hour. It was a miracle! There are only two houses in the Philippines, one in
Quezon City, residence of the superior of both the communities, and the second
in Legazpi. In both communities, religious life is exemplary in prayer life,
fraternity, collaboration, understanding, and mutual acceptance. All confreres
spoke with freedom and satisfaction in the meetings held in each community.
Father Jesuraj, who was still in India for his vacation, was absent from the
community of Manila.
Father Benson gets along well at Legazpi. The two regents are doing their
best.
In Legazpi the apostolate and also the house are following the Filipino
standard. In spite of the damage caused by the two typhoons, still visible in the
surrounding area and in Legazpi City, the house is well equipped: a small area
for residents, a good hall for physiotherapy of about twenty disabled persons per
day, a residence for the recovery with physiotherapy, logo therapy and first aid
services, a school for about forty disabled children. From Monday to Friday,
feeding program and medical care for about thirty children affected by
tuberculosis. The service to the aged (about a hundred) is wonderful with bingo
and “tea” once a month. It is interesting to see that lay people are carrying out
the whole work here in Legazpi as well as in Quezon City. We have noticed that
the staff is efficient and faithful in both houses. For the ordinary administration
both houses are self-sufficient, and they turn to U.S.A. only for extraordinary
expenses.
The mission at Quezon City is rather different: About fifty children attend
kinder-garden, about forty disabled
come for daily rehabilitation, there is a group
of disabled residents, a medical clinic, and family ministry. Sunday Mass is
celebrated for the residents and for the nearby squatters. Moreover, Father Luigi
is responsible within the diocesan Caritas for the handicap division. It is also a
house of formation with 4 aspirants and a postulant, besides the two perpetually
professed confreres, Cerbito Eduardo and Charlton Viray who are preparing
themselves respectively for priestly ordination and the for diaconate.
Arrangements with the Bishop for ordination are already made for the nest May
27
th
, 2007.
While giving thanks to the Lord for this great gift to Our Congregation
present in the Philippines, let us pray to the Lord of the vineyard to give us the
grace to have new and abundant vocations in the Far East.
Father P
IERO
L
IPPOLI
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13. E-mail for all the Confreres on the server guanelliani.it
Dear Confreres,
Answering to the call of the Church which asks us to value the
electronic means and above all the internet, our Integrated Center for
Communication has made a new website
www.guanelliani.org, that
replaces the old
www.guanelliani.org. It is our intention that it should
become more interesting, interactive and lively for all. Moreover, it will
have a reserved area for us Guanellians alone where you could find news,
circular letters, documents and other materials connected with the life of
the Congregation. The intention is to replace with electronic means a lot
of printed matter.
Now, for entering the reserved area of www.guanelliani.org it is
necessary to have an email ID and a password with guanelliani.it. For
many of you, your past ID and password are confirmed; for all others (for
now only to perpetually professed) who did not have a ID, new IDs are
given.
Obviously this ID and password could serve also as email account.
In fact, we advise you to use preferably this email instead of the
commercial
ones like yahoo, hotmail, libero, etc... By now, our provider is
secure with better filters, and therefore it will be difficult for virus to
enter. Certainly there will be much fewer spams than in other providers.
Later we will send by mail ID and Password.
To facilitate a greater privacy, a brief and clear explanation, on
how to change by yourself the password assigned you by office, will be
given. I hope I was clear enough.
However for any possible clarification you may reach me by e-mail:
piero.lippoli@guanelliani.it
With esteem and affection.
Father P
IERO
L
IPPOLI
General Secretary
Rome, 10.12.2007
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1. EREZIONE GIURIDICA DI CASA RELIGIOSA PER LA
COMUNITÀ VOCAZIONALE A BARI
Prot. n. 868/06-07
Al Rev.do
Superiore provinciale
Don Pino Venerito
e
Consiglio
Via Aurelia Antica, 446
ROMA
D E C R E T O
Il Superiore generale, nella riunione di Consiglio del 12 giugno u.s., letta la
Vs. cortese richiesta, datata 26 maggio 2007, prot. 76/05-07, di erigere giuridica-
mente in Provincia una nuova Casa religiosa che ospiterà la Comunità religiosa,
avuto il parere positivo del suo Consiglio,
decreta l’erezione della nuova Casa
religiosa, che sarà situata in Bari, in Via Matteo Calvario n. 1.
P. A
LFONSO
C
RIPPA
Superiore generale
Don P
IERO
L
IPPOLI
Segretario generale
Roma, 26 maggio 2007
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DECREES
DECREES
2. EREZIONE A CASA RELIGIOSA DELLE COMUNITÀ
“SAINT JOSEPH” A KINSHASA-LEMBA (R.D. CONGO)
E “HOUSE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE” A IBADAN
(NIGERIA)
Prot. n. 871/07-07
Al Rev.do Superiore provinciale
Don Remigio Oprandi
e Consiglio
Via Tommaso Grossi, 18
COMO
D E C R E T O
Il Superiore generale, nella seduta di Consiglio del 6 luglio 2007, avendo
ricevuto richiesta formale di erezione delle due Comunità in oggetto, con lettera
del 26 giugno u.s. a firma del Superiore provinciale, Don Remigio Oprandi, avu-
to il voto positivo dei suoi Consiglieri,
erige a Casa religiosa la Comunità
S. Jo-
seph a Kinshasa e la Comunità
House of Divine Providence a Ibadan.
Ringraziando il Signore per il progressivo sviluppo della nostra Opera in
Africa, porgiamo fraterni saluti.
P. A
LFONSO
C
RIPPA
Superiore generale
Don P
IERO
L
IPPOLI
Segretario generale
Roma, 6 luglio 2007
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