SAINT JOSEPH YOUTH GROUP

Episcopal Ordination Bishop of The Vicariate of Phnom Penh

March 11, 2010

Father OLIVIER SCHMITTHAEUSLER, MEP

Appointed as Caoadjutor Bishop to

BISHOP EMILE DESTOMBES,

For the Apostolic Viariate of PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA

HIS EPESCOPAL ORDINATION

Which will take place at the Salesian of Don Bosco School

(Phnom Penh Thmey)

Saturday March 20^th, 2010 at 9:00 am

Through the imposition of hands by the participation Bishops. The Eucharist will be concelebrated by Bp. Emile Destombes, as president, assisted by H.E. Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the Apostolic Nuncio for Cambodia. Bp. Christian Kratz of Strasbourg, France, and by the other bishops and priest.

Kindly remember the new bishop in your prayers.

Posted by CSC.

Olivier Schmitthaeusler, a Bishop with a Free Spirit

March 11, 2010

In 1999, he was celebrating Mass at Svay Pak, a settlement on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh. Later he was the Initiator of an agricultural education program in Takeo Province. Now Fr. Oliver Schmitthaeusler, a 39-year-old priest from Alsace will be ordained bishop of Phnom Penh in March.

Out on the road, driving his Honda CRV, Fr. Olivier brakes suddenly to avoid a dog lying beside the road. “My car has so much dust that one cannot even see it,” he smiles. On the windshield...

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Letter to all the Communities Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh 27 June 2009 (Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul)

September 11, 2009

I. Address (cf. Phil 1:1-2)
Emile, a servant of Christ Jesus to all Christians in Christ Jesus, to all those who seek the Lord with faith and generosity, with their priests and their catechists. To all the missionary societies, religious congregations and lay people who work in proclaiming the Good News in the Apostolic Vicariate. of Phnom Penh.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

II. In thanksgiving and prayer (cf. Coll,3-13; 1 Thess 1.3)
I never cease to ...

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PRAYER FOR THE POPE

July 7, 2009

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
Prayers

Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to Your shepherd, the Pope, a spirit of courage and right judgement, a spirit of knowledge and love.

By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care may he, as successor to the apostle Peter and vicar of Christ, build Your church into a sacrament of unity, love, and peace for all the world.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,...

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CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SAINT PAUL YEAR

June 28, 2009

Saturday, 27th of June 2009
Time: 8 am – 2 pm
Teuk THLA - Salesians of Don Bosco

8.00 : Gathering
A. Video loop:
1. Diocesan House (CCS)
2. The announcement of the Gospel in the Vicariate (CCS)
B. Exhibitions:
1. Saint Paul (CCCC / CCS)
2. The parishes of Vicariate (Pastoral Youth / Father Olivier)
9 : 15 : Dance (Don Bosco Tuol Kok)
9 :30 : Theater (15 minutes): Announcing the Gospel with Paul (St Joseph)
10:00 : Eucharist (Father Olivier) Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

...

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The Year of Saint Paul

June 28, 2009

Yet when I preach the Gospel, I cannot boast,
For I am compelled to preach.
Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!
(1 cor 9,16)

Phnom Penh,16th June 2008

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ Jesus.

To Proclaim the Gospel !

These words of Saint Paul can become our own words during this new pastoral year placed under the patronage of the Great Apostle. Pope Benedict has invited us this spiritual journey on the occasion of the two thousandth anniversary of the birth of the apostle.
Over the course ...

Posted by MARY.