To conclude the year 2022, the Comboni Missionaries convened a prayer meeting, in unity with all the lay groups that make up the Afro Cultural Center in Guayaquil. In order to thank God for what we have received in the year that is ending, and asking for blessings for the new year.
The year 2023 began with the great news of the ratification of Fr. Serafin Kakwata MCCJ as our reference in our city. We were able to share this news from Fr. Serafin himself when we met at the Comboni parish of Verbo Divino in the south of the city of Guayaquil. In that meeting we discussed the activities that Father Serafin will carry out this year with the participation of the CLM, as well as the formation process of the CLM Ecuador and their candidates.
We also want to share with all of you the two activities that we carried out at the end of January:
First, the Eucharist with the Comboni Family, a celebration presided by Fr. Antonio Jerez MCCJ, which is held on the last Tuesday of each month.
And secondly, at the invitation of the Congregation “Friends of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary”, the CLM of Ecuador, we moved to present our missionary witness to all the catechists and guides of the rural communities of Rocafuerte Canton in the Province of Manabi. This event initiates the process of formation of missionary groups in each one of the communities of that parish in charge of the mentioned religious congregation; and thus to impel the missionary animation in those communities; in this event the candidates to CLM in our country could also participate.
In Rocafuerte, we had the opportunity to talk about what the mission is for the catholic believer and its implications in the life of each one of us and of the people we accompany. Later we went to visit the rural communities in that region of the country, such as: Ojo de agua, San Eloy, Cerro Verde and other localities with whom we were able to share the afternoon; and in the evening we met in the chapel of each community to share the Word and comment on some passages of the gospel.
Greetings to all of you.
CLM Ecuador
