Título: Re:Archbishop Romero’s Diary-1978
Publicado por: 💠🎋Lanina🎋💠 en 22 de Agosto de 2019, 12:24:17 pm
November 1978
Friday, November 3
I celebrated the festival of St. Martin with the parish of Quezaltepeque. There were Confirmations of young people who had been very well prepared by Father Roberto and those who work with him. The parish church and El Calvario and the convent are still occupied by Father Quinteros, who is truly a usurper but receives support from political forces which are against the Chvrch. I encouraged those present (and they were many) to remain firm in their union with the true Church and reminded them that the temple of God is not a physical Church but is rather each one of us and that all of us as a community form the living temple that is built to the glory of God.
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Saturday, November 4
This day of St. Charles Borromeo I had the satisfaction of ordaining Rafael Urrutia,[71] who has finished his studies of theology in the seminary in Guatemala. He is a young man of great promise. And especially, he shows great solidarity with the hierarchy of his archdiocese. He will form part of the pastoral team of Chalatenango.
71 Later chancellor of the archdiocese. A chancellor is responsible for transacting the business of a diocese.
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Sunday, November 5
At noon, I Participated in the celebration that the parish of Santo Tomas has organized to commemorate the twenty-five years Father Teodoro Alvarenga has been in parish work. I praised his work. I pointed out how a good priest is truly a blessing of God and encouraged the community to continue in its solidarity with its parish priest.
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Título: Re:Archbishop Romero’s Diary-1978
Publicado por: 💠🎋Lanina🎋💠 en 22 de Agosto de 2019, 12:35:51 pm
Monday, November 6
We had a meeting with Ingeniero Galvcin, Dr. Fuentes and other advisers to discuss the change in the national board and presidency of Caritas that we have been trying to achieve, so that the statutes that make the archbishop responsible for national Caritas be discussed in a fair way and Caritas recover its true mission in this country. Everyone is inclined to support the position of the archbishop in promoting a new national board, of which some of those present would be members.
Also, today marks fifty years that Father Platero has been part of the Jesuit Community of Carmen in Santa Tecla. Although his pastoral work is in the parish of Guadalupe in the department of San Vicente, I sent him congratulations from the archdiocese.
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Publicado por: 💠🎋Lanina🎋💠 en 22 de Agosto de 2019, 12:39:40 pm
Tuesday, November 7
At midday, in the Divine Providence Hospital, I celebrated with the priests who at that time were celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary as priests: Fathers Sergio Moreno, Crist6bal Cortes, Roberto Torruella, Pablo Castillo and Carlos Ayala of the diocese of San Miguel and others. It was very nice that three others who had been ordained on the same day but no longer are part of the priestly ministry and who, having received dispensation, have married came as well. They were Luis Alonso Machado, Maeda and Matias Romero. Not only the priests but also the other three who have returned to lay status demonstrated very priestly emotions.
Father Garrido was present also. With him they reminisced about the days in which these priests were seminarians and he was a professor at the seminary. Also present was Father Platero, with whom they also shared pleasant memories, and they celebrated his fifty years as a religious. Afterward, we lunched together in the dining room of the Carmelite sisters of the hospital where the cordial sharing continued.
In the Vicariate of Mejicanos, together with Monsignor Urioste, we discussed with the parish priests of that vicariate the situation of the parish of Mejicanos, for Father Barrera is leaving, and how the vicariate, all together, will decide the question of a substitute.
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Sunday, November 12
In the afternoon, I went to officiate at Mass and Confirmation of some young people in the village of El Carmen of the Cristo Redentor Parish, under the direction of Father Angulo. A group of catechists directed by a seminarian had prepared this group very well. And they had invited other communities that came and gave witness of their Christian experience at the end of the Mass.
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Monday, November 13
At the house of the Passionist Sisters on the road to Planes de Renderos, we spent the day with a group of priests and laity so that they could advise me in my study of the document that will serve as a basis for the Puebla meeting. I have listened to many people's experiences and acquired a great deal of knowledge to use in Puebla to support my actions as pastor.
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Tuesday, November 14
There was a meeting of the Pastoral Board. In it we were trying to list, in the form of an inventory, all the tasks, organizations, etc., of our pastoral work, in order to achieve better coordination. In the vicariate at Mejicanos there was also another meeting for further discussion on the replacement of the priest of the parish of Mejicanos.
In the afternoon a meeting with the arch diocesan board of Caritas for an update on the situation of the change of statutes about the national board and national Caritas-a change of statutes brought about through the initiative of the current president (Bishop Aparicio) with the support of the Vicar General (Bishop Revelo) who, subverting the authority of the archbishop, have gotten the Minister of the Interior to change the statutes.[72] Because of this, there has been an exchange of letters between the archbishop and the government protesting this abuse, and, at the same time, demanding the rights of the archbishop, without whose authorization such changes cannot be made. But the arch diocesan board, which is totally in agreement with the position of the archbishop, is willing to work for a Caritas in the archdiocese that is moved by the spirit of an institution that truly would demonstrate the charity of the Church.
72 On November 23, 1978, Romero removed Bishop Revelo as auxiliary bishop because of insubordination.
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Wednesday, November 15
A very interesting meeting with the episcopal vicar of Chalatenango, with Father Hector Figueroa, also from Chalatenango, who is in charge of the minor seminary, and with the Pastoral Commission of the archdiocese, with Father Cortina[73] acting as consultant on the repair of the house. He also promised to draw up the plans for a new minor seminary that, with God's help, we will build in Chalatenango, because this presence in the village will be very beneficial for the vocations of the young men who study for their bachillerato and go on from there to the major seminary of the archdiocese.
In the evening, the graduation of the Catarina di Maggio School, which was dedicated to the archbishop. I thanked them and I expressed my appreciation also for the solidarity they have always demonstrated with the pastoral cause of the archbishop. The director of this school is an Oblate Sister of Divine Love originally from Nicaragua, Sister Socorro, who has always shown herself to be very enthusiastic and supportive of everything connected with the present direction of the archdiocese of San Salvador .
73 Jon Cortina, S.J., a Jesuit with degrees in engineering.
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Thursday, November 16
Ilopango is celebrating the patronal feast of St. Christopher. And for this occasion the parish priest, Father Fabian Amaya, and the catechists had prepared a very good group of young people for Confirmation. After Mass, there was a very interesting discussion with these young people.
In the evening, a meeting with the laity advisory committee in order to plan a meeting of ecclesial base communities and lay movements that will take place on December 17, the Sunday before Christmas, as an opportunity for the Christians of the archdiocese to share in a celebration of Christmas in a Christian spirit.
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Saturday, November 18
In Chalatenango with the entire pastoral team of the vicariate-that is, the Episcopal Vicar, Father Fabian Amaya, some of the parish priests (because some were absent), the religious communities and some laypeople-we evaluated the work of the vicariate. I found interesting the sincerity with which they discussed their own defects, but also the great hopes that are being created by the pastoral work directed by Father Amaya.
In the evening I attended the graduation ceremonies of the academy of the parish of La Luz, where Father Brito gave out diplomas as seamstresses to the young women who were just finishing their course of studies at the academy. The Catarina Di Maggio School attended, and I greeted them very affectionately, for it is a school that is very devoted to the archbishop.
I was unable to go in the evening, for lack of time and because of poor health, to the academy of the Emmanuel Baptist Church where they were also having their graduation at the close of the school year, to which I had been cordially invited by the pastor and other members of that church.
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Sunday, November 19
After Mass in the cathedral, I went for a while to the meeting of laypeople from different vicariates who were meeting in the parish hall of San Jose de la Montaña. It is very exciting to see how the lay presence is growing in our archdiocese. It seemed to me that the meeting was not well enough coordinated and could have produced some sense of frustration in some who, perhaps, expected more. On my part, I tried to inspire them with my talk: What is the laity? What does the Church expect? What do we hope to accomplish through these meetings of laypeople from different vicariates? An organization that will make the strength of the laity felt and be sure it fulfills its responsibilities.
In the afternoon, I was in Chiltiupan, a picturesque town on the coast of La Libertad where the pastoral work is directed by the Sisters of the Rosary of Fatima. We had many children to confirm, but all of them old enough to understand. I saw how the sisters are working. Although there are deficiencies, it is easy to see the presence of someone who is encouraging the pastoral work in that picturesque region.
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Monday, November 20
I went to San Miguel to horror the patron, Our Lady of Peace. The bishop of Santiago de Maria, Bishop Rivera, wanted to go with me on my trip. And together we celebrated Mass at eleven in the morning in the cathedral of San Miguel because on the feast day itself, tomorrow, we would not have the chance to horror her in a more intimate way as we would like because of the presence of the highest civilian authorities and because these authorities tend to use the situation because of the publicity involved and are not as interested in the religious tribute involved. The Mass was private but, in spite of everything, there were several friends from San Miguel who accompanied us and, on leaving, lamented that they had not known in time to have organized a more solemn Mass.
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Tuesday, November 21
Festival of Our Lady of Peace. The other bishops, the president and his wife, and other officials were present in the cathedral of San Miguel. The nuncio presided at the Mass.
I said Mass in the Divine Providence Colegio, attended by the Superior General of the Passionist Sisters and also the Passionist Fathers who work in Jiquilisco, in the diocese of Santiago de Maria, and all the women religious, since they are celebrating the hundredth jubilee of their congregation. In my homily, I reminded them that it was a day to horror the Virgin of Peace, an opportunity I welcomed-also to be able to celebrate it in such an ecclesial atmosphere, since the congregation had a close relationship with this feast of the twenty-first of November.
In the afternoon we had an interesting pastoral meeting, talking about the realities and the current pastoral work to see how we could work together to organize a better pastoral effort.
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Wednesday, November 22
The gmup of priests of the archdiocese who meet with other priests from other dioceses wanted to meet specifically with me, and we held the meeting at the Lourdes farm of the Passionist Sisters. We discussed very interesting, very priestly topics like the seminary and other aspects of the administration of the diocese-very constructive criticism and sincere desires to work together to have better organization of our archdiocesan service.
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Thursday, November 23
On the same farm belonging to the sisters at Lourdes, I had a meeting to consult with some priests and laypeople, to study together the working document that will be used at Puebla. The suggestions, especially those about the realities of our country and our archdiocese, were very good for me to hear and will be helpful for my participation in Puebla.
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Friday, November 24
I had a meeting with the parents at the Vicariate of Soyapango in the convent of the church of Soyapango. It is clear that there is a great deal to do. There is no cohesiveness. They do not have a unified program, but I could see there were efforts being made to work more effectively as a team. They complain about the parish of Ilopango, since Father Fabian is the episcopal vicar of Chalatenango, and think that it would be better to have a priest assigned to Ilopango. The same complaint is made about the sisters that work in Apulo and do not attend the meetings of the vicariate. I noted this and asked them to help me visit them and to work as well for greater enthusiasm in the pastoral work of the vicariate.
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Saturday, November 25
I visited the village of Maria Auxiliadora de Tenancingo in the department of Cuscatlán, which was celebrating its patronal feast. I felt a very deep satisfaction as a pastor, since the people were very fervent and receptive. After Mass, they took us to a house where they gave us dinner and offered us a small literary and comic program .
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Sunday, November 26
Today Father Fabian Amaya, in my name, turned over the parish of Duke Nombre de Maria with its affiliated town of San Francisco Morazan to the Maryknoll Fathers. I am pleased to count on the cooperation of these priests, who are very dynamic and self-sacrificing. Also, it is a very difficult region but, with God's help and the goodwill of these Maryknoll priests, I hope that much will be accomplished in the department of Chalatenango.
The festival of St. Joseph that was to be celebrated today in San Jose Villanueva was canceled because a few days before two sacred vessels were stolen and it had been announced that, if they did not turn up, there would be no solemn celebration but rather some act of atonement.
In the afternoon, I went to San Marcos to administer Confirmation to a fine group of young people who had been prepared by the community.
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Tuesday, November 28
A meeting of the Senate was held in the Divine Providence Hospital and, in the afternoon, a pastoral meeting at the archdiocese. But today was disturbed in a dramatic and tragic manner by the violent death of Father Rafael Ernesto Barrera, who was killed in a feigned attack by the security forces on a house in the Colonia Divina Providencia, where Father Neto was found shot to death. But there are theories that he was already dead when he was taken there. The different bulletins put out by the investigatory commission which contradict different aspects of the official version can be consulted on this.
In the evening, there was a vigil held with the body of Father Neto in the church at Mejicanos, where his brother Manuel Barrera is parish priest.
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Wednesday, November 29
The principal event today was the funeral of Father Neto Barrera in the church at Mejicanos. His grave was dug right there, since it was feared that a procession to the cemetery could be used as an opportunity by clandestine groups and create more havoc. The Mass was impressive, perhaps more than sixty priests, with the church and nearby fields completely filled-a Mass that showed the affection many people felt for Father Neto, principally the workers he had worked with in a special way. There continue to be rumors that Father Neto belonged to the FPL, the Popular Liberation Forces, which are considered to be the violent forces of the Popular Revolutionary Bloc. We still cannot with certainty either confirm or deny this idea, which worries the Church a great deal.
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December 1978 Saturday, December 2
I was invited to a sewing academy that was founded in Mercedes Umaña in the diocese of Santiago de María while I was there, and I went to join Bishop Rivera and take part in this very simple and beautiful celebration-but, above all, to share it with the bishop of Santiago de Maria. There is a great deal of affection in that town, principally at the home of Miguelito and his wife, where we had lunch.
In the evening, we held a solemn act of atonement in the parish of San Martin, where the Blessed Sacrament had been stolen. From the moment I entered the town, the people gave me a very warm reception and the Mass was very impressive.
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Sunday, December 3
Today I had been invited by Father Ernesto Barrera-may he rest in peace!-to a meeting of workers in Ayagualo. It was not held since he is dead now, but we prayed for him with his friends, for his eternal rest.
This afternoon I met with three British legislators who had come to learn about the situation of the country and to communicate to me personally that the English Parliament had nominated me for the No bel Peace Prize. This news, which was circulated here some days ago, has been received in very different ways: For my friends, naturally, it has caused joy and many congratulations, but on the official side and in the media, there has been a very significant silence. Nevertheless, the Britons talked extensively with me this Sunday, also with several of my advisers, who informed them about the political, social and economic situation of the country, and they seemed very interested in learning about this reality. At the end, one of them told me that they were three of the one hundred eighteen legislators who had proposed my name for the No bel Peace Prize and that, now that they had seen the reality, they would ask doubly for this prize for me.
I took advantage of the opportunity to express my gratitude for this gesture on the part of the English Parliament, which is of great support for me, as is such an important visit from these three British legislators. Later they visited jails, peasant areas, farms and, in essence, take back very valuable information and a very deep conviction of the violation here of human rights. Naturally, the governmental or governing sectors in our country have not been pleased by this either.
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Monday, December 4
Today several priests of the archdiocese began their spiritual retreat in the novice house of the Somascan Fathers .
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Tuesday, December 5
Meeting of the clergy in the San José de la Montaña Seminary. The priests on spiritual retreat also attended.
In the evening, a meeting of the arch diocesan board of Caritas. I informed them of the state of affairs in respect to the change in statutes made without the consent of the archbishop as required by the statutes, and the legal means they have taken through the Ministry of the Interior. The spirit of the arch diocesan board about this situation is admirable: neither vengeance nor anger, rather a desire to work intensely for an authentic Caritas in the archdiocese.
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Wednesday, December 6
Today is the celebration of the patronal feast ofTonacatepeque, in horror of St. Nicolás, bishop, and there I had the joy of presiding over a very solemn Mass and then of talking with several priests of the Vicariate of Cuscatlán who had come to this celebration.
In the afternoon, an interesting meeting promoted by the Christian Democratic Party with representatives of ANEP,[74] that is, of the private sector. We had a dialogue among three sectors, the Christian Democratic Party, the business leaders and the Church. Monsignor Urioste, Father Jesus Delgado and I represented the Church. They showed a willingness to dialogue, but they also are still clinging to their own advantages. Nevertheless, the afternoon was very productive. There was a great deal of interchange of ideas and these dialogues will continue. We ask God that this may result in something positive for the good and peace of the country.
In the evening I presided at the Eucharist in Plan del Pino, to pray for the eternal rest of one of the workers who died with Father Neto Barrera, since this worker was from there and worked in that pastoral effort. The Spanish Carmelite Sisters who direct that community testify to the affection that the village had for Father Barrera. And they themselves recognize that he was a very helpful priest, very dedicated to pastoral service.
74 Asociacibn Nacional de la Empresa Privada (National Private Enterprise Association).
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Thursday, December 7
On the fann of the Passionist Sisters at Planes de Renderos, another meeting with my advisers to study the working document for Puebla. This consultation is progressing and has been very fertile for my participation in the Puebla meeting.
In the evening, a visit from a group of young people from San Antonio Abad, who explained their political and pastoral concerns, and I had the opportunity to clarify several situations, given their way of thinking .
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Friday, December 8
Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Many parishes and religious institutions are celebrating it. I cannot go to all of them, in spite of my goodwill and also the wishes of the different communities. I went to the parish of La Libertad, which has her as a patron and where the participation in the Eucharist indicated a community that is very alive.
And after the Mass we met to talk with the pastoral workers. The parish pastoral council for La Libertad was established. The pastoral work there is directed by some North American priests from the Cleveland diocese and some women religious, also North Americans, who really dedicate themselves to our people through their work.
In the afternoon, an ecumenical encounter with brothers from the Emmanuel Baptist Church and also with Mr. Asper[75] present, a representative of the World Council of Churches and also of Human Rights. He brought greetings for our arch diocesan Church from the World Council of Churches and also the Seminar or Symposium on Human Rights[76] held in Santiago, Chile. He expressed his admiration and affection for our pastorallabor and we had some very interesting dialogues in which both the Catholics and Protestants participated.
We also talked with our separated brothers about how to celebrate Unity Week next year. The idea that predominated was that of a more intimate work of conversion rather than public manifestations that cause problems, given the political sensitivity of the atmosphere and given, also, that many Protestants are following a line that is sympathetic to the government and the status quo of the republic
75 Dr. Charles Harper, Director of the World Council of Churches human rights office in Geneva. 76 Sponsored by the Santiago arch diocesan Vicariate of Solidarity.
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Saturday, December 9
Visit from a journalist. In the afternoon, First Communion in the Divine Providence Hospital for a little girl who had been very well prepared.
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Sunday, December 10
In the afternoon, Mass in Potrerp Grande, a village in the parish of Aguilares, where they were already celebrating, early, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The parish priest of Aguilares and the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart who contribute to the pastoral work of that parish were there. It is obvious that Father Grande[77] and his pastoral work in this sector of the archdiocese are remembered.
77 Father Rutilio Grande, S.J ., pastor at Aguilares, was machine-gunned to death March 12, 1977.
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Monday, December 11
Meeting of the Senate at the Divine Providence Hospital. In the evening, also at the hospital, a meeting with a group of friends that Father Neto Barrera advised. The object was to hear testimonies of the attitudes and actions of Father Neto. And all of them have a great feeling of gratitude, a deep sadness at his death and all of them praise Father Neto's Christian work. None of them spoke of violent attitudes or ideas in this priest whom they have tried to vilify in the official reports.
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Tuesday, December 12
The Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In the Church of Guadalupe in La Ceiba there was a large gathering of the faithful. The parish priest, Cataldo Papagno, told me that some sixty thousand persons came to visit the Virgin during this festival. I went to celebrate it in Duke Nombre de Maria. I had the opportunity to greet the Maryknoll Fathers and to share some time with that community, which seems to be very alive. In the evening I celebrated the Virgin of Guadalupe in Colonia Las Delicias in Santa Tecla, where Father Francisco Xavier, a Jesuit, is working with great enthusiasm. I was introduced by him to a group of young people who told me many of their problems and with whom I also spoke rather frankly.
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Wednesday, December 13
I went to celebrate the feast of St. Lucy, patron of Suchitoto, in that parish temple, which was completely filled by the faithful. After Mass, we had a very animated meeting with all the priests of the Vicariate of Cuscatlan except for Father Sergio Moreno, who is ill with throat problems. I had the impression, being with the priests, that their confidence and unity has increased; they themselves said that.
In the afternoon, a meeting of the pastoral workers to continue collecting, like an inventory, the realities and activities that have occurred in our archdiocese. We discussed different aspects of our pastoral work in order to coordinate it better.
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Thursday, December 14
Today, the town of Tacachico celebrated its traditional patronal feast in honor of the Immaculate Conception and the apostle St. Paul-two devotions that I used, in presiding at the Eucharist, to focus St. Paul's doctrine on redemption and on the privileged redemption of the Immaculate Conception. It is a very nice community, very alive, and I felt very great satisfaction there. It was a shame that I was not able to stay after Mass, since I had an appointment in the apostolic nunciature at eleven with the commission that has been created to mediate in the kidnapping of the two Englishmen captured by FARN, Armed Forces ofthe National Resistance.
In this meeting, we were informed that the president had not granted the audience that had been requested, since he denies the existence of the political prisoners that the members ofF ARN are demanding in exchange for the freedom of the two Englishmen. We prepared a document in which we made clear our intention of interceding with the president of the republic and our failure.
In the afternoon, at the Divine Providence Hospital, I received a commission from the parish of Santa Lucia, in Colonia Santa Lucia, who came to greet me with their parish priest, Father Astor Ruiz, and to give me a pretty notebook where they had recorded their conclusions after meditating on my pastoral letter. I thanked them and saw that they had really worked hard. And I felt that the pastoral letter had helped to illuminate their minds about the popular political organizations and their relations with the Church's pastoral work.
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Friday, December 15
A meeting with representatives of the national clergy. In the afternoon, I also met with a group of priests and seminarians to talk about the matter of the seminary, to learn about the reports to the extent that they can be divulged in public, since each one of the individual reports would be given to each one of the seminarians. But, in general, we talked about many difficulties with respect to the present situation of the seminary having to do with this group from the archdiocese, and we created a committee to study this matter on a continuing basis.
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Saturday, December 16
In the morning, I celebrated Mass and gave First Communion and Confirmation to a group of youngsters in the Calvario church presided over by the Somascan Fathers.
At twelve-thirty, a Christmas gathering with the arch diocesan board of Caritas in a private home, where we were well treated.
At five in the afternoon, in Colonia Santa Lucia, the patronal feast, where First Communion was given and Confirmation was administered to a good group of young people and children.
And even later in the evening, at nine o'clock, the wedding of a niece in La Ceiba in Guadalupe .
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Sunday, December 17
The outstanding event today was the meeting of ecclesial base communities and lay movements from the different vicariates of the Archdiocese of San Salvador. In the meeting hall of the Colegio Guadalupano, principally, some eight hundred persons talked about their pastoral work and the life of the communities of the archdiocese. The Eucharist that I went to preside over at noon seemed to me to be extremely impressive because of the participation and the active consciousness with which these people came to the Eucharist, the fruit of their reflections and of their lives, which are committed to the Church.
At four in the afternoon I was in Rosario de Mora, where the Oblate Sisters of Divine Love do their pastoral work. They had prepared a group of children for First Communion and Confirmation. A very picturesque outing, some very lively children, a very affectionate community.
At eight o'clock in the evening we were in the parish San Sebastian de Ciudad Delgado to turn this parish over to its new parish priest, Father Juan Antonio Gutierrez, the replacement for Father Ne to Barrera, deceased. The enthusiasm was really impressive. The Mass could not be held in the church so we had it in the patio. After my homily, Father Guty[78] spoke, committing himself to the work. And after Mass severallaypeople took the microphone. There was a joyful atmosphere, a reception indicating goodwill and willingness to work with the new parish priest.
78 Father Gutierrez.
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Monday, December 18
Today in the archdiocese we celebrated the feast of Nuestra Senora de los Remedios, who is honored in the church or chapel of la Vega, where Father Raúl Alberto Flores serves, and I celebrated Mass there. And this same festival is also celebrated in the village of San Laureano de Ciudad Delgado, where I also celebrated Mass this afternoon.
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Tuesday, December 19
Today the parishes of Quezaltepeque and San Jose Guayabal " 11 ~ are celebrating St. Joseph's Day. I could not, of course, go to both places, but I went to San Jose Guayabal where the parish priest, Father [Sergio] Moreno, is somewhat ill and where this festival of their holy patriarch was celebrated with great piety. My visit to Father Moreno was, I think, very constructive.
In the afternoon, another meeting about the problem of the seminary. In the evening, I was invited to dinner at the home of Licenciado Vieytez, where the Jesuit Father Paco Estrada[79] and the rector of the UCA, Roman Mayorga, and his wife were also present. A very interesting conversation about the problems of the country and the university and on the situation of our archdiocese.
We also spoke confidentially about the apostolic visitation that is taking place this week in our archdiocese. Bishop [Antonio] Quarracino[80] has come. He is from the diocese of Avellaneda in Argentina, commissioned by the Holy See on behalf of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops, to make an apostolic visitation to assess the pastoral work of our archdiocese. Relations with the auxiliary bishop are of particular interest. I know that many people have come to report to him on the pastoral work of our archdiocese and the result of the visit seems to me to have been, up to now, very positive.
79 Father Francisco Estrada, S.J., later rector of the UCA. 80 Later president of CEIAM.
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Wednesday, December 20
In Potonico we celebrated a Mass of atonement for the sacrilegious robbery of the consecrated hosts from that church. From the moment I arrived in the village, the reception was very enthusiastic. But before most of the crowd arrived, a group of children approached me with signs in their hands and with a letter in which they told me (also in a little speech that one of them gave) of their solidarity with the many orphaned children, victims of this situation of abuses of human rights, and that they were asking me to support their cause. They asked me for an audience on December 26, which I granted them with great pleasure.
Accompanied by the people, I headed to the church. There were some very meaningful signs in the streets. I particularly liked the one that said "our pastor and friend." I celebrated the Mass with Father Fabian Amaya, with Father Efrain, parish priest of Chalatenango, and with Father Luis Recinos, the new parish priest-temporarily at least-of the parish of San Antonio Ios Ranchos and Potonico, and Father Rafael Urrutia, who is working in Chalatenango and will be in charge of the seminary and of the Secretariat of the Vicariate.
After Mass, we met with the pastoral workers, and it turned out to be a very animated discussion.
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Thursday, December 21
A very interesting meeting on matters of economic administration, listening to the auditor and Ingeniero Galvan and Monsignor Urioste about very practical matters of subsidies and ways to administer our assets.
In the afternoon, also, a meeting on our pastoral work which we spent developing the list of pastoral activities of the archdiocese.
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Friday, December22
I celebrated Mass at the Asilo Sara at noon. It is an old people's home in Colonia Costa Rica that looks rather run-down. It is clear they are not receiving spiritual care and we must do something to help the many old and sick people in that place.
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Saturday, December 23
This afternoon I celebrated the Holy Mass in Fatima Church in Planes de Renderos. The church was completely full of Franciscan sisters led by the superior general of the congregation and four provincials. Today marked the end of the jubilee year that they have been celebrating to give thanks to God for the fifty years they have been in this country. It is a congregation that has houses in Zacatacoluca, in Cojutepeque, in Usulutin, in Berlin and, in San Salvador, the Colegio del Espiritu Santo and the novice house in Planes de Renderos. God has blessed them with many vocations and I urged them to carry on a profoundly ecclesial work.
In the evening, a farewell for the superior general of the congregation of the Passionist Sisters, who has been with us for several days. She leaves with a very good impression of the work her sisters are doing in this country.
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Sunday, December 24
I celebrated the Christmas Vigil in the morning, after the Mass in the cathedral, in Colonia Amatepec, where they greeted me with affection, carrying palms that made me think of Palm Sunday. We blessed the new hermitage. Father Jose Luis Bourguet, in charge of the pastoral work in this colonia, has managed to win the affection and esteem of all of these people, who work with him very enthusiastically.
This afternoon in Colonia Bernal. It is a part of the parish of Miralvalle that is under the Augustinian Fathers. I think that this Colonia Bernal, with the enthusiasm of its youth, is called to be the yeast of the new parish. We met there with a group of young people prepared by Father Plácido for Confirmation and a Eucharist with great participation. After Mass, there were tamales and coffee and bread for the children who had had their First Communion and for the guests.
In the evening, I celebrated the seven o'clock Christmas Eve Mass in the cathedral and at ten o'clock in the chapel of the Divine Providence Hospital.
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Monday, December 25
In the morning, wedding masses and First Communions in Soyapango parish. In the afternoon, as well, many weddings. There were forty couples, and a small group of children celebrating their First Communion. The two communities gave me great comfort this Christmas because of the preparation with which they were ready to receive the sacraments, especially Matrimony.
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Tuesday, December 26
In the morning, a group of children from San Antonio los Ranchos who had organized themselves into a solidarity committee for orphaned children came to see me. They had requested an audience with me and they spoke to me of their ideals, of wanting to empathize with these children, who are their friends, who have become orphans because their parents have been killed or disappeared or are in prison.
On this Christmas, they feel the sadness of so many children without parents and they want to do something. I congratulated them and offered them all the support I can give for their projects.
I had lunch in the Opus Dei [81] house. They are recently installed in a new house, since they are leaving the Doble Via.
I was visited by a representative of the International Red Cross principally to discuss the matter of the kidnapping of two men from England, one from Japan and another from Holland. And he will intercede with the authorities of the country and asked for my help, and I offered it, within the limits of my abilities and what I can do.
In the afternoon, a meeting of the pastoral team to continue listing information, activities and what could be better organized.
81 Founded as a secular institute in 1928, now an international prelature of both priests and laypersons.
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Wednesday, December 27
Patronal feast of San Juan Opico. We were able to concelebrate with Father Jose Maria Dueñas, who was ordained in this very church fifty years ago by his uncle, the bishop of San Miguel, Bishop Juan Antonio Dueñas. I preached and shared very pleasant memories of Bishop Dueñas and Bishop [Rafael] Valladares. And I cordially congratulated the guest of horror. After Mass, we met with catechists from this parish community and from Tacachico. The problem of a priest for Tacachico was discussed again and I left them charged with helping me to think of a solution.
In San Juan Opico, we discussed the problem of a priest for Tacachico. I asked the catechists and priests for their help in resolving, through consensus, such an urgent problem.
In the afternoon, I ordained deacon the young man Jaime Paredes, for he has almost finished his studies of theology in the seminary in Guadalajara, Mexico. He will go back to finish his studies and then come to be a deacon for a time and then he will be ordained a priest. In the basilica, there were many distinguished people, some from Opus Dei, and I tried to greet all of them.
In the evening, I was interviewed by a North American journalist att he Divine Providence Hospital.
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Thursday, December 28
In Old Cuscatlán we celebrated the traditional Feast of the Innocents. The message I brought was one of respect for life, the sense of solidarity and how Christ is the source of all of our merits. I talked with Father Hector Figueroa, who will leave the diocese to enter a religious community and go into mission work according to the call he feels in his vocation. I respect his vocation, his wishes, and I told him the diocese will be open to him if he should wish to return.
In the afternoon we marked the thirty-day anniversary of the death of Father Neto Barrera in Domus Mariae with a group of workers who used to meet with him, and they shared with me their impressions of him. I really feel that Father Neto did not always convey a purely priestly message but rather acquiesced greatly with the political and revolutionary ideals of these groups. Nevertheless, they tell me, they thought he always tried to guide them as a priest. We still do not know what the deepest beliefs of this priest were.
This same day there was a gathering of priests at the seminary. The priests' cooperative was celebrating its Christmas party-very lively and well attended.
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Friday, December 29
In the evening, a nice time shared with some young people at the pastoral house of San Antonio Abad-some sixty young people giving their opinions, reporting on their pastoral activities and asking anxiously about their problems, which are typical of the times.
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Saturday, December 30
In the Colegio Belen in Santa Tecla, the Carmelite Sisters of St. Joseph were celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the death of their founder, Mother Clarita Quiroz. I officiated, talking to them in the homily about their charism, of the need to be faithful to it and to adapt it to the present situation and to that of the local Church.
I participated for a while in the meeting of the Vicariate of the Department of La Iibertad, which was meeting in the convent of Concepcion Church. Almost all the priests, religious communities and laypeople who work in the pastoral work were present.
This afternoon, I learned that FARN, which has the four men who were kidnapped, had accepted the mediation of the Human Rights Commission, but they wanted me to become part of the Commission. When I was notified of this by the Human Rights Commission, I told them that I would accept with pleasure and that I was at their service to help to save these lives and also the lives of the prisoners that these forces are asking the government to free.
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Sunday, December 31
We have come to the end of the year. The Mass in the cathedral was well attended, as was the Mass at seven in the evening, at which we already were celebrating the Mass for January 1.
At noon I had lunch with the seminarians that work in the cathedral at the Colegio Sagrada Corazón. Lunch was provided for us there.
In the evening at ten o'clock we had a meditation before the Blessed Sacrament and I celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Divine Providence Hospital. And in the sisters' dining room together with other special visitors, in the midst of the explosions of fireworks, we witnessed the passage from an old year to a new one. And we predicted happiness for the new year. Happy New Year!
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