austraLasia #2723 Vietnam and Slovenia rejoice at 'Inquiry' opening for Servant
of God Andrej Majcen
Llubljana: 1 October 2010 -- ANS has recently run an article on
the formal and solemn opening of the so-called Diocesan Inquiry into
the heroic virtues of Servant of God Andrej Majcen SDB, known
affectionately in Vietnam as the founder of Salesian work there (after
being expelled from China with other foreign missionaries, more because
that was 'de rigeur' at the time, not really because the Chinese didn't
like him. In fact they revered him).
It is a great moment for Salesian Vietnam
especially, and for
Salesians in Slovenia, and the fact that part of the solemn opening of
the inquiry was celebrated at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in
Llubjana, from whence Fr Majcen was commissioned as a missionary many
years before, on the same day that 11 new Vietnamese missionaries were
commissioned in the Valdocco counterpart, on 26 September 2010, was
significant.
It would be good to know that we have recently
placed material on
sdb.org regarding the Servant of God. Before this, we simply had his
name - not even a photo! Now there are several photos,
and
a brief writeup
(provided by the Postulation, so any comments on contents to them,
please). This might also be a good time to remind readers that the
Servant of God has some 6,000 pages of diaries, spiritual notes, and
that a good part of these are available in the Majcen collection on
SDL. But you need patience and maybe good bandwidth! These
were
scanned as images because his notes were often handwritten and filled
with jottings, pics and the like - so images were the only solution.
But the end results is a very heavy PDF file! Could take half an hour
to download the material. But at least you know where to find it.
There is still a long road ahead, you realise. The
Diocesan Inquiry
has just been formally opened. It needs to gather and examine all this
documentation, witnesses depositions and the like, have them examined
by at least two theological experts and a further three historical
ones, after which there has to be a formal closing of the diocesan
Inquiry and a formal petition made to begin the Roman phase, after
which there is the possibility of a formal recognition of heroic
virtues and the move to the 'Venerable' stage. Interestingly enough,
these preliminary phases have to end up declaring that there is no
evidence of public cult, which is only permitted after Beatification.
Once the process moves to Rome, it is normal for a
period something
like ten years to occur before the process completes the 'human' side
of things and awaits divine signs by way of miracles!
Plenty of time for prayer on our part, then! _________________ AustraLasia is an
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