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Who wants to know the PEO project, a project of education and guidance, can watch the video.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Cogratulation For The Baby
Merry Christmas 2009!
Glória a Deus no high corn dos CEUS ground na Paz!
(Glory to God in heaven and on earth peace!)
Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
The message of Christmas that enlivens the hearts of many people throughout the world is on time to rekindle that desire for peace and goodness that is always present in the heart but at times waiting for an opportunity or someone to shine a light from above new and in new ways.
Living Christmas here in São Luis, Brazil, no snow, no cold, takes a different choreography but the spirit is the same, because people sharing the same humanity and the deep joy and hope are the same for everyone.
Peace that everyone dreams, as the Bible says, is the fruit of justice.
I live in a reality of the city where it is evident the difference between rich and poor, between blacks and whites, where the smell of garbage scattered all over the world is stronger than the scent of flowers, where family violence and the accompanying road lives of children, youth and adults where everyone knows where to get drugs, if you go to the hospital where the public must take many things from home (blankets, medicines, ..) and start to take account of infection, where a school teacher teaches 50 children, where the water there one day and not two, ...
But I live in a world where the smiles of children, the sense of celebration, a deep spirituality, dignity of many people and their commitment to the family, for society and for the parish, the beauty of nature ... are also present. Despite many difficulties even from the economic point of view things are improving and many houses made of mud will become the wall, some go so far as to make the tile floor. Here you live
Christmas, with households in the Novena, Mass, dinner and lunch, gifts, acts of solidarity ...
If peace is the fruit of justice more and more I realize that poverty It is unfortunate but not unjust, and therefore a lack of peace. Seeing so clearly the differences I would say that when wealth is not in the service of those most in need becomes "dirty money", a sign of sin against God who wants a decent life for all its children. To meet
Peace is not enough to remember the poor on some occasions or Christmas, but eliminate the causes of 'injustice with different lifestyles: moving away from a surface to a radical love love, deep love for each other to move from a selfless love ; go from one love to the people that we know a universal love.
Some may wonder whether the baby Jesus has to do with this conversation. I certainly do not think so foreign to me. The choice to be born poor in a small town in the midst of ordinary people and refused, is not to justify poverty, but to show us the way of "being in the middle" of "sharing" and "give themselves", the only road to justice and peace.
year here in Brazil, an ecumenical meeting of grassroots communities, in Porto Velho in the heart of the Amazon, echoed a phrase from an African proverb that fits the Christmas baby Jesus and the life of many people who seek the true meaning of Christmas, "simple people, making little things in unimportant places, can make extraordinary changes. " Greetings!
PASTORAL SUGGESTIONS:
Diocese of São Luis with its own bishop has set up 140 "Ministers of the Word", lay men and women, officially in charge of doing what has long did: animate the communities in various celebrations and especially on Sundays when the priest well in 70 percent of the community, can not celebrate Mass. A little sign of structural responsibility.
An initiative that works here: the Mass is celebrated weekdays (once a month) on the road (missa de rua) or in small guest houses families when it rains. It is a sign of closeness to people's lives and missionary of the Church.
in social projects are becoming increasingly important to support the figures as an educator, psychologist, teacher, expert in human rights: not just learn to do something but it is important to learn and be aware of the value of life.
NEWS:
In recent months we have gone from many friends from Italy, priests and laity. All our thanks. Of all remember the Bishop of Verona who is stopped by a week and we met the "fidei donum" Verona, priests and laity in Latin America.
year President Lula of Brazil has come 2 times in São Luis (he had never come as President): The first time he visited the interior of the state by helicopter to realize the disasters that had flooding in May, and the second time in November talking about the lack of sewers, has described the situation as "hunting" hoping for substantive changes in public policy. Who will survive, you will see!
I think of visiting Italy from mid May to late June 2010, to celebrate with my fellow priests and our families on the 25th anniversary of priesthood, Tuesday 25 May at 18.30 in the cathedral in Verona. From next February
WILL BE Verona, stay there for some years, a priest from Sao Luis, José Braulio Sousa Ayres, a professor of theology and for years a pastor in the National Shrine of Maranhão, São José de Ribamar. Thus was the "return" and effectively by a large official exchange between the Church of Verona and the Church of São Luis. A father Braulio a warm "Welcome to the Church of Verona"
Christmas with your family!: A special wish to my family Gabriella mother, brother and nephew Agostino Paola Jade and all relatives, and colleagues
mission Don Daniel, Luke and Don Don Orazio
with the family of Louise and Paul, with children Emma, \u200b\u200bAlexandra, Adele and Mario, who
creating a family atmosphere, helping me to feel at ease in any situation. However
a hug and a thanks to all!
Hello. Claudio Vallicella, fidei donum priest,
with the whole of the Holy Trinity Parish in São Luis. 
Glória a Deus no high corn dos CEUS ground na Paz!
(Glory to God in heaven and on earth peace!)
Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
The message of Christmas that enlivens the hearts of many people throughout the world is on time to rekindle that desire for peace and goodness that is always present in the heart but at times waiting for an opportunity or someone to shine a light from above new and in new ways.
Living Christmas here in São Luis, Brazil, no snow, no cold, takes a different choreography but the spirit is the same, because people sharing the same humanity and the deep joy and hope are the same for everyone.
Peace that everyone dreams, as the Bible says, is the fruit of justice.
I live in a reality of the city where it is evident the difference between rich and poor, between blacks and whites, where the smell of garbage scattered all over the world is stronger than the scent of flowers, where family violence and the accompanying road lives of children, youth and adults where everyone knows where to get drugs, if you go to the hospital where the public must take many things from home (blankets, medicines, ..) and start to take account of infection, where a school teacher teaches 50 children, where the water there one day and not two, ...
But I live in a world where the smiles of children, the sense of celebration, a deep spirituality, dignity of many people and their commitment to the family, for society and for the parish, the beauty of nature ... are also present. Despite many difficulties even from the economic point of view things are improving and many houses made of mud will become the wall, some go so far as to make the tile floor. Here you live
Christmas, with households in the Novena, Mass, dinner and lunch, gifts, acts of solidarity ...
If peace is the fruit of justice more and more I realize that poverty It is unfortunate but not unjust, and therefore a lack of peace. Seeing so clearly the differences I would say that when wealth is not in the service of those most in need becomes "dirty money", a sign of sin against God who wants a decent life for all its children. To meet
Peace is not enough to remember the poor on some occasions or Christmas, but eliminate the causes of 'injustice with different lifestyles: moving away from a surface to a radical love love, deep love for each other to move from a selfless love ; go from one love to the people that we know a universal love.
Some may wonder whether the baby Jesus has to do with this conversation. I certainly do not think so foreign to me. The choice to be born poor in a small town in the midst of ordinary people and refused, is not to justify poverty, but to show us the way of "being in the middle" of "sharing" and "give themselves", the only road to justice and peace.
year here in Brazil, an ecumenical meeting of grassroots communities, in Porto Velho in the heart of the Amazon, echoed a phrase from an African proverb that fits the Christmas baby Jesus and the life of many people who seek the true meaning of Christmas, "simple people, making little things in unimportant places, can make extraordinary changes. " Greetings!
PASTORAL SUGGESTIONS:
Diocese of São Luis with its own bishop has set up 140 "Ministers of the Word", lay men and women, officially in charge of doing what has long did: animate the communities in various celebrations and especially on Sundays when the priest well in 70 percent of the community, can not celebrate Mass. A little sign of structural responsibility.
An initiative that works here: the Mass is celebrated weekdays (once a month) on the road (missa de rua) or in small guest houses families when it rains. It is a sign of closeness to people's lives and missionary of the Church.
in social projects are becoming increasingly important to support the figures as an educator, psychologist, teacher, expert in human rights: not just learn to do something but it is important to learn and be aware of the value of life.
NEWS:
In recent months we have gone from many friends from Italy, priests and laity. All our thanks. Of all remember the Bishop of Verona who is stopped by a week and we met the "fidei donum" Verona, priests and laity in Latin America.
year President Lula of Brazil has come 2 times in São Luis (he had never come as President): The first time he visited the interior of the state by helicopter to realize the disasters that had flooding in May, and the second time in November talking about the lack of sewers, has described the situation as "hunting" hoping for substantive changes in public policy. Who will survive, you will see!
I think of visiting Italy from mid May to late June 2010, to celebrate with my fellow priests and our families on the 25th anniversary of priesthood, Tuesday 25 May at 18.30 in the cathedral in Verona. From next February
WILL BE Verona, stay there for some years, a priest from Sao Luis, José Braulio Sousa Ayres, a professor of theology and for years a pastor in the National Shrine of Maranhão, São José de Ribamar. Thus was the "return" and effectively by a large official exchange between the Church of Verona and the Church of São Luis. A father Braulio a warm "Welcome to the Church of Verona"
Christmas with your family!: A special wish to my family Gabriella mother, brother and nephew Agostino Paola Jade and all relatives, and colleagues
mission Don Daniel, Luke and Don Don Orazio
with the family of Louise and Paul, with children Emma, \u200b\u200bAlexandra, Adele and Mario, who
creating a family atmosphere, helping me to feel at ease in any situation. However
a hug and a thanks to all!
Hello. Claudio Vallicella, fidei donum priest,
with the whole of the Holy Trinity Parish in São Luis.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Blueprint Swing Set Free
many churches and importance of the Bible
About the growing phenomenon of churches that grow as supermarkets and the need to understand the mode of faith
I confess that I have some difficulty understanding the phenomenon, and because it is relatively recent and because it is so varied that try to make some general analysis is quite complicated.
I speak of the experience here in our neighborhood where there are eight chapels and Catholic communities uniting in the parish of Holy Trinity and where there are many other churches and communities Evangelical, Protestant and Neo-Pentecostals. Evangelical or Protestant communities are communities for the most historic as the Baptist church, Presbyterian, Adventist, who inspire, although with a lot of freedom, the evangelical churches of the European tradition.
The Evangelical community and Neo-Pentecostals (such as the widespread Assembleia de Deus) are from North American and were born in recent decades. We are growing dramatically in many countries around the world.
Some features that are part of the Evangelical Protestant tradition have moved even in the Neo-Pentecostal churches such as:
· the centrality of the Bible (with an emphasis in the preaching of the initial tests, although
prevails in the theological faith centered on Jesus Christ);
· an autonomy of each community and every pastor or pastor;
· the adversity against some features of the Catholic church (the use of images,
devotion to Mary, baptism for children);
· the emphasis on preaching, singing, celebrating ( respect to reflection or
catechesis and social action more typical of the Catholic church);
· the missionary dimension visits continuous "carpet" in families. • The
emphasize the dignity of persons above all taking care of the appearance of the dress
· the commitment to donate to the church 10 percent of revenues.
Other features have been introduced by the same Neo-Pentecostal churches:
· the immediate response to the ongoing problems of the people (
continually invoking miracles for health, work, success ,...)
· the liberation from vices ( alcoholism, drugs, violence) relying on self
• The place of the meeting as "theater" and order that reigns in the matches.
· the massive use mass media (show of faith)
There are churches that are good and are often the "full". Others are born and die quickly.
I think that the existence of all these churches is a response to a deep need for God in a situation of social deprivation, family and morality and also the search for hope, joy in simple things, sudden changes. The offer is so varied to meet the complex situation of the people. However, there is some confusion and competition, and often the transmigration from one church to another. We often hear the phrase "God is always the same for all", to which relativize the Church membership and often gets all with the same brush! The question people are not on the "truth" that the church proclaims (European philosophical question!) But on the existential response to the "My immediate problem."
The emotional stress is something miraculous and that we used to rationality seems to be what children, but that is part of the life of the people (as of every people and every person). In the neo-Pentecostal cult use a lot of body gestures, cries, slogans, etc..
Our Catholic community seeking to live in this reality, observing, looking for opportunities for dialogue and ecumenical prayer. But it is very difficult because, as already has been pointed out, the autonomy of each community el'avversità the Catholic church, The distinctive part of these churches. The people of our parish lives in the midst of this confusion, but sometimes normal to taking some form of other churches, sometimes assume an attitude of defense or display characteristics Catholic (I encountered a sign on a car next to a picture of Madonna "I am Catholic and if someone has something against you convert!"). But generally prevails "live and let live" that does not disturb anyone, but that does not stimulate deeper reflection.
For my part I look and try to learn everything that's good. I believe our task of priests, even before looking at the religious affiliation, and above all to love people and try and not lose, the paths of dialogue, at least where you'll find a few available.
Our social projects are of course open to all persons who are in need without regard to religion they belong to.
Some people reading the Bible and the Incarnation in everyday life.
In parallel with the spread of evangelical churches and Neo-Pentecostals was born in the history of the Catholic Church a greater attention to the Bible to the spread of grassroots communities where the Bible is the guide book. Certainly see walking the streets with the evangelicals, the Bible under his arm may have caused a rethinking even within the Catholic church. But the reason that prompted a group of biblical scholars in past decades to begin to reflect the original biblical call "liberation theology" I think it was the situation of extreme poverty, inequality and injustice of the great people. The Bible was rediscovered as an ad and a path of liberation of the person and the people, denouncing all economic and political structures which prevent this liberation. So he started reading the Bible in small groups = "base communities" to offer an alternative structure better suited to a person's life, to use the Easter category of liberation and living everyday as an exodus and a struggle for the conquest of a new earth and new living conditions. All this has given value to a church made up of small communities, with the power of the Word of God's liberation, the struggle for social rights and church trying to transform reality.
course this has caused the strong reaction of the powers and special interests inside and outside the church, creating many situations of persecution and martyrdom (as Sister Dorothy, who was killed Feb. 12, 2005 in Amazonia from large owners because he defended the cause of the small ......).
In the month of July in Fortaleza, I met and asked the biblical scholar Carlos Mesters, one of the original founders of the biblical movement in Brazil, the health of the community Base.La His answer was very simple, realistic and full of hope: how plants have moments where you have to wait for the fruits, so the biblical movement at this moment can not produce the desired results but the cultivation continues, the plant is good and everything is expected that the fruits will appear at the right time.
The current framework dominated by the media and a mentality that focuses on the good of the individual has slowed a little the importance of "coming together" in small communities. We prefer rallies that many satisfied immediately, but do not stimulate an assumption of personal faith and development ministry.
In groups of our parish is natural to use the Bible instead of the catechism or other subsidies. It happens often to see people come to mass with the Bible. In September, in which Brazil is the month dedicated to the Bible, in our parish we have 10 meetings (every two weeks) to study the Bible. But every month in each community there is a Bible study meeting. We priests, we find ourselves with some lay once a week to meditate on the readings for Sunday.
Bible study in the community is essential to avoid a fundamentalist reading or morality of the Bible, common in the Catholic church in past centuries and is now known in certain Catholic movements and many Neo-Pentecostal churches.
read and meditate on the Bible in the community helps to embody an almost natural (but there is a hand of the Holy Spirit!) The biblical message with our lives. We take this as the Bible is really a popular book and has something to tell all. Try it!
Of course there are difficulties: widespread illiteracy, delays, situations and attitudes, poverty ...
Our efforts of priests "fidei donum" is to help you read the Bible in the community by facilitating the purchase of the Bible at affordable prices all, giving the hermeneutical criteria and kerygmatic to mean more wealth can be the biblical message.
May this month of October, the month of missions, help us to establish new relations of friendship and sharing the faith and the unity desired by Jesus is not a dream or a utopia, but the result of small sharing experiences of everyday life in the light of God's Word 
About the growing phenomenon of churches that grow as supermarkets and the need to understand the mode of faith
I confess that I have some difficulty understanding the phenomenon, and because it is relatively recent and because it is so varied that try to make some general analysis is quite complicated.
I speak of the experience here in our neighborhood where there are eight chapels and Catholic communities uniting in the parish of Holy Trinity and where there are many other churches and communities Evangelical, Protestant and Neo-Pentecostals. Evangelical or Protestant communities are communities for the most historic as the Baptist church, Presbyterian, Adventist, who inspire, although with a lot of freedom, the evangelical churches of the European tradition.
The Evangelical community and Neo-Pentecostals (such as the widespread Assembleia de Deus) are from North American and were born in recent decades. We are growing dramatically in many countries around the world.
Some features that are part of the Evangelical Protestant tradition have moved even in the Neo-Pentecostal churches such as:
· the centrality of the Bible (with an emphasis in the preaching of the initial tests, although
prevails in the theological faith centered on Jesus Christ);
· an autonomy of each community and every pastor or pastor;
· the adversity against some features of the Catholic church (the use of images,
devotion to Mary, baptism for children);
· the emphasis on preaching, singing, celebrating ( respect to reflection or
catechesis and social action more typical of the Catholic church);
· the missionary dimension visits continuous "carpet" in families. • The
emphasize the dignity of persons above all taking care of the appearance of the dress
· the commitment to donate to the church 10 percent of revenues.
Other features have been introduced by the same Neo-Pentecostal churches:
· the immediate response to the ongoing problems of the people (
continually invoking miracles for health, work, success ,...)
· the liberation from vices ( alcoholism, drugs, violence) relying on self
• The place of the meeting as "theater" and order that reigns in the matches.
· the massive use mass media (show of faith)
There are churches that are good and are often the "full". Others are born and die quickly.
I think that the existence of all these churches is a response to a deep need for God in a situation of social deprivation, family and morality and also the search for hope, joy in simple things, sudden changes. The offer is so varied to meet the complex situation of the people. However, there is some confusion and competition, and often the transmigration from one church to another. We often hear the phrase "God is always the same for all", to which relativize the Church membership and often gets all with the same brush! The question people are not on the "truth" that the church proclaims (European philosophical question!) But on the existential response to the "My immediate problem."
The emotional stress is something miraculous and that we used to rationality seems to be what children, but that is part of the life of the people (as of every people and every person). In the neo-Pentecostal cult use a lot of body gestures, cries, slogans, etc..
Our Catholic community seeking to live in this reality, observing, looking for opportunities for dialogue and ecumenical prayer. But it is very difficult because, as already has been pointed out, the autonomy of each community el'avversità the Catholic church, The distinctive part of these churches. The people of our parish lives in the midst of this confusion, but sometimes normal to taking some form of other churches, sometimes assume an attitude of defense or display characteristics Catholic (I encountered a sign on a car next to a picture of Madonna "I am Catholic and if someone has something against you convert!"). But generally prevails "live and let live" that does not disturb anyone, but that does not stimulate deeper reflection.
For my part I look and try to learn everything that's good. I believe our task of priests, even before looking at the religious affiliation, and above all to love people and try and not lose, the paths of dialogue, at least where you'll find a few available.
Our social projects are of course open to all persons who are in need without regard to religion they belong to.
Some people reading the Bible and the Incarnation in everyday life.
In parallel with the spread of evangelical churches and Neo-Pentecostals was born in the history of the Catholic Church a greater attention to the Bible to the spread of grassroots communities where the Bible is the guide book. Certainly see walking the streets with the evangelicals, the Bible under his arm may have caused a rethinking even within the Catholic church. But the reason that prompted a group of biblical scholars in past decades to begin to reflect the original biblical call "liberation theology" I think it was the situation of extreme poverty, inequality and injustice of the great people. The Bible was rediscovered as an ad and a path of liberation of the person and the people, denouncing all economic and political structures which prevent this liberation. So he started reading the Bible in small groups = "base communities" to offer an alternative structure better suited to a person's life, to use the Easter category of liberation and living everyday as an exodus and a struggle for the conquest of a new earth and new living conditions. All this has given value to a church made up of small communities, with the power of the Word of God's liberation, the struggle for social rights and church trying to transform reality.
course this has caused the strong reaction of the powers and special interests inside and outside the church, creating many situations of persecution and martyrdom (as Sister Dorothy, who was killed Feb. 12, 2005 in Amazonia from large owners because he defended the cause of the small ......).
In the month of July in Fortaleza, I met and asked the biblical scholar Carlos Mesters, one of the original founders of the biblical movement in Brazil, the health of the community Base.La His answer was very simple, realistic and full of hope: how plants have moments where you have to wait for the fruits, so the biblical movement at this moment can not produce the desired results but the cultivation continues, the plant is good and everything is expected that the fruits will appear at the right time.
The current framework dominated by the media and a mentality that focuses on the good of the individual has slowed a little the importance of "coming together" in small communities. We prefer rallies that many satisfied immediately, but do not stimulate an assumption of personal faith and development ministry.
In groups of our parish is natural to use the Bible instead of the catechism or other subsidies. It happens often to see people come to mass with the Bible. In September, in which Brazil is the month dedicated to the Bible, in our parish we have 10 meetings (every two weeks) to study the Bible. But every month in each community there is a Bible study meeting. We priests, we find ourselves with some lay once a week to meditate on the readings for Sunday.
Bible study in the community is essential to avoid a fundamentalist reading or morality of the Bible, common in the Catholic church in past centuries and is now known in certain Catholic movements and many Neo-Pentecostal churches.
read and meditate on the Bible in the community helps to embody an almost natural (but there is a hand of the Holy Spirit!) The biblical message with our lives. We take this as the Bible is really a popular book and has something to tell all. Try it!
Of course there are difficulties: widespread illiteracy, delays, situations and attitudes, poverty ...
Our efforts of priests "fidei donum" is to help you read the Bible in the community by facilitating the purchase of the Bible at affordable prices all, giving the hermeneutical criteria and kerygmatic to mean more wealth can be the biblical message.
May this month of October, the month of missions, help us to establish new relations of friendship and sharing the faith and the unity desired by Jesus is not a dream or a utopia, but the result of small sharing experiences of everyday life in the light of God's Word
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