Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Malaga (Agenzia Fides) – The Eucharistic Missionaries are preparing to celebrate their 90th anniversary of foundation. Sister Antonia Moreno, Superior of the house in Marques Valdecañas in Spain, wrote to Fides, emphasizing certain aspects of the life and work of her founder. "On February 2, 1902, Bishop Manuel Gonzalez, in his first pastoral experience in Palomares del Rio, a town near Seville, found himself before the reality of the 'abandoned' Eucharist. He said: 'In this desert of souls, my faith saw such a patient, calm Jesus ... who looked at me ... a look that told me so much and always wanted more ....'."
Malaga is the birthplace of the congregation, because the founder was the Bishop of Malaga, and in this Spanish city, the first sisters began to live in community. Since 1921, they lived in “Casa del Monte," Villa Nazareth, at the foot of the seminary that the founder himself built. For various historical circumstances, the Missionaries of the Eucharist then had to leave this house. In April 1994, the congregation was able to repossess the house in Malaga, renovate it, and offer it to the diocese as a retreat house, now known as "Villa Nazareth." The congregation also has a second community in Valdecañas.
The sisters visit the parishes of the cities and small villages, in coordination with the parish priests, carry out week-long spirituality courses, retreats, catecheses, and the formation of catechists, the animation of the liturgy, parish missions, always with the desire to "eucharistize" which, according to the founder, means: “Lead the people to fall madly in love with Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.” The "Misioneras Eucaristicas de Nazareth," founded by Blessed Manuel Gonzalez in 1921 in Malaga, currently work in Europe and America. Their presence is particularly important in Latin America. (CE) (Agenzia Fides 07/06/2010)
