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Lima (Agenzia Fides) – For the fifth consecutive year, the Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker of Barranco, in the Archdiocese of Lima, will sponsor a Eucharistic Symposium with the proposal of helping the faithful to deepen in their knowledge, prayer, and love for Jesus in the Eucharist. The activity will take place from Wednesday, June 10 to Friday, June 12 in the parish center, as part of the activities for the close of the Year of St. Paul and will focus on Saint Paul's Eucharistic message.
The Symposium is an effort to encourage the faithful's participation in public life, education, parish groups, etc, in order to promote the Gospel of Christ in the Eucharist as the path to true life that God offers all men. The Symposium, entitled “Do this in memory of me” (1 Co. 11:24), is being organized by the Religious Congregation “Misioneras de Jesús Sacramentado y de María Santísima”, Our Lady of Fatima School in Barranco, and the Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker (run by the Oblate Fathers of St. Joseph). The Symposium will begin on Wednesday, June 10 with an opening address from Father Pedro Ceriani Rotondi, OSJ, Pastor of Saint Joseph the Worker. Father Jaime Calvo Zarate, Vicar to the Bishop and Pastor of the Parish of the Holy Cross in Barranco, will host the first act. And Military Bishop Salvador Piñeiro will give the first talk on “The Institution of the Eucharist: This is My Body.” The second day, Fr. Antonio Artola Arbista, CP, Parish Vicar of the Parish “La Virgen del Pilar” will speak on “This is the Cup of the New Covenant,” and another talk will be given by Fr. Alfredo Leon Navarro, Vincentian Missionary, on “The Cup of Blessing Which We Bless: Is it not a communion with the Blood of Christ?; The Bread We Break: Is it not a communion with the Body of Christ?”
“Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord” (1 Cor 11:27) will be the title of the last talks, which will be given by Monsignor Guillermo Inca Pereda, OSJ, Vicar General of the Military Diocese. Father Pedro Ceriani Rotondi, OSJ, Pastor of Saint Joseph the Worker will give the closing remarks. There will be a Closing Mass celebrated by Fr. Buenaventura Dureau, OFM, Parish Vicar of Saint Anthony of Padua. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 2/6/2009)
