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wi th a spec i f icop ico f d iscuss ion :1 . Re l i g i ousi feand Ba rnab i t eden t i t y2 . Vocat ion romot ion nd fo rmat ion3 . Adm in i s t r a t i on4 . M in i s t r yEach roup eflected n the events f the pasts ix yearsand madesuggest ionsor the future.The terminat ion f some act iv i t ies nd theopeningof otherswere considered nd voted

o n .In the swel ter ingulyheatof Rome, he VeryRev.GiovanniM. Vi l lawas ree lected uper iorGenera l . he ol lowing ay heAssis tantso theGeneral ereelected.Each ssistantepresentsone of the main geographica locat ions f theBarnabi te ommuni t ies . romChi le , r .Rippa;Italy,Fr.Ciccimarro; orthBrazi l , r .Si lva;andfromSpainFr .Ruiz .

THE 135THGENERALCHAPTEREvery ixyears he Barnab i te rderho ldsa GeneraChapteq which is a meet ing of the leaders andrepresenta t ivesf the ent i recongregat ion .Af te r an adequate prayenfu l p repara t ion theSuper io rGenera l , i s Ass is tan ts ,he Prov inc ia lsndthe e lec tedmembersof every prov ince athered nRome rom July B to July 27. The North AmericanProvinceelected Fr. Mario M. Zaninel l iof the SanDiegoCommuni ty s the i r representa t ive .The par t ic ipants ere d iv ided n to 4 groups,each

Fr. General taking the oath for hissecond term.

rrr. .tL-.::daJi-"Superior General Very ReverendGiovanni M. Vi l la. C.R.S.P.

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REMEMBERING WO BELOVEDBARNABITESFr. Luciano M. Visconti and Fr. Ubaldo M. Fior died recently at Saint AnthonyVlaryZaccar iaSeminary n Lewistown,NY. They were such an integralpart of the I i feo f t he Semina ryand t he Apos t o l a t e t t he nea r by F a t imaShr i ne .Thei r Barnabi teTradi t ion, They were both teachers and tota l ly dedicated o thework o f t he chu rch . F r .V i scon t ihe l pedw i t h the f o rma t i ono f t he Semina r i ans hocame o es t abl i shhe Cong rega t i on f t he Ba rnab i t esn he Un i t edS t a t esas eache rsHe was ded i ca t ed , e f ens i ve f o l d t r ad i t i ons nd deep i n t he Ba rnab i t eSp i r i t ua l i t y

T o s t udy ha rd was no t on l y requ i redas a p repa ra t i on or the min i s t r y bu t a l so ascho la r l yrad i t i on f t he Ba rnab i t e .T o be pe r f ec t n a l l aspec t swas h i s mo t t o : pe r f eci n f o l l ow ing he ru l es , he l i t u rgy , he Massand he t each ingsn t he Chu rch . He had adeep know ledge f t hesema t t e rsquo t i ngpeop le , r t i c l es , nd books o no end . Onehad t o su r rende rand be conv inced y h is a rgumen t s . I t was a p l easu re o l i s t en oh lm fo r t hosewho wan t ed o l ea rn .Fr. Viscont i ( I917-2O06) was a teacher in the Barnabi te Tradi t ion. Whent rans f e r red o Ch i l e ,he was a ded i ca t ed ns t ruc t o rand becamewe l l ve rsed n t he

S e m i n a r y .

He s t ud i eda t va r i ous t a l i an Un i ve rs i t i es f Rome , F l o rence nd Nap les . He ob t a i neda Mas t e rsdeg ree n L i be raArts.Transferred o the USAhe becamea consummated ranslatorof a l l the Of f ic ia lBarnabi teDocuments. His major work

was the t r ans l a t i on f t he w r i t i ngo f S t . An t honyM. Z acca r i a , ub l i shed u l y 5 , 1998 .The Scrupu lous t t en t i on o de t a i l smakes h i s wo rk a rea l gem.F o rma t i on f t he Semina r i a [ s . I n I t a l y ; Bu f f a l o,NY and Ch i l ehe was i n cha rgeo fou r Ba rnab i t e t uden t s . H i s bes t qua l i f r ca t i ono r t he t ask was h i s g rea t ove o f God ,b u r n i n g n h i s h e a r t.Pas t o ra lWork . F r . V i scon t i ' s ea l was ve ry ev i den t n seek i ngeve ry oppo r t un i t yto wo rk f o r the poo r , he e l de r l yand in cons t an t l y a l l i ngupon t hem. He wo rked nO lean ,NY ; San t i ago ,Ch i l eand seve ra l i f f e ren tpa r i shes n E l Cen t roand San D iego ,CA.A t Ou r Ladyo f F a t i maShr i ne .Lew i s t an NY.Fr .V i scon t i pen t h is ime i n he l p i ng tt he Sh r i ne ,wo rk i ngand o rgan i z i nghe Semina ryL i b ra ry ,rans l a t i ng nd w r i t i ngmanya r t i c l es or t he b imon t h l yVo i ceo f F a t ima .I t was so insp i r i ngo see h im i n t he Semina ryChape l , r ay i ngwi th g rea t e rvo randw i t h F r .F i o ra t h i s s i de .Fr . I lba ldo Fior (1927-2006) was born in Northern ta ly and was ordained n Romein 1951 . He was sen t o Ch i l ewhe re he he l ped n t he Ba rnab i t e choo l s , a r i shes ndI n 1973 he was rans f e r redo t he No r t hAmer i canProv i nce he rehe se rved he Po r t uguese ommun i t y n ou r Pa r i shi n Oakv i l l e ,O n t a r i o ,Canada . La t e r he becamepas t o ro f Ou r Ladyo f t he Assump t i on n St oneyCreeknea r Hami l t onOn f . T he re .as i n Ch i l e ,he showedh i s g rea t a l en t s n supe rv i s i nghe bu i l d ing xpans i on f Schoo l s ,Pa r i shHa l l ,andRectory.A t Ou r Lady of F a t i maShr i ne 1989 ) he m in i s t e red o t he many P i l g r ims y hea r i ngcon f ess i ons , i v i ngcounse l i nand mak ingh imse l fava i l ab l en many poss i b l e ays . Du r i ng h i s ime he was a l soPas t o r f the Ho l yF ami l yChu rchonthe Tuscarora ndian Reservat ion.

M i ss i ona rySp i r i t . F r . F io r p reached ex t ens i ve l y o r t heMiss i ons h i l e n t he USA,ca r i ng o r t he s i ck , v i s i t i ng r i ends nneed . I n h i s ree ime he kep t up h i s n t e res t n the mi n i s t r ybyl i s t en i ng o Rad ioMar i a .

The Person. Fr. F ior was a t rue Barnabi te. Dedicated oprayer,serviceand communi ty. Sacr i f icewas h is mot to. Whenin Canada a t Our Lady o f t he Assump t i on ,s i ng l e handed l ydec i ded o pay he deb t o f t he chu rch . So he became he cook ,t he ca rpen t e r nd t he ma in t enanceman . And the rec t o ry , henew ha l l and the l a rgepa rk i ng o t becamea rea l i t y . T hank youFr. F ior . R. I .P.The funerals of Fr. Viscont i and Fr. F ior were both held atOur Lady o f F a t imaShr i neand t hey we re bo t h i n t e r reda t theBarnabi teCemeterv.

Fr. Luciano M. Visconti, C.R.S.P.S p a n i s h a n g u a g e .

Fr. UbaldoM. Fior , C.R.S.P.

Fr. Visconti& Fr, Fior at prayer at the lastProvincial Chaoter

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ANOTHERFAMOUSSCIENTIST:FR.TIMOTHY M. BERTELLI ,C.R.S.P.In the f ive centur ies ince he foundingof the Barnabi tes, ehavehada long ineof scient ists.Al l o f them are isted n the book,"Sc ient is ts r iests. ' h is ear s he centenary f hedeathof onesuchpr iest . Fr .TimothyM. Ber te l l i , .R.S.P. ,ho contr ibuted xtensivelyto exper imen ta leo log ica lc iences ,spec ia l l yi thmany ns t rumentshe invented imself .Hispassionor knowledge ndh is a i thserved im wel las Rector fthe prest ig iousuniorcol lege Al laQuence"n Florence,ta ly. Therehe promoted he scient i f ic tudiesby shar inggreat nsights, l l thewhi le never orget t ing o cul t ivate deep spir i tua l i fe basedon humil i ty , oc i l i t yandgen t leness .He aught he sciencesor for tyyearswhi leat the same ime studyingways o forecasearthquakes.n order o make hese orecasts e nvented everalnstruments,uchas

the romometer;o makespecia lmeasurements. or30 yearshe mademore hen 50,000observat ionsnd recordings f t remors n the Earth 's rust .Ou ts ide i s each ing a ree r nd h is nven t ions ,iso the raccomp l ishmentsnc lude 32sc ient i f i cpub l ica t ions, i rec tor o f the Vat icanobservatory , nd thesuccessfu l earch or the body of St . AnthonyM. Zaccar ia , ounderoft he Ba rnab i t es ,n an unknow nunde rq round o r r i do r ea r he chu rchhe was bu r i eda t .

In Januaryof th is yeaq Fr .Ber te l l i ' somb was openedand his bodywas found uncorrupted, is Rosary t i l l n h is hands. Very i t t ing hatt he ep i t aph o r th i s f e l l owBa rnab i t e hou ld ead , F r . Be r te l l iwas asc ien t i f i c en ius ,had he s im p l i c i t y f a ch i l d ,and t he goodness f aSa in t . "

BARNABITEBISHOP ANDREAM. ERBA,RETIRESOn the occasion f BishopErba's ecent75th ir thdaywe wish o express ur grat i tudefor a l i fe of dedicated service.His Excel lency was appointedby PopeJohn Pau l I I to g ive ade f in i t i veudgment n the cause f

Beat i f icat ion f PadrePio. BishopErba has also wr i t ten extensivelyon the h istoryof the order of theBarnab i tes . i n accordance i thchurch aw,Bishop rbaat75 ret i redfrom his diocese f Vel le t r i ,Segni(near Rome). Present ly e residesat the Barnabi tesGeneralate nRome.Here he is p ictured with Pope

Benedict VI ,a long ime f r iend.

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BARNABITE FATHERSLEAVEASSUMPTIONPARTSH,STONEYCREEK,oNTARIO, CANADAThe la tes t Prov inc ia l hapterdec ided hatou r commun i t i es ugh t o have a m in imumnumbero f pr ies ts n eachcommuni ty .S incethe Pastor f Our Ladyof the Assumpt ion asa lone n a growingpar ishwi th 4 e lementaryschoo ls nd 500 new homes n const ruc t ionacross he street,we lef t or the other Barnabite ar ishn Oakvi l le,Ontar io.In an emot iona l e remony i th heAux i l ia ry ishop f Hami l ton resent ndmosof the Barnab i tes ho worked n tha t Par ish ,he Barnab i teseturnedhe Par ishothe Diocese f Hami l ton .Dur ing he Barnab i teenure he Fathers u i l ta new rec tory nd a la rgeha l lw i tha spac ious ark ing ot , F r .Uba ldoM. F ior , r .Lou isM. Lenssen, r .FrankM. Papand Fr .Lou isM. So lc ia achserved s pastor t some ime dur ing he tenure . FrJu l ioM. Ciavag l ia , r .F rankM. Ruzza nd Fr .Mar ioV l .Zan ine l l i l sospent ime asass is tan t as tors .P ic turedn the f i rs t photographs Aux i l ia ry ishopGera ldP.Berg ie f Hami l tof lankedwi th someof the Barnab i tes ho worked n the Par ish .A lsop ic turedromle f t o r igh tare Fr ,Lou isM. So lc ia ; eryRev,Fr .Prov inc ia l abr ie lM. Pat i l ;F r . u l i

M. Ciavag l ia ; r .Lou isM. Lenssen nd Fr .FrankM. Ruzza.Thesecond ic tures oFr.Lenssenn frontof the Church nd Rectory. hestatueof Our Ladywasdonateby Fr .Lou isM. So lc ia 's is te rs n h is 25 th nn iversaryf Ord ina t ion .

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NEWSOF THE ORDERThe Barnabi tes ecent lycelebrated heir400th nniversary f service t St . FrancisChurch n Lod i ,Nor th ta ly .Th ischurch sfamous or great Preachers nd beaut i fu lFrescoesmmorta l izedn Poetry, Peoplef lock to th is church for confessions,especia l ly t Easter.Fr.Ma ioM Zani e l ,C.R,S,P. , epresentedthe AmericanProvince t the GeneralChapterteach ing t one o f ou r un io rco l legesn Nap les ,Our Ladyof the RosaryPar ish n San Diego,CA.Fr . osephM.Gar io loscon t inu ing is each ing t Can is ius o l lege ndmin is te r ingto the Span ishCommun i tyn Bu f fa lo ,NY.Fr .Augus tM. Pucc i , .R .S.P. ,e leb ra ted is9Oth i r thday n Oakv i l le , n t . ,wherehe is s t i l lac t i ve n the par ish unc t ions .Barnab i teOrd ina t ionso the pr ies thood : Ph i l ipp ines Fr .Cr isendoMa. De LaRosa nd Fr .C i r i loMa.Can iendo n March10 ,2006 . Nor thBraz i l F r .Bened i toMouraDa Cruz,Fr .JeorgeMirandaGomesand Fr.JoseAndraciSouzaRochaonDecember 7 ,2005 . I ta ly - From nd ia ,Fr .Varghese . Pou lose n February 8 ,2006and n F lo rence r .LeonardoM. Bera rd i n November 8 ,2006 .New Founda t ions : The Genera l Chap te r (2006) has approved the newPar ishesand Commun i t ies n Argen t ina (San Franc iscoPar ish ) , Mex ico(Monte r rey) , he Ph i l ipp inesTagay tay) , uanda(Kinshasa), and North Brazi l (Forte leza).Though ewp laces ndcommun i t ies e reopened ,otherswere c loseddue to a lackof personnel,

The Genera lCounc i lw i l l p romote the idea o fsend ing secondBarnab i teo Afghan is tan , he reFr .GiuseppeMoret t i s studying he feasib i l i ty f asecond lementa ry choo l . ( i . e .on ly one Ca tho l i cPr iest s permit ted o work in Afghanistan)Fr . Pau l Marcon i ,C .R .S. . , was made Sen io rPr iest or the two churches e was servingon theweekendwh i lechap la in t UCSDMed ica l en te r nSanDiego ,CA. The wo churches re St , Ade la ideof Burgundyn Caf f ipo , AandSt , MaryMagda leneM i s s i o nn J a c u m b a , A ,

St. Francis, Lodi, North Italyo f the Barnab i tes .He is nowIta ly,af ter spending ne year at

OrdinationofFr. CrisendoM. De La Rosa& Fr. Cirilo M. Caniendo

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FR. GTOVANNTM. SEMERTA, .R.S.P.Fr .G iovann iM,for the church Semer iato be wasa famouspreache lwr i te rand pa t r io t ,He hada pass ioun i tedand no t f ragmented , ub l i sh ing r t i c les , ooksandpreachinghe prayerof Jesus, Father, pray hat they maybe one . "

He workedal l h is l i fe or the church. He of ten sharedhisv is ions f re fo rmwi tho the rsa in ts , i keB lessed osmin i , hoalso spearheaded eformat ion n the Church. Fr . Semeriamigh tbes tbe known or h is p reach ing n the hea l ing f the5 wounds ha t he saw n the Church .At tha t t ime h is deawere mis in te rp re ted .Consequen t ly e was ex i led . Buhe persisted nd slowly he Churchconfronted he neededchanges e sough t ,and these re fo rmswere imp lementeby the Second a t icanCounc i l .Fr .Semeria lso ovedand cared or the chi ldren rphanedby WW1,hav ing ervedas Chap la inn the armed o rces .

In the 75 yearss inceh is dea th ,g rea t es t imon ia ls ave beenwr i t ten . So as werememberFr ,Semer ia e t us conc lude y reca l l ing is as twords . One never a i l s nd o i n ggood . "

OUR MISSION INAFGHANISTANThe Barnab i teswere ent rus tedby PopePiusXIto care or the Catho l icsn the Mus l imCount ryofAfghan is tan .For he past 70 years he Barnab i testaught a t the Univers i tyof Kabu l , cared fo r theChr is t iansof the d i f fe rent Embass ies nd evenwrotea bookaboutAfghan is tan ,hanks o Fr .E. M.Caspan i , ho was a idedby Fr .Cagnacc i .Cur rent lyF r . osephM. Mo re t t i ,C .R .S .P .s ca r i ng or the Ca tho l i c ommun i ty n Kabu l .Recent lyhe Ho lySeehaserected he min is t ry f the Barnab i tesn Afghan sta nas super io

a Dioceseto "Miss ion ui ur is"wi th Fr .Moret t iA "M iss ion u i u r i s " scomparab leo

Above,Fr. Morett i s picturedat the left withBishopAl lessandro 'Err ico, posto l ic unz io nPakistan.On the left Fr.Morett i s picturedwithmembers f the I ta l ianSpecia l orces,

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In the last ew yearsdiverse xper iences,wo k .

DIVERSEEXPERIENCESseveralBarnabites avemoved o dif ferent ocationsorformat ion, tud ies r

In Rome under the d i rect ionof Fr .Sca lese , C . R . S . P . ,7 4 B a r n a b i t eSeminar iansrom around he wor ldpreparedor hei rso lemn rofess ion.These 4 arecompr ised f 6 F i l ip inos,3 Braz i l ians, Congulese, l ta l iansand 1 Ch i l ean .Seminar ian chae l anda lo , .R .S .P . ,f rom the Phi l ipp ines pent a fewmonths t OurLadyo f Fa t ima hr inein Lewis ton ,NY and th ree monthsa t ou r house n A lban ia o r Pas to ra lexper iences . he re he taugh t Eng l i sh , i rec ted he l i t u rg i ca lmus ic ,v i s i ted i l l ages nd en joyed each inghe ch i l d ren .Abou t he chi l d rentherehe wasquoted o say, Albanian tudents re superb."P ic tu red re ou r F i l i p ino eminar iansn A lban ia i t h he ch i l d ren .

THREEDOCTORSPictured ere are three doctors .

The portrai t n the centerof courseis St . An thony M. Zaccar ia , hefounder of the Barnabi tes,whograduated rom the Univers i ty fPaduawhen he was ca l l ed o ca refor the souls f people.Hispor t ra i tis f lankedby Fr. RobertM. Kozek,

C.R.S.P. ,n the le f t ,whoobta ined doctoraten Pastora lounsel ingrom heJesu i t oyo la o l l ege , a ry land .F lanked n the r i gh t s Dr .R ichard ou lahf romSouthBos ton , i rg in ia , he rehe waswork ing s a ca rd io log is tn t i lheentered he Barnabi te eminary t the Fat imaShr ine,Youngstown, Y. Heis now at tending ourses t the nearbyNiagaraUnivers i ty .

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PROVINCIAL CHAPTERAt heProvincia lhapte lwhichwasheld h ispastNovember t the Fat imaShrine, he Barnabitesreviewed he decis ions f the GeneralChaptertha t was he ld dur ing he Summer n Rome.Picturedhere, on the left is the Very Rev. Fr.Gabr ie lM. Pa t i l ,C .R .S.P. ,ho wase lec tedor aseconderm, and Fr.RichardM. Rippa, ssistantgeneral f the Barnabites.

PRAYERTO THEBLESSED ACRAMENTBy Venerable Don Diego Martinez,Barnabite SeminarianD i e dNovem ber , 1 5 9 3My Jesus , rue Son o f G od and Mary , f i rm lybe l ieve n Your rea l Presence n the Mys ter

o f the Ho ly Euchar is t . knee l n f ront o f YouHoly Tabernac lewhere You are he ld pr isonefo r love o f us and I adore You, h idden undethe Sacramenta l igns ,Your Body ,YourB loodYour Sou lsand Your Div in i t y . I accep tyou asmy Sav io r ,my Redeemer nd my Lord . I seein You he Lambof God who took upon Himse lt h e s i n so f t he W o r l d , V i c t i mw h o d i e do n t h eCrossand who sacr i f i cedHimse l feach dav onthe Altar .Mv SweetJesus ! I am in awe for Your Lovef o r u s i n g i v i n g o u s s u c ha g r e a tSac r am enTo return to You such great love and showto You my grat i tude I of fer to You my hearwounded by the many s ins commi t ted owardY o u . I p l e d g e o m a k e u p f o r t h e m w i t h a pu r eand f e r ven t i f e . O M y G o d ! H o l d m e up a nds t reng thenme wi th YourGrace ,so tha t I maybe fa i th fu l o my dec is ion o be to ta l lyYours .JesL r s , e l i gh t f t he A n g e l s n d t h e S a i n t ss i n c e n o t h i n g e l s e Y ou d e s i r e t han t o g i v eYourse l f o those fo r whom You Doured outYour Prec ious Blood , make me wor thy to

r e c e i v e ou n H o l yC o m m u n i o n .H ow m uchd oI want to be un i tedwi th Youand rece ive n m yhear t t ha t Hos t wh ich con ta ins he SupremeGoodness .ComeBreadof the Ange ls , omeManna romHeaven o pur i f y ,sanc t i f yand s t reng thenmysou l and in f lame her w i th the F lame o f You

L O V C .W h e n w i l l com e t he t im e , happy m om en tw h e n I w i l l b e a b l e o s a y t o Y o u , M y D i v i nJ e s u s ,Y o u a r e a l l m ine , and I a m a l l Y o u r s ?A m e n !

PICTUREFROMTHESHRIN EThe cemeteryo f the Ba rnab i t es ,g rounds o f t he F a t im a Sh r i ne . I nof the ohoto is the tomb of Fr . E.Suoe r i o r n U SA and f i r s t Catho l i c

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