The Roman Catholic community of Vor Frue Kirke and … · the Cross (to be used later to decorate...

And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven ... And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. –Matthew 28:2-4

The Roman Catholic community of

Vor Frue Kirke and Sakramentskirken

March – April – May 2013

English Ministry – Fr. Fredrick A. Thevaraj, OMI Herlevgårdsvej 14 | 2730 Herlev Tel: 4494 7678 | Mobile: 5026 8085 Email: [email protected] | www.vorfrueogsktantoni.dk

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Jesus is our hope and courage

Dear Friends!

Is there really hope in this world? Every day we hear about the misery of the poor, about injustice and aggression against life – from conception to its natural end. We hear about the crisis of the family, and cultural and moral relativism. We hear about scientific and tech-nological development that goes forward at all costs and in every direction, without consider-ing the ethical consequences.

Still, in the face of problems, persecution, suffering, and injustice, we as Christians are convinced that what is needed is a message of hope. And the greatest bearer of hope is Christ himself!

Through baptism, Christ gives us the task of spreading the message of hope in today’s world. Our Christianity requires us to decide how we are going to respond to this call in our own lives.

Lent is a good time to reflect on such questions. During the months of March, April, and May, God gives us a special opportunity to focus on Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection, which give our lives their ul-timate meaning. By experiencing Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrec-tion, we are strengthened to give our message of hope to the world. With these thoughts, I wish you a grace-filled Lent and a joyful cele-bration of Easter.

Fr. Carroll Parker is in the USA for his Sabbatical. After spending sev-eral days with his brothers and sisters, he travelled to the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, for his renewal program. All the best, dear Carroll Parker. You remain in our prayers until you return to Denmark.

On 1 April at Vor Frue Kirke, Father Leo Kertz will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination.

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The anniversary of a priest’s ordination is actually not about him. It’s about the priesthood, which he represents. It’s about Christ, whom he exemplifies. It’s about the wonderful work of a priest and the way he touches the lives of so many.

We thank you, Father Leo, for your fidelity, your loyalty to our church, for your gentleness and humor, and for the wonderful things you have done for so many people. Congratulations!

Ad Multos Annos! (To a long and happy life!)

–Fredrick Anton Thevaraj, OMI

Special liturgical program

13 February. Ash Wednesday. Mass and distribution of ashes. VFK at 7:00 PM and at SAK at 5:00 PM (English) and at 7:00 PM (Danish).

27 February and 6, 13, and 20 March, Wednesday. Mass and The Way of the Cross. VFK at 7:00 PM (in Danish).

22 February and 1, 8, 15, and 22 March, Friday. Mass and The Way of the Cross. SAK at 5:00 PM (in English).

27 March, Wednesday. Personal and community celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation in preparation for Easter. VFK at 7:00 PM (in Danish with English participation).

28 March. Holy Thursday, the celebration of the Last Supper and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. SAK at 6:00 PM.

29 March. Good Friday, commemoration of the passion and death of Jesus and veneration of the Cross. Bring a flower for the adoration of the Cross (to be used later to decorate our church on Easter Sunday). No Mass is celebrated this day, but one can receive the Holy Eucharist. SAK at 6:00 PM.

30 March. Holy Saturday, God’s saving acts on our behalf through Scripture, the blessing of the baptismal water, and renewal of our bap-

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tismal vows, ending with the celebration of the Eucharist. SAK at 6:00 PM.

31 March. Easter, the Resurrection. Regular Sunday Mass schedule at VFK and SAK.

1 April, Monday. Leo Kertz OMI will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination. The time will be announced.

7 April, Sunday. First Holy Communion. VFK. Although the chil-dren receive instruction in Danish, they will celebrate their First Holy Communion in the parish of their respective languages. First Holy Communion will be celebrated in Danish at 9:30 AM; in English at 11:30 AM. After Mass and picture taking, there will be a reception in the parish hall for each group. Names of the First Communicants:

Tristan Dimes Achiam, Joseph Kojo Appiah

Chioma Nancy Chukwuani, Klara Ingrid Dahlerup

Sunny Anh Do, Patrick Chinazaekpele Dorgu, Josip Katic

Dinayen Nyansi Kila, Chinaza Treasure Nnamani

Ugo Ekene Nnamani, Emeka Paul Nnamani

9 May, Thursday. The Ascension of our Lord. VFK at 11:30 AM; SAK at 6:00 PM.

19 May, Sunday. Pentecost. Regular Sunday Mass schedule at VFK and SAK.

20 May, Monday. Sacrament of Confirmation. VFK at 12:00 noon.

26 May, Sunday. Åsebakken Valfart. Diocesan Marian pilgrimage to Åsebakken, beginning with Mass at 11:00 AM and concluding with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at 3:00 PM. Everyone is encour-aged to attend. The location is Vor Frue Kloster (Our Lady’s Cloister), Høsterkøbvej 3, 3460 Birkerød.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. –Psalm 46

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Calendar of events and announcements

A reminder: Summer time begins on Sunday, 31 March. Set your clocks ahead one hour.

On Tuesday, 26 March, a Chrism Mass will be celebrated at Skt. Ans-gars Kirke, Bredgade 64, at 5:00 PM. At this special Mass, the Bishop will bless the oils that are used to confer the sacraments. Everyone is welcome to join the Bishop and his priests.

Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence. One main meal and a small meal to support your strength is permitted, or a work of charity can be performed if fasting from food is impossible. Please bring a flower to the Friday service for the Adoration of the Cross. The flow-ers will then be used to decorate the altar for Easter Sunday.

On Tuesday, 7 May, our Bishop Czeslaw Kozon will celebrate the 18th anniversary of his ordination as our bishop. On this day, let us pray together, for him and our diocese. Ad multos annos!

Baptism

Chetachukwu Jideofor Ezeah, born 8 September 2012, son of Nkeiruka Ifeoma Okoye (Nigeria) and Chinonye Ezeah (Nigeria), Bagsværd, was baptized 2 December 2012, at Vor Frue Kirke.

Kanyechukwu Steve Okafor, born 18 January 2012, son of Nkiruka Francisca Okafor (Nigeria) and Victor Emenike Okafor (Nigeria), Brønshøj, was baptized 20 January 2013, at Vor Frue Kirke.

Michael Kwadjo Ntow, born 20 August 2012, son of Angelina Akoth Oketch (Kenya) and Abraham Kofi Ntow (Ghana), Copenhagen, was baptized 16 February 2013, at Vor Frue Kirke.

Fonyi Sheena Choifor, born 23 February 2012, daughter of Fonyi Awungngo (Cameroun) and Isaac Saahdong Choifor (Cameroun), Al-bertslund, was baptized 23 February 2013, at Vor Frue Kirke.

We extend our congratulations to these families!

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The Sacrament of Reconciliation

The season of Lent reminds us that we should work for our conversion of the heart. The following points appear in a leaflet that I brought home with me from the Shrine of Lourdes. –Fr. Thevaraj

To get the most from your confessional encounter with Christ, you should prepare well. You should arouse in yourself a deep, true sorrow for your sins, how they have offended against God who loves us infi-nitely, and how they have hurt our fellow men who so need our help. You should not try to ferret out each and every sin – a serious attitude of sin will usually came to mind immediately – nor should you waste time in useless regrets.

Please remember that the Sacrament of Reconciliation is above all an act of God’s love. It is a personal moment to be lived in a relationship of love with God. It is not a routine to gone through, but very much part of the personal renewal that takes place in each person.

You are invited in the light of God’s love to recognize the sinfulness in your life and to have a true sorrow for these sins and a firm intention to avoid them in the future. These elements are essential to a proper and meaningful celebration of the sacrament.

Sin is not merely a series of failures. It is also your participation in what is actually evil:

unbelief, indifference, selfishness

violence, contempt for the weak, eroticism

racism, neglect of the poor

money seeking, wastefulness

a spirit of pride and superiority

Every sin, in one way or another, has a community dimension. It is something which tarnishes the Body of Christ, which together, we are. Every sin ought to arouse in us feelings of humble regret and a confi-dent request for pardon.

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“Today my father is waiting for me, I must return to Him....

“Then the prodigal son came to his senses and said: I will leave this place and go to my Father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

“While he was still a long way off, his Father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him tenderly. The Father said: "Quick, bring out the best robe. this son of mine was dead and has come back to life.” –Luke:15

The Pope's Lenten message

Pope Benedict XVI’s message for Lent is that when people are open to God’s love, they can “love with him, in him and like him.”

In a message titled, “Believing in charity calls forth charity,” Pope Benedict writes, “When we make room for the love of God, then we become like him, sharing in his own charity. If we open ourselves to his love, we allow him to live in us and to bring us to love with him, in him and like him.”

The Pope notes that “faith, as gift and response, causes us to know the truth of Christ as love incarnate and crucified, as full and perfect obe-dience to the Father’s will and infinite divine mercy towards neighbor.

“Faith implants in hearts and minds the firm conviction that only this love is able to conquer evil and death,” says the pontiff.

Pope Benedict highlights that “charity ushers us into the love of God manifested in Christ and joins us in a personal and existential way to the total and unconditional self-giving of Jesus to the Father and to his brothers and sisters.”

To read Pope Benedict’s full message for Lent 2013 in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, or Spanish, please visit:

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/lent/index_en.htm

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Sakramentskirken Date Reader Offertory Collection Eucharistic Ministers

24/2 Ruth Ebert Elena Custura

Fe Christensen & L. Vergara G. Victorino & Elena Custura

Lydia Perez & Greg Victorino

17/3 Elena Custura Perlita Vasquez

Emmanuel Manny& P. Vazquez L. & B. Alcaraz

Joan & Ben Alcaraz

24/3 Palm Sunday

Perlita Vazquez Bellen Quinto


Lydia Perez & Emmanuel Manny

Passion Narrator: Robert Assam; Passion Speaker: Elena Custura

28/3 Holy Thursday

Alden Vazquez Bellen Quinto


Greg Victorino & Joan

29/3 Good Friday

Anna Alcaraz Bellen Quinto


Leonie & Emmanuel Manny

30/3 Easter Vigil

Anna Alcaraz Bellen Quinto Robert Assam Elena Custura


Leonie & Ben Alcaraz

31/3 Easter

Elena Custura Perlita Vasquez


Lydia Perez & Ben Alcaraz

7/4 Elena Custura Anna Alcaraz


Lydia Perez & Greg Victorino

14/4 Lydia Perez Ruth Ebert



21/4 Elena Custura Alden Vasquez


Joan & Emmanuel Manny

28/4 Perlita Vasquez Anna Alcaraz


Joan & Ben Alcaraz

5/5 Ruth Ebert Lydia Perez


Lydia Perez & Emmanuel Manny

9/5 Ascension

Perlita Vasquez Anna Alcaraz


Greg Victorino & Joan

12/5 Perlita Vasquez Alden Vasquez


Leonie & Emmanuel Manny

19/5 Elena Custura Anna Alcaraz


Lydia Perez & Ben Alcaraz

Passion Narrator: Robert Assam; Passion Speaker: Elena Custura

10/3 Alden Vazquez Anna Alcaraz


Joan & Emmanuel Manny

3/3 Lydia Perez Bellen Quinto



26/5 Lydia Perez Ruth Ebert



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Date Reader Eucharistic Ministers

24/2 Damien Zigo Jennifer Strøh

Birgit Sørensen Damien Zigo

3/3 Ruth Mach-Zagal Damien Zigo

Julie Nielsen N. Polycarp Ngarsi

10/3 Birgit Sørensen Ngo Lydienne Fenlia

Katherine Jensen Jimmy Mackey

17/3 Phaedria St. Hilaire N. Polycarp Ngarsi


24/3 Palm Sunday Roshanie Andersen Julie Nielsen

Jimmy Mackey Katherine Jensen

31/3 Easter Ruth Mach-Zagal Mary Fries


7/4 Lorena Navarro Richard Nsiah


14/4 Ngo Lydienne Fenlia Phaedria St. Hilaire


21/4 Jennifer Strøh Lorena Navarro


28/4 Birgit Sørensen Roshanie Andersen


5/5 Damien Zigo Mary Fries


12/5 N. Polycarp Ngarsi Jennifer Strøh

Julie Nielsen N. Polycarp Ngarsi

19/5 Julie Nielsen Richard Nsiah


26/5 Damien Zigo Jennifer Strøh


Vor Frue Kirke

Church coffee

3/3 Stanly

7/4 First Communion

5/5 Nkolika and Charles

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Father Leo Kertz, OMI

With heartfelt thanks for your service in Denmark

Father Leo Kertz has spent almost all of his 50 years as a priest ministering to people all around Denmark, and in do-ing so, he has touched the lives of many.

Father Leo was born February 24, 1936, and grew up on a farm in the state of Missouri, near the banks of the Missis-sippi River. He was the fifth of eight children (three boys and five girls), and attended primary school in the small town of Zell, Missouri, where he was taught by the Sisters of the Most Pre-cious Blood.

Between 1949 and 1955, he attended St. Henry’s Minor Seminary in Belleville, Illinois, a preparatory school for potential candidates to the

priesthood. Of 42 first-year students, Leo was one of three that eventually became priests.

Leo attended the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Novitiate in Godfrey, Illinois, in 1956 and 1957. The Novitiate is located near a wall of limestone bluffs also overlooking the Mississippi River.

Between August 1957 and March 1963, he studied philosophy and theology at Pine Hills Major Seminary, located on the Mississippi coast of the Gulf of Mexico. In March 1963,

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he was ordained there by Bishop Jo-seph Bruninni, then Auxiliary Bishop of Natchez.

In August 1963, he began the work in Denmark that would keep him busy for the next 50 years. His first stop was Herlev. In 1967, he moved to Randers, returning to Herlev in 1972. In 1982 and 1983, he served even farther north in Nuuk, Greenland. Upon his return to Denmark, he took up his duties in Viborg, where he remained until 1986. Between 1986 and 1992, he worked in Ålborg, and between 1992 and 1999, he called Randers home. He returned in July 1999 to Herlev, where he has remained until today.

Father Leo describes Our Lady’s Church as “a microcosm of the Mis-sionary Oblate congregation, where people from many different back-grounds come together to be united in faith.”

On the 50th anniversary of your ordination, Father Leo, we thank you for your loving service to the Church in Denmark! May God continue to bless you abundantly in your priestly ministry!

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WELCOME! If you would like to become a member of our parish community at Vor Frue Kirke or Sakramentskirken, pick up a registration form from the bulletin board, fill it out, and give it to your priest.

Sakramentskirken (SAK) Vor Frue Kirke (VFK) Nørrebrogade 27C, 2200 København N Pastor: Fr. Niels Engelbrecht Tel: 3313 3762; mobil: 3054 2118 Email: [email protected] www.sakramentskirken.dk English: Fr. Fredrick A. Thevaraj, OMI Giro: 804-6638

Herlevgårdsvej 14, 2730 Herlev English: Fr. Fredrick A. Thevaraj, OMI Tel: 4494 7678; mobile: 5026 8085 Email: [email protected] www.vorfrueogsktantoni.dk Den Danske Bank: 4420 089864

Reconciliation. VFK – One half hour before Mass or by appointment with the priest. SAK – Before Mass 5:30 – 5:50 PM every Sunday in the confessional or by appointment with the priest.

Baptism. By appointment with the priest. Parents are required to meet with the priest to receive instructions with regard to this sacrament. No date or place for the baptism can be set in advance before talking with your priest.

Marriage. The Diocese requires that the couple meet with the priest in order to receive the necessary instructions and preparations for the forthcoming marriage. Please, do not set a date, time and place for the marriage until after your meeting with the priest. The first meet-ing should be no later than six months before the date you desire.

Pastoral visit. By law hospitals do not disclose patient information. Your priest may not know that you or a member of your family has been admitted to the hospital. It is important that you, or a member of your family, notify your priest, if you would like him to visit, bring the sacraments, etc.

Church coffee. VFK – First Sunday of the month.

Rosary Prayer Group. Last Saturday of the month, 6:00 PM. Contact Rosemary Magno, Tel: 3250 2412.

Mass Times

Sunday VFK – 11:30 AM – Mass SAK – 5:35 PM – Recitation of the Holy Rosary 5:30 – 5:50 PM – Sacrament of Reconciliation 6:00 PM – Mass

Tuesday SAK – 5:00 – 6:00 PM – One-hour adoration and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity invite you to come and pray with them.

Wednesday SAK – 5:00 PM – Mass together with a Novena to Our Lady

Thursday VFK – 9:30 AM – Mass

Friday VFK – 7:30 PM – First Friday of the month – Mass

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