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.
APPOINTMENT OF THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN TURKEY
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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
60th anniversary of Vatican diplomatic relations with Turkey
Istanbul Aydın University provides great service to history researchers by publishing the edition “Türkiye ile Vatikan Diplomatik İlişkilere Doğru (Towards Turkey-Vatican Papacy Diplomatic Relations)” of Rinaldo Marmara has written under the light of Vatican Ministry of Foreign Affairs archive. The edition is the first documented catalog book in Turkey of the history of Turkey-Vatican relations.
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.
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Synod on Synodality
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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