ARGENTINA, Guillermo Romero. On Friday, March 18th, the radiant sun anticipated a conference full of light for the Nogoyáense Family. The Blessed Mother waited for her children opening the doors of the Wayside Shrine to welcome them with the activities of a new year.
Start-up Conference at the Wayside Shrine of Nogoyá
They began the conference sheltered in the Wayside Shrine, the opening prayer and the song prepared by the youth were the assurance that they were here again, they prayed to the Blessed Mother asking “to be apt instruments in your hands and to make us more like Her…” In this intimate moment everyone gathered spiritually to the Pilgrimage 2014 by praying the prayer that the Movement proposed to walk together to the jubilee of the 100th Anniversary of the “Covenant of Love”: “Beloved Mother of the Lord and our Mother with joy we go on pilgrimage to your Shrine….” In a few days, approximately 200 prayer cards blessed in the Original Shrine and sent by mail will arrive: “If 100 are possible, I would appreciate it, and if there were more I would be able to give them to the missionaries so that they can leave one in each home when they take the Pilgrim MTA…”
Experiencing the Year of the Father Current
In the activity hall, they recalled that they were living the “Year of the Father Current” with the beautiful poem: You Know that Man. At this point, Father Gustavo Monteagudo presented a talk where he pointed out aspects of Father Kentenich’s life in the light of the Lenten Season.
Then at the Holy Mass, the Blessed Mother was presented with a beautiful Marian chasuble with the picture that was used for the celebration of the Mother and Queen. As the Church, they welcomed the child, Lucas Santiago, who was baptized by the celebrant.
From this beginning, a new impulse emerged in the Family, who is aware they have received a noble inheritance, and continues to say: “Father, you were seeking allies for your mission, and the Blessed Mother brought you to these lands…”
