Spiritual Retreats
During the Carnival holiday, Cooperators of the Heralds of the Gospel and their families participated in several retreats provided by the institution in preparation for Easter. Eucharistic celebrations, lectures, periods of meditation and much pleasant fraternal conviviality marked these days.
The activities took place in Tocancipá, Colombia, in Buenos Aires and in Mexico City, as well as in the Brazilian cities of Mairiporã (SP), Rio de Janeiro and Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ), Maringá and Piraquara (PR), Belo Horizonte, Juiz de Fora and Montes Claros (MG).
Solemnity of St. Joseph – On the eve of the great solemnity, the Heralds of the Gospel participated in the procession and Mass in honour of the Holy Patriarch in the Metropolitan Cathedral of San José of Costa Rica. On March 19, hundreds of faithful consecrated themselves to the Virginal Spouse of Mary in San Salvador and in the Brazilian cities of Ponta Grossa, Piraquara, and in the states of Paraná, and Belo Horizonte.
Consecration to Our Lady – In the months of February and March, new participants in the course offered by the Heralds of the Gospel educative platform made their consecration as slaves of love to Jesus, through the hands of Mary, according to the method of St. Louis Grignion de Montfort. The ceremonies were held in the Chapel of the Ascension of the Lord in Pachuca and in the Parish of St. Joseph in Aguascalientes, Mexico, as well as Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Montreal, Canada, and in St. Dominic de Guzman Parish in Santiago, Chile.
United States – In March, devotees of the Blessed Virgin from the village of Key Biscayne in Florida gathered at St. Agnes Church to pay their homage to her. The even began with a solemn crowning ceremony of the Pilgrim Statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Paraguay – Faithful from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Concepción and the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima, in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero enthusiastically took part in “Afternoons with Mary” events, on March 8 and 9. These blessed events featured crownings of the Pilgrim Statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Holy Mass, during which many participates consecrated themselves to her.
Brazil – On March 8, more than five hundred devotees of Our Lady were gathered at the house of the Heralds of the Gospel in Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ) to take part in an “Afternoon with Mary”, with Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP, presiding.
