Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C., D.Min.

Opening Prayer

“Renew your wonders in our time, as though in a new Pentecost, and grant that Holy Church, united in unanimous and intense prayer around Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and guided by Peter, may spread the Kingdom of the divine Savior, a Kingdom of truth, of justice, of love, and of peace. Amen.” – Bl. John XXIII

Canonizations – April 27, 2014

Blessed John XXIII TimelineAngelo Roncalli (1881-1963) November 25, 1881 - born into a peasant family

Did studies in Theology and in Church History

1914 – conscripted into WWI

Historical researcher on St. Charles Borromeo

1925-1934 - Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria

1934-1944 - Apostolic Delegate to Turkey and Greece

1944 - Nuncio to France

1952 - Delegate to UNESCO

1953 - Cardinal and Patriarch of Venice

Blessed John XXIII Timeline

October 28, 1958 – Elected Pope January 25, 1959 – Calls for an Ecumenical Council October 11, 1962 – Second Vatican Ecumenical Council

opens April 11, 1963 – Releases Pacem in Terris

June 3, 1963 – Death September 1, 2000 – Beatification by Blessed John Paul

II

Blessed John Paul II Timeline May 18, 1920 - born in Wadowice, Poland. to a foundry

worker and army officer and a former teacher. 1938 -- The future pope is confirmed, finishes secondary

school, and moves to Krakow with his father to enroll at Jagellonian University. He studies philosophy and literature and joins an experimental theater group, "Studio 38."

July 1939 -- Wojtyla undergoes university military training. 1940 -- With the Nazis having closed Jagellonian University,

Wojtyla earns a living as a stone cutter in a quarry in Krakow and later works at a chemical plant.

October, 1942 -- Begins clandestine study for the priesthood in Krakow.

Blessed John Paul II Timeline Nov. 1, 1946 -- Wojtyla is ordained a priest. Weeks later, he heads to

Rome and enrolls at the Angelicum

1948 -- Earns a doctorate of philosophy for the Angelicum and returns to Poland, where he earns a master's degree in theology and a doctorate in sacred theology from Jagellonian University

1949-1951 -- Works as vicar in several Krakow parishes and serves as chaplain for university students.

1954 -- Begins teaching at the Catholic University in Lublin.

July 4, 1958 -- Appointed auxiliary bishop of Krakow by Pope Pius XII.

Jan. 13, 1964 -- Appointed archbishop of Krakow.

June 28, 1967 -- Elevated to cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

Blessed John Paul II Timeline October 16, 1978 – Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Krakow in Poland

elected as first non-Italian pope in 455 years. June, 1979 – Returns to his communist-ruled homeland, a trip seen

as a factor in the rise of the Solidarity movement. May 13, 1981 – Shot by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca in St

Peter’s Square. April 13, 1986 – First pope since the time of the apostles to visit a

synagogue; calls Jews “our beloved elder brothers.” December 7, 1992 – Issues the Catechism of the Catholic Church April 2, 2005 – Death May 1, 2011 – Beatification by Pope Benedict XVI (Timeline Sources: AP & Rueters)

Second Vatican Council

“The forthcoming Council, then, will meet happily and at a moment in which the Church has a more lively desire to fortify her faith and to contemplate herself in her own awe-inspiring unity, just as she feels the more urgent duty to give greater effectiveness to her healthy vitality and to promote the sanctification of her members, the spread of revealed truth, and the consolidation of her structures” (Humanae Salutis, 7).

John XXIII and Reviving Faith “Profession of the Christian faith is not intelligible

without strong, lively apostolic fervor; in fact, ‘everyone is bound to proclaim his faith to others, either to give good example and encouragement to the rest of the faithful, or to check the attacks of unbelievers,’ especially in our time, when the universal Church and human society are beset by many difficulties” (Princeps Pastorum, 32).

Synod of the Diocese of Rome Ecumenical Council Revision of Canon Law

John Paul II and Reviving Faith“In the wake of the Second Vatican Council, at the beginning of my pastoral ministry, my aim was to emphasize forcefully the priestly, prophetic and kingly dignity of the entire People of God in the following words: ‘He who was born of the Virgin Mary, the carpenter's Son - as he was thought to be - Son of the living God (confessed by Peter), has come to make us “a kingdom of priests” The Second Vatican Council has reminded us of the mystery of this power and of the fact that the mission of Christ -Priest, Prophet-Teacher, King-continues in the Church. Everyone, the whole People of God, shares in this threefold mission’” (Christifideles Laici, 14).

Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity

New Evangelization

Christifideles Laici

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