October beginsthe month of missions, and he does it with the opening of ‘The Domund Revealed‘, an initiative of the Pontifical Mission Societies (OPM) to bring the Domund to street level, which is celebrated every year in a region of Spain and whose tenth edition was presented yesterday in the Patio de los Naranjos of the Mosque -Cathedral. from Cordoba.
It consists of a exposure (in the same historic district) and actions For all publicamong which stands out the proclamation of Domund, which will be pronounced by the Comboni missionary and bishop emeritus of Bangassou, Juan José Aguirre, who will be presented by Paralympic tennis player Cisco García, both from Córdoba.
Thus, the exposureas reported by the Bishopric, in addition to round tableTHE prayer vigil, the annual proclamation and the Eucharist inaugurating the Domund constitute the fundamental calendar of this celebration, which this year has as its center the diocese of Cordoba. He Bishop of CordobaDemetrio Fernández, appreciated the “simple testimony» which represents each missionaryand how “the mission is not a theory or a collection, but rather an offer of whole life”, as Juan José Aguirre does in Africa.
For his part, the diocesan mission delegateAntonio Evans, the oldest in Spain, had more than 196 missionaries from Cordoba. They all make charity “the test of faith” and add the missionaries, “because wherever they go, children are born to missionary couples who continue the work of their parents”.
He national director of the Pontifical Mission SocietiesJosé María Calderón, for his part, emphasized that said organ It is the main instrument of the Catholic Church for meet the great needs of missionariesemphasizing that “we are one big family”, and called on Christians to participate in the Domund, because “it is a bell to remind us that the Church is everything”.
Calendar of events
THE sample on the Domund which welcomes the Courtyard of the Orange Trees of the Cathedral will be accessible until the next October 20. The inauguration also took place in the presence Mayor of Córdoba, José María Bellidowho highlighted the value of Domund “which is born from the Catholic faith” and considered that although public management can bring well-being to citizens, “a large part of happiness lies in faith, as is my case “, and seeing Domund’s old piggy banks in the exhibition, he remembered how he used to go out with his friends to beg with them in the streets.
For his part, the president of the Provincial CouncilSalvador Fuentes, showed his “pride” speak work of 196 missionaries from Cordoba They carry out throughout the world “a work of evangelization and aid” for which he announced his support “through cooperation”, because “works are loves and not good reasons”, and he congratulated them for their work.
He On October 9, the Royal Circle of Friendship of Cordoba will be the scene of the round table moderated by the canon spokesperson of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Córdoba, Juan José Jiménez, in which the Spiritan missionary José Aguilar Torner, the priest Antonio Javier Reyes, missionary in Picota (Peru), and the marriage of the neocatechumenal path of Amelia Perea and José intervene Antonio López.
A prayer vigil for the missionswith the participation of youth groups, the next day 10 will be the porch of the meeting with the bishop of Bangassouto listen to his proclamation, the central event of the Domund. On October 13, the Bishop of Cordoba will preside over the launching Eucharist in the Cathedral. The 20th will be Domund’s day. The 196 Cordovan missionaries working around the world are distributed between Europe (87), America (86), Africa (11); Asia (10) and two others in Oceania.
