{"id":481828,"date":"2025-06-20T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/?p=481828"},"modified":"2025-06-15T02:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T00:22:04","slug":"ocds-meeting-of-cicla-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelitaniscalzi.com\/en\/2025\/06\/20\/ocds-meeting-of-cicla-south\/","title":{"rendered":"OCDS meeting of CICLA South"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s meeting, which had the theme \u201cWhat I ask is love to give\u201d. The meeting coincided with the centenary celebration of the birth of Blessed Maria Felicia de Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, affectionately called \u2018Chiquitunga\u2019.<\/p>\n

The event began in Asunci\u00f3n with a congress on the spirituality and life of this Blessed and continued in Atyr\u00e1. Fr. Carlos Alberto Medina, OCD, gave a magisterial talk and the participating OCDS presented a country work on different aspects of Chiquitunga\u2019s 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 Se\u00f1ora de los Milagros [Our Lady of Miracles], in Caacup\u00e9, 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 Asunci\u00f3n, presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay, Monsignor Vincenzo Turturro.<\/p>\n