"She is the Great Missionary" of Wales, not me…The Pilgrim Mother for Wales has arrived from Argentina |
GREAT BRITAIN, Anna Latham. On Monday of Holy Week, Anna and Chris Latham, first missionaries of the Campaign in Wales, received the Pilgrim Mother from the Mar Del Plata Shrine in Argentina that was blessed by Schoenstatt Father Mario Guillermo Cassano at the Wayside Shrine near the home of Jorge and Maria Tiscornia, parents of Geraldine Tiscornia Kunc, who brought the first Pilgrim MTA to Purley near London, and founded the Campaign in England. My heart was touched, it was a confirmation that inspite of the recent disappointments with a pilgrimage cancelled, and other setbacks, the Mater is never outdone in generosity and love - She comes to show Her presence with gifts of grace! And something else extraordinary and beautiful, She arrived during this time in which my own Mother is visiting from South Africa and staying with us for two weeks! I had not seen my mother for two and a half years. It is really a time of joy. With the Pilgrim MTA to the place of the earliest Christian traditions in WalesI still feel a little bit without direction since the planned pilgrimage to the Schoenstatt chapel at the Poor Clares has been cancelled. And also with the Pilgrim Mother image arriving now I think it has been more the case of Our Lady proving that "She is the great missionary" and not me!! I am always amazed at the way God works. The first inspiration I had was to take my Pilgrim Mother with us on our visit to St David's, at the extreme western point of Wales, an hours drive from our home, a place where St David and his mother, St Non, have been (and still are) venerated for ages. It is a place where the earliest Christian traditions in Wales can be traced. In the past, two pilgrimages to St David's Cathedral was regarded as equal in merit to one visit to Rome! St David is the Patron Saint of Wales, and I thought how fitting that Our Lady should want to go there first on Her journey as Pilgrim Mother for Wales. Also we went to the Chapel of Our Lady and St Non, half a mile from St David's, on a cliff with an incredible view of the sea and overlooking the ancient chapel of St Non where St David was born, and where close by is a Holy Well which is said to have sprung up at the moment of the birth of St David , and where the waters are believed to have miraculous curative properties. The Chapel of Our Lady and St Non is built in the old Celtic style and the man who funded the cost of the building had said he did it because he was an "admirer of the Catholic Faith and a Welshman, and wished to do his part towards bringing back the old devotions to the Welsh people". The feeling of peace and tranquility inside is exceptional - it reminded me of the Schoenstatt Shrines! Yes, all these experiences I ponder in my heart - what was Our Lady showing to me through these visits? The future is unknown, but I have confidence that Our Lady has Her plan! Please pray that I will be a good instrument for the Mother Thrice Admirable in taking Her and the message of Schoenstatt to the people of Wales. Contact: Anna Latham: Chris@emilybros.freeserve.co.uk
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