ASIA/CHINA – Marian processions, Confirmations, Masses and Prayers: how Chinese Catholics experienced the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China

ASIA/CHINA – Marian processions, Confirmations, Lots and Prayers: how Chinese language Catholics skilled the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China

Wednesday, 24 Might 2023

Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – 300 Catholics from the parish of Bailing, devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Assist of Christians, within the diocese of Shantou (Chinese language province of Guangdong), obtained right now, Wednesday, Might 24, the sacrament of Affirmation through the solemn Eucharistic liturgy celebrated after a protracted and participatory Marian procession. Your entire parish and neighborhood is known as a result of it’s positioned within the village the place the biggest Catholic neighborhood within the diocese is positioned. Underneath the maternal safety of the Patroness Mary Assist of Christians, the parishioners of Bailing are famend for his or her Marian devotion and their missionary zeal. The patronal feast has additionally change into a festive second of neighborhood manifestation of religion. The parishioners prayed collectively for peace, for vocation, for a greater world.
At present, Might 24, nany Catholic communities in mainland China lived intensely right now, Might 24, the liturgical commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Assist of Christians, commemorated on the Shrine of Sheshan. Pope Benedict XVI indicated that this commemoration was a possibility to have a good time the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China. In keeping with info gathered by Agenzia Fides, many Chinese language Catholic communities skilled right now because the end result of the non secular journey of the Marian month, in communion with the common Church.
Catholics from the cathedral of Wenzhou diocese (Zhejaing province) made a week-long pilgrimage to the shrine of Taiyuan diocese (Shanxi province) from Might 15 to twenty. They have been welcomed by Paul Meng Ningyou, Bishop of the Diocese of Taiyuan. They shared the historical past and expertise of the local people, whereas admiring the great thing about pure locations and giving due to God for the present of creation, within the spirit of Laudato Si’, the Pope’s second encyclical, which bears the date of Might 24, 2015.
At Lushan shrine in Jiangxi province, the inflow of pilgrims for the Marian month continues. Clergymen and nuns from the Matteo Ricci Spirituality Heart of the Shrine are additionally concerned in offering logistical help (cooking, cleansing rooms) to pilgrims from the provinces of Shanxi, Fujian, Shandong and Beijing.
Catholic communities all over the world have responded to Pope Francis’ invitation to wish for the Church in China. In Rome, on the Propaganda Palace, seat of the part for the primary evangelization and the brand new specific Church buildings of the Dicastery for Evangelization, the entire working neighborhood prayed earlier than the picture of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Assist of Christians, often known as Our Girl of Sheshan. (NZ) (Agenzia Fides, 24/5/2023)

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