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abandoning the priestly ministry. This was a blow to the new bishop, who
HOLY COMMUNION was before a diocese that already had very few priests (there had been no
Communion in the Hand: Documents & History priestly ordinations in the previous 18 years, and at that time there was
Some Reflections on Spiritual Communion only one seminarian). However, his courage and his gifts of government
and the State of Grace enabled him to find a way to reverse the situation.
Since the beginning he made his priority the care of vocations: their
By Most Rev. Juan Rodolfo Laise number, and above all their solid formation, creating in 1980 the diocesan
With a Preface by Bishop Athanasius Schneider seminary “St. Michael the Archangel.” Thirty years later, when he turned
75 and had to leave his diocese, there were more than fifty seminarians,
From the Preface of Bishop Athanasius Schneider: “The Church in
and a young and numerous clergy who worked actively in the towns and
our times has the urgent need of courageous voices in defense of her
villages of the province. Similarly, he promoted the installation of
greatest treasure, which is the mystery of the Eucharist. Often today there
various religious congregations. Since the beginning his activity has been
arise voices in defense of the many human and temporal needs, but rare
multiple and incessant: the foundation of religious houses, of schools, of
are the voices that defend the Eucharistic Jesus. With his book
a Catholic University extension, numerous churches and chapels for the
Communion in the Hand His Excellency Most Rev. Juan Rodolfo Laise,
new districts of a province whose population is constantly growing, and
Bishop Emeritus of San Luis (Argentina), has for several years raised his
the organization of congresses and conferences. The apostolic directives
voice in defense of the Eucharistic Lord, showing with convincing
followed one another, in the spirit and decisions of Bishop Laise, at a
argumentation the inconsistency of the modern practice of Communion in
feverish pace. However, as a Capuchin religious he knew well that
the hand from a historical, liturgical and pastoral perspective...I consider
activity, even the most noble one such as that of the apostolate, is not
it an honor and joy to be able to present this book of the most worthy
fruitful if it does not nourish its roots in contemplation. That is why he
Bishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, “decus episcoporum Argentinae”. I hope this
also encouraged the establishment in the diocese of contemplative
prophetic voice of an elderly bishop, who has retained his youth and
communities.
purity of faith and reverent love for the Eucharistic mystery, may
But if in anything he has stood out in a special way, it has been in his
enkindle readers with the same faith and the same love and contribute to
Eucharistic piety and devotion, which have been translated in a special
the universal restoration of the more sacred and reverent manner of
way into the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – which by his express
receiving the Lord’s Body.”
will has been exposed throughout the day in the diocesan Cathedral since
Bishop Laise was born on
the ‘80s – and in his care for the organizing of the feast of Corpus Christi,
February 22, 1926 in Buenos Aires.
with a procession of the Blessed Sacrament through the streets of the city,
He entered the Capuchin Order, in
and in his homilies for the occasion.
which he received priestly ordination
For all these reasons it is understandable that when, in 1996, he found
in 1949 when he was only 23 years
himself confronted with a responsibility, that of making a decision about
old. Later he obtained his licentiate
the possibility of resorting to an indult to give Holy Communion in a less
in canon law from the Gregorian
devout manner, which makes less clear the Real Presence and the
University in Rome, and his
Priesthood, and which furthermore was obtained through a frontal
doctorate in civil law from the
disobedience to the Pope, he did not ask to avail himself of this, and, in
national university of Córdoba
the same way, he more recently has reacted to the possibility of giving
(Argentina). In 1969 he was named Provincial Superior of the Capuchins
Communion to someone who is not in the state of grace. After his
of Argentina.
retirement in 2001 he returned to the Franciscan conventual life and he
In 1971 he was appointed by Paul VI coadjutor bishop of the Diocese
chose the Shrine of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy), where is
of San Luis, whose bishop was seriously ill. The clergy of that diocese,
found his venerated tomb. There he spends the mornings hearing the
although scarce, were deeply divided because of liberation theology. Due
confessions of the pilgrims. He often agrees to travel to occasionally
to the strong resistance of the ideological and rebellious sector, it was not
collaborate elsewhere, having performed numerous ordinations for
possible to organize the episcopal consecration in what would be his
various religious congregations, and accompanied pilgrims to Lourdes,
Episcopal see, but 500 miles away, in the chapel of a Capuchin school
Rome, etc., during these nearly two decades. In the photo on this cover he
near Buenos Aires. As soon as he became bishop of San Luis, the
is seen on one of those occasions, celebrating a Pontifical Mass on the
reaction of the group of highly politicized priests did not delay, and they
Altar of the Chair of St. Peter in the Vatican Basilica on October 24,
left the diocese, moving to a neighboring diocese where the environment
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was more akin to their ideas. Some went even further by directly
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Catalog Table of Contents
Our Lord – p. 4 & Family – p. 11 Fathers & Doctors of the Church – p.
Our Lady– p. 4 Interior Life–Ascetical & Mystical 20
Saints & Blessed – p. 5 Theology – p. 12 Catechetics/Youth/Education/Children’
Catholic Biography – p. 6 Prayer, Meditation, Retreats – p. 13 s Literature – pp. 20-22
Church History/Christian Civilization– Sermons & Conferences – p. 15 Catholic Literature – p. 22
p. 7 Sacred Liturgy / Liturgical Music / Latin Titles – p. 22
Sacred Scripture – p. 8 Liturgical Year – pp. 16-18 French, Italian & Polish Titles – p. 23
Philosophy – p. 9 Papal Teaching & Canon Law – p. 18 Special Authors – p. 23
Apologetics & Converts – p. 10 The Priesthood & Religious Life /
Dogmatic Theology – p. 10 Religious Orders & Congregations – Books in Print – pp. 25-27
Moral & Pastoral Theology / Marriage pp. 19-20
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