Slovenia Times
3. April, 2021
Å kofja Loka – The Å kofja Loka Passion Play, Slovenia’s oldest play, was staged in the town of Å kofja Loka on Good Friday exactly 300 years ago. Passion processions had been held in town before and the play was in the making for years, but the preserved manuscript is dated 1721.
The 300th anniversary of the oldest preserved play in Slovenian and the oldest preserved director’s book in Europe was to be celebrated with the staging of the play but the mass event was pushed to 2022 because of the epidemic.
The Å kofja Loka Passion Play is the biggest play staged outdoors in Slovenia featuring around 1,000 volunteers.
TAMBUNAN: Eighteen years ago, Fr Valentine Gompok OFM Cap was the first Capuchin to be ordained from Tambunan. This historic event was repeated when Deacon Gilbert James OFM Cap was ordained as a priest at the Church of St Theresa, Tambunan Feb 27, 2021.
The rite of ordination began after the reading of the Gospel, when Fr Valentine presented the candidate to Bishop Cornelius Piong.
Bishop Piong in his address said that he hoped the newly ordained priest would be attentive to the needs of the Church and the people, and would unite himself with Christ who is the Master, Priest and Shepherd, spread the Word of God everywhere, and be in communion with the Bishops and priests.
Dutch-born culturalist priest dies at 78 in Indonesia
Father Leonardus Egidius Joosten Ginting Suka will be remembered as a guardian of local tribal heritage
A requiem Mass is held at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Brastagi of Karo district in North Sumatra province for Father Leonardus Egidius Joosten Ginting Suka, who died on Feb. 28. (Photo courtesy of Altur Manullang)
Dutch-born Capuchin priest Father Leonardus Egidius Joosten Ginting Suka, widely recognized in Indonesia as a culturalist and a writer, has died at the age of 78.
The retired priest, who had lived in North Sumatra province since 1971, died on Feb. 28 in the provincial capital Medan from acute lung disease after having appeared to have recovered from Covid-19.
By Agnes Chai
Gilbert James is the second son of Sabah soil to embrace the way of life of St Francis in the Capuchin Order, the first being Fr Valentine Gompok of Tambunan in 2003.
Vocational discernment often begins with listening to God, gaining clarity and taking the next best step closest to the call. For Gilbert, it was no different. In his discernment journey, he explored several Religious Orders/Society, as well as the diocesan priesthood.
But as God would have it, he discovered that to be a son of St Francis of Assisi was the way for him to best answer God’s call to the priestly vocation – to live among a band of brothers in simplicity of life and radical poverty, and being deeply in love with God.
Bishop names new director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry
Fr. Michael Sevigny to take on new role effective immediately.
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PORTLAND Bishop Robert Deeley has appointed Fr. Michael Sevigny, OFM Cap., as the Diocese of Portland’s new director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry, effective immediately.
A Sanford native, Sevigny has served in the office since August. He succeeds Sr. Patricia Pora, RSM, who stepped down as director on Nov. 27 after more than a decade of service. Pora will continue as a member of the Hispanic Ministry team on a volunteer basis, according to a news release from Dave Guthro, communications director, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.