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Parish Feast of Maria Reina |
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010 |
Fr. Patrick Hayden is a missionary in Bolivia and has served there since 1993. Below, he shares uplifting words about the August feast of Mary Queen, patroness of Maria Reina Parish in La Paz, Bolivia.
 We had very good celebrations all this past week, since Saturday, August 14th, with the pilgrimage of Mary Queen through the different communities, chapels and homes of our parish; the pilgrimage concluded last Friday afternoon, August 20th, when the men of Albergue “San Vicente” and members of the Comunidad Papa Juan XXIII came in procession with Our Lady from the albergue to the church.
Our Kermesse (which we had not had in two years) went very well on Sunday, August 15th; our feast day Mass and procession saw an overflow crowd at church and then many (not all) accompanying the procession to a place along Avenida Buenos Aires near the entrance to Las Lomas, where we rested and enjoyed a cool drink and some cookies and other snacks.
The Colegio “Ignacio Calderon” would not hear of being left out: the music director came by Friday to confirm that the school band would be present for the Mass and procession (the band played the National Anthem at Mass and then, by turns between rest stops, played during the whole procession route).
I believe that our people were very pleased and delighted at the way the celebration turned out. Saturday night saw an almost full church (with people constantly arriving and departing) for the Serenata in honor of Mary Queen.
albergue = residence
kermesse = parish festival with favorite dinners prepared and served by parishioners
serenata = serenade
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