弟鐸‧澤民神父獲宣稱為真福

 

【慈幼通訊社 2017 10 02 斯洛伐克布拉迪斯拉發訊】 ─ 教宗代表暨封聖部部長,慈幼會士安琪‧阿瑪道樞機,於930日星期六,在布拉迪斯拉發舉行的殉道慈幼會士弟鐸‧澤民神父的宣福彌撒中,作出了熱切的講道辭,說道:「為兄弟捐軀,是真福蒂托‧澤曼的理想。他被逮捕是因為協助修生及司鐸移居國外,以實踐他們的使徒理想。他的牢獄之災轉化為別人獲救贖的祭獻」

 

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25,000名信眾、25名總主教、約500名司鐸及200名修生,參與了這場普世教會暨慈幼家庭的慶典。除主禮安琪‧阿瑪道樞機外,主要共祭團包括總主教斯坦尼斯拉夫‧茲沃倫斯基蒙席、總會長范達民神父、斯洛伐克籍董高樞機及教廷駐該國使節Giacomo Ottonello蒙席。在場還有弟鐸‧澤民神父的兩名妹妹和數名親屬。

 

宣福禮是整個禮儀中最富情感的時刻。布拉迪斯拉發教區總主教,在慈幼會宣福、列聖總申請人 Pierluigi Cameroni 神父,以及副總申請人Jozef Slivon神父的陪同下,提出正式的請求後,安琪‧阿瑪道樞機宣讀有關弟鐸‧澤民神父獲宣稱為真福的牧函,並宣佈18日,即他返回父家的日子,為他的紀念日。

 

翌日,101日主日,Vajnory團體為弟鐸‧澤民神父獲宣福而向各界道謝。Vajnory是布拉迪斯拉發的一個地區,弟鐸‧澤民神父於191514日在此出生,這裡也是他領受聖洗及堅振聖事、舉行首祭,並於196918日致命的地方。

 

斯坦尼斯拉夫‧茲沃倫斯基蒙席主持隆重的共祭感恩祭,總會長在講道中,強調弟鐸‧澤民神父的見證來得合時,並配合「下一屆主題為『青年、信仰及聖召辨別』的主教大會籌備工作」。弟鐸‧澤民神父,彷彿以隱秘的方式,在聖召辨別過程中,植入了這些基本步驟。

 

下午,新真福者的聖髑,安放在Vajnory堂區聖堂的旁祭台內。甚至教宗方濟各,在誦唸三鐘經後,也向新真福者致敬說:「他加入了二十世紀眾多殉道者的行列中……他的見證,在我們生命中最困難的時刻支持著我們,並幫助我們在艱苦中,也能看到上主的臨在。」

 

Fr Titus Zeman is blessed

 

( ANS Slovakia – Bratislava, 02 October 2017 ) – “To donate life for the brothers was the ideal of Blessed Tito Zeman. He was arrested because he helped seminarians and priests to expatriate to live their apostolic ideal. His imprisonment was transformed into a sacrifice of redemption for others.” These are some of the passages of the intense homily expressed by Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, representative of the Pope and Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during the Eucharist celebrated on Saturday, 30 September, in Bratislava on the occasion of the beatification of Titus Zeman, Salesian priest, martyr.

 

An event of the Church and the Salesian Family that saw the participation of 25,000 faithful, 25 archbishops and bishops, about 500 priests, 200 seminarians. With Cardinal Amato, among the chief concelebrants were the Archbishop of Bratislava, Mgr. Stanislav Zvolenský, Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Slovak Cardinal Jozef Tomko and Apostolic Nuncio, Msgr. Giacomo Ottonello. There were two sisters of the new blessed and several relatives.

 

A moment of particular intensity was experienced with the rite of beatification. Following the official request of the Archbishop of Bratislava, accompanied by the Postulator General, Fr. Pierluigi Cameroni, SDB, and the Vice-Postulator, Fr Jozef Slivon, SDB, Cardinal Amato read the Apostolic Letter with which Titus Zeman is counted among the blessed, and his liturgical memory celebrated on January 8, his dies natalis.

 

On the following day, Sunday, 1 October, it was the community of Vajnory to render thanks for the beatification of Fr Zeman. Vajnory is the district of Bratislava where Fr Titus was born on 4 January, 1915, where he was baptized and confirmed, where he celebrated the First Mass and concluded his life on earth on 8 January, 1969.

 

In the solemn concelebration, presided over by Msgr. Zvolenský, the Rector Major preached the homily and emphasized the timeliness of Fr Zeman’s testimony, also in reference to “the preparation and celebration of the next synod dedicated to the theme: young people, faith and vocational discernment. Fr Titus, through clandestine passages, has somehow embodied those fundamental steps in the process of discernment.”

 

In the afternoon the relic of the new Blessed was placed in a side altar of the parish church of Vajnory. Even Pope Francis, at the end of the Angelus, paid homage to the new Blessed: “He joins the long line of martyrs of the twentieth century… His testimony supports us in the most difficult moments of life and helps us recognize, even in hardship, the presence of the Lord.”

 

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