OPUS CHRISTI

SALVATORIS MUNDI

MISSIONARY SERVANTS OF THE POOR

OF THE THIRD WORLD

SEPTEMBER 2011

The missionary task is not to revolutionize the world, but transfigure it, drawing strength from Jesus Christ.
(Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus; October 24, 2010)

A missionary Nomadelfia in the heart of the Peruvian Andes Fr. Giovanni Salerno, M.S.P....................................................................3 Be perfect, as your Father in Heaven is perfect Fight against Lukewarmness (First part) Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti, M.S.P.............................................................8

Index

Testimony from the Mattera Merli Family, M.S.P.................................12 Saint Luis Gonzaga ................................................................................20 From the World......................................................................................30
Important Notice:

From our homes: Chronicle of the Movement ......................................23

Please do not tire of praying for our priests, especially in these moments in which it seems that all of the forces of evil have been unleashed upon the world raging in particular against the sacred ministries of our Lord. Pray that they remain faithful, that they be holy, that they be, in short, nothing more (and nothing less) that what they should be: Alter Christus. Accompany in your prayers the priest and deacon Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World (Misioneros Siervos de los Pobres del Tercer Mundo)! Father Giovanni Salerno, M.S.P. Father lvaro Gmez Fernndez, M.S.P. Father Sebastin Dumont, M.S.P. Father Urs Zanoni, M.S.P. Father Agustn Delouvroy, M.S.P. Father Vincent Mir Minnelli, M.S.P. Father Giuseppe Cardamone, M.S.P. Father Walter Corsini, M.S.P. Father Jose Carlos Eugenio, M.S.P. Father Jernimo Gouallier, M.S.P. Father Luis Mara Sall, M.S.P. Father Pierfilippo Giovanetti, M.S.P. Father Salvatore Piredda, M.S.P. Father Cristian Herv De Penfentenyo, M.S.P. Father Alois Hllwerth, M.S.P. Deacon Zsolt Szab, M.S.P.

A missionary Nomadelfia in the heart of the Peruvian Andes

Beloved Friends, Laudetur Iesus Christus. It is with great joy that I write this letter to you that comes into your homes inspired with the missionary enthusiasm enkindled in all of us by the World Youth Day that was celebrated in Madrid last August with the slogan, Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith. The message launched by our Holy Father to all our youth and to all of the Church has implanted in my missionary heart two impulses that have inspired me that much more in our everyday service to the most poor. First of all, our Holy Father reminded us more than once that the heart of the young is constantly and only looking for heroic answers. They are looking for answers that they can only find to full satisfaction when they discover that the secret of their own existence is to give back their talents to everyone else. We have also experienced this restlessness of heart in the youth of our missions in the Andes mountain range; in the passage of these years there have been many young people that have come almost by chance to help the poor and have discovered that, precisely in the service to the most poor, our Lord has revealed the secret of full personal fulfillment and, as a result, authentic happiness.

One of the gifts that the Holy Spirit has given the Church in these last decades is that of extending this gift of putting oneself at the service of the poor to also include entire families, authetic domestic churches: a clear example of this is our Fraternity of the young missionary families. It is a missionary Nomadelfia (Nomadelfia is a fraternity of Catholic families founded in Italy by Fr Zeno Saltini in 1952) made up of various married couples hailing from diverse nations (Columbia, the United States of America, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela), with varied specialties and levels of formal education (architects, engineers, builders, professors, bank employees, laborers, etc.), families that with their children have left their homelands, their jobs and their comforts of modern life, to put themselves to the service of the most poor and their evangelization. This fraternity is made up of young, married couples that want to radically live the Gospel in mission territory,

Missionary Families, Servants of the Poor of the Third World, with Msgr. Michele Pennisi, in "Villa Nazaret" on the day of its inauguration.

following the rule of Imitating Christ, the spiritual compass of the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World. What characterizes this Nomadelfia isnt only the love that reigns among the missionary families, but also the fact that their members live as true brothers and sisters. They harmonize the different aspects of the distinct cultures from which they come, giving importance to the evangelization and the service to the poor. They are being guided and fortified by the daily Eucharistic Adoration, realized in the Villa Nazaret chapel, as it has been baptized by this community of missionary families. Family privacy is guaranteed by the fact that each family lives in an independent house, each one of them being, onto themselves, a small community, a domestic Church. The missionary husbands, on the one

hand, dedicate themselves not only to evangelization, but also to the education of the poor. The young male children received in the City of Boys, some two kilometers from Villa Nazaret are taught by them. The missionary wives, on the other hand, dedicate themselves to the education of the poor; young girls from the city of Cuzco and its surrounding neighbourhoods, received in our Santa Mara Goretti school, nearly 350 in all. It is amazing to see that, while in Europe the talk is about an increasing wave of divorces, separations and couples living together, the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World that work in Peru are not only receiving young people from different nations but they are also receiving requests from young married couples wishing to join the missionary Nomadelfia community.

The second great impulse impressed upon me by the message of the Holy Father for World Youth Day was to make us remember that the true missionary is he or she who, rooted in Christ, makes themselves the bearer of Christ, the only authentic good and only true wealth that anyone has. It deals with the principle that should always guide all of our Apostle works and that the Holy Father himself has already presented before, The more ardent the love for the Eucharist in the hearts of the Christian people, the more clearly will they recognize the goal of all mission: to bring Christ to others. Not just a theory or a way of life inspired by Christ, but the gift of his very person. Anyone who has not shared the truth of love with his brothers and sisters has not yet given enough.

(Benedict XVI. Sacramentum caritatis, 86) We should never tire of bringing Christ to the poor. Whatever missionary initiative of ours that does not have this goal will be a grave betrayal in respect to our vocation, in respect to the Church and in respect to the poor; a betrayal that we will be held accountable for. So, it is even more wonderful to think that our Missionary Sisters up there in the villages of the high Andes, are daily opening the doors of their small churches built from "adobes" (handmade bricks of clay and straw mud) during the Adoration of the daily Eucharist, so that the poor can meet with Christ. It is equally marvelous to know that our priests every Sunday

Msgr. Michele Pennisi in Cusibamba, the village in the Andes where the Missionary Sisters SPTW maintain a permanent mission.

climb the Andes on muddy roads, to take all the way to the very highest altitudes the Body, the Blood, the Soul and the Divinity of Jesus Christ! That is why, to all of us, the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World, and all those called to live among the Indians of the Andes as well as those called to a humble and silent ministry in the western world, I say: Courage! And in a special way I say to those of you that follow from far away, thanks to this, our Newsletter, the marvelous things that the Lord realizes among the poor: Do not let the missionary fire that is in your heart go out! On the contrary, nurturing your Eucharistic life every

day, do not tire of organizing Support Groups and of collaborating with your parishes in the various types of services for charity, and trying to organize missionary encounters. And to you, the young people, taking up again the cry of the latest Popes, I say: Do not be afraid to discover that until we have given everything we have to give, we have given too little! Fr. Giovanni Salerno, M.S.P.

Missionary Sisters Servants of the Poor of the Third World evangelizing the mothers of the villages in the Andes of Peru.

House of Priestly Formation

We cannot remain tranquil in face of the thought that, after two thousand years, there are still peoples who do not know Christ and have not yet heard his message of salvation. (Benedict XVI. Popes Message for World Mission Sunday 2011)

International Missionary Campus 2012

Next July: we take in youth from different nationalities (18-30 years old) in our seminary in Ajofrin, Toledo, for three weeks of international Campus. Campus 2012 will be a Christian retreat, with tourist visits, sports, and the teaching of the Spanish language. Contact us at pgiuseppecardamone@gmail.com

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ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matt 5, 48)
FIGHT AGAINST LUKEWARMNESS (First part) Fr. Piefilippo Giovanetti, M.S.P. (Italian)

There is no doubt that the first condition, for everyone who seriously wants to walk toward holiness, is, as John Paul II reminded us, the perfection of charity (Christifideles Laici, 16). The universal vocation of all men, consists in the daily struggle against lukewarmness. Lukewarmness is typical of those who try to undertake the road to saintliness, towards the intimate union with God, only halfway, without generosity, with little effort, almost without any penance, even though knowing that only in Him is mankinds true happiness In the Sacred Scripture, we find several condemnations of this style of life: A curse on him who is lax in doing

the Lord's work (Jer. 48, 10). I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. (Rev. 3, 15-16 (KJV)) Saint Josemaria Escriv (Camino, 331) shows us some symptoms of this evil. It deals with a collection, probably not exhaustive, but useful for an examination of conscience about this aspect of our life. Saint Escriv says: You are lukewarm: - if you carry out lazily and reluctantly those things that have to do with our Lord;

Fr. Pierfilippo, Priest M.S.P., going to the encounter with poor people from the Andes in Peru.

- if deliberately or 'shrewdly' you look for some way of cutting down your duties; - if you think only of yourself and of your comfort; - if your conversations are idle and vain; - if you do not abhor venial sin; - if you act from human motives. A symptom of this evil consists in not taking venial sins seriously. It is a lack of zealconscious and willing, founded upon erroneous ideas toward the spiritual: that you should not be meticulous; that God is merciful and that for that reason he does not pay a lot of attention to little things; that others also do the same; and other similar excuses. It is clear that the root of this lack of enthusiasm does not reside in venial sins, but in coming to peace with our little defects, as can be distractions in prayer, useless words, the desire to appear good in front of others,

gossiping (to talk about defects in others), resentment expressed with words, etc. These sins can be avoided with the help of God, help that we should ask for in prayer. On the contrary, lukewarmness draws us to them and thus prevents us from arriving at perfection, because venial sin diminishes the fervour of charity, augments difficulties in practising the virtues that every time become more difficult and predisposes one to mortal sin, that will come if one does not react swiftly. And how can we react to these sins, but above all against this lack of enthusiasm that predisposes us to them? In the first place, we should seek sincere contrition, which does not lead us to seek conformity with these sins and weaknesses. To make contrition from the sins committed, it is very useful to put ourselves in the presence of God, at the foot of the cross. If we want to measure the evil of

our sins, we need a point of reference, and for that there is nothing better than to attach ourselves to the love of Christ, nail our gaze upon the Crucified, the maximum expression of this love. In any other way we will not give fair weight to our sins and the tendency to justify them will easily win out. Moreover, a useful instrument in this struggle is the recourse of mortification. We need to distinguish, in the first place, between passive and active mortification. The first ones, which we have called passive, consist of all those annoyances that we findagainst which we collidethroughout the day, at work and in living with others (defects of people with which we must coexist, inconveniences at work, misunderstandings in the family, etc.). To accept these daily mortifications it would be very useful to remember often, possibly every morning, that the day we begin will be also characterized by the

cross, which could be an especially heavy cross, one that demands us the most to carry. Then, there are those that we call active mortifications, those that we look for. Among these, you need to distinguish between interior mortifications (for example, to distance your thoughts and fantasies or harmful memories) and exterior ones (not look at things that can hurt us, refrain from useless conversations, rumors, etc.). Many times it has to deal with giving up comforts, fun . . . . These are things and pleasures that by themselves may not be bad, moreover they could be totally permissable, but theyre not helpful for progress in our spiritual life. If we have a tendency to attach ourselves to them, we need to remember what Saint John of the Cross said, He who seeks God wishing to carry on with his pleasures, looks for Him by night and thus will not find Him (Spiritual Canticle 3.3)

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Fr. Pierfilippo, M.S.P., evangelizing the poor in the high Andes mountains.

Devotion Of the First Fridays of the Month To the Sacred heart of Jesus
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is very old in the Church, however, it was Saint Margaret Mary de Alacoque (1647-1690) who made it popular. Jesus appeared to her during the octave of the festival of Corpus Christi and said to her, Behold this, my Heart, that despite being consumed in ardent love for man, did not receive from the Christians anything other than sacrilege, scorn, indifference and ingratitude, although in the same Sacrament of My love. But what pierces My Heart most heartbreakingly is that I received these insults from people especially consecrated to My service. Our Lord made great promises to those that demonstrate their love and make atonement for their own and others sins, I promise, the all-powerful love of My Heart will grant to all those who receive communion on the first Friday of nine consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they shall not die under My displeasure, nor without receiving the Sacraments; My heart shall be their assured refuge at the last hour. To take advantage of these promises, we must: Receive continuously Holy Communion the first Fridays of nine consecutive months. Have the intention of honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of obtaining final repentance. Offer every Holy Communion as an act of atonement of offenses committed against the Holy Sacrament of the altar (the Eucharist).
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OREMUS

TESTIMONY OF THE MATTERA FAMILY

We are an Italian family originally from the Northern Italy that has however in the past few years lived in Assisi. Our names are Vincenzo and Roberta, and our children are Nicola, Lorenzo, Anna, Mattia and Raffaelethe last arrival, born in Peru. It seems incredible to us that we have already spent two years in Peru. But let us go back in time to remember how we first came to know of the Movement. We had been in Assisi for a few months when one day we went to the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Baths in the province of Perusa. There we found the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World newsletter. We took it home and, reading it, felt right away the desire to adopt at a distance. We have had difficult moments economically, but the Lord has always spurred us to go on, to sacrifice so that we could help others, above all the most needy. In the seven years that we lived in Assisi, the Lord led us to discover the importance of daily Mass with our children, of personal prayer and family prayer, of the everyday Eucharistic Adoration . . . . All of this, thanks also to the help of the radio station Radio Maria and to this newsletter of the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the TW. It was important for us not to give in to the seductions of the world when we were offered, for example, jobs that from a certain perspective were gratifying, but that took us away from our family and destroyed it. We had committed this error in the past. Now, it was our turn to have more confidence in the Providence of God. So we have always accepted simple and humble jobs that allowed us to be closer to our family and to be able to pray more in family. Our question was always the same, What do You want us to do for You, Lord? During the last year in Assisi, you could say that we were fine: Vincenzo worked in agro-tourism, and for him it was satisfying to be able to occupy himself in the maintenance of the gardens, also because of the fact that he liked the contact with nature.

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We only had a small preoccupation: where to register our oldest child who had to start middle school. We asked ourselves which school would have helped us to continue cultivating in him Christian values. This problem preoccupied us a lot, to the point that we decided to make a novena to Saint Jon Bosco. In that same year, during Lent season, we wrote a letter to Father Giovanni Salerno, founder of the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the TW, making our feelings known to him and our wish to serve the poor, and asking how we could do that with all of our personal and family difficulties, the language, etc. Just the idea of the six of us boarding a plane terrified us . . . . Afterwards, finally, Father Giovanni visited us and, leaving us to reflect with

total liberty and above all prayer, told us that the Lord was calling us to take a huge step, almost in total darkness, and he also told us these words, If you are looking for God, you will find him in our homes; and if you are looking for a good and wholesome school for your children, you will find it over there. This phrase accompanied us during the period of our decision; and finally, after some six months, we headed out: on the 25th of October, 2009, we stepped down in Peru as a missionary family. Of course, we did not come to Peru as tourists, but to serve God. The first year was not easy for various reasons: physical difficulties caused by the altitude (3,400 metersover 11,000 feetabove sea levelthe body needs to adapt and this takes time . . .), the new customs, the language, the actual contact with the children (generally dirty and always with runny noses . . .

Roberta Mattera, M.S.P., serving the poor girls in the Santa Maria Goretti Center.

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without a doubt it isnt like when you simply see them in a newsletter . . . your flesh rebels a little). But, with the grace of God, you can confront everything, and it becomes even more lighthearted and gratifying. Coming here we have discovered that the Lord called us not only to be with the most poor but to also share above all our path with the other missionary families coming from diverse places in the world families from Peru, Columbia, Mexico, the United States, Venezuela and France. Only through them, thanks to their love, have we been able to go on in this path. Now that we are in Villa Nazaret, where presently 12 missionary families reside, our option becomes even more interesting; families from around the whole world share the same ideal: Look for God in the poor. Without a doubt it will not be easy: so

many families, so many ways of thinking, etc. But, in the Villa Nazaret centre, we have the most important thinga chapel with the Eucharist and the Most Holy Virgin Mary that accompanies us, sustains us and inspires us to stay on the path. We give many thanks to all the lay people, the numerous cloister monks and nuns that in Italy and other nations of the world are praying for us, our children and our vocation. May the Virgin Mary reward you with all numberless blessings.

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The Mattera Missionary Family Servants of the Poor of the Third World.

Would you like to join our Contemplative Servants of the Poor of the Third World, who dedicate most of their day to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, and who also dedicate some hours to manual labor in order to help the poor?
You have chosen, or more exactly, Christ has chosen you, to live His Easter Mystery with Him in time and space. May all that you are, everything you do each day, be it the Office recited or sung, the celebration of the Eucharist, the work done in your cell or in community, respect for the cloister and silence, the voluntary or imposed mortification of the rule, be taken on, sanctified, and used by Christ for the worlds redemption.
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Recognize and serve Jesus in the poor, the sick, and in our brothers and sisters who are in difficulty and in need of help. (Benedict XVI, Message for WYD 2011)

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We Invite You to Share our Missionary Work in Peru as...

Young laywomen who wish to give all their love to abandoned children, to stretch out their arms, like Mary, to the Child Jesus Who is present in these children. Young laymen who wish to give their hearts to Christ, to give their talents and skills, whatever they may be, to the service of the Divine Master, so His work can be realised in all human circumstances. Priests and seminarians to take the Body and Blood of the Redeemer to the most remote and abandoned sites of the Andean Cordillera, and to announce the message of love and salvation of Christ Crucified and Risen. Full-time contemplatives, gathered together to Full-time contemplative: Seminarian Priest live an austere life in a cloisered community, to give glory to God, to intercede for all the members of the Church along with Mary, our mother, and to make reparation for the sins of mankind. Married couples who wish to open their families to the poorest, as a small domestic church that is transformed into a shelter of love shared with those who suffer. Young people who are searching and who, during a year of experience in the Third World, are inclined to discern with an open heart, and are willing to listen to what mission the Lord is calling them.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
On Mission with God in the Andes: This book presents Father Giovanni Salernos anecdotes and personal reflections on his missionary experience in the Andes.

The Imitation of Christ: New translation of the spiritual leader of the Missionaries of the Poor Servants of the Third World (available in Italian and Spanish).

Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World: Catholic missionaries serving the poorest of the poor. A 55minute DVD presenting the charisms of the Movement and its different communities.

If you are interested in receiving a copy of any of these materials, please mail your requests to: Missionary Servants Of The Poor Of The Third World, Po Box 1112, St Albans Al1 9TE (Registered Charity No. 1134707) Email: servantsofthepoor.uk@gmail.com

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SAINT LUIS GONZAGA

(June 21st)
Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti, M.S.P. (Italian) Saint Luis Gonzaga was born on March 9, 1568, in Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy, to an important family of Spanish origin. From a young age, he demonstrated a strong tendency toward study, prayer (he used to separate himself from others to pray more peacefully, just as, latterly, Saint Therese of Lisieux would do) and works of charity for the poor. After 1577, he spent two years in Florence, and it was there his desire to regularly confess increased. He received his First Communion on July 22, 1580, at the hands of Saint Carlos Borromeo, archbishop of Milan, with whom he had a long conversation that marked his life. He cultivated the spirit of mortification, as much as in looks as in dress, to the extent that he provoked the anger of his father, Ferrante, for whom the behaviour of his first-born was a disgrace for the Gonzaga name. The company of Jesus was a new religious family at this time, which did not have much prestige. Hence when he told his father that not only did he intend to become a member of an order, but this order; the clash between father and son escalated. The act of choosing precisely the Company manifested the young Luis decision of escaping from all mundane ambition and all privilege connected to high ecclesiastical offices. They were difficult times, but the tenacity and resolve of the youth allowed him to succeed. Little by little and with great effort, he overcame all paternal resistance.

Once he had left his fathers house, Luis found himself in the Roman School of the Company when, between the end of 1590 and the beginning of 1591, in the Capital a plague broke out that caused 60,000 deaths in the month of February 1591 alone. Under these circumstances, the young Gonzaga found the opportunity to express his spirit of charity dedicating himself to the service of the sick in all of the hospitals of the city, especially in Consolation Hospital. On account of this, he met his death while still very young, on June 21, 1591, at the age of 23. Saint Luis Gonzaga, Patron Saint of youth, is the Patron of one of our groups of boarding children in the City of Boys and, especially, of our Minor Seminary. We all hopeand for this we praythat under the protection of this Jesuit Saint, a model of innocence and penance, these young people can continue to persevere and mature that much more in their vocation, to become one day holy Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World.

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S.O.S to the young

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Men and women were created for something great, for infinity. Nothing else will ever be enough.
(Benedict XVI. Message for World Youth Day, 2011)
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Our Missionary Sister Servants of the Poor of the Third World

The traditional veil worn by our sisters is a sign of their total consecration to Christ, and of reparation for the sins of the world.

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From our homes

(March 2011, Peru): On the occasion of the inauguration of the Villa Nazaret, Msgr. Michele Pennisi (Bishop of the Piazza Armerina diocese in Sicily) visited each one of our centers. In the City of Boys, he blessed the corner stone of our future Minor Seminary, San Luis Gonzaga, that will be able to admit in an adequate way the young seminarians that are training to be Missionary Servants of the Poor of the TW. Afterwards, these seminarians will continue their theological formation in our Main Seminary in Ajofrin, Toledo, in Spain).

(July 2011, Spain): On July 3, H.E. Msgr. Braulio Rodrguez Plaza, Archbishop of Toledo, ordained priests in the Toledo cathedral, together with ten diocesan deacons, four of our young deacons: Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti (Italian), Fr. Alois Hllwerth (Austrian), Fr. Christian de Penfentenyo (French) and Fr. Salvatore Piredda (Italian). Numerous family members and friends of the new priests attended this event, together with benefactors from various nations. We were also blessed with the presence of Msgr. Juan Antonio Ugarte, Archbishop of Cuzco and Dom Herv Courau, from the Benedictine Triors Abbey, France, that honored us very much and instilled confidence in us to stay the course in accordance with our missionary and ecclesiastical charism.

Msgr. Michele Pennisi blesses the ground where we soon hope to construct the Minor Seminary S. Luis Gonzaga (City of Boys-Andahuaylillas).

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The new priests will spend some time resting with their families before relocating to their respective missions. Father Pierfilippo, M.S.P., continues teaching philosophy in the Minor Seminary. Father Alois, M.S.P., continues as a mentor and teacher in the Minor Seminary, together with the rector, Father Vincent Minnelli, M.S.P. and Father Salvatore, M.S.P., have returned to the City of Boys. Father Christian, M.S.P., has been sent to Rome to continue his studies, making company with our Father Jose Carlos, M.S.P., who is finishing his studies in spiritual theology. As Father Giovanni loves to repeat, The Movement is growing and I cannot stop it. In fact, every year, in the month of

September, some changes are made depending on the needs and physical development of our communities. That is why Father Alvaro Gomez, M.S.P., Vicar-general of the Movement, now works in Cuzco, having finished a doctorate in Canon Law in Rome. Also, Brother Raul, M.S.P., that finished the cycle of ecclesiastical studies in our Main Seminary in Ajofrin, has been sent to the City of Boys in Andahuaylillas, taking charge of the Saint Luis Gonzaga group of our Interned students. Father Walter, M.S.P., upon finishing his studies in Patrology in Rome, has been sent to our missionary center in Sordio, Italy, from which he will continue in the efforts of spreading the Movement, as well as with missionary encounters and spiritual retreats in various countries.

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Fr. Giovanni Salerno M.S.P., together with the new Missionary Priests Servants of the Poor of the Third World.

Children from the San Tarcisio Home in the City of Boys, Andahuaylillas. (August 2011, Ajofrin): In the Main Seminary in Ajofrin, the third edition of the international missionary campus brought together some twenty youth from various countries in Europe. We were able to participate in diocesan activities within the framework of World Youth Day 2011. We prepared and later celebrated a vigil of adoration in Madrid. We were happy to receive a good representation from our Hungarian Center. (August 2011, Cuzco): Our communities experienced the joy of receiving Father Bernard, Benedictine Abbot from Tyniec situated in Krakow, Poland, accompanied by Father Andreas OSB. Since a year ago, the famous Tyniec Abbey has prepared, printed and distributed our newsletter in Poland, cooperating in this way in our mission in Peru. We are very grateful to the abbeys in Europe and Latin America that follow us from the silence of their cloisters, cooperating in this way in the spreading of the Kingdom of God in this immense part of the Andes mountain chain.

Fr. Giovanni Salerno M.S.P., in the Abbey of Tyniec (Poland) together with Abbot Fr. Bernando OSB and Fr. Andreas OSB.

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(September 2011, Ajofrin): Father Giuseppe Cardamone, M.S.P., admitted seven new seminarians to the Main Seminary in Ajofrin: brother Carlos (Columbian), brother Mario (Croatian), brother Valter (Italian), brothers Juan Carlos, Luis Angel, and David (Mexicans) and also brother Sixto, a young Peruvianthe first fruit from our Minor Seminary in the City of Boys. They all started their missionary and ecclesiastical formation this year in Ajofrin after a period of experience and discernment in our community in Andahuaylillas.

Our boys and girls and children: David Salomon left the boarding school after having been with us for 17 years. Last year, thanks to the investigative work of our social assistant, Mr. Estanislao, we were able to find Davids family that lives in Chuquibambilla, some eight hours away by highway from Cusco. There, for the first time, David met his mother, his grandparents and some uncles and aunts and nephews and nieces, after 17 years of separation, without having heard anything from them. David is one of these boys from our centers that have known how to take good advantage of all of the opportunities that God has offered through the Movement: material sustenance, a healthy human environment, school, human and religious education, professional development. As the years have gone by, our boarding boys learn to live with an attitude of gratitude toward you, our benefactors, because they know that everything that passes through our hands is the fruit of many sacrifices of people that truly love the poor.

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David as a child, taken in at the Santa Teresa of Jesus Home of our Missionary Sisters Servants of the Poor of the Third World.

David at 17, having finished his studies leaves the San Tarcisio Home in the City of Boys, Andahuaylillas.

Fr. Giovanni Salerno M.S.P. beside Francisco Javier, child with a cleft lip that was abandoned by his parents in one of the streets in Cuzco. Every year the Movement lives through these farewells, like that of David Salomon, as a great moment of grace, full of reverent gratitude toward God, Father of the poor, and conscious of its great educational responsibility for the hundreds of children, boys and girls that the Lord brings to His homes without any publicity. With these few words we want to echo this reality, that doesnt cease to surprise our Missionaries as well, and that leads us to have confidence in God with humility, and to be always thankful to all of you, in the name of the poor, in the name, for example, of Francisco Javier: On March 8 of this year, the Cuzco police call our Sister Missionaries telling them, We have found in the street, abandoned in a shopping bag, a child that was born about a month ago with cleft lip . . . Can you pick him up? How could we possibly not accept him? But, with what inspiration and generosity have we been able to accept him? With your inspiration and generosity! Also in the name of Francisco Javier . . . Thank You!

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Vocational Retreat for Youths

Dates: 2 (check-in) - 4 December 2011 Venue: Abbotswick House of Prayer, Navestock Side, Brentwood CM14 5SH Registration Fee: Voluntary Offering

Discovering your vocation, discovering Gods love...

Young men and women from 16 - 32 years of age are warmly invited to share a spiritual retreat with the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World
Schedule
Friday 2nd December 16:00-17:30 arrival 18:30 Holy Rosary: the silence starts. 19:00 Supper (in silence) 20:00 First talk 21:30 Night prayer Saturday 3rd December 08:20 Morning Prayer 09:30 Second talk 11:00 Holy Mass 12:00 Third Talk 13:00 Lunch (in silence) 15:30 Fourth talk 18:00 Eucharistic Adoration 19:00 Supper (in silence) 20:00 Holy Rosary 20:30 Q&A: Vocations 21:30 Night prayer Sunday 4th December 08:00 Eucharistic Adoration with morning prayer 09:00 Talk The Movement 09:30 DVD about the Movement 10:30 Questions about the mission 11:30 Holy Mass

For a registration form or for more information, please contact: Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World PO Box 1112 St Albans AL1 9TE servantsofthepoor.uk@gmail.com Please note that places will only be confirmed upon receipt of registration form. Registered Charity No: 1134707

Gap Year on Mission

If you are a young person between the ages of 17 - 32 who has a heart to serve the poor, if you wish to discern your vocation and deepen your spiritual life during your gap year

We invite you to join in our mission

Our charism can be summarised as "Giving to the poor the riches of the Church". The pillars of our charism are the Eucharistic life, total fidelity to the Magisterium of the Pope, and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary . We want to serve the poor according to the spirituality of the Servant of Yahweh, achieved through meditation on our spiritual rule, The Imitation of Christ.

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How can I help the poor?

By making yourself an echo of the cry of the poorest, by sharing this newsletter and all of our material (which you can request for free) with your friends and family. You can also organise missionary retreats which our missionaries can participate in. Offer your sacrifices and prayers, together with faithfulness to the Gospel and the Pope, so that every Missionary Servant of the Poor of the Third World can be a living witness for Jesus in the midst of the poor. Sending us your Mass intentions Coordinating a specific project with us or supporting projects that we carry out daily.

Thank you for your help.

By way of one-off or regular donation (monthly, bimonthly, quarterly, annually, direct debits, etc ...) or legacy in favour of our Movement the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World. (Registered Charity number: 1134707)

With your help, one more child will be fed in our centres in Cuzco, Peru.

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From The World

In a message sent to the General Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Jacques Diouf, on the occasion of the World Day of Nourishment 2010, our Holy Father Benedict XVI points out that the theme chosen for this yearUnited against hungerreminds everyone that they have to realize a commitment to give the agricultural sector adequate importance. It is necessary that everyone from individuals to the organizations of civil society, states and international institutions give priority to one of the most urgent goals for the human family: freedom from hunger, writes the Pope who remarks that this does not only signify enough food is available, but also that everyone has daily access to it. The efforts to reach this objective will help to build the unity of the human family throughout the world, continues the Pope, expressing later his satisfaction for the recent decision of the international community to protect the right to water. Essential for human nutrition, for rural activities and the conservation of nature. If the international community is to be truly united against hunger, then poverty should be overcome through authentic human development, based on the idea of the person as a unity of body, soul and spirit. Today, though, there is a tendency to limit the vision of development to one that satisfies the material needs of the person, especially through access to technology. (. . .) authentic development (. . .) must also embrace higher values of fraternity, solidarity and the common good. The Holy Father exhorts us to keep in mind a model of development based upon fraternity, inspired in solidarity and directed toward the common good, that will be able to proportion corrections to the present global crisis. He points out that Developed countries have to be aware that the worlds growing needs require consistent levels of aid from them. They cannot simply remain closed towards others: such an attitude would not help to resolve the crisis. Finally, in his Message, Benedict XVI reminds us that, In order to eliminate hunger and malnutrition, obstacles of self-interest must be overcome so as to make room for a fruitful gratuitousness, manifested in international cooperation as an expression of genuine fraternity. This does not obviate the need for justice, though, and it is important that existing rules be respected and implemented (. . .) Individuals, peoples and countries must be allowed to shape their own development, taking advantage of external assistance in accordance with priorities and concepts rooted in their traditional techniques, in their culture, in their religious patrimony and in the wisdom passed on from generation to generation within the family. (FIDES Agency, October 15, 2010)

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I am writing to thank you for your newsletter Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World (Misioneros Siervos de los Pobres del Tercer Mundo). My heartfelt gratitude goes out to you for the nutrition that you have succeeded in giving my soul, through the different articles contained therein. To express my gratitude for your day-to-day commitment in making known the Gospel to the most poor, permit me, with a truly affectionate heart, to offer my daily prayer for you.

Our Friends Write To Us

My Dear and Reverend Father Giovanni, Having returned to the monastery, I want to thank you for your invitation to spend a week with you in Cusco. The devotion of your Sisters and the simplicity of the children affected me profoundly. I will conserve in my heart many touching memories. But it has been above all the visit to the village Cusibamba that has impressed me. There I left my hearta little Christian stole it. I was able to begin to see all the good that can be done if one puts their mind to it. But, as I have already said during the Mass in the Santa Teresa church in Cusco, it is remaining faithful to the cloister and to prayer that will be more useful to the Movement and to the children, and, therefore, also to Christ. I assure you my fraternal prayer for this work of God, for which you have been the chosen instrument. The abbot

Dear Father Salerno, We received your very pleasant letter with great joy and we thank you because you always make us feel a fatherly participation in your missionary work, sharing with us so many beautiful things the Lord does in favor of the poor, the favorite children of His Heart. We have also followed with prayer the inauguration and progress of the missionary Nomadelfia, confident that the Villa Nazaret will be a great centre radiating divine love that asks for our collaboration (you in the front line, us in the rearguard) to spread and carry to the entire world the news of salvation. And, while we ask for His blessing, we assure you our constant intercession before the Tabernacle. From the silence of a monastery

Dear children, boys, girls and adolescents from the San Tarcisio choir: I am the Mother Superior of a monastery that follows you with prayer and that a short time ago received a visit from your dear founder Father Salerno. He gave me a CD with your songs entitled Salve Mater Misericordiae. I feel the need to write to tell you that you sing with the heart of God. Your chants, but above all your way of singing, give true peace of heart. Thank you my dear singers! I feel that love reins in you, and your singing transmits this. From poverty you have become rich, because it is Love that reins in you. The Lord is great, eternal is His compassion. With Him I bless you From the silence of the monastery.

Valeria from Italy

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Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World

OPUS CHRISTI SALVATORIS MUNDI

Associates:

Bishops, priests, ecclesial groups and others who, though outside the Movement, live the spirituality of The Servants of the Poor of the Third World, and practice poverty and help the poor

With the characteristic life of austere monks, who at the same time work to help the poor

Contemplatives:

Priests and lay persons in the service of the poor, who live the characteristics of community life and the professions of the evangelical counsels

Committed Members:

Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World

The sick or prisoners who offer their sufferings for the poor of the Third World

Oblates:

Those who help the Movement in any way

Collaborators:

Per Misioneros Siervos de los Pobres del Tercer Mundo PO Box 907 Cuzco Peru Tel: +51-84-307-093 Fax: +51-84-236-851 Email: msptm.cuzco@gmail.com www.msptm.com

United Kingdom Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World PO Box 1112, St Albans AL1 9TE UK Tel: +44-(0)750-042-1991 Email: servantsofthepoor.uk@gmail.com United States Opus Christi Salvatoris Mundi PO Box 844 Cannonsburg MI 49317 USA Tel: +1-616-691-7909