Message from the Pastor Msgr. Schwanger
My Dear Family of Our Lady of Lourdes,
I have two follow-ups from earlier columns.
The first is the visit to Our Lady of Lourdes of Fr. Daubanes, the Rector of the Sanctuary of Lourdes. Fr. Daubanes will be in the United States for some business meetings, and he is entering through MIA. Since he will be in Miami on the morning of Tuesday, March 11th, he would like to visit the parish and concelebrate the 8:00 am Mass with Fr. Fredy. The Mass will be bilingual (English and Spanish) and Fr. Daubanes will preach the homily in Spanish.
As it happens, I will be in the Sanctuary of Lourdes at that time, so I won’t be able to welcome him. But I hope you can! If you are able, please join him at the 8:00 am Mass on March 11th and make him feel at home. It would be especially nice to have as much of the membership of the Hospitalite de Miami as possible there to welcome him.
The other follow-up is related to our Lenten schedule. As I mentioned, we intend to have simultaneous translation into Spanish for Deacon Plummer’s Mission as I think it is very timely and offers help where there is a great amount of oppression and suffering. This year is also the year when the Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage Experience needs simultaneous translation into Spanish.
The problem is that our small team of 3 translators are all otherwise committed for Tuesdays during Lent. We are looking for at least 2 or 3 more volunteers willing to join our team of translators. If you are bilingual and willing to help, they will train you and guide you along the way. Please help, I think both of these events are important.
We saw during our Feast Day how abundant the harvest is. So, of course, we need more workers to send into the vineyard!
God bless.
Msgr. Schwanger
Pastor