (USB cable).
  3. Open you file explorer and transfer / copy the downloaded file in the foler “Documents”  of your Kindle.
  4. That’s it. Simple !

And here is the file  : Petit Echo nr 1090 – 2018/04

You can also read that file on your computer, in a very convenient way, with the excellent open source free software “CALLIBRE”, which you can download HERE.

Gaetano Scremin : 1942 – 2018 (PE nr 1090 – 2018/04)

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Father Gaetano Scremin was the oldest son of Gino Scremin and Fioretto Amabile. He was born in Valdagno in the Province of Vicenza on the 13th March 1942. His father worked at the Marzotto textile factory in Valdagno. He entered the junior seminary of the White Fathers in Treviglio, near Milan and did his secondary school studies at Parella about 40 kms north of Turin in the Piedmont Region. He studied Philosophy in Gargagnago not far from Verona. He went to Gap Continue reading “Gaetano Scremin : 1942 – 2018 (PE nr 1090 – 2018/04)”

Renaud Perron : 1924 – 2018 (PE nr 1090 – 2018/04)

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Renaud was born on the 21st July 1924 at St-Isidore d’Aukland in the Diocese of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Canada. He attended the convent primary school in Martinville before going on to the St-Charles Borromeo Seminary for his secondary school education. He entered the postulancy of the White Fathers at Everell on the 4th September 1947 where he did his first year of Theology. It was noted that Continue reading “Renaud Perron : 1924 – 2018 (PE nr 1090 – 2018/04)”

Maurice Borrmans : 1925 – 2017 (PE nr 1090 – 2018/04)

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Maurice was born on the 22nd October 1925 in Lille where his parents were in business. He was the only boy in a family of four children. It was during his secondary schooling, at Notre Dame des Dunes at Dunkirk and at the College Jeanne d’Arc in Lille that saw the first glimmering of his missionary vocation, which matured thanks to his scouting activities and the testimony of Charles de Foucauld revealed in the book by René Bazin.  

Maurice was barely seventeen when Continue reading “Maurice Borrmans : 1925 – 2017 (PE nr 1090 – 2018/04)”