Argentina Tag

Navidad Solidaria 2022
ARGENTINA, Fr. José María Iturrería • Once again, and it has been 21 years since 2001, we once again celebrated Christmas in solidarity and at 1:30 a.m. we gathered in the shrine of La Plata with a group of 130 young people from the Archdiocese and the Movement. Inspired by the motto “Be light on the way”, we went out to share Christmas with those who cannot celebrate it with anyone because they are homeless or work at night. — Divided into groups of 6 to 8 people, we wentRead More
Campo de Cielo
ARGENTINA, Carlos Ricciardi • After the priestly ordination of Francisco Emanuel Molfesa at St. Peter’s Parish in the city of Rauch, we all went to share a festive moment at the grounds of Campo del Cielo, where Schoenstatt has its wayside shrine and its land. — In Campo del Cielo there were other surprises awaiting us… A large cross nailed in the place of the future and longed for Schoenstatt Shrine. Bishop Hugo Manuel Salaberry blessed it in the presence of a large number of faithful from Rauch, Tandil, Azul,Read More
Peregrinacion Boca del tigre 3
ARGENTINA, Esther Rígoli-Claudia Echenique • Under the motto “Mother, thank you for your love,” the Thirtieth Pilgrimage of Gratitude was held on Sunday, November 20th, from Crespo to Boca del Tigre, in the Archdiocese of Paraná. The Blessed Mother showed her great closeness to each one of her covenant partners, who were grateful for her presence and responded to the call to be part of the road. — This year we perceived an incredibly special grace because more communities, villages and nearby cities joined us. In addition to the mainRead More
ermita Goya
ARGENTINA, Inés Petiti • On December 8th, the missionaries of the Diocese of Goya, once again said their Yes to the Schoenstatt Pilgrim MTA. — For another year they gave their feet, their hands, their hearts, their whole being, to take Jesus and his mother to the homes, asking for the prayer of the Holy Rosary. Under the gaze of Our Lady of Itatí, patroness of the province of Corrientes, on December 8, they renewed the task and mission of carrying the Pilgrim MTA, producing a new Visitation with eachRead More
bebés en riesgo de vida
ARGENTINA, Mónica Pared • A group of people from Corrientes has taken on the task of going on mission with Our Lady of Schoenstatt to entrust premature babies and infants in danger of their lives to her for a speedy recovery and to accompany the parents in this challenging situation. — November 17 was the International Day of Premature Babies, a date that aims to draw attention to the high risk of mortality that premature babies have worldwide. On this occasion, the newspaper “La Época” from Corrientes published this article,Read More
Adviento en la Casa del Niño
ARGENTINA, Gabriela Sarquis • This week Advent began and so did Advent at the Casa del Niño. We began this season that the Church proposes to us to prepare us for the great feast of the birth of Jesus, made a child, out of love for all of us. And his love has neither beginning nor end, it is forever. — That is why the children of Casa del Niño started the week by putting together a big Christmas tree, donated by Patricia, who together with the children prepared andRead More
Villa Devoto
ARGENTINA, Fr. Martín Clavijo • For several years, the parish of San Rafael in Villa Devoto, in whose parish church a picture of the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt was placed on May 31, has celebrated Masses for the novena of their patron saint in a corner of the neighborhood. Nothing spectacular: a crossroads, a small house with an open door, a neighbor who lends a small table and a tablecloth, another who brings a few benches…But isn’t it often the small, the most insignificant that is the origin ofRead More
cueva
ARGENTINA, María Fischer • “Mom, look who I found… the Blessed Mother!”. The voice message “breathes” amazement and emotion. A young man, son of a Schoenstatter from Buenos Aires, who has known the Blessed Mother since he was born, was on a three-day excursion with some friends in the Sierra of Córdoba, specifically on the Cerro Champaquí, the highest peak in that province, with an altitude of 2790 m. They entered a cave and… there she was. — He sent some photos and a video to his mother, and everythingRead More
madrugadores Córdoba
ARGENTINA, Juan Barbosa • The Madrugadores, in Cordoba, gathered last night at the Eucharist to celebrate their first ten years since that November 17, 2012 when they began their early mornings of prayer and, since then, their biweekly meetings have never been interrupted. As they say, “many of us have not come to all the madrugadas but MARY… She has never missed any of them!”. Fr. Juan José Riba, currently 700 km from Cordoba, did not want to miss the event and celebrated a heartfelt Mass of thanksgiving. — Inside…Read More
Matrimonio Oviedo, jefes de la Pastoral del Santuario
ARGENTINA, Graciela and Víctor Oviedo •  From the Shrine of Liberation in La Plata we have been working for some years to offer an authentic service to the pilgrims who pass through our “Little Chapel of Grace”, as the first sodalists called the shrine. — Places of grace for the whole church, for all the People of God We have some convictions: the Schoenstatt Shrines must fulfill their mission as places of grace for the whole Church. This implies making the shrines places of permanent pilgrimage. For every pilgrim, theRead More