Friday, 7 March 2014

More News concerning the Order and our Parish

Dear Reader,

After selecting the Father Arnold Chrapkowski OSPPE, new Superior General of the Order of the St. Paul the First Hermit has elected a new board of the General Curia of the Order, called the Definitorium.

Pauline general's closest collaborators will be:

Vicar General (I Definitor) - Fr. Michael Lukoszek OSPPE  (former Rector of the Order's Seminary  in Cracow)

II Definitor - Fr. Mariusz Tabulski OSPPE

III Definitor - Fr. Richard Bortkiewicz OSPPE

IV Definitor - Fr. Kazimierz Maniecki OSPPE

Procurator General to the Holy See - Fr. Basil Degórski OSPPE

Administrator General - Fr. Jan Bednarz OSPPE

The Administrator and Procurator General are both incumbents.



Now onto some Local News.
Our Parish today celebrated its Dedication as did the church. The ancient church dating back to the twelfth century , and was dedicated to San Lorenzo only.  M. Armellini refers to a document from the Vatican, according to which:
" ... near Prima Porta in a meadow at the right hand there is a small abandoned church, in which It contains its annexed bell tower. Of this, reports Martinelli in his Triumph of the Cross, have been under the old title of s. Lorenzo. There was a hospital served by Oblates et oblate mention of which is found in the year 1243."


At the beginning of the seventeenth century , Pope Urban VIII had it restored and enlarged, and on this occasion it was also dedicated to St. Urban. The same pope established the parish with the decree "Creditam desuper nobis" of 7 March 1629 , incorporating it in the diocese of Porto Santa Rufina . When this diocese was abolished on January 5, 1945 the church was annexed to the Diocese of Rome .

On the front of the old church, there are two marble plaques both made ​​by Pius X in 1912 to commemorate the victory of Constantine against Maxentius of 312.

The interior of the oldest church was completely rebuilt in reinforced concrete beams.

The parish is the titular church of Saint's Urban and Lawrence in Prima Porta, Urbe.


Vale amicus... Till next time.

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