EUCHARISTIC SHRINE IN BALASAR

Last 11th July the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Braga dedicated to Balasar its supplement on Patrimony. In an interview with the parish priest, this pointed out his dream of a Eucharistic Shrine in Balasar, whose construction depends mainly of the decision of the archbishop of Braga. The article will be placed on line in the Official Website.

BOOKS IN ITALIAN ON THE BLD ALEXANDRINA

If the reader wishes to find books in Italian on the Bld Alexandrina, open please this address: http://www.unilibro.it/find_buy/ffresult.asp.
Then in the field Ricerca, write Alexandrina and after click in Vai (on the right). Then appears a great list of good books.

REVIEW OF THE BOOK “TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”

Kevin Rowles wrote a review of the book To the Ends of the Earth which can be read here: http://alexandrinabalasar.free.fr/ends_of_the_earth_book_rev.htm. For copies of this book, write please to jsf949@gmail.com or to kevin.rowles@btinternet.com.

NEWS FROM THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD

From Kevin Rowles we received these so interesting news:

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  A Scottish-based Catholic organisation The Holy Family Apostolate, recently bought copies of the booklet on Blessed Alexandrina "A Living Miracle of the Eucharist" to give to all their members. The Holy Family Apostolate produces a magazine called "Family Friend".


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  A Carmelite hospital and hospice chaplain from Nebraska, USA, Anthony Salomone, wrote asking about the Blessed Alexandrina booklet, and is helping to spread devotion to the Beata among the sick and dying that he ministers to.


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  A Franciscan priest in New York, Fr Joseph di Mauro, is doing great work in helping to spread devotion to the Beata among clergy, religious and laity. It is hoped that he will be getting some prayer cards printed up to distribute, so that people can pray for Blessed Alexandrina's Canonisation.


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  Small pieces of the woollen shawl that once belonged to the Beata, kindly sent to England by José Ferreira, have been sent to all of the above, in order to help spread and encourage devotion to her.

AN AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE IN BALASAR

An American pilgrimage of 100 people came today to Balasar. Indeed these pilgrims belonged to several countries (USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela...), but they came under the orientation of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary, of Miami. We saw there the Mother Adela Galindo. There were also people belonging to the Marian Kingdom or Regnum Mariae.

AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE IN BALASAR

On next 18th March will come to Balasar an American pilgrimage of 100 people. Is also announced other pilgrimage from Ireland.

VERY SHORT NEWS

In the Bld Alexandrina’s website can already be read a text in Bangla: http://alexandrinabalasar.free.fr/alex_bangla.htm
To Balasar came more five nuns from Brazil, of the Toca de Assis; now they are ten.

PILGRIMS FOR PEACE

An American group of about 30 Pilgrims for Peace came today, in the afternoon, to Balasar. As usually, Mr Jim and Mrs Jean Dudek and the Salesian Fr. Valinho, Sister Lucia’s nephew, led the group. They began their pilgrimage with the visit to the Bld Alexandrina’s House.

In the livingroom, they had the opportunity of hearing an explanation by José Ferreira on several features of Bld Alexandrina’s life, work and bibliography, with the precious aid of a translator, the Portuguese from Fatima Mr Armando. Later they visited Bld Alexandrina’s tomb in the parish Church.

These Pilgrims for Peace have a website where you can learn many interesting things: http://www.fatimapilgrimsforpeace.com/about_us.html. It has even a little page on Bld Alexandrina: http://www.fatimapilgrimsforpeace.com/photo_gallery_side_balasar.html

2007

The year that finished was an excellent year in terms of promoting our Beata.
It was the year of the arrival of the Fr Pinho’s mortal remains, with everything that wrapped the event, of the declaration of the Blessed Alexandrina like patroness of the Toca de Assis, of the explosive growth of the visits to the Official Website (namely from Brazil), of the publication of some books, as To the Ends of the Earth, of the arrival of the Icon, of the publication of the article of Giuseppina Sciascia in the Osservatore Romano and now of the letter Adoration, mending, spiritual motherhood for the priests.
It was also the year in which were done some studies, in which this blog in English began, etc.