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Noche del Santuario en Bangalore, India
Night of the Shrine in Bangalore, India
Nacht des Heiligtums in Bangalore, Indien
Foto: Sahaya Kumar © 2006
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Misa en el Santuario en Vienna, Austria
Mass in the Shrine in Viena, Austria
Messe im Heiligtum in Wien, Österreich
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Vienna, Austria: esperando...
Vienna, Austria: waiting...
Wien, Österreich: Warten auf Mitternacht
Fotos: Haslinger © 2006
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Brig, Valais, Suiza: Partipantes de la Noche del Santuario
Brig, Valais, Switzerland:
Participants of the Night of the Shrine
Brig, Wallis, Schweiz: Teilnehmer der Nacht des Heiligtums
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Santa Misa en el Santuario de Brig
Holy Mass in the Shrine in Brig
Heilige Messe im Heiligtum in Brig
Fotos: Blanc © 2006
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Noche des Santuario – celebrada en más de 70 Santuarios
del mundo, como aquí en Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Night of the Shrines – celebrated in more than 70 Shrines
of the world, like here in Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Nacht des Heiligtums, in über 70 Heiligtümern der Welt
zeitgleich gefeiert, wie hier in Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Foto: P. Marcelino Gonzales
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INTERNATIONAL, Stefanie Frank. The great day arrived! Last weekend
(August 26th-27th) the Night of the Shrine attracted
about three hundred youth who participated in the Midnight Holy Mass in
the Original Shrine. But it was not only Schoenstatt that celebrated this
very special night. Many youth gathered in all the world around their
daughter Shrines – about 70 – to simultaneously pray with the youth gathered
in Schoenstatt without being concerned about the difference of time in
their respective countries. Who and how did they celebrate? Here is the
response.
The world Network of the Night of the Shrine worked! It can be affirmed.
Youth from all the world were united on the night of Saturday to Sunday
responding to the call: "Youth of all the world United!" They simultaneously
celebrated Midnight Mass (Europe central time) in about 70 shrines. Some
had to get up very early to pray at the same time.
Austria was the first country that reported. Switzerland also reported.
Austria was the first country to send photos of their Night of the Shrine.
They sent them Saturday. In this way the rest of the world could see how
Vienna celebrated this event through the Internet.
Raphael Kolic, from Austria, was in Vienna and he related: "More than
thirty enthusiastic youth from all over Austria participated in the program,
which lasted until dawn. What impressed this young man the most? "I liked
the idea of celebrating the Holy Mass simultaneously with youth from 26
countries from all the continents, and to be united through the Shrine",
said Raphael, and he continued: "During the Eucharistic celebration, I
constantly recalled that at this moment maybe more than a thousand youth
were also participating in a Holy Mass".
And Raphael concludes by writing: "I hope that this night was a motivation
for everyone to commit themselves to Schoenstatt in the future".
Switzerland was also united with the Original Shrine. Over there the
youth gathered in the Shrine of Brig to spend the night in community.
There were workshops, they sealed Covenants of Love and the Holy Mass
was celebrated in front of the Shrine, everything was same as in Schoenstatt.
There was something original in Brig, which was appropriate for a worldwide
bonding: the youth hung pictures of the daughter Shrines of the world
on a rope to represent the bond with them and with the youth who were
celebrating the same event on this night.
South America also responded to the convocation
In the wayside shrine of Goya –Corrientes, Argentina – they not only
gathered the youth to pray the rosary, rather all the Schoenstatt Family
of the place gathered. Inés writes: "The fascinating thing is that
we were mutually attached at the same time and we thought about one another".
The youth from Puerto Rico did not miss the Night of the Shrine: "Our
Night of the Shrine was truly original. There were close to one hundred
people and the majority of them were new. They were truly happy to be
at the Shrine for the first time", wrote Yaitza, from Cabo Rojo. The night
of the Shrine was also celebrated in the Shrine in Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
Brazil was also present at their Shrines of Santo Angelo (0824), Guarapuava
(08223) and of Jaraguá (0832) and Ecuador in the Shrine of Guayaquil
(0825). The way it was organized and how they carried out can be read
in the corresponding articles and the many photos that they sent can also
be seen.
Rosario Lara Marañon, a young girl from Tandil, Argentina, who
initiated Schoenstatt Summer, who was a volunteer in the Press Office,
attached herself from her Homeshrine with prayers for the youth of all
the world.
Crete also celebrated, although they do not have a Shrine. In India:
at dawn
Amy Waddle from Nebraska, United States, also united herself to the celebration
although there is no Shrine in her city of Crete. This did not stop the
youth from participating in this Night of the Shrine. They celebrated
in the Homeshrine of the Schoenstatt Movement in Nebraska, which is a
Chapel that already has the altar for their future Schoenstatt Shrine.
The youth in India met at dawn: they gathered at 3:30 a.m. in the Shrine
to adore Jesus and to pray the rosary.
In the same way Australia participated, celebrating the "Night" in the
light of day (0827).
The Shrines in Bolivia, Burundi, Chile, The Dominican Republic, England,
Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Paraguay, the Philippine Islands, Poland, Portugal,
South Africa, Spain, the Czech Republic also attached themselves spiritually.
The news from the national Shrine from Argentina did not arrive, where
the youth gathered in the Shrine – because they could not communicate
because the telephone cables in all the area of Florencio Varela were
stolen…It is a good thing that the in the network of shrines, the cables
cannot be stolen…
Translation: Celina Garza, Harlingen, TX, USA
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