Mar news 2022

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International Theologate News

From the superior, Fr Tony Kennedy sm, they had welcomed seven new Marists to the Theologates in 2021: Hemi from NZ, Joseph, Sebastien, Clovis and Godlove from Cameroon, Charles from Vanuatu, and Fr Long from the Philippines studying Spirituality at the Angelicum. The full newsletter can be accessed here
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 New Bishop

Bishop Yvan Mathieu
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The Provincial of Canada, Fr Yvan Mathieu sm, has been appointed by Pope Francis as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall, Canada. 

He was born in 1961, attended Marist High School in Quebec, entered Marist Novitiate in Washington DC and made his first profession in 1980, and ordained priest on August 15, 1987. 

He was elected the Provincial of Canada in 2019.

Yvan studied Theology and Sacred Scriptures in Canada and in Rome, and obtained a doctorate at the Faculty of Theology of St Paul University in Ottawa with a dissertation “The Portrait of Peter in Luke – Acts”. At the same faculty Yvan has been teaching Old Testament and Biblical Languages, and he became Dean of the Faculty of Theology in 2014.Yvan studied Theology and Sacred Scriptures in Canada and in Rome, and obtained a doctorate at the Faculty of Theology of St Paul University in Ottawa with a dissertation “The Portrait of Peter in Luke – Acts”. At the same faculty Yvan has been teaching Old Testament and Biblical Languages, and he became Dean of the Faculty of Theology in 2014.Yvan has served in parishes, preached retreats and collaborated with several homiletical reviews. Since 1 January 2019 he has been the Provincial of Canada..In his letter to the Canadian confreres the Superior General wrote “I wish to thank and congratulate Bishop Yvan for generously agreeing to take up this new responsibility in response to the request from our Holy Father, Pope Francis. (…) Bishop Yvan’s Marist life has prepared him well to assume leadership to address the many new missionary challenges in Ottawa-Cornwall.”

 source: SM Bulletin March 18 2022
   

 

 

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Due to the pandemic, the International Novitiate for the Society situated in Davo, Philippines was closed. The closure has enabled its re-establishment in Rome. The novitiate formation team is led by Fr David Sanchez of Mexico, and assisted by Fr Sione Hamala of Oceania, and Fr Paddy O'Hare of Europe Province. There are currently 10 novices in formation. 
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