ITALY, Calogero Tuzzolino. The program for the April 18th Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign of Sicily regional conference included regional statistics: seventeen parishes, 3,400 families receive the visit of the Pilgrim MTA, 290 Pilgrim MTAs are on pilgrimage. But numbers changed since then…
The Campaign began in another six parishes, four in the Dicoeses of Messina: Holy Mary of Loreto in Barcellona Pozzo de Gotto, Saint Mary di Trapani in Furnarei, Saint Biagio in Termi Vigliatore, and Sain Mary Asunta in Castroreale. In the Saint Mate parish of the Diocese of Mazara del Vallo in Marsala, Father Plácido Chisari commissioned four Pilgrim MTAs on May 18th. On the same day, the Campaign began in another parish of the Diocese of Palermo, Saint Agatone Papa in Villabate. What’s more on June 18th, six new Pilgrim MTAs were commissioned at the Saint Giovannie Apostle of Palermo parish. One of these MTAs circulates among the priests who live in Puglisi House, and the missionary responsible for this MTA is Father Ignazio Vazzana, who sealed his Covenant of Love with the Blessed Mother on April 18, 2010.
Furthermore in the Diocese of Monreale, two pastors have given permission to begin the Campaign: Father Renzo Cannella from Most Holy Immaculate Parish in San Ciperello, where three Pilgrim MTAs will be commissioned on July 18th and Father Gino Tumminello from the parish of Holy Redeemer and Saint Nicolas de Bari in Giuseppe Jato.
I received a picture of a Blessed Mother with a strange name I never heard
On Tuesday, June 15th, at the closing of the Year for Priests, the Schoenstatt Movement was also invited to Corleone to the parish of Most Holy Mary of Grace, where the pastor, Guiseppe Gentile, wanted to begin the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign in his parish.
On that morning, a delegation from Marineo took an enthroned picture of the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt. In the afternoon before Holy Mass, the Movement and the Campaign were introduced to the community.
Fue muy emotivo el testimonio del párroco, que contó que tres días antes, en el avión de regreso a Roma, recibió de una señora a la que no conocía, una estampita de la Virgen.
The testimony of the pastor was very touching; he related that three days before on the plane returning from Rome, a lady gave him a holy card of a Blessed Mother he did not know.
Father Guiseppe related: “This lady who had sat in my seat by mistake, told me after praying the Rosary: ‘Father, I am Sicilian, but I live in Rome, I received this holy card of a Blessed Mother with a strange name that I have never heard, and I want to give it to you.'” At that moment, the pastor, to the surprise of those present, showed the holy card on which was the Blessed Mother of Schoenstatt. Father Guiseppe continued: “For me, it was a sign from Mary.”
“She is the Great Missionary, She will work miracles.”
Translation: Celina Garza, Melissa Janknegt, USA
