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The Catholic Bishops of Turkey convened in Izmir
The 113th General Assembly of the CET
The Catholic Bishops of Turkey convened in Izmir to celebrate the 113th General Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Turkey in 13 – 15 January 2022.
During the meeting the important issues for the benefit of the local Church in Turkey were examined as Synod of Bishops, protection of minors and the vulnerable persons, legal situation of the Church, the commissions and delegates of the CET, formats of the magazines Maranatha and Presence.
In addition, a project that initiated by Archdiocese of Izmir, aimed to form a catechism that can help our Church introduced. This document will be a good instrument for who intends to know and deepen the Christian faith. Then the study approved for a new translation and edition of liturgical books of Latin Rite (Messale e Lezionario)
At the end of the study, the Bishops signed a declaration that the statute of the house of Mary (Meryem Ana Evi) as “National Shrine” reaffirmed. The first reading and analyzing of the Statute that intended to provide this place as a place of worship in the future also performed. This document must approved later.
On Saturday 15th of January 2022, the Bishops went to the Sanctuary to thank the Lord and invoke the intercession of the Mother of God for whole Church in Turkey.
APPOINTMENT OF THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN TURKEY
The Holy Father has appointed His Excellency Monsignor Marek Solczyński, titular archbishop of Caesarea of Mauritania, currently Apostolic Nuncio in Tanzania, Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey.
Special Prayer for Mons. Ruben Tierrablanca for the First Anniversary of his Passing
Dear all,
tomorrow, on 22.12.2021, for the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of Mons.Ruben Tierrablanca OFM, I also want to invite you to the cemetery in Feriköy where at the tomb of the Friars Minor at 17.00 a special prayer in memory of Mons.Ruben will take place with the blessing of the tomb and deposition of flowers.
After this prayer, the Holy Mass will be celebrated in the cathedral at 6.00 pm, as has already been announced.
fr. Pawel Szymala OFMCap
APPOINTMENT OF THE VICAR APOSTOLIC OF ISTANBUL AND APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EXARCATE FOR THE FAITHFUL OF THE BYZANTINE RITE RESIDING IN TURKEY
His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Reverend Father Massimiliano Palinuro FD as the Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul on September 14, 2021.
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF CET: MONS. MARTIN KMETEC OFM.Conv.
Mons. Martin KMETEC OFM.Conv, Archbishop of Smyrna is appointed as the President of Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Turkey.
May god bless him in his new duty.
FUNERAL OF FR. JACEK MAREK NOWACK OFM. CAP.
The funeral of Fr Jacek NOWACKI, the priest of St. Stephan of Yeşilköy will hold on June 19, 2021, at 10.30 am.
Fr. Jacek, the Priest of Order of Minor Franciscan Capuchin was appointed to Istanbul Yesilkoy St. Stephen’s Church for a while after serving in Izmir Ephesus. Last Saturday evening, he had a heart attack and died at the monastery of St. Stephan Church.
Fr. Jacek’s funeral will begin with the Rosary to be held at Yeşilköy St. Stefan Church at 10:30 tomorrow morning. After the funeral ceremony to be held in the same church at 11:00, he will be buried at 13:30 in the Feriköy Latin Catholic Cemetery in the section reserved for Minor Capuchin Priests.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, on whose path he walked all his life, may grant the reward of eternal life and bless his testimony in this land with abundant fruit.
DEATH AND FUNERAL OF BR. JACEK MAREK NOWACKI
I am the resurrection and the life.
The one who believes in me will live, even though they die. (Jn. 11, 25)
Last Saturday, June 12, 2021 in the Capuchin convent in Yeşilköy – İSTANBUL, having 52 years of life; 31 years of his life in the Order and 25 years in the priesthood,
Br. Jacek Marek NOWACKI OFMCap died
The funeral will take place in Istanbul on June 19, 2021 (Saturday) according to the program:
• at 10.30, the rosary, St. Stephen’s Church in Yeşilköy
• at 11.00, the funeral mass, St. Stephen’s Church in Yeşilköy
• at 13.30, the burial at the tomb of the Capuchin Friars Minor, Latin cemetery in Feriköy (there will be a minibus)
Give him eternal rest, Lord.
And let the perpetual light shine upon him.
RIP
NB. The celebration will broadcast on Facebook on the page: https://www.facebook.com/yesilkoy.kilisesi
The House of the Virgin in Ephesus is one of the 30 shrines for the Rosary prayer “marathon”
Pope Francis hoped that this month of May, dedicated to Virgin Mary, would be dedicated to a “marathon” of prayer on the basis of the biblical expression “From the whole Church rose unceasingly prayer towards God” (Acts 12, 5) to invoke the end of the pandemic.
This community call aims to realize a continuous prayer, which ceaselessly ascends from the whole Church to the Father through the intercession of the Virgin Mary.
For this, he wanted to associate thirty representative shrines located in the four corners of the world, from Japan to Bosnia, from Nigeria to Argentina via Turkey…, every day on another site.
This cycle of prayers began on May 1 with the prayer of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica and the Holy Father will conclude it on May 31 from the Vatican Gardens.
On Wednesday 19th of May, the daily meeting will take place live from the House of the Virgin in Ephesus!
With the prayer of the Rosary, each day of the month is characterized by an intention of prayer for the different categories of people most affected by the drama of the pandemic. For Turkey, this intention concerns people at war and for world peace.
The Daily Marian Prayer is broadcast live every day at 6:00 p.m. Rome time (7:00 p.m. in Turkey) on the official channel of the Holy See.
It can be watched live on May 19 on the Archdiocese of Izmir YouTube channel:
