INCORONATION CEREMONY
In Sagua la Grande, Cuba, every Saturday during May before Mass and catechism, children present a flower to Our Lady in front of the altar. The ‘Incoronation’ of the statue is held on the last Saturday. A boy carries the crown during the entrance procession and a girl adorns the Madonna with the crown.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AT RUIRU
The first Holy Communion was celebrated in Ruiru, Kenya on Sunday 2 June, feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. After being baptised last year, the 96 children and youths who received their first holy communion kept attending catechism classes at the S.D.C. centre throughout this year. A few days before they attended a preparatory seminar, and on the eve of their First Holy Communion all the children and youth received the sacrament of confession.
An Experiences with Villaregia community
On Friday 17 May 2013 a Member and a Candidate from the Lurin, Peru SDC Center had an experience with the catechists of Villaregia, an Italian missionary community in Villa María celebate and married lay persons, has a spirituality based on the Holy Trinity and also an Ad Gentesmission.
7th Anniversary of Jorge Preca Group
On Tuesday 23rd April the Jorge Preca Group commemorated in Lurin, Peru the 7th anniversary of its foundation. The members are adults, mostly married, who meet every Tuesday on the spirituality of St George Preca. A Mass was celebrated and then the Group walked singing all the way to the SDC Centre for a variety of dinamicas (songs with gestures). The Group shared food which they prepared for the event.