JUNE 19TH AND 20TH
THEME: TO BRING THE CONSOLATION OF MARY, JESUS CHRIST, TO ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH”.
The various LMC groups in Mozambique met for their first national assembly in the parish of Imaculada Conceição de Nzinje – Lichinga.
Host groups from Lichinga, that is, Nzinje, Ceramica, and Catedral, Montepuez, Nampula, Massinga, Matola, and Maputo participated with approximately 53 participants.
The purpose of this assembly was, each to share their journey, review and adapt their statutes, and then elect the National Coordination Committee of the LMC in Mozambique.
The first day was very enriching and engaging, listening to each group’s diverse experiences in living the charism of Consolation and its spirituality, inherited from our Founding Father, Saint Joseph Allamano.
Through the sharing, it was noted that the groups, while sharing the same fundamental principles, are at different stages of their lay journey: some already have commitments, missions, and parish recognition for the missionary apostolate, while others are little more than in the embryonic stage of their formation process.
Sr Innocenzia Mzena shared with the group, emphasizing on the three pillars of Allamanian spirituality, that is, Love for the Eucharist, Marian devotion and the Missionary apostolate.
The second session was explaining the requirements and criteria for electing the national coordination group. The elections were held and it was decided that the headquarters of the LMC Mozambique would be in the diocese of Nampula, because it is the most centrally located in the country and has the most recent lay group.
