Our Lady congregates from all around the world

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We've just started a international whatsapp group for Marian congregates! (also known as 'Our Lady sodalists') We will present, in the next posts of this blog, messages there published. This group was born, in the first place, from the desire to gather informally, at a world level, members of the different Marian congregations dispersed throughout the world. That communion had been possible with the World Federation, which however was suppressed in 1982, being renamed as "World Community". From that time on, we were (in practical terms) restricted to national circles.

Nowadays, however, with the availability of so many real-time interactive social resources, it is already possible for us to congregate on a global scale. That's how, in November/2019, we met the sodalist Thomas Murphy, from Ireland, who presents the program "Sodality of Hour Lady Radio Hour", on Radio Maria Ireland (see the respective podcasts page). Our whatsapp conversations ended up resulting in several participations in this same program (see this broadcast, for example).

After some time, the idea of ​​creating an international whatsapp group came up. New members were joining, from Brazil, Ireland and Angola. We tried to contact congregations from other continents but, unfortunately, we were not yet successful. From now on, we will publish our conversations here on the blog "World Sodality Federation". Reader, share it on your social networks, use the form on the main page to contact us. Join us. Hail Mary!




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ACU: reviving Marian Sodalities in the U.S.

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At the end of the last year, there was a meeting of Jesuit and lay leaders of recently revived Marian Sodalities in the U.S.  " These Jesuit leaders have expressed significant interest in reestablishing Sodalities as communities of faith to promote in-depth Catholic formation to the youth of our time." Read more here at the ACU's (Agrupacion Catolica Universitária) website, as well as browsing "ACU Information" posts . NOTE 1 : there is a typo in the ACU's post, stating "Nov 23" (instead of "Nov 22", as read here ) as the meeting date.  NOTE 2: foi organizado um congresso para este mesmo tema (foto a seguir). 
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The coloured scarfes and ribbons

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  We present here the scarfes used by some sodalities around the world. (Quintas Quessongo, Angola)   Greetings, Congregated Brothers. Today I share with you photographs of Our Marian Congregations in Angola. These belong to the south of Angola, specifically in the Diocese of Namibe, a province in the south of Angola. As you can see in the images, the young people gathered here use the scarf as a symbol of their commitment to Mother Beloved, Virgin Mary. These Symbols differentiate between blue for young congregants and green for beginners, that is, aspirants. Ribbons with the medal are only given to the elderly, especially those who are already married. There are young Congregates who also receive a ribbon, but it is rare, only in cases where the young man is married and has a certain reputation and maturity.                     (Thomas Murphy, Ireland)  We also have green ribbons for aspirants and blue ribb...
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