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Diocesan Bulletin #22

July 2015

Did you know?

That there's a chapel in the Hospital Británico.

It's called the Chapel of the Good Shepherd.

Every Wednesday, at 10 a.m., a Eucharist is celebrated there in English.

All are welcome to join


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Parish of S Pablo & S Pedro,

Progreso

Patronal Festival

Baptism of Antonio Benjamín

Parish Activities

*The Eucharist is celebrated every Saturday @ 16 hs during the Winter.

* Every 2nd Saturday = a course ´´Introduction to Liturgy, in the life of the Church´´, Fr

Enrique Illarze

*Every 4th Saturday = a course “Spirituality in the life of the community and Christian

Meditation´, Pablo Martínez

*Fridays: Preparation towards

Baptism & First Communion

Graciela Diano y Mercedes Moreira


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The Anglican Church in Uruguay (IAU)

and ECUMENISM

The Council of Christian Churches of Uruguay (CICU)

met on 5th June for their annual General Assembly. At

that meeting our Bishop, Michele Pollesel, was elected

President for the period June 2015 to May 2016.

The CICU was founded in 1998. It brings together 10 Christian churches under

varying degrees of membership, as well as including the YMCA as an associate

member.

Its objectives are:

1) Organize the yearly Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – which takes place the

week before Pentecost;

2) Promote spaces for gathering, mutual understanding and Christian dialogue;

3) Support venues for study and reflection on ecumenism;

4) Working at all levels to sensitize Uruguayan society about the reality of the

Christian presence in its midst, in such a way that it can visualize the consistent

efforts of our members to work in a coordinated way to address current challenges,

to better understand our unity on essential issues that concern us all, and that this

union is a tool to better proclaim the Good News of Jesus, based on John 17:21.

Bishop Michele: All Anglicans in Uruguay wish you God´s blessings in this new

responsibility and may God grant you the necessary gifts and strength to fulfill the

task ahead in the best possible way and for the benefit of all: Christians and non-

Christians within our country.

Pe. Enrique Illarze, OblSB.

Alternate Anglican Representative to CICU


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SALE

SECOND-HAND CLOTHES

&

OTHER ITEMS

FRIDAY, July 10th

10:00 – 17:00 hs

SATURDAY 11th

10:00 – 13:00 hs

LAFONE HALL – Reconquista 522 – Cuidad Vieja

Contact person = Vilma @ 2711.7343


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Project:

Approaching young folk from Posada de Belén by a few folk from Holy Trinity

Cathedral. Posada de Belén is one of the residences for young people that is run

by the Anglican Church of Uruguay.

It seeks to initiate the youngsters in the knowledge of Christ Jesus.

Methodology: research, action – with brief activities (such as visits, meetings,

storytelling, lectures, sharing, giving thanks for simple meals, etc.)

We give thanks for the presence of the young people at the bilingual Eucharist on

Trinity Sunday and for their visit to the Cathedral in recent days.

Liz, Nélida, Vilma y Sergio Echeverría


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National Women´s Encounter

This year we will be having an Encounter only for the women of Uruguay. The women in Salto are already working on details and are making preparations to receive women for the rest of our small country. Date: November 7th and 8th We will have presentations on "AMARE" (please see the graphic). We are advising you to start saving to cover the cost of the trip. We are working on getting other financial aid which will allow us to offer grants


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Liturgical Symbols - VI.- BREAD.-

I.- Anthropology.

Since ancient times humans have used to prepare food grains, as is

continued today: barley, rice, wheat, are best known.

The grain was collected in the harvest, shelled, ground manually at first and

later in stone mills to make flour, and then it was mixed with water, yeast

and salt, kneaded, left to ferment, and cooked in ovens of various types: on

the ground in holes, on metal plates, or even in between hot coals covered

with ashes.

Then "cakes" were placed on sticks, on a long table or in baskets. No knife was used to cut it. It was

simply broken by hand. All of these processes and practices, which were common at that time are

described in all cultures, and in the biblical writings there are numerous details.

In the Near and Middle East the most common was barley bread (Ju.7,3; Ez.4,9). On special

occasions or in worship wheat bread, which was considered a luxury, was used. Normally its making

was part of the female work and it was usually made early in the morning (Gn.18,6; Jer.7,18; Mt.

13:33).

II.- Symbolism.

Bread is seen as the great symbol of food. Its lack denotes scarcity, famine and

hunger, while its presence connotes abundance,nutrition and life. When broken

and shared, it means that people are linked by bonds of friendship or

allegiance. Nowadays, the UN Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO) has

as its motto the Latin expression: "Fiat Panis", i.e.: "Let there be bread", in a

clear allusion the symbolic value of bread as "the" food par excellence.

III.- Sacred Use.

A) In the Old Testament.

There are many mentions of the religious use of bread.

* Bread of Passover (Ex 12.8) that accompanies the Jewish Passover

Seder dinner.

* 12 loaves of Proposition or Presence (Lev. 24.5) placed every

Saturday on a small altar in front of the Holy of Holies in the Temple

of Jerusalem. On each loaf, pure incense was put as a way of

consacrating them.

* the two Breads of the First Fruits, or Harvest: 2 loaves offered by

each Family at the beginning of the Feast of the Weeks (Pentecost),

rendereing thanks to God for the fertility of the Earth.

* The bread of the sacrifice offered by Melchizedek with Abraham (Gn. 14.18 to 20).

* "To eat the bread" with someone was an expression for describing a meal during which a loaf of

bread was ritually broken and eaten by the attendants, as a sign of alliance (Gn. 31,54;

Obad.7). The expression also means to have strong bonds of affection and or of affection between

those who share the action (Ps. 41,10).

* The material bread, bodily nourishment, it is assimilated to wisdom and intelligence, feeding the


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human spirit (Eclo.15,3; Prov.9,5).

* The expression "give (receive, eat) the bread of tears" means divine judgment and punishment.

B) In the New Testament.

esus uses bread in his preaching, miracles and actions.

* In the multiplication of the loaves (Mc.6,30; Mt.14,13-

21; Lc.9,10-17; Jn.6,1-13).

* "Eat bread in the kingdom of God," Lk. 14,15, meaning

to participate in the heavenly feast.

* Jesus is proclaimed and identifies himself with bread,

like "bread from heaven" (Jn.6,31ss); "bread of life"

(Jn.6,35-48); "living bread" or "bread of life" (Jn.6,51).

* Bread of the Last Supper (Luke 22.19 to 20; Mt.26,26-

28; Mk. 14: 22-24.) about which St. Paul also speaks in 1

Cor. 11:23- 25).

IV.- In Christianity.-

1) Christianity preserved the symbolic meaning of bread existing in the Greco-Roman culture and in the

Jewish tradition, and also put it in the center of its principal rite: the eucharist and this fact remains

unchanged till the present time.

Notwithstanding, Christians have internal diferences in relation with the kind of bread to be used in

the Eucharist: leavened or unleavened bread?

Eastern Churches use leavened bread for communion (except Armenians).

Western Churches use unleavened bread.

The difference was consolidated and was one of the pretexts in the Great Schism of 1054 that

divided Eastern permanently to western Christianity.

2) In Anglicanism.- Archbishop Cranmer (1489-1556), in the 1st. Book of Common Prayer of 1549

ordained to continue with the traditional use of unleavened bread for communion; but in the 2nd.

Book of Common Prayer of 1552 he changed his mind and

authorized the use of both kinds of bread.

The Injunction of Queen Elizabeth I of 1559 tried to restore the use

of just the unleavened bread, but without much success, and finally

the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 authorizes both kinds of bread.

Presently this discussion, important at that time, is only a minor

problem, and various of the newest Books of Common Prayer, in

many Provinces of the Anglican Communion, expressily allow the

giving of communion with both kinds of bread.

Fr. Enrique Illarze, OblSB.

Note: During the coming months, Fr Enrique will be sharing the following subjects with us: flowers, wine, ambry, cross/crucifix, vestments, ornaments, bells, temple.


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Karate classes starting

Santiago Apóstol (Lecocq 1573)

Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays - 18,00 – 19,30 hs

As from 4-yrs old – All welcome!

For further info & inscriptions, pls contact

Gustavo 095181332

and/or

Mary who´s a member of the community 091971138


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The second Ecumenical encounter, took place on Friday June 26, at Librería

San Pablo, within the framework of institutional Week of San Pablo (before

the feast of Saints Peter and

Paul, Martyrs - June 29th).

The Prayer meeting was well

attended with the presence of

Christians from various

denominations, who shared

the Word of God, prayed and

gave thanks for the gift of

being witnesses of the reality

of being united in that which

is essential, free in what is

accidental and above all, brothers/sisters in the same Lord.

Bishop Michele Pollesel and Fr Enrique Illarze

represented the Anglican Church, as witnesses of

our commitment to ecumenism.

The Society of St. Paul, founded by Bt Alberione is

very involved in ecumenical work and especially promotes the area of

communication.

We greet Librería San Pablo Library and Librería Paulinas, both belonging

to the same religious society.

Pe. Enrique Illarze, OblSB


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SANTIAGO APÓSTOL PARISH - Colón

The Young folk at our parish, sharing dinner to mitigate some of the cold!

Volley-ball classes have started

Thursdays @ 16 hs

All wecome!


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WE PRAY & GIVE THANKS FOR

The Anglican Church of Uruguay and our mission to be God´s instrument in the midst of our society; our clergy and their families and the workers at each Project and their families.

For each person who draws near to a Parish / Mission / Project … May we be open to welcome every one of them …

For the sick, the lonely, homeless, those who haven’t sufficient food…

We give thanks for Kirsten Lowell´s time with us in Uruguay and wish her many blessings, as she travels back home and begins a new chapter in her life.

Tim Dickinson, Manager/Promoción Humana

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