austraLasia #2169

Another Jerusalem 'twelve': Diaconate

JERUSALEM: 9th June 2008 --  Yesterday morning, Sunday 8th June, twelve young Salesians were ordained to the diaconate in the Basilica of St. Anne's in Jerusalem's Old City.  The Coadjutor of the Latin Patriarch, soon to become the actual Patriarch (his predecessor has already announced his retirement), the Rt. Rev Bishop Fouad Twal, was the ordaining prelate.
The Twelve hail from Indonesia (1)), India (4), Sri Lanka (2), Ethiopia (3), Tanzania (1), Poland (1).
    Deacon Andi Wibowo, from ITM, will be spending exercising his ministry in the UK, at least for the summer period, before classes resume in September.  Some will return to their home country for the same period.  Deacon Karol Kulpa, from Poland, will begin his ministry in the US.
    The St Anne's Basilica, reputed to stand on the spot where Joachim and Anne, Mary's parents, lived, is one of the most beautiful churches in the Old City. It is administered by the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) whose students attend the Studium Theologicum Salesianum at Ratisbonne. St. Anne's is a fully preserved and restored reminder of Crusader times, handed over to Napoleon III by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid in gratitude for assistance during the Crimean War.  It had been in Muslim hands from the time Jerusalem was conquered by Saladin.
    One other member of the EAO Region was present for the ordination.  Fr Frank Bertagnolli is completing a course at Ecce Homo just five minutes along the 'Via Dolorosa' from St Anne's.
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Title: australasia 2169
Subject and key words: SDB General, diaconate ordiantions Jerusalem
Date (year): 2008
ID: 2000-2099|2169