Paraguay Tag

PARAGUAY, by Sandra Lezcano • Firmness and Tenderness. This is the title of a book by Fr. Antonio Cosp and I cannot find a better title to express the way the Blessed Mother educated me in the first week of May. A few months ago Maria Fischer wrote to me, telling me that Paraguay would host the first Kentenich Communication Workshop. Filled with immense joy, I made myself available to help out in any way I could. The Blessed Mother had already planned what my task would be – to welcomeRead More
PARAGUAY, by Estelita Franco – “ Mass of 1 May at Tupãrenda” (4) • During the last weekend of April, I had the opportunity to participate in the Kentenich Communication Seminar led by Maria Fischer at Tupãrenda. In addition to everything that was beautiful and enriching at the seminar, on Sunday, we participated in the Holy Mass at 9:00 a.m. at Holy Mary of the Trinity Church. People who know Tupãrenda know that in order to reach the Shrine from the retreat house there is a long and picturesque littleRead More
PARAGUAY, by Gissela Peralta – “Mass on 1 May in Tuparenda (2)” • Tuparenda, the house of God, is a place I’ve visited with my family since I was a little girl. It’s also where I had a special experience this Sunday during Mass. I am getting married in eight months and I’m preparing for the moment when I start my own family, listening to each conversation, each experience that can help me. At breakfast, before going to mass, the conversation was about the importance of good relationships and, inRead More
PARAGUAY, by Rafael Vera • Today, on Workers’ Day, together with Alberto Léon from Chile, we had the opportunity to visit Nichoás, who is blind; Cipriano, who is in a different capacity; and Valentina, who is bedridden. The Blessed Mother used us as instruments to visit her children. It was a moving experience to see Nicolás feeling the beautiful image of our Mother, the Pilgrim Mother for the Blind, carved in wood so that she can be “seen” by touching her. She recently arrived from Argentina where the Pilgrim MotherRead More
PARAGUAY, by Ani Souberlich and Maria Fischer • One afternoon in the life of one who lives in covenant solidarity with the very poor: “I arrived home from work. I took a shower and then I got to work: ironing clothes I washed yesterday to make packages for our ‘100 houses’ families and those I meet along the way…” When Ani Souberlich meets with her schoolmates, with friends or with Schoenstatters, they already know what will happen: she asks for clothes they no longer use, for toys, and anything thatRead More
PARAGUAY, by Karen Méndez García and Bernardino Portillo Marín • On Sunday, 17 April, wonderful weather accompanied the first “walk” through Tupãrenda to learn about all the corners and much of the rich history of the Shrine. There are 147 Shrine guardians, who collaborate in the Shrine Ministry so that every pilgrim may find his/her way to this source grace, and so that the Blessed Mother may welcome more and more pilgrims. Eighteen guardians and two pilgrims joined the walk, everyone asked questions, they wanted to know when and howRead More
PARAGUAY, by José Aníbal Argüello • During the recent Holy Week, 950 youths, the majority of them Paraguayan and those from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, among others, have participated in the Catholic University Missions. We confirmed our Faith, responding to the call that was manifested to us in different ways and through different people to take the message of joy, salvation, hope and love to the people as Christ entrusted to us. “Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and ofRead More
PARAGUAY, by Claudio Manavella and Maria Fischer • Claudio Manavella, from Asunción, is a civil engineer, who belongs to Mima and Juan Carlos Cardona’s circle; they are the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign’s great apostles in Paraguay’s interior. A few days ago, he was traveling between Yergos and Moisés Bertoni with his son when he had an encounter that he videotaped and went viral within the Paraguayan Schoenstatt Movement. “I was the one who experienced that wonderful experience of meeting my Blessed Mother on one of the many inhospitable roads I travel becauseRead More
By Sebastián Acha, Asunción, Paraguay, a life-long Schoenstatt member who has been a deputy in the Paraguayan Chamber for the last ten years – a contribution in the series: What does the Year of Mercy mean? • In the 1920s José Ortega y Gasset wrote: “The information that best describes the uniqueness of a race is the profile of the models it elects, because nothing reveals the root condition of a man better than the type of woman that he can fall in love with.  Through the choice of theRead More
PARAGUAY, Ayolas, by Papito and Chiquita Martín • Ayolas is a city located approximately two hours by car from Encarnación in southern Paraguay close to the towns of Santiago de las Misiones, San Juan Bautista and San Ignacio.  It was a simple fishing village located on the edge of the Paraná River that was completely transformed by the construction of the Yacyretá hydroelectric power plant, with modern infrastructures that converted it into Misiones region’s most modern city. Since the beginning of the Family Branch’s founding at Ayolas, couples have askedRead More