Tuesday January 20, 2015
By: Deacon Luis Mejia
“O María Ci Conciacriamo Al Tuo Cuore Immaculato” (O Mary we consecrate ourselves to your inmaculate heart).
Good evening brothers and sisters, today it was truly a very full day for our deacon class. We started the day by heading off to Propaganda Fidei (The sacred congregation for the propagation of faith). On the way there we stopped by the Santuario – Basilica “Madonna Del Miraculo” Fr. Carl explained to us that in this Church the Blessed Mother Mary appeared and converted a Jew. After the wonderful miracle he became a priest, and he was sent as a missionary to Palestine.
Following that, we had a class session with Fr. Ted Nowak, OMI. In his presentation, he told us “The sacred congregation for the propagation of faith, was founded by Pope Gregory XV on 1620. The goal of Pope Gregory XV was to promote, coordinate, and assist the mission and missionaries in different countries.’’Then, he asked us "What do you need to establish a mission in another country?" Then, he gave the answer, "to establish a mission we need bread, wine, and oil." Bread and wine to celebrate the Mass, and oil to anoint the sick.
After this wonderful presentation we headed off to the Pontificium Councilium Pro Laicis (Pontifical council for laity). The presenters were Msgr. Delgado and Dr. Philip Milligan. They said that this congregation was founded by Pope Paul VI on 1967. The main goal of this congregation is to promote the participation of the faithful in the Church. Also to support the role of the laity in the evangelization.
After lunch we had one more class presentation. The presenter was Fr. Steve Doktorczyk who is a priest from the diocese of Orange. Currently he is working for the congregation for the doctrine of faith. In his presentation he told us that the role of CDF is to safeguard and protect the Catholic faith.
Finally we close our day by feeding our souls with the Holy Eucharist and feeding our bodies with a delicious Italian supper.
Ciao
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