NCW Priests Ordained at RMS Guam
1. Fr Alberto Salamanca.
2. Vincenzo Acampora.
3. Fr Michael Jucutan.
4. Fr Jason Granado.
5. Fr Krzysztof Szafarski.
6. Fr Edwin Bushu.
7. Fr Harold Colorado.
8. Fr Julius Akinyemi.
9. Fr Pedro Durango.
10. Fr Antonino Caminiti. (Deceased)
11. Fr Luis Camacho.
12. Fr Aurelius Stoia
13. Fr Miguel Angel Pardo
14. Fr Julio Cesar Sanchez
15. Fr Francesco Asproni
16. Fr Edivaldo Oliveira
17. Fr Fabio Faiola.
More than half these priests have never really in a Guam parish. Is that why Byrnes decided to close the Neo seminary?
ReplyDeleteFrom what we can tell, only 4 currently serve the diocese which paid for their formation.
DeleteThat number may be 7. At least still actively here celebrating (or co-) mass
DeleteNope. Only the first four still serving Guam. If there are others name them.
DeleteI saw Father Edwin Bushu in the procession of priests last evening at the ending of the Jubilee of Hope Mass at the Cathedral. I understand he is retired but still helps out by celebrating Mass. Presumably, Father Harold Prieto will be returning to Guam after renewing his visa. I saw Father Krzysztof Szafarski assisting in the distribution of Holy Communion at the recent Asan parish fiesta; however, do not know if he was on break from his reported studies off-island or if he had even already left the island.
DeleteRMS was never a "seminary FOR Guam," as we were told. Right there in its incorporation papers it clearly stated that RMS was incorporated to train priests in the Neocatechumenal Way. And the NCW is an "itinerary," thus the priests formed in the RMS were intended to be "itinerants." That's the very opposite of a diocesan vocation which call for its priests to be stable and ordained for the service of a particular diocese - not to roam the world.
ReplyDeleteHowever, in order to raise the many millions of dollars needed (at one point the estimate was 17k per year per seminarian, and that didn't include the property or its maintenance), RMS needed to pretend to be a seminary "for" Guam so that we would pay for it.
There were other reason why Bynres closed it, one of which was there never was the academic infrastructure for a real school, let alone a seminary.
Fr Fabio Faiola is in Rome.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.diocesidiroma.it/le-nomine-dei-vicari-parrocchiali-2/
Next to Apuron, there was probably no more destructive RMS product than Fabio. He was a very angry person who never should have been ordained.
DeleteDid Harold get deported because of visa issues?
ReplyDeleteIn effect, yes. Not deported per se, but his visa expired. To return, he had to first leave Guam.
DeleteArchbishop: where is Fr Julius?
ReplyDeleteMy sources say that he was voluntarily laicized. In other words, he opted out on his own. If this is true, then good for him. At least he was honest. More than likely, he was swept up in that altar-call sort of stuff Kiko is famous for and was offered all sorts of shiny stuff if he just added his body to Kiko's priest-count. Wishing him the best.
DeleteIf I recall correctly, the last public notice about Fr. Julius was that he was granted a leave of absence from his position as the parish priest in Merizo to return to his native Nigeria because a family member (I believe his brother )had passed away. This was several years ago. He must have been laicized during or after this time.
DeleteI had no idea the local seminary brought us 17 priests. Sadly, only 4 remain. Imagine where we would be if the other 13 were still here?
ReplyDeleteOh wait…these were Neo priests serving a limited agenda.
When can we get rid of the other 4 to rid ourselves completely of this neo-scourge?
You're MEAN & RUDE to say that. Don't you know that when we see a Priest, we should think of Our Lord Jesus Christ?! says St John Vianney. Neo or Not
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