【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2010 10 1斯洛文尼亞盧布爾雅那訊,austraLasia #2723】 ─ 慈幼通訊社最近發表一篇有關教區對天主忠僕慈幼會士馬義誠神父的英勇德行展開調查的一則通訊,在越南,人愛稱他為越南慈幼會事業的創始者(他與其他外國傳教士在中國大陸解放後被逐出中國。其後,他到越南 當時慈幼會中華會省的一部分。)

2010926日這一天,真是為越南慈幼會士,以及在斯洛文尼亞的慈幼會士,一個偉大的時刻,馬義誠神父展開列品個案大禮彌撒,於這一天在盧布爾雅那 Rakovnik 的瑪利亞進教之佑大殿舉行,同一天在華道角,有十一名越南籍傳教士獲派遣,事實上,馬義誠神父於多年前,正是在同一地方獲派遣為傳教士。

我們已經在 sdb.org 網頁中,刊登了有關這位天主忠僕的資料,你們知道便好了。因為在此之前,網頁中只有他的名字,連一幅照片也沒有!現在已有數幅照片,以及一篇簡評(由列品案部提供,如有意見,請不妨提出)。我們也藉此提醒各位讀者,這位天主忠僕有六千多篇日記及靈修摘要,大部份已輯錄在SDL的馬義誠神父類別中。你們或許要有耐性,最好有較佳的寬頻網絡!這些筆記以掃描圖像形式發放,因為他的筆記多以手抄錄,夾雜了很多摘要和圖片等──因此圖像化是唯一可行的辦法。然而結果是一個很大容量的PDF檔案!下載時間需約半小時。你們可決定是否下載,但至少讓你們知道在哪裡下載。

你們要認清,前面尚有一大段路。教區列真福品調查只是剛正式展開。調查需要搜集及審閱所有文件、證人供詞等,審閱文件專員包括至少兩名神學專家及另外三名歷史學家,之後正式就教區調查結案,然而向羅馬提出正式列品呈請,之後便會作出對英勇德行的正式確認,來到「可敬的」階段。惹人關注的是,結束這些初部階段之前,必須申明沒有任何公開敬禮的證據,這些公開敬禮只有在列真福品後才予准許。

當列品案到達羅馬後,通常要等候約十年時間,來完成「屬人」方面的事情和靜待藉奇蹟而來的屬神的標記!

讓我們為此事不斷祈禱!

Vietnam and Slovenia rejoice at 'Inquiry' opening for Servant of God Andrej Majcen

(ANS –Slovenia Llubljana, 1 October 2010, austraLasia #2723) – ANS has recently run an article on the formal and solemn opening of the so-called Diocesan Inquiry into the heroic virtues of Servant of God Andrej Majcen SDB, known affectionately in Vietnam as the founder of Salesian work there (after being expelled from China with other foreign missionaries, more because that was 'de rigeur' at the time, not really because the Chinese didn't like him. In fact they revered him).

It is a great moment for Salesian Vietnam especially, and for Salesians in Slovenia, and the fact that part of the solemn opening of the inquiry was celebrated at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Llubjana, from whence Fr Majcen was commissioned as a missionary many years before, on the same day that 11 new Vietnamese missionaries were commissioned in the Valdocco counterpart, on 26 September 2010, was significant.

It would be good to know that we have recently placed material on sdb.org regarding the Servant of God. Before this, we simply had his name - not even a photo! Now there are several photos, and a brief writeup (provided by the Postulation, so any comments on contents to them, please). This might also be a good time to remind readers that the Servant of God has some 6,000 pages of diaries, spiritual notes, and that a good part of these are available in the Majcen collection on SDL.  But you need patience and maybe good bandwidth!  These were scanned as images because his notes were often handwritten and filled with jottings, pics and the like - so images were the only solution. But the end results is a very heavy PDF file! Could take half an hour to download the material.  But at least you know where to find it.

There is still a long road ahead, you realise. The Diocesan Inquiry has just been formally opened. It needs to gather and examine all this documentation, witnesses depositions and the like, have them examined by at least two theological experts and a further three historical ones, after which there has to be a formal closing of the diocesan Inquiry and a formal petition made to begin the Roman phase, after which there is the possibility of a formal recognition of heroic virtues and the move to the 'Venerable' stage. Interestingly enough, these preliminary phases have to end up declaring that there is no evidence of public cult, which is only permitted after Beatification.

Once the process moves to Rome, it is normal for a period something like ten years to occur before the process completes the 'human' side of things and awaits divine signs by way of miracles!

Plenty of time for prayer on our part, then!


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