USA – During the month of May, at the invitation of the pastor, Fr. Ivan Sciberras, Herald missionaries gave talks on the Blessed Virgin at St. Peter’s Church in New Jersey, as well as at the parish school. Processions and other acts of devotion were also carried out in honour of the Mother of God.
Brazil – The Heralds of the Gospel were invited to solemnize the installation of Fr. Dorival Aparecido de Morais as pastor of St. Anne’s, the Diocesan Cathedral of Mogi das Cruzes (SP). The Eucharistic celebration, presided over by Diocesan Bishop Pedro Luiz Stringhini, took place on April 11.
Chile – Missionaries from the male and female sectors of the Heralds visited the Parish of Our Lady of Carmel, in Curacaví, with the Pilgrim Statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (photo 1), and carried the Shrine to homes (photo 2) and institutions, including Las Garzas Agricultural School (photo 3).
“Jubilant Testimony of the Resurrected Lord ”
With these words, the Apostolic Nuncio in Costa Rica, Archbishop Bruno Musarò (photo 3), described Fr. Gonzalo Raymundo Esteban, EP (photo 2), who on April 12 surrendered his soul to God in the city of São Paulo, victim of fulminant cancer. They were spoken during the Mass celebrated by the prelate in the Heralds’ house in Costa Rica, where Fr. Gonzalo had carried out his tireless pastoral activity during the last few years.
Also the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra (photo 1), who during his term as head of the Oviedo Diocese had personally met Fr. Gonzalo, wanted to preside over a Eucharist for the soul of this dedicated apostle. The celebration was held at the Church of San Ginés in Madrid (photo 5), with Bishop Luis Armando Tineo Rivera, Emeritus of Carora, and sixteen priests concelebrating.
For his part, the Apostolic Nuncio in El Salvador, Archbishop Santo Rocco Gangemi, celebrated a Holy Mass in the Heralds’ house in the city of San José (photos 4 and 7), while the Archbishop of theToledo diocese and Primate of Spain, Most Rev.Francisco Cerro Chaves, presided over a Eucharist at the Heralds’ house in Camarenilla (photos 6 and 8). He commented that “Fr. Gonzalo was a priest who transmitted what he lived”. ◊
