With the slogan “Patagonia, lands and peoples of peace”, the traditional binational mass was held, which unites Catholics in southern Argentina and Chile in a gesture of friendship between countries and prayer for peace.
As every year, the celebration of the Eucharist took place on the last Saturday of January in the Our Lady of El Triana Chapel, located in the border crossing of Lake Castor, southwest of the province of Chubut, Argentina.
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The bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina), Mons. Jorge Wagner; and the Bishop of Aysén (Chile), Mons. Luis Infanti.
A 40 years of the peace treaty Between both countries, this gesture, which is carried out year after year, seeks to strengthen fraternity ties and ask for God’s blessing for the peoples of the area.
This traditional Mass has been declared of provincial cultural interest by the authorities of the province of Chubut, pointed to Santa María TV The director of Arts and Cultural Promotion of Chubut, Anabella Harneggett, based that this event “exceeds only the religious, but is already representative of the two peoples.” This year, in addition, during the celebration there were two baptisms.
At the end of the Eucharist, Mons. Wagner expressed “a lot of joy of being able to be here, with such a nice group of people, to be able to pray for peace, to also be able to keep in mind that great moment that these countries lived, which was in 1984 This peace and friendship treaty between our peoples. ”
“That is what we also want with this encounter: to be able to strengthen and that our peoples continue to have a strong bond of friendship and also help the progress and well -being of all,” he longed for.
Mons. Infanti, meanwhile, he said. “Good traditions are repeated. Here in El Triana, last Saturday of January, we have gathered for many years to pray and fraternize for peace. ”
“The chapel that is right here, on the border, is dedicated to the Virgin of El Triana, an original devotion of Seville, Spain, and this year the Triana is venerated as the Virgin of Hope,” he explained.
“This year, which is the year of the Jubilee ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ has had a special flavor the Mass, not only for the fraternity we have and we are celebrating, but because we want to be people committed to hope in a world that lacks it ”, Valued the Prelate.
Julieta Villar
I am a journalist, a graduate in Communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non -governmental organizations. Since 2016 I dedicate myself to Catholic journalism, first in the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as a correspondent for ACI Press for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.