AMERICA/ARGENTINA - First parish in Argentina dedicated to Saint Luigi Orione, in the place where he arrived on his second missionary journey in South America

Thursday, 25 October 2007

Villa Dominico (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 26 October in Villa Dominico, in the diocese of Avellaneda (Argentina), the church of San Vincenzo de Paoli will bevome the first parish in Argentina dedicated to Saint Luigi Orione. The decision was taken by the Bishop of Avellaneda-Lanùs, Bishop Ruben Oscar Frassia. “An important event which involves and is a motive for pride of the whole Orionina family in Argentina, - says Don Oscar Pezzarini, director of the Orionina religious province of Argentina - the new parish, the first in our country, will be dedicated to our Founder and stand on the exact spot where he, Saint Luigi Orione, arrived in 1935 to start his second missionary journey in South America". (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 25/10/2007; righe 8, parole 112)


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