Region filipinski / Philippine Region

Filipiny zostaly ogloszone Regionem w tych dniach. To swego rodzaju krok do przodu w strukturach naszego zgromadzenia. Najpierw mielismy status Jednostki Misyjnej, potem Dystryktu, a obecnie Regionu. Nastepny krok to status tzw. Prowincji. Za pare dni, 14 marca, w rocznice urodziny naszego zalozyciela, bedziemy swietowac inauguracje Regionu filipinskiego. 
A tak w skrocie wyglada historia Sercanow na Filipinach:

17. 05, 1989 – przyjazd pierwszych misjonarzy

19. 06, 1995 – Otwarcie domu formacyjnego w Cagayan de Oro City

25. 03, 1998 – Otwarcie nowicjatu w Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur

31. 05, 1999 – Pierwsza profesja zakonna dwoch filipinczykow;

Filipiny otrzymuja status Dystryktu

17. 10, 2001 – Porwanie ks. Giuseppe Pierantoni(ego), SCJ w Dimataling

8. 04, 2002   – Uwolnienie ks. Pierantoni(ego).

24. 02, 2004 – Pierwsze swiecenia kaplanskie miejscowego sercanina

29. 09, 2006 – Otwarcie domu dla studentow teologii w Manili      

13. 05, 2007 – Poswiecenie nowego nowicjatu w Lower Locuban, Zamboanga del Sur.

14. 03, 2012 – Inauguracia Regionu filipinskiego

 Pierwsi sercanie przed wyjazdem na Filipiny

Our SCJ Philippine District became a Region. It is a little more advanced stage in the structure of our congregation. Another words, we were “upgraded.” Hopefully, in a few years, we will become fully independent province. We will celebrate this happy fact of inauguration of the Region with erection of our new administration on March 14, 2012.

Below is a glimpse of history of the SCJ in the Philippines:

May 17, 1989 - Arrival of the first missionaries

June 19, 1995 - Opening of the Sacred Heart Formation House in Cagayan de Oro City

March 25, 1998 - Start of the Novitiate in Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur

May 31, 1999 - First Profession; Philippines becomes a District

Oct 17, 2001 - Kidnapping of Fr Giuseppe Pierantoni, SCJ in Dimataling

April 8, 2002 - Release of Fr Pierantoni

Feb 24, 2004 - First Ordination of a Filipino SCJ to the Priesthood

Sept 29, 2006 - Blessing of the New Theologate in Manila  

May 13, 2007 - Blessing of the New Novitiate in Lower Locuban, Zamboanga del Sur.

March 14, 2012 - Inauguration of the New PHI Region 

Novena Prayer for the New Region before March 14:

Jesus Christ, our Lord and our God,

You called us to a life of service.

You have chosen and sent us to the Filipino people

to proclaim the Good news, to accompany them

in their journey of faith and to be living witnesses

of your redeeming love.

As we prepare to become a region,

we want to thank you Lord for all the graces and blessings

you have bestowed on us.

Thank you for walking and being with us.

Thank you for protecting us from harm,

and for all the good we have done.

Thank you for all the accomplishments,

trust and support from the congregation.

… for local vocations to the priesthood and religious life,

… for all good people we met on our way

… for those who were with us

… for our benefactors and friends.

Thank you for everything…

We ask you o Lord:

Look kindly on us all and bless us,

bless our communities and our works.

May we always be faithful followers of our founder Fr. Leo Dehon.

Send us your Holy Spirit,

to inspire and to guide us,

to keep us walking on the right path.

We pray for the new administration,

for wisdom, humility and courage

in discerning, deciding and carrying on

the real good of the Philippine Region.

We ask that we may grow in your love,

that we may respond to those who suffer

and who are in need, so we can give a meaning

to our call to be “prophets of love and servants of reconciliation”

Amen.

Venerable Fr. Leo Dehon…

Pray for us…