thanks for the greetings and good wishes of the lunar year, which according to Chinese tradition and 'one of the tiger.
year of the ox yoked just left me with the burden of being a parish priest, parish priest of Holy Cross (not the Santa Croce di Mons D'Urso). A parish which is preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the church in 2011 and the 100th of the constitution in 2014. A very vibrant parish and the number of Christians (10 Sunday Masses in the parish church and two other centers of Sunday Mass) and the number of catechumens / new Christians (88 baptisms on the night of the Easter Vigil). Vivace for the large number of groups and movements (about sixty), lively and above all just 'cause the wind blows, and in abundance.
Upon arriving in the new parish (July 1), after more than 'a month, on the eve of the feast of the Cure of Ars, I fell down the stairs of the office, the old office, devoid of handrail and the steps to measure Chinese feet, fracturing the left humerus in 7 parts. Result: surgery with 10 screws that always remind me that I was in Hong Kong, in the parish church of Santa Croce. The screws, slightly more 'numerous than those of our Lord. Only
Friday ' last year I moved into a new apartment / building which was under construction since 2005. Apartment and that 's top floor of a building of 8 floors. Lump even come from, it has one, from what I know. 8 floors of which the first and 'to the parish offices (pastor, assistant pastor of China, secretary), the second and third rooms for meetings and catechism, eighth floor of the residence of the parish clergy and IV to VII curial offices: ( the diocesan commission for the family and marriage, the Secretariat of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences FABC, the diocesan council of the laity, the diocesan Justice and Peace Committee and the Diocesan Commission for the work). Of all this and much more are administrator. Under the
TIGRE start this new year full of responsibility 'and commitment. I would say: but this had to happen to me?? I hope to be brave and strong as the tiger in pursuit of what is' must do according to God's plans and the diocese.
Even you wish you be courageous and steadfast in doing the will 'of God, today and forever.
good wishes for Lent.
I commend the catechumens in celebrating the rites of choice in the first Sunday of Lent. They will also be your brothers and sisters, even if you do not know.
the first week of Easter, Father Andrea Favale, Don Giovanni Pedone Nunzio and Don Marinelli mi faranno ufficialmente visita, la prima visita ufficiale del clero della mia chiesa diocesana dopo 10 anni di permanenza in territorio cinese. Nella loro visita vi sentiro' ancora piu' vicini.
新年快樂 ~ 身體建康 ~ 龍馬精神
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