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• 12 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Marian Day at international Eucharistic Congress with traditional pilgrimage in honour of Our Lady of Zapopan: “We celebrate this image with authentic love because if we believe in Jesus Christ, we cannot fail to believe in his Mother” Guadalajara (Fides Service) - Today the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara will live an eminently Marian day with the traditional process of Our Lady of Zapopan, a major feast in the archdiocese of Guadal ...
• 11 October 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 1,200 missionaries at first Lay Missionaries Assessment Meeting in connection with Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro” in Lima Lima (Fides Service) - On 8 October at Rosenthal School in Lima lay Catholics taking part in the Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro held a first meeting to assess progress made. Some 1,200 lay people from the dist ...
• 11 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Sixty thousand gather for Concelebration of Mass to open the 48th International Eucharistic Congress. “We have come to him to find light for our life, answers to our doubts, courage to bear witness among our brothers and sisters in difficulty to our faith in the Eucharist, nourishment for life” the Papal Envoy told those present. Guadalajara (Fides) - The 48th International Eucharistic Congress opened on Sunday 10 October in Guadalajara with a solemn Mass presided by the Pope’s envoy Cardinal Jozef Tomko, president of the Committee for Internat ...
• 9 October 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Archbishop of Buenos Aires calls to the capital’s children to traditional October missionary month Children’s Mass: “together we will build communion, union and solidarity and worship God” Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Primate of Argentina, has invited the children of the capital to attend the traditional Children Mass for the month of October ...
• 9 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Theological Pastoral Symposium concludes. Final day reflection on relation Church/Eucharist; necessity of correct liturgical pastoral. Today 40,000 children make First Holy Communion in parishes all over Guadalajara Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Theological Symposium organised in Guadalajara in preparation for the 48th international Eucharistic Congress closed on October 7. The Congress will open tomorrow Sunday 10 Oc ...
• 7 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - International Theological Pastoral Symposium prelude to 48th International Eucharistic Congress opens with Solemn concelebration of Mass Guadalajara (Fides Service) - A solemn concelebration of Mass presided by Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop of Mexico City opened an International Theological Pastoral Symposium on the Eucharist at Guadalajara ...
• 6 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Leaders of 10 different religious communities gather in Mexico City Catholic cathedral to pray for world peace on Saint Francis’ day Mexico City (Fides Service) - On October 4, the feast day of St Francis of Assisi leaders of ten different religious communities gathered in the Catholic cathedral of Mexico City to pray for peace in the world. The openi ...
• 5 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Regional Meetings of Bishops in preparation for 5th General Conference of the Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in February 2007: New Evangelisation in Latin America and the Caribbean Mexico City (Fides Service) - The 5th General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, with the theme “Disciples of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church for New Evangelisation in Latin America and t ...
• 4 October 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Poupard presides 1st Meeting for Catholic Cultural Centres in Brazil Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Council for Culture and the Conference of Catholic Brazilian Bishops inaugurate today the first meeting for Catholic Cultural Centres in Brazil, taking place in Joao until Oc ...
• 4 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Eucharistic Congress: Guadalajara mobilises more than 300 parishes to host participants and provide live coverage on large TV screens for the whole community. Saturday October 9 thousands of children will make their First Holy Communion Guadalajara (Fides Service) - Some 300 parishes in the archdiocese of Guadalajara are putting the finishing touches to preparations for the 48th International Eucharistic Congress, the first held in Mexico, to be celebra ...
• 30 September 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - Week of the Family, 3 - 10 October: help every family make the home a “little church” and take the crucifix as the main sign of its faith Santiago (Fides Service) - The Church in Chile is preparing to live the Week of the Family 3 to 10 October with the theme “He loved us to the end" (Jn 3,16), organised by the National Commission for Family Pastoral of ...
• 30 September 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Prayers, festivities, sharing, testimony: 16 October Eucharist Day for Youth in Americas Square in Guadalajara Mexico City (Fides Service) - As the date of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress approaches (10-17 October) last minute touches are being given to initiatives and preparations. According to the organising committ ...
• 28 September 2004
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 2nd Assembly of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists 29 in Cochabamba Cochabamba (Fides Service) - The 2nd Assembly International Association of Catholic Missiologists IACM will start on Wednesday 29 September in Cochabamba, Bolivia, at the Salesian Fatima Centre. The first part of the Ass ...
• 27 September 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 50 Congregations of men and women religious in Peru take part in 1st National Mission Exhibition : “In Peru today…Mission is alive!” Lima (Fides Service) - As part of celebrations and initiatives for World Mission Day 25 October, the National Mission Centre of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference has organised the first ever National Mission Exhibition ...
• 27 September 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - How to make “Christian hope” credible in the context of conflict in Colombia: theme for discussion at 9th National Theology Congress 7 to 9 October Bogota (Fides Service) - “Reflect on Christian hope from the theological and pastoral point of view in the present context of conflict in Colombia and to offer guidelines for activity to promote the Christian experienc ...