Like every year, Sister Jacqueline Brage, originator of the project, is there surrounded by about twenty volunteers and close to a hundred participants to pray, meet, sing and understand Mary. The goal of this project, which gains increasingly in popularity, is to raise awareness about the Virgin Mary, and to sustain the love and devotion to Mary, Jesus\u2019s Mother.<\/p>\n\n
This year, the participants \u2013 for the most part Spanish-speaking \u2013 were invited to spend a full day at St. Gilbert parish. This inter-parish gathering \u201cwas a tribute to the Virgin Mary in any possible way and form through: teachings, songs, testimonies, prayers,\u201d organizer and Marian inter-parish team member Eliana Jaramillo, from the Office for Faith Education.<\/p>\n\n
On a Mission With Mary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The day started with a missionary rosary followed by an hour in adoration to celebrate Pope Francis\u2019s missionary month. \u201cBaptized and sent: the Church of Christ on a mission in the world\u201d is the mission\u2019s team viewed as a proposal of the faith from God to humankind.<\/p>\n\n Sulpician Fr. Jorge Pacheco, P.S.S., held three catechism classes on that day under the theme \u201cMeeting others with Mary.\u201d These classes lead the participants to reflect on their own mission and on how it should unfold. A time for sharing followed on the Magnificat.<\/p>\n\n Events were held between each catechism classes: little concerts, dancing and singing, but also a potluck. \u201cHere I find a sense of peacefulness and family,\u201d explains Magaly who attended the Festival from the very beginning. \u201cWhen it comes to Mary, she\u2019s a veteran,\u201d Sr. Jacqueline says, smiling. Magaly felt the words of the Virgin Mary telling her 22 years ago: \u201cYou will sing for me.\u201d She has been singing upon requests ever since. This is how she thanks the Lord and the Virgin Mary for having comforted her during difficult times. \u201cThe Lord grants us with gifts we need to share and use with others.\u201d This is Magaly\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n\n At the end of the day, Archbishop L\u00e9pine was there to meet the participants and to celebrate the closing Mass.<\/p>\n\n The parish pastor, Fr. Jean Braconin, pronounced at the beginning of the Mass: \u201cCon Cristo\u2026\u201d (With Christ\u2026) and the assembly answered in one voice: \u201cTodo\u201d (Everything!), \u201cSin Cristo\u2026\u201d (Without Christ\u2026), \u201cNada!\u201d (Nothing!). The tone was set, in a church filled to capacity for a joyful and fervent celebration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n At the beginning of his homily, Archbishop asks the assembly if living in this world was hard. As the assembly was responding in the affirmative, he showed that life was at times a real burden in both the Old and the New Testaments. Yet, as the people of Israel and St. Paul did, one must \u201cask God to have the strength to remain faithful, in love and calm.\u201d As a leitmotif, repeated and translated into Spanish by Fr. Jean Braconin, Archbishop L\u00e9pine repeated many times that plea people can address to God. If making such request can be at times difficult, then one must ask the Virgin Mary openly, as she is also there to \u201chelp us find the strength to remain faithful, peaceful and in love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n The conclusion of this day devoted to Mary was met with many thanks, warm applause and joyful and lively songs to celebrate Christ and the Virgin Mary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Like every year, Sister Jacqueline Brage, originator of the project, is there surrounded by about twenty volunteers and close to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n