{"id":96975,"date":"2020-08-18T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.org\/en\/?p=22360"},"modified":"2023-12-18T23:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T04:47:26","slug":"virtual-holy-week-missions-in-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/virtual-holy-week-missions-in-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Holy Week Missions in Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi members in Guatemala got together to share an extraordinary online Holy Week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Children, youth and families said yes to God’s dream from their homes and evangelized through social networks and the Internet. The \u201cExtraordinary Missionary\u201d program was a response to the suspension of the annual face-to-face Holy Week Missions due to COVID-19, and consisted of a virtual program for missionaries that would provide them with daily resources during Holy Week.<\/span><\/p>\n

The program \u201cMissionary Family\u201d had 76 missionaries participate, who were united daily in morning prayers, the Holy Mass online, the recitation of the Holy Rosary and evening prayers, among other activities, through social networks. During the mornings, they made the extraordinary version of home visits, through phone calls, and contact through social media, carrying a message of hope, encouragement and love to friends and family leading up to Easter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mission Youth<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

In the \u201cMission Youth\u201d program, 55 young people became extraordinary missionaries in order to find the means to fulfill the task, \u201cGo into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation\u201d (Mark 16:15). All of them, in addition to carrying out daily team activities, also participated in the online celebration of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, and virtual Eucharistic adoration all night. On Good Friday they joined in praying the Way of the Cross together with Pope Francis and did a veneration of the Cross. On Holy Saturday they participated in the online Easter Vigil, and on Easter Sunday they joined together with the entire community of the territory of Mexico and Central America for the closing Mass officiated by Fr. John Connor, LC, General Director of the Legionaries of Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

All the activities were broadcast on Instagram and Facebook Live, with the support of the Legionaries of Christ, Fr. \u00d3scar Cabello, and Fr. Dennis Doren, who broadcast all the daily masses, rosaries and meditations. Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi, Liliana Gutierrez and Lizzetta Escalante, also supported the meditations, rosaries and retreats within the week.<\/span><\/p>\n

The young people adopted the mission modality of \u201cvirtual visits,\u201d in which calls were made to different people suggested by the missionaries themselves, with whom they considered it appropriate to share a moment of evangelical reflection and accompaniment. These calls were made through WhatsApp and Zoom.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the activities of the nights, different talks were given by Instagram live from the account of Youth Missionary Guatemala and by Zoom, among which were:<\/span><\/p>\n