International news
In the recent Informationis Nuntius we received the following information from around the Congregation.
- The letters from the General Administration
The General Administration published the following letters in the last year, all of which have already been distributed.
- The Programmatic Letter: Mercy – in the footsteps of God (Jan 6, 2016)
- Follow-up letter on the Programmatic Letter: (Jan 18, 2016)
- Letter of March: The Other as Trace of Mercy 14 (March 1, 2016)
- Letter for the Feast of the Sacred Heart: Welcome the Stranger (May 1, 2016)
- Letter for Bursaries of Dehonian Studies (June 7, 2016)
- Letter of convocation of the meeting of Major Superiors (June 14, 2016)
- Letter of convocation of the Meeting of the Secretaries (June 14, 2016)
- Letter of convocation of the Meeting of Communicators (June 28, 2016)
- Letter of convocation of the SCJ Bishops (July 8, 2016)
- Letter of convocation of the meeting of Novice Directors (Sept. 23, 2016)
- Letter, requesting the six-year plans of the entities (October 19, 2016)
- Letter on the Guidelines for Sexual Abuse cases (November 21, 2016)
- Letter of convocation of the Meeting of Communicators (Nov 22, 2016)
- Letter for the Feast of Christmas (December 13, 2016)
- Nominations of new administrations
- Chile: Johnny Esteban Li Mesias (2nd triennium)
- Madagascar: Yvon Mathieu
- Venezuela: Alejandro Iglesias Benito
- Indonesia: Alexander Sapta Dwi Handoko
- Vietnam: Francis Vu Tran
- Other nominations at the Curia and International College
- International Treasurers Commission: Luca Zottoli (General Treasurer), Lorival Joao Back (Brazil Sao Paulo), Emile Engoulou Tabi (Cameroon), Gerhard Hemken (Germany), David Nagel (USA), Alexander Sapta Dwi Handoko (Indonesia), Jesus Valdezate Soto (Spain: Secretary) (December 15, 2015)
- Secretary General: Pedro Iglesias Curto (Spain). His office began on August 1, 2016.
- Coordinator for Formation: Zeferino Policarpo Ferreira (Portugal) was appointed on September 15 for three years to coordinate the sector of Formation.
- Procurator General and Vice-Procurator: Celson ALtenhofen and Celestin Tshimbundu Mukwende. Their position began on September 1, 2016.
- Commission for the cause of beatification of Fr. Dehon: Appointed for three years are: Frs. Fernando Rodriguez Garrapucho, Celson Altenhofen, Juan Jose Arnaiz Ecker, Celestin Tshimbundi Mukwende. (September 1, 2016)
- Superior of International College: Bruno Pilati (N. Italy) (September 1, 2016)
- Centro Studi Dehoniani: Stefan Tertünte (Germany) for three years. (Nov)
- Erection and suppression of communities
- Uruguay: Suppression of the District and erection of the Territorial Community of Uruguay, belonging to the Prov. Of Argentina.
- Brussels: Juridical transfer of the community from NLV to EUF.
- Vietnam and India: erection of communities in Vasai (Ind) and Lai Thieu (Vie)
- Statistics of the Congregation on December 31, 2016
| Entità | V | P | D | SVP | FVP | SVT | FVT | Tot | Nov |
| 1AG | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| ACR | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| ANG | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| ARG | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| BRE | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| BRM | 4 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 122 | 1 |
| BSP | 4 | 173 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 228 | 7 |
| CAN | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| CHI | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| CMR | 0 | 56 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 111 | 6 |
| ESP | 0 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 1 |
| EUF | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| GBI | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| GER | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| INA | 1 | 118 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 192 | 9 |
| ITM | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| ITS | 0 | 128 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 1 |
| MAD | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 55 | 2 |
| MOZ | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| NLV | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 |
| PHI | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| POL | 1 | 224 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 244 | 5 |
| POR | 3 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 1 |
| RDC | 0 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 114 | 8 |
| RSA | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| USA | 1 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| VEN | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| VIE | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 24 | 1558 | 44 | 53 | 134 | 294 | 2 | 2109 | 62 |
- Details from the statistics
- Novices: Angola 1, Brazil Recife 3, Southern Brazil 1, Brazil Sao Paulo 7, Cameroon 6, Spain 1, Indonesia 10, India 7, Northern Italy 1, Madagascar 2, Philippines 3, Poland 5, Portugal 1, Congo 9, South Africa 5, Vietnam 2.
- Newly professed: 62: Angola 1, Southern Brazil 4, Brazil Sao Paulo 10, Cameroon 8, Francophone Europe 2, Indonesia 9, India 6, Madagascar 1, Philippines 2, Poland 2, Portugal 1, Congo 10, Vietnam 5.
- General Aid Fund
| Entity | Projects | Grant | Bursary | To GAF |
| Angola | House? Formation | 68.000 | ||
| Argentina | 20.703 | |||
| Brazil S. Luis | Car / Salary | 25.000 | ||
| Brazil S Paul | 32.000 | |||
| Brazil South | 32.000 | |||
| Canada | 68.000 | |||
| CHN | Missionaries | 65.000 | ||
| Cameroon | Formation/ Chad, JED | 300.000 | 7.000 | 7.500 |
| Ecuador | Formation | 100.000 | 2.500 | |
| Spain | 425.000 | |||
| EUF | 21.000 | |||
| Germany | 230.000 | |||
| S. Italy | 15.000 | |||
| N. Italy | 148.000 | |||
| Indonesia | Students, travel, pastoral, construction | 37.000 | 42.000 | |
| Madagascar | 2.000 | 14.000 | ||
| Mozambique | Vocations, car, food, construction | 44.000 | 7.000 | 13.000 |
| Holland Belgiu | 70.000 | |||
| Philippines | 5.000 | |||
| Portugal | 5.000 | |||
| Poland | Formation, youth, BYE, UKR | 120.000 | 16.450 | |
| Congo | Youth | 16.500 | 10.500 | 5.000 |
| South Africa | 3.000 | |||
| Uruguay | 6.000 | |||
| USA | 240.000 | |||
| Venezuela | Formation, vocations | 31.000 | 39.000 | |