Institution of Ministries
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n December 19, 2025, sixty-nine members of the Heralds of the Gospel received the ministries of lector and acolyte during the solemn Mass presided over by Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Caieiras (SP).
The ceremony was honoured by the presence of Dr. Fernando Antonio Torres Garcia, then president of the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo; Dr. Tirso de Salles Meirelles, president of FAESP; the judges Dr. Sulaiman Miguel Neto, Dr. Erickson Gavazza Marques and Dr. Nino Oliveira Toldo; Dr. Aloisio Pupin, prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of São Paulo; the jurists Dr. João Grandino Rodas and Dr. Dircêo Torrecillas Ramos; State deputies Gil Diniz and Thiago Auricchio, representing the president of ALESP, Deputy André do Prado; Dr. Gilmar Soares Vicente, mayor of Caieiras; Dr. Sonaira Fernandes, councilwoman of the city of São Paulo; and journalist Hugo Roger, from Rede Vida, the channel that broadcast the Holy Mass live.
Caieiras (SP) – The Heralds of the Gospel had the joy of celebrating the Lord’s Nativity and the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, with Bishop Sérgio Aparecido Colombo of Bragança Paulista, who presided over the celebrations at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary on December 25 of 2025 and January 1 of 2026.
A Song of Praise to the Christ Child
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his last December, the Heralds of the Gospel organized hundreds of Christmas concerts in praise of the Christ Child, many of them with the participation of the youth who attend the institution’s catechetical projects.
We highlight on these pages the presentations held in Brasilia on Ministries Esplanade and in the Pedro Calmon Theatre; in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo State (ALESP); at Paulo Autran Theatre, in Curitiba; on the premises of Canção Nova in Várzea Grande; and in the cities of São Paulo, Cuiabá, Maringá, Cotia, Structural City, Joinville, Mairiporã and Campos dos Goytacazes – cities from all over Brazil. Concerts were also held in Toledo Cathedral and in Valencia, Spain; in the Cathedral of Évora and in Guimarães, Portugal; at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Caacupé and the Cathedral of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay; in Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru and Ecuador.
Christmas Activities – For the occasion of Christmas, several social activities were carried out by the Heralds of the Gospel, including a visit with the Baby Jesus, enlivened with Christmas carols, to the Base Hospital in Brasília, which was attended by the First Lady of the Federal District, Mayara Noronha, to the Holy House of Mercy, in Curitiba, and to the Margarita Cruz Ruiz geriatric home, in Guatemala City. In addition, food and gifts were distributed at the Parish of Our Lady of Grace, in Caieiras, São Paulo, in Cariacica, Espírito Santo State, in the community of Tutupali in Tarqui, Ecuador, and in the locality of Xitevele in Boane, Mozambique.
