first daughter Shrine Tag

Montevideo
URUGUAY, Gabriela Boffano/Maria Fischer • Uruguay is the country of the first daughter shrine of the Original Shrine in the world – A shrine in the small town of Nueva Helvecia, located about 60 km from Colonia del Sacramento and 130 km from the capital, Montevideo. But Uruguay is also the country of only one daughter shrine. In Montevideo they have long desired the construction of a daughter shrine, and years ago the Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother Campaign conquered the altar for it. — For a long time, this altar wasRead More
ARGENTINA/URUGUAY, by Ernestina Strata • Saturday, 28 November a group of forty enthusiastic pilgrims departed from Buenos Aires to Nueva Helvecia, the first Schoenstatt Daughter Shrine, for an encounter with the Father and Founder’s person and footsteps. Those in the group were from different places around Argentina: Tucumán, Tandil (BA.Arg.), San Pedro (BA. Arg.), Córdoba, Mendoza, Corrientes, Greater Buenos Aires, and Buenos Aires City. A family from Benito Juárez (Province of Buenos Aires), a woman from Montevideo and another person, who lives at Punta del Este, joined the group atRead More