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I N D E XSeminar on the Memoria PassionisIn honor of the 90th birthday of Fr. Stanislas Breton, C.P.Fr. Ottaviano D'EgidioPresentation: “Tribute to Fr. Breton” . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 3Fr. Fernando Taccone“The chronicles of an historical celebration” . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 7Fr. Stanislas Breton“Retrospective” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 9Fr. José Luis Quintero“The Memoria Passionis as a categoryof the Logos of the Cross” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 13Fr. Adolfo Lippi“La Passion du Christ et les Philosophies andthe developments in the theology of the cross” . . . . . .p. 16Fr. Maximiliano Anselmi“The Memory of the Messianic Passionfrom the perspective of spirituality” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 17Fr. Pablo Lorenzo“Nothingness: The principal attribute...” . . . . . . . . . .p. 19Fr. Ottaviano D’EgidioHomily for the Mass of Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 21Passionist Life25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of John Paul IIFr. Fabiano Giorgini“25 years of the Pontificate of John Paul II:the relationship of the Pope with the Passionists” . .p. 23General Consulta of 4 - 8 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 26News from the Passionist Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 27Ordinations and Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 33Notitiae Obitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 34New Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 35Passionist International BulletinN°3 - New Series - December 2003Special EditionEditorGeneral Curiaof the Congregation of the PassionGeneral Consultor forCommunicationsLuis Alberto Cano, C.P.Editing and Traslation of TextsMarco Albarella, C.P. (Italian)Luis Enrique Bernal, C.P. (Spanish)Lawrence Rywalt, C.P. (English)Collaborators for this issueAntonio Calabrese, C.P.Enzo del Brocco, C.P.John Baptist Ormechea, C.P.Federica FrancoPhotographsArthur Carrillo, C.P.Giovanni Cipriani, C.P.Jefferies Foale, C.P.Christopher Gibson, C.P.Gregor Lenzen, C.P.AddressCommunications OfficeCuria GeneraliziaPza. Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, 1300184 Roma – ITALIATel. 06-77.27.11Fax: 06.700.84.54Página Web: http://passiochristi.orgE-mail: commcuria@pcn.netGraphicsMarco AnimobonoCover logoLoretta LynchPrintingGrafica Animobono s.a.s.Via dell’Imbrecciato, 71a00149 Roma
seminar on the memoria passionisA SEMINAR ON THE MEMORIA PASSIONIS INSTANISLAS BRETON: TRIBUTE, RESEARCH AND REFLECTIONFr. Ottaviano D’Egidio, C.P.A life lived “in the significance of the cross,” thatof Fr. Stanislas Breton, religious of the PassionistCongregation since 1928, was born in 1912 inGironde, France. I want to say about Fr. Breton whathe himself wrote in, Le Verbe et la Croix (1981)Chapter III - “The crazy persons of Christ”- “They aremen who possess a living and devastating recollectionof an essential past dominated by the cross. From onhigh, from the top of the cross they look “at all thatwhich in our present existence we call reality”. Andthey lift their heads toward that Nothing that faith tellsthem is “worthy of being”, because it is in thisNothing and for this that they are what they are. Mendiscern that their folly is placed within a “metaphor”(in the etymological sense of the term), that continuallytransports them toward the Crucified One,because there is their treasure and it is there wheretheir heart rests.”Philosopher, theologian and poet of the MemoriaPassionis, he is among the great representatives ofcontemporary Christian thought. The vast scientificwork, 40 published books and 311 articles or contributionsto collected works and his academic teachinghave contributed to the deepening of the research onthe Verbum Crucis in a profitable dialog betweenfaith, reason and intuition. Furthermore, he hasenriched the understanding of the charism of thePassionist Congregation that St. Paul of the Crosssummarized in the words “promote grateful remembranceof the Passion of Our Lord.”The Passionist Congregation, wishing to initiatethe cathedra Gloria Crucis in the Pontifical LateranUniversity, could not have found a more opportuneoccasion than that of the 90 th birthday of StanislasBreton. In fact, Father Breton was one of the first, notonly in the Congregation, but in the entire Church tohave perceived the renewing power of the Cross andthe Passion within the intellectual field. Certainly heanticipated, with his studies, the revival of the theologiacrucis that has been confirmed in recent decadesin Protestant circles, then, also in Catholic sectors.When this was validated, however, Breton did notlimit himself to merely observing what they hadalready delineated, but, with scientific care and precision,he also revealed the shortcomings, without enteringinto arguments with anyone.Breton did not so much discover the pitfalls in thecritical stance that the Lutheran theologia crucisassumed with respect to the traditional categories ofFrom the Editors…This edition of the New PIB is entirely a “special edition”. In this issue we feature the joyful event of the celebration ofthe 90th birthday of Fr. Stanislas Breton and the Seminar of the “Memoria Passionis” that was held in Rome to celebratethis anniversary. Thus you will note that we slightly changed the format and the sections that were used in prior issues.In light of the impossibility, for lack of space, of offering all of the content of the Seminar, we chose instead to summarizesome aspects of the same. In addition to the chronicle of the event, you will find the complete text of the talks of Fr.General and one of the conferences of Fr. Breton; additionally there is a brief summary of each of the four major conferences.The complete text will be edited and published in the future by the General Curia.Also we could not ignore the celebration of the 25 th Anniversary of the Pontificate of John Paul II. Fr. Fabiano Giorginiprepared an article on this topic. Finally, we present a synopsis of the main news items of the Passionist Family during thisperiod.Your comments and suggestions are welcome concerning the New PIB, as well as your collaboration. You can send correspondencevia e-mail, fax or normal mail to the address that appears on page 2.A Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of the Passionist Family!The Editors3
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