2024-07-31 15:41:35
Bishop Adolfo Urriona, Bishop of Villa de la Concepcion del Rio Cuarto, will St. Cajetan Parish – located in the community of Bimaco – serves as a refuge during the Eucharistic celebrations he will preside over at the temple on Wednesday, August 7, at 4 p.m.
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“With great anticipation, and with great joy of the Holy Spirit, we prepare to begin the novena in honor of the Patron Saint of Bread and Works, which this year is special because, originally a small church, it was A parish, now it will become a sanctuary,” parish priest Gustavo Juárez told Catholic agency Aica.
He added: “On July 7 we celebrate 33 years of parish life, a place that has been transformed over the years into a place of pilgrimage for the faith of Rio Cuarto and for the people of God in the region. Every year on August 7 It is the great pilgrimage day through which all believers welcome God through the image of San Cayetano.
The priest recalled that the “Aparecida Document” believes that “going to the sanctuary is already a confession of faith, walking is a true song of hope, and arriving is an encounter with love. The pilgrim’s gaze is directed toward a symbol of God’s tenderness and kindness. An intimate image. Love stops, contemplates the mystery, enjoys it in silence. He is also moved, pouring out all his pain and the burden of his dreams, flowing with confidence, a heart that gives up self-sufficiency and awareness. The best expression of a heart that is helpless alone. “A brief moment condenses a vivid spiritual experience.”
Some history about the parish that would become a sanctuary
The cornerstone of the current temple was blessed on July 9, 1965, by Monsignor Moisés Blanchoud, the second bishop of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction. On October 7, 1967, Monsignor Blanchard blessed the basilica, and on October 7, 1974, its first Eucharistic sanctuary was blessed.
On July 7, 1991, Bishop Adolfo Arana, also Bishop of Río Cuarto, created the diocese of San Cayetano there, which had previously The diocese is a small church in the parishes of Nuestra Señora de Luján and San Martin de Porres, and its first parish priest, Rafael Arias, was appointed to the position22 Year.
On January 31, 2014, Monsignor Eduardo Martín, who served as Bishop of Rio Cuarto from 2006 to 2014, ordained Father Gustavo Juárez as the new diocesan priest, where he remains a community leader.
Subsequently, on June 18 of that year, Bishop Martin, after listening to the opinions of the Diocesan Cultural Assets Committee, approved the project of architect Francisco Alverda, which provided conditions for the expansion of the diocesan temple.
On November 23, 2014, on the occasion of the solemnity of Christ the King, the new tabernacle of the diocese was blessed; on November 26, 2015, the then Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Monsignor Santiago Oliveira, consecrated the Holy Treasury The relics of La Brochero were sent to the diocese for enshrinement.
Therefore, on August 22, 2017, the vicar general of the diocese, Father Juan Carlos Giordano, authorized the removal of the original altar after confirming that the relics were completely absent. On October 4 of the same year, the parish priest Juarez, in the presence of some believers, placed Brochero’s first-class relics on the new altar.
On October 18, 2019, Mgr. Uriona, already the Bishop of the Diocese, inaugurated the basilica and the new altar of the Diocese of San Cayetano, which houses the relics of the Holy Cura Brochero .
Father Juarez concluded: “This announcement is a recognition of the fervent devotion and pilgrimage of the People of God to the Saint of Bread and Works.”
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