Argentina - Feast of Ceferino Namuncurá in the San Ignacio Community

15 November 2023

San Ignacio, Argentina - November 2023 - As part of the commemoration of the 16th anniversary of his beatification, a feast in honour of Ceferino Namuncurá was held from 10 to 12 November in the community of San Ignacio, to the the "kultrum" where the remains of the Blessed Mapuche rest. The pilgrimage was held under the motto 'With Ceferino, God's outstretched hands for all'. On Saturday morning, people on horseback and hundreds of people made a pilgrimage to the cemetery where the remains of Rosario Burgos de Namuncurá, Ceferino's mother, rest. The mass was celebrated by Fr Natalino Freitas, SDB. In the afternoon, pilgrims continued to arrive at the "kultrum" and at 8pm, with an unusual snowfall for this time of year, the youth mass began, celebrated by Fr Honorio Caucaman, SDB. Immediately afterwards there was a torchlight pilgrimage to the summit of Cerro Ceferino, where pilgrims prayed before a bust of the young Mapuche. On Sunday, 12 November, there was a pilgrimage with thousands of people and about a hundred pilgrims on horseback, who accompanied the procession up to the "kultrum". Present were the mayor of Junín de los Andes, Carlos Corazini, and the local plastic artist, Alejandro Santana, author of the kultrum and the Vía Christi, from Junín de los Andes, and Laureano Namuncurá, who welcomed the pilgrims in the Mapuche language. Afterwards, the formal greeting was given by Cirilo Namuncurá, president of the Ceferiniana Commission, which organised the whole celebration. The mass was celebrated by the bishop of Neuquén, Bishop Fernando Croxatto.

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