安多尼神父的榜樣 |
巴塞隆納 Martí Codolar 的院長 Jordi Latorre 神父,對於杜明尼治神父在生命最後的時刻,在病入膏肓時仍奮勇地與無情病魔搏鬥的情景,仍歷歷在目。七月四日,他堅忍沉重的病苦,出席在巴塞隆納羅卡福特大殿舉行的晉鐸典禮。之後,杜明尼治神父知悉康復無望,便請求領受傅油聖事。 查偉思神父於殯葬禮當天,在給慈幼會士及杜明尼治神父家人的訊息中寫道:「安多尼是內外一致、坦率、真誠的人,信仰深厚而堅定,對所相信的,無不滿懷熱情。」總會長憶述,杜明尼治神父充份體現了作為一個人,一位基督徒,一位慈幼會士,一位總部議會合作者的應有特質。
「安多尼深愛他基督徒及慈幼會士的召叫,並以此作為他的生命計劃,他獻出自己、肉身和靈魂,以表明對召 查偉思神父指出,即使杜明尼治神父在患病期間,他仍喜樂地見證著信、望、愛,和對生命的承擔。在接受治療期間,努力堅持工作、祈禱、及悅納天主的旨意。 在巴塞隆納沙利雅瑪利亞進教之佑大殿舉行的殯葬禮中,許多尊重和認同安多尼•杜明尼治神父的慈幼會士、親友及慈幼大家庭成員,出席了儀式。 總部青年牧民議員 Fabio Attard 神父代表總會長主持殯葬禮,襄禮神父包括總部議會西歐顧問 José Miguel Núñez Moreno 神父、總部議會意大利及中東顧問 Pier Fausto Frisoli 神父,以及巴塞隆納、華倫西亞、畢爾巴鄂及馬德里會省的各省會長。
在安所彌撒後,杜明尼治神父的遺體安葬在沙利雅墳場。該墳場自一九一一年起,便成為巴塞隆納會省已去世慈幼會士永久安息之所。
Fr Anthony’s example (ANS – RMG – Rome, 29 Jul 2009 ) – A little more than a week after the death of Fr Anthony Domenech, the former Youth Ministry Councillor, those who knew him and worked with him still recall him vividly. Fr Jordi Latorre, the Rector at Martí Codolar, Barcelona, recalled Fr Domenech`s final days, marked by a strong desire to fight the disease which was inexorably moving to its final stages. On 4 July, it took great effort and suffering to attend an ordination to the priesthood at the Rocafort Shrine in Barcelona. In the days that followed, aware that recovery was now beyond possibility, Fr Domenech asked to receive the Sacrament of Anointing. “Anthony was a person who was fully together, straightforward, transparent, a man of strong and deep convictions, with a passion for everything he believed in”, wrote Fr Pascual Chávez in a message sent to Salesians and Fr Domenech`s family on the day of the funeral. In his message, the Rector Major briefly recalled some of the elements which marked out Fr Domenech as a human being, a Christian, a Salesian priest and as his collaborator in the General Council. “Anthony loved his Christian and Salesian calling to the point where he took it up seriously as a real project of life and gave himself, body and soul, to identifying himself with his calling. This was the source of his immense love for Jesus, the Church, the Kingdom, Don Bosco, the Congregation and young people; and his generous, unbounded gift of self to the mission entrusted him in his various responsibilities”. During his illness, Fr Chávez pointed out, Fr Domenech rejoiced in his witness of faith, hope, love and commitment to life, struggling perseveringly during therapy with work, prayer and accepting God`s will. The esteem and recognition given Fr Anthony Domenech is witnessed by the many Salesians, friends and members of the Salesian Family present for the obsequies, celebrated at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Barcelona-Sarriá. Presiding at the rites, in the name of the Rector Major, were Fr Fabio Attard, Youth Ministry Councillor, accompanied by Fr José Miguel Núñez Moreno, Councillor for West Europe, Fr Pier fausto Frisoli, Councillor for Italy and the Middle East, and the Provincials of Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, and Madrid. The presence of Bishop Godayol, Delegate for Consecrated Life in Barcelona Diocese, and a message from Mother Yvonne Reungoat were amongst the attestations of esteem. At the conclusion of the Requiem Mass, Fr Domenech`s body was interred at the cementery in Sarriá. This cemetery has been the final resting place for deceased Salesians from Barcelona Province since 1911. |