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聖費爾南多總教區阿尼塞托總主教，主持隆重的聖鮑思高瞻禮日彌撒。共祭者包括三名主教，以及超過一百名慈幼會及教區司鐸。講道者為香港教區榮休主教陳日君樞機。他論及畢少懷神父如何成為他慈幼聖召之父。 在場參禮的包括有菲律賓會省省會長 Eligio Cruz 神父及 George Militante 神父、中華會省省會長斐林豐神父、聖人列品案慈幼會代理人 Pierluigi Cameroni 神父、副代理人 Nestor Impelido 神父，以及包括舊生在內的慈幼大家庭多名成員，畢少懷神父曾為他們的告解神師及神修導師。 隆重禮儀完結後，教區調查第一環節正式展開。這環節包括成立調查法庭，所有法庭成員，包括教區主教、主教代表，以及推動正義者和公證人，均需宣誓。 畢少懷神父年幼喪母，先後得到迪拉諾母佑會，以及桑地里阿慈幼會的照料。第一次世界大戰爆發時，他被徵召入伍。退役後，加入慈幼會，申請前往遠東傳教。他來到華南韶州時，成為慈幼會首名殉道者雷鳴道主教的助手。1930年，他被任命為中華會省省會長，積極發展中國的慈幼會傳教事業。他成立了北京第一所慈幼會學校，因而滿全了鮑思高神父其中一個夢境。此後，慈幼會事業得到重大擴展，但後來因國共內戰而中斷。其後，畢少懷神父轉移視線至菲律賓，成立當地的慈幼會。1955年，他被任命為準會省代理，並於1958年成為省會長。 深厚的樂觀精神、慈父情懷與樂天態度，是畢少懷神父的特點，他每到一個地方，均會推動令人愉悅的家庭精神。1971年1月3日，他於菲律賓的 Bacolor 去世。
Opening of Diocesan Enquiry for the Cause of Beatification of Fr Carlo Braga (ANS - Philippines –Pampanga, 30 January 2014) – On 30 January, the diocesan investigation for the beatification and canonization of the Servant of God Father Carlo Braga opened in a solemn ceremony in the Cathedral of San Fernando (Pampanga - Philippines). Fr Braga was a Salesian missionary to China and founder of the Salesian presence in the Philippines. Archbishop Paciano Aniceto of San Fernando presided at a solemn Eucharistic celebration in honour of Don Bosco. Three other bishops and more than 100 Salesian and diocesan priests concelebrated. Cardinal Joseph Zen, Archbishop Emeritus of Hong Kong gave the homily. He spoke of how Fr Braga was the father of his Salesian vocation. Those present included the Provincials of the Philippines, Fr Eligio Cruz and Fr George Militante, and the Provincial of China, Fr Lanfranco Fedrigotti; the Postulator General, Fr Pierluigi Cameroni, and Vice- Postulator, Fr Nestor Impelido; several members of the Salesian Family, including many past pupils who had had Fr Braga as confessor and spiritual guide. After the solemn celebration, the first session of the diocesan enquiry took place. This involved the establishment of the court and the oath of the members that compose it: the diocesan bishop, the episcopal delegate, the promoter of justice and the notaries. Carlo Braga lost his mother at a young age and was entrusted first to the Daughters of Mary Help of Tirano and later to the Salesians of Sondrio. With the outbreak of World War I he was recruited into the army. He joined the Salesians and applied to be sent as a missionary to the Far East. Arrived at Shiu Chow, in the south of China, he became a collaborator of Bishop Versiglia, the first Salesian martyr. In 1930 he became Provincial of China, giving a major boost to the development of the Salesian missionary work there. He founded the first Salesian school in Beijing, thereby fulfilling one of Don Bosco’s dreams. The Salesian work expanded significantly but this growth was dramatically interrupted by communism. Fr Braga then turned his attention to the Philippines, where he started the Salesian presence. In 1955 he was made Provincial Delegate and in 1958 became Provincial. Profound optimism, fatherliness and happiness were the salient features of Fr Braga, who promoted a wonderful family spirit everywhere he went. He died in Bacolor, Philippines, on 3 January 1971. |
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