The OCDS members from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay met from 24-28 April for the OCDS meeting of CICLA South, which is held every three years. Paraguay hosted this year’s meeting, which had the theme “What I ask is love to give”. The meeting coincided with the centenary celebration of the birth of Blessed Maria Felicia de Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, affectionately called ‘Chiquitunga’.
The event began in Asunción with a congress on the spirituality and life of this Blessed and continued in Atyrá. Fr. Carlos Alberto Medina, OCD, gave a magisterial talk and the participating OCDS presented a country work on different aspects of Chiquitunga’s spirituality. The event took place in a fraternal atmosphere, with moments of recreation enjoyed by all. Participants had the opportunity to visit the Cathedral Basilica of Nuestra Señora de los Milagros [Our Lady of Miracles], in Caacupé, and pass through the Holy Door. The meeting concluded on 28 April, the Feast of Blessed Maria Felicia, with a Solemn Mass at the Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Asunción, presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay, Monsignor Vincenzo Turturro.
