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Kære Damer og Riddere i Statholderskabet Sverige-Danmark

Vort mangeårige medlem af Stormagistraten og tidligere Statholder Bo Theutenberg KGCHS har efter en stor indsats for Ordenen i såvel vort Statholderskab og som medlem af Stormagistraten, af Ordenens Stormester H.Em. Fernando Kardinal Filoni modtaget udmærkelsen Jerusalem’s Palme i guld.

Denne udmærkelse uddeles sjældent, og kun til personer som har gjort en stor og fortjeneste fuld indsats for Ordenen. Dette er sket efter Bo Theutenberg’s udtræden af Stormagistraten, idet han er faldet for aldersgrænsen.

Jeg vil gerne benytte lejligheden til at takke Bo Theutenberg for den store indsats han har ydet i vort Statholderskab, både i forbindelse med dannelsen af Statholderskabet, men også for et utrætteligt arbejde som Statholder i flere omgange. Bo har endvidere haft udviklingen af Ordenen her i Skandinavien for øje i sit arbejde i Stormagistraten.

Sidst men ikke mindst vil jeg ønske Bo Theutenberg et stort tillykke med udmærkelsen og tak for en stor og fortjeneste fuld indsats for såvel Ordenen som for vort Statholderskab.

København, 8. juli 2020.

Jørgen Boesen KCHS

Statholder

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Påskebudskab fra Stormester Edwin Kardinal O'Brien

Now the annual challenge presents itself. What will I do for Lent? The Psalmist advises us: “Busy not yourself with great things, things beyond your reach” Pope Francis reminds us that Jesus asked his disciples to pay attention to details - the little details:

• that wine was running out at a party

• of noticing that one sheep was missing

• of noticing the widow who offered two small coins

• of having spare oil for the lamps should the groom delay

• of asking the disciples how many loaves of bread they had

We are not ordinarily called to do significant things each day, but to do simple things, but always with Jesus in mind. May I give some examples?

• ten minutes of complete silence each day: “Be still and know that I am God”

• visits to the Blessed Sacrament, if only brief

• take prayerful notice of God’s beauty in nature

• dust off the New Testament

• Sunday Mass: review readings at home; get to church 10 minutes earlier

• daily prayers: Sign of the Cross, Our Father, etc, performed more deliberatively and reflectively

• attend somehow to a poor or lonely person

• sacramentals in the house? Be more prayerfully conscious of them as you pass by

• a daily prayer with spouse and family (family Rosary?)

• seek to heal estranged relationships, whether involving yourself or others

• a daily prayer for members of the Order facing difficulties

Surely, you will not do all of these each day: choose one or two, step by step, and you will undoubtedly come up with others, more suited to your routine.

Saint Anselm’s advice:

“Insignificant man, escape from your everyday business for a short while, hide for a moment from your restless thoughts. Break off from your cares and troubles and be less concerned about your tasks and labors. Make a little time for God and rest a while with him.”

A successful Lenten Pilgrimage to all!

Edwin Cardinal O'Brien

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Episcopal Conferences

Dear Confreres,

This weekend’s deliberations called by the Holy Father include representatives from all the Episcopal Conferences in the world to discuss and hopefully to find steps forward to address the plague of the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by Catholic clergy.

I earnestly ask every member of our Order to see it as an obligation to pray for guidance for our Holy Father and all the participants in this “Vatican Summit.”

The problem should be admitted and recognized throughout the Church Universal, justice must be a priority both in addressing the deep wounds of those victimized and in calling our Church leaders to greater accountability in the foreseeable future.

I ask for your prayers with great urgency.

Cardinal Edwin O'Brien

Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Udnævnelser i Grand Magisterium

Følgende riddere er blevet udnævnt til rang af Vice General Guvernør:

• H.E. P. Thomas POGGE, KGCHS, tidligere statholder for USA Northern Lieutenancy

• S.E. le Chev.Gr.Cr. Jean-Pierre Marie de GLUTZ-RUCHTI, tidligere statholder i det schweiz statholderskab

Det er med stolthed og stor glæde at vores medlem H. E. Ambassadør Prof. Dr. Bo J. Theutenberg, KGCHS, nu er det medlem af Grand Magisterium med højeste anciennitet.

Det er muligt at se Stormagistratens ledelse og sammensætning på denne side (her).

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