Join us in Honoring Our Blessed Virgin Mary!
This weekend is a very special time for the Ecuadorian members of our parish family.
All year, the members of the El Cisne Comité have been hard at work preparing for this weekend's celebration of the Feast day of Our Lady of El Cisne, the patroness of Loja, Ecuador.
So you ask, why should I participate in an Ecuadorian celebration??? And the answer is -- (drum roll please) to give honor to Our Blessed Mother who is pleased when we honor her under any of her special titles. Your Mother is calling to you to join in the celebration!! Come on…. Join in the fun!! The festivities will include a Rosary on Friday evening (August 12th, 2005), a Procession and the celebration of Holy Mass on Saturday evening (August 13th, 2005). We are honored to have as our main celebrant Padre Herman from Ecuador. The Mass will be followed by a fiesta in the church auditorium with food and the performance of traditional Ecuadorian music & dance. Why spend the money to travel to South America when you can experience a piece of Ecuador right here at STA???
Our Blessed Mother is venerated under many different titles throughout the world. In all of her manifestations, she indicates that she is our Mother who loves and stand by us. Sooo, who is Our Lady of El Cisne and where, when & why did the devotion to her develop??? When the Spanish arrived in Ecuador, the Franciscan friars named a mountain parish "El Cisne' after the European mountain hermitages built and maintained by the "Caballeros of el Cisne" aka the "The Horsemen of the Swan". This parish was afflicted at the end of the 16th century by a severe drought and the ensuing famine. Due to their extreme distress the Indians decided to leave the region and migrate to a location not affected by the famine. As they were leaving the Virgin appeared to them and asked them not to leave. She promised that she was their Mother and would watch over her children and if they build a church AND attend church they would never be hungry. The Indians obeyed the Virgin and the rains came. Pretty cool!!
In thanksgiving for the many favors granted through the intercession of Our Lady of El Cisne, in 1594 arrangements were made for the famous Spanish artist Diego de Robles to carve a cedar statue in honor of the Virgin of El Cisne and this image is venerated to this day.
More information regarding this devotion will follow tomorrow…. I bet you can't wait ;-)!!
All year, the members of the El Cisne Comité have been hard at work preparing for this weekend's celebration of the Feast day of Our Lady of El Cisne, the patroness of Loja, Ecuador.
So you ask, why should I participate in an Ecuadorian celebration??? And the answer is -- (drum roll please) to give honor to Our Blessed Mother who is pleased when we honor her under any of her special titles. Your Mother is calling to you to join in the celebration!! Come on…. Join in the fun!! The festivities will include a Rosary on Friday evening (August 12th, 2005), a Procession and the celebration of Holy Mass on Saturday evening (August 13th, 2005). We are honored to have as our main celebrant Padre Herman from Ecuador. The Mass will be followed by a fiesta in the church auditorium with food and the performance of traditional Ecuadorian music & dance. Why spend the money to travel to South America when you can experience a piece of Ecuador right here at STA???
Our Blessed Mother is venerated under many different titles throughout the world. In all of her manifestations, she indicates that she is our Mother who loves and stand by us. Sooo, who is Our Lady of El Cisne and where, when & why did the devotion to her develop??? When the Spanish arrived in Ecuador, the Franciscan friars named a mountain parish "El Cisne' after the European mountain hermitages built and maintained by the "Caballeros of el Cisne" aka the "The Horsemen of the Swan". This parish was afflicted at the end of the 16th century by a severe drought and the ensuing famine. Due to their extreme distress the Indians decided to leave the region and migrate to a location not affected by the famine. As they were leaving the Virgin appeared to them and asked them not to leave. She promised that she was their Mother and would watch over her children and if they build a church AND attend church they would never be hungry. The Indians obeyed the Virgin and the rains came. Pretty cool!!
In thanksgiving for the many favors granted through the intercession of Our Lady of El Cisne, in 1594 arrangements were made for the famous Spanish artist Diego de Robles to carve a cedar statue in honor of the Virgin of El Cisne and this image is venerated to this day.
More information regarding this devotion will follow tomorrow…. I bet you can't wait ;-)!!
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