Mozambique – DBeginning in 2017, in Matola, the Heralds of the Gospel are building the first Gothic-style church in the country. It will be dedicated to Our Lady Gate of Heaven, and will accommodate 800 people. The faithful in the area will thus have a place to attend Mass and receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Mairiporã (SP) – At the beginning of Easter time, chocolate eggs were distributed in the chapels of the Holy Family (photo 1) and Our Lady of Perpetual Help (photo 3), which are part of Our Lady of Graces Parish, as well as in the neighbourhoods close to Our Lady of the Rosary Basilica (photo 2).
Spain– In the Parish of St. Raymond Nonato, in Valencia, Cooperators of the Heralds of the Gospel organized a ceremony of Consecration to Our Lord through the hands of the Blessed Virgin, which was carried out on March 19, the Solemnity of St. Joseph..
Guatemala – On Good Friday, after the celebration of the Passion, members of the Heralds prayed the Via Sacra in procession along a route on the property of the Heralds’ Formation House in San José Pinula. A light rain threatened to interrupt the ceremony, but it soon gave way to a brilliant rainbow.
Commitment Renewals and a Church in Construction
On February 22, the anniversary of the Heralds of the Gospel’s pontifical approval, the cooperators from El Salvador renewed their commitments in the institution during a Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Fr. Fernando Gioia, EP, and concelebrated by two other priests, in the House of the Heralds in San Salvador (photos 2, 3 and 4). On March 24, priests, brothers, cooperators and benefactors gathered at the building site of the Church of Our Lady of Fatima and St. Paul the Apostle (photo 1) to beseech divine blessing upon the construction. Special petitions were made for the successful completion of the edifice, without delays, and for the protection of the construction workers from all injury. Medals of Our Lady of Graces were blessed and placed in the foundations of the structure (photo 5). ◊
