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Mother Tekla In Memoriam

4/3/2020

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The death has been announced of Mother Tekla Famiglietti on March 3rd 2020 in the House of St Bridget in Rome.

Mother Tekla was Abbess General of the new branch of the Bridgettines, the Order of the Most Holy Saviour, for 37 years, from 1979 until 2016. She was born in 1936 in a village near Naples, and her experience as a small child during World War II led her to enter the convent of St Bridget’s in Rome at the age of 15. Over the years she was to become a legendary figure and was known as one of the most influential women in the Catholic Church of the time, also thanks to her close friendship with Pope St John Paul II.

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I lived for many years close to the  House of St Bridget in Rome and I met Mother Tekla on many occasions. I was aware of her decisive contributions not only to the Order (which more than doubled in size during the time she was Abbess General), but also to the whole Church although indeed I did not know their extent.

​On March 3rd Signum published a memorial note by Ambassador Fredrik Vahlqvist, chairman of the  Birgittastiftelsen,  Swedish Ambassador to the Holy See from 2002-2008, and a longtime friend of Mother Tekla. The note illustrates Mother Tekla’s activities over and above her tireless work for the Order:  among others,  the promotion of  Ecumenism that created a bridge between Northern Europe and Rome (she even gave the use of a Chapel in the Bridgettine House in Rome to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden); campaigning against the trafficking of women;  achievements in the field of Vatican diplomacy - in primis her contacts with Fidel Castro that led to the resumption of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the Holy See. She undoubtedly contributed to St John Paul II declaring St Bridget as one of the Patron Saints of Europe in 1999.  
Finally, a cause she had promoted for many years was fulfilled in June 2016 when Pope Francis canonised the Foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour, St Elizabeth Hesselblad.
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Bridgettine Sisters in Turku, Finland.
Mother Tekla received much recognition for her achievements all over the world, including the awarding of important Decorations by Finland and Sweden.

Our thoughts and prayers are now with the Bridgettine sisters, especially with those that many of us know in Turku and in Rome. 

May Mother Tekla rest in peace.
Diana E. Kaley
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Fides 2/2017

10/2/2017

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The February 2017 issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read the latest issue of Fides in pdf format. 
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Advent Collection helps Iraqi refugees

11/12/2014

 
This year the Caritas Finland Advent Collection is in aid of the work the Caritas family does to help the people who have been or are forced to flee persecution in Iraq. The assistance is channelled to those in need through Caritas Internationalis.
Read more about the Advent Collection on Caritas Finland's website.

Caritas Account FI73 8000 1270 1545 04
Advent Collection Reference 2231

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Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue

29/9/2014

 
Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ has appointed the representatives of the Catholic Church for the Finnish Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue Commission which will begin its work on November 27, 2014.

The Catholic representatives are, in addition to the bishop himself, Vicar General Raimo Goyarrola, Father Jan Aarts SCJ, Father Anders Hamberg and Father Zdzislaw Huber SCJ. In addition, monsignore Matthias Türk of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unitiy will also attend the discussions.
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Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ and then-Archbishop Jukka Paarma of the Lutheran Church recieve an earlier dialogue report from Lutheran bishop Eero Huovinen in 2010. Photo: Antti Kruus
Click here to read the news item about this on the Catholic Information Centre site.

High-profile conversion in Sweden

10/3/2014

 
The conversion of the founder of charismatic church in Sweden has caused headlines. Ulf Ekman and his wife Birigtta are leaving the pentecostal church he founded, Livets ord (Word of Life), he announced on Sunday, March 9. They will be received into the Catholic Church later this spring, becoming members of St Lars Parish in Uppsala, Sweden.

Read more in English here and here or in Swedish here and here. For more information in Finnish, click here.
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Click the image to read an interview with Ulf and Birgitta Ekman in Swedish.

Pope makes ecumenical video

21/2/2014

 
Pope Francis has made a video greeting for a Pentecostal gathering in the US that is making the rounds on YouTube. The Pope's words were filmed on a mobile phone by Bishop Anthony Palmer, ecumenical officer for the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches (part of the Anglican Communion) for a Pentecostal gathering. Bishopp Anthony Palmer is said to be an old friend of the Popes and visited him in the Vatican on January 12, 2014.
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Screengrab from the video.
Pope Francis, speaking mostly in Italian (English subtitles are provided) asks us to pray for each other, for Christian unity and for himself.

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