I wanted to begin this chronicle with a quote from Saint John Paul II, directed towards the youth, which sums up the experience of our International Youth Gathering in Luxemburg, whose theme this year was “Do not be afraid”. “Young people of every continent, do not be afraid to be…
“Humanity has the imperious necessity of the testimony of free and valiant youth that dare to walk against the current to proclaim with strength and enthusiasm the faith in God, our Lord and Savior.” St. John Paul II By God’s grace, we were able to hold the 4th “Youth Festival”…
Saint Joseph is a model of virtue: a man who was just, obedient, magnanimous, faithful, humble, poor, a holy spouse, an exemplary father, lover of silence, hard worker, generous, with a great spirit of sacrifice and much more. But that which stands out the most is his purity and chastity. …
On the 31st of January, we celebrate the memorial of Saint John Bosco, proclaimed the Father and Instructor of the Youth by Pope Saint John Paul II on January 24th, 1989. Saint John Bosco founded the Society of Salesians. He dedicated all his energy to rescue the boys who had…
Dear friends, We want to share with you a few details and many pictures from our trip to Stykkishólmur that took place on January 27th and 28th 2017. On Friday, we met at St. Joseph’s Church at 6:30 pm. The group was divided in two and with the two mini…
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 1 On December 16th, we had a Christmas Party and Christmas Play with the children from Oratory and catechism classes. We began the Christmas party at 4 o´clock…
On October 22nd, the commemoration of St. John Paul II, we celebrated the first retreat day for our group of children preparing for their First Communion. We started the retreat at nine o´clock in the morning and ended at two o‘clock in the afternoon. As usual, we gathered them first…
On October 21 we celebrated, together with our children, the day of our patron St. John Paul II. He is the Patron Saint of our Oratory for children. For this occasion, we organized Bingo. Even though the oratory is dedicated children, to the spiritual and human formation of children; this…
On August 5th, first Friday of the month, the community St. Bridget of Sweden (in Iceland) had the joy and each one in particular, to make the consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. After the Mass Fr. Horacio Cabana (IVE), the chaplain of the community, blessed the image, which now…
“The family is the way of the Church” “The divine mystery of the Incarnation of the Word thus has an intimate connection with the human family. Not only with one family, that of Nazareth, but in some way with every family, analogously to what the Second Vatican Council says about…