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Pauline Year; Benedict XVI has declared June 2008-June
Topic Started: Sunday, 1. July 2007, 20:20 (836 Views)
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Benedict XVI has declared June 2008-June 2009 the year of St. Paul in celebration of the 2,000th anniversary of the saint's birth. Zenit provide some details of the homily preached by the Holy Father when he opened the year with Vespers at the Basilica of St Paul on Thursday, the eve of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
http://zenit.org/article-20005?l=english
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Also, in every part of the world, similar initiatives will be organized in dioceses, sanctuaries and places of prayer by religious institutions, institutions of study and assistance, which carry the name of St. Paul or which have been inspired by him and his teaching

Apart from reading on the internet, I have actually heard nothing about this - are any members parishes or dioceses planning any "Pauline" events?
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Here the Holy Father is going back further than the Early Church Fathers i.e. to the Apostolic era.

He seems to be gradually encouraging us to read the early writings; good thing that. Will be interested whether he will urge them accordingly take up reading the early Fathers epistles on the passages of the great St. Paul.

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Why does the "year" commence in June? That is neither the start of the calender or liturgical year....
"An adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelty."
"Having a clear faith, according to the credo of the church, is often labelled as fundamentalism."
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Does "The Year" commence on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul?
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Benedict XVI has declared June 2008-June 2009 the year of St. Paul in celebration of the 2,000th anniversary of the saint's birth. The year commenced on the Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul
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Here is some further information Fides Service and from

Vatican Information Service
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The Apostle of the Gentiles, said the Pope, "was anything but a gifted speaker," and hence "the extraordinary apostolic results he was able to achieve are not to be attributed to brilliant rhetoric or to refined apologetics and missionary strategies. The success of his apostolate depended above all on his personal involvement in announcing the Gospel of Christ with total dedication to Him, a dedication that feared no risks, difficulties or persecutions."

"From this," he continued, "we can draw a very important lesson for all Christians: The activity of the Church is credible and effective only in as much as those who are part thereof are ready to pay their faithfulness to Christ in person. ... If such willingness is lacking, then the decisive argument of truth upon which the Church depends also fails. ... As in the beginning, today too Christ needs apostles ready to sacrifice themselves ... like St. Paul."


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The Holy Father's Angelus speech on 29 June also makes reference to the Pauline Year
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He greeted the delegation sent by the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, and said: "Our meetings, our reciprocal visits, the continuing dialogue are not ... merely simple gestures of courtesy or attempts to achieve compromise, but the sign of a shared will to do everything possible in order, as soon as possible, to achieve full communion. ... Part of this context is the 'Pauline Year' ... which will begin on 28 June 2008 and conclude on 29 June 2009, marking the 2000th anniversary of the birth" of St. Paul.

http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi...miche/d2_en.htm
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I assisted at a Funeral Mass today. Liturgy was taken from the Mass for the Dead. During the Preface, these words were pronounced in all solemnity:

“Lord, for your faithful people life is changed, not ended. When the body of our earthly dwelling lies in death we gain an everlasting dwelling place in heaven”
[ Roman Missal, Preface of Christian Death I].

I asked the celebrant the source of these words; and his reply was that he thought it was Pauline – which relates to this topic. He also indicated that I could e mail the liturgical office of the English Bishops where they have someone paid to answer any liturgical questions. I have not gone so far as this because my thought was merely ‘what do the words “changed, not ended” say to me’.

The only reference I could find regarding the Roman Missal was in Quo Primum.

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The Roman Missal is the book containing all the prayers and order of the Mass, there is a companion “General Instructions on The Roman Missal” (GIRM). Some details are given on the Liturgy Office website but it’s not brilliant
http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/liturgy/
I don't think the Preface “Lord, for your faithful people life is changed, not ended. When the body of our earthly dwelling lies in death we gain an everlasting dwelling place in heaven” is a direct quote from scripture.
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Thank you for that.

As for a direct quotation from scripture I cannot find it in my searches. But I won't bother too much - if the Church says it, the Church says it.

I was just interested in the phrase "life is changed" that's all. Change is an interesting word - it applies to the Eucharist you know.

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I think we jumped the gun a little here. The Pauline Year commences June 2008. Further information has been given by

Zenit
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ROME, OCT. 9, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Next year's jubilee for the 2,000th anniversary of St. Paul's birth will offer pilgrims the opportunity to gain a plenary indulgence.

Father Oliviero Plichon, the coordinator of the Pauline Year who works in close collaboration with Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, said this when speaking with ZENIT about the events planned for next year's jubilee.


Plenty of time for us to ask how the year will be celebrated in our Parish and Diocese

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Coordinators of the jubilee year of St. Paul say that Turkey will have a strategic role during the commemoration, since Tarsus was the birth place of the saint.
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The Turkish episcopal conference, formed by seven bishops, three of the Latin rite, two Armenians, one Syrian Catholic and one Chaldean, is considering the program for the celebrations.

The bishops already planned a letter to the faithful of the various rites as well as a pilgrimage to Rome.

The conference has established contact with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and with the Syrian Orthodox and Armenian Gregorian metropolitan archbishops, in order to organize common ecumenical initiatives dedicated to St. Paul, as Benedict XVI has suggested.

"The bimillennium will serve also to call the attention of the Church to the Christian minority communities in Turkey, making them aware of the situation," added Bishop Padovese.

One of the first goals for Catholics is to obtain permission from the Turkish authorities in Tarsus to make a permanent place for Christian worship to accommodate the pilgrims who will arrive from around the world.

Zenit

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STRONG ECUMENICAL ELEMENT TO PAULINE YEAR

VATICAN CITY, 21 JAN 2008 (VIS) - In the Holy See Press Office this morning, the presentation took place of the programme of events for the forthcoming Pauline Year, and in particular of initiatives to be held at the Roman basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls. The Pauline year will run from 28 June 2008 to 29 June 2009.

Participating in today's press conference were Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls, Fr. Johannes Paul Abrahamovicz, prior of the basilica's abbey, and Piero Carlo Visconti, of the administrative offices.

Cardinal Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo remarked how Pope Benedict had called the Pauline year during the celebration of first Vespers for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul on 28 June 2007, in order to commemorate the second millennium of the birth of the Apostle of the Gentiles. On that occasion, the Pope had highlighted the ecumenical dimension of the event because St. Paul "was particularly committed to bringing the Good News to all people, and made prodigious efforts for the unity and harmony of all Christians".

The cardinal explained how the Pauline year "will provide an occasion" to undertake various activities: "rediscover the figure of the Apostle; reread the numerous Letters he sent to the first Christian communities; relive the early years of our Church; delve deeply into his rich teaching to the 'gentiles'; meditate on his vigorous spirituality of faith, hope and charity; make a pilgrimage to his tomb and to the numerous places he visited while founding the first ecclesial communities; revitalise our faith and our role in today's Church in the light of his teachings; pray and work for the unity of all Christians in a united Church".

Scheduled activities include a pastoral programme (daily ordinary and extraordinary liturgical celebrations, meetings for prayer and the Sacrament of Penance); a cultural religious programme (catecheses on St. Paul, conferences, congresses, concerts); pilgrimages (to the basilica and to other Pauline sites in and outside Rome); a cultural artistic programme (exhibitions, publications, postage stamps, the coining of a special medal, the issue of a stamp and a two euro coin by the Governorate of Vatican City State); a publishing programme (a guide to the basilica of St. Paul's Outside- the-Walls to be published in various languages, a new edition of the Acts of the Apostles and of the Letters of St. Paul, and the opening of a site www.annopaolino.org constantly updated with information relating to the event).

Finally, the cardinal turned his attention the ecumenical programme, ecumenism being an important aspect of the Pauline Year. He announced that the chapel currently used as the baptistery, located between the basilica and the cloister of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls, will become the "Ecumenical Chapel, maintaining its characteristic baptismal font but designated as a place in which to offer our Christian brethren a special place for prayer, either within their own groups, ... or together with Catholics, without the celebration of the Sacraments".

This chapel will also be used to house the remains of St. Timothy of Antioch and of other unknown forth century martyrs, which were discovered in the hypogeum of St. Paul during restoration work on the basilica in 2006.
VIS Press Release
A web site, in English, for the Pauline Year is expected soon

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ROME, VATICAN CITY, MARCH 4, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls is looking for initiatives that will carry the celebration of the Year of St. Paul throughout the world.

The Pauline Year, called by Benedict XVI in 2007, will run from June 28, 2008, to June 29, 2009, and will commemorate the second millennium of the birth of St. Paul. The Pope will inaugurate the year by presiding over the first vespers of the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul.

Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo addressed his letter to the dioceses, churches, shrines, places of worship and institutes for studies and assistance that carry St. Paul’s name, or are inspired by him and his teaching.

He invited "any initiative, idea, suggestion or information that could be important for spreading the work and mission of the ‘Apostle of the People.’”

The archpriest said the basilica “is committed to offering the best welcome to those who come to pray at the tomb of the Apostle," but that the event wouldn't be lived only in Rome.

He recalled that the Pope called on all religious institutions that carry St. Paul's name, or are inspired by him, to carry out initiatives “in their dioceses, sanctuaries and places of worship.”

Cardinal Montezemolo added, “It would be useful to employ the Web site annopaolino.org to communicate news of historic, cultural and religious value, as well as initiatives planned for the Jubilee Pauline Year.”

“Moved by a shared desire to celebrate the Pauline Year in the best manner possible," he said, "we invite and appreciate the efforts of all those who wish to actively collaborate in providing every type of information and suggestion through the e-mail address info@annopaolino.org."

Cardinal Montezemolo summarized already planned initiatives of the basilica "to celebrate the life, works and example of St. Paul," such as the pastoral program that includes daily liturgical celebrations, prayer meetings and celebrations of the sacrament of penance.

He said other activities would include catechetical instruction on letters of St. Paul’s, as well as conferences, meditations, theological reflections, musical events, guided tours of the Basilica and exhibits of Pauline art from around the world.

The archpriest said a number of publications would be available in various languages, including a guide to the basilica, a pilgrim handbook and a new printing of the Acts of the Apostles and Letters of St. Paul. He added that the Web site would also be available in various languages to inform the faithful of the events throughout the year.

Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi -- the Vatican institution whose mission it is to evangelize through pastoral tourism and the ministry of pilgrimage -- will oversee the pilgrimage program, said the cardinal. The program includes welcoming and assisting those who visit the basilica, and scheduling visits to other Pauline shrines in Rome or throughout the world.

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Just as the road to Damascus was instrumental in the life of St. Paul, so the city of Damascus will be instrumental in the Pauline jubilee year declared by Benedict XVI.

Patriarch Gregorios III Laham of Antioch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church -- with the help of the Franciscan custodians of the Holy Land, and in some cases, civil leaders -- is overseeing the activities focused on St. Paul. The jubilee year marking the bicentennial of Paul's birth is from June 28, 2008, to June 29, 2009.

The official Web site for the festivities is now in English, though the Pauline Year bulletins have not all been translated. It was in the most recent edition of the bulletin that Patriarch Gregorios III explained the preparations under way in Damascus, which is the seat of the Melkite Greek Church.Zenit

Official website Pauline Year
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