More than 2,000 young people from 55 universities in Chile are bringing Christ to Chileans in January.
The college students are participating in a national mission Jan.
3-13 with the theme, “United at your table, Lord, let us enliven the
Church in Chile.”
The young Chileans attended a Jan. 3 Mass of commissioning celebrated
by Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, the outgoing Archbishop of
Santiago, at the Marian Shrine of Maipu.
Each morning, the young people go door-to-door visiting families and
sharing the Gospel, explain organizers of the mission.
In the
afternoon, the students participate in the “social mission” by visiting
hospitals, prisons, orphanages and retirement homes.
The young people also participate in workshops for children, teens and adults in the “family mission.”
The national mission will also include processions, festivals and
theatrical works, in which the entire community will participate.
The national mission first began in 2004 at the Pontifical Catholic
University in Santiago.
Each year it provides young people from across
the country the opportunity to “spread the message of Christ” in the
service of the Church.
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