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18, 2003
A NEW YORK CENTER UPDATE
October 18th is an appropriate day
to report on the spread of the Message of Garabandal. The purpose
of the Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Garabandal has always
been and will continue to be to spread the MESSAGE OF GARABANDAL
as requested by Our Lady over 40 years ago. Joey Lomangino began
this work using simple leaflets, then slides, film, videos and now
a website. Answering correspondence years ago prompted a simple
newsletter called “Needles” and then the Garabandal
Magazine which was discontinued in January, 2002. Now through the
internet, authentic and factual information gathered over time from
Garabandal priest-experts and witnesses is immediately available
world wide.
During his weekly address at
St. Peter’s Square on May 12, 2002, Pope John Paul II said,
“I have decided to propose a big new theme for this year:
The Internet—a new forum for proclaiming the Gospel.”
Going further, he said, “Recent progress in communications
and information, have presented the church with unheard of possibilities
for evangelism. We shouldn’t be afraid to put to sea in the
vast ocean of information.” He went on, “If we do so
the good news can reach the hearts of men and women of the new millennium.
We have to become part of this modern and ever more finely woven
web of communications with realism and confidence, convinced that,
if it is used competently and with due responsibility, it can offer
an opportunity for the dissemination of the word of the Lord.”
Reuters (nypost.com 05/13/02)
It is a reality that this website
is taking the Message into new places. The popularity of the website
grows every day with a constant increase of hits and visitors since
the website launched in May 2002. Prayer intentions arrive daily
and the volume of email continues to grow.
WHAT’S NEW?
The most frequently asked question is “What’s New?”
There is nothing new to report about the events of Garabandal 1961-1965.
No statement is expected from Church authorities until the conclusion
of the prophecisied events: the Warning, the Miracle and the Sign
to be left at the pines. The only visionary who knows the date of
the Miracle is Conchita who will reveal it eight days in advance.
She will not give public interviews until after the Miracle. Joey
Lomangino does not know the date of the Miracle. Do not be anxious,
no one is going to miss the Warning which will come before the Miracle.
For those who want to be informed, the New York Center offers the
original Garabandal books on-line free for your
personal use. These books form the basis for most of the information
available today. You can also obtain paperback copies through the
Garabandal Materials Catalogue while inventory is still available.
The Special Edition Magazine, Warning and Miracle, is now out of
stock, however, this information is available on the website. The
Special Edition Garabandal Magazines: Joey’s Story and Padre
Pio are now only available on the website.
WHAT ABOUT PROMOTING THE MESSAGE?
The New York Center was excited to begin shipping material into
mainland China. The Message of Garabandal videos and Holy Cards
in Mandarin and Cantonese were sent to separate locations in the
north and south of the country. A new contact in Asia has supplied
us with labels written in Chinese. While we have maintained ties
with centers in Hong Kong and Singapore this is the first contact
with Catholics inside mainland China. We received confirmation of
arrival of videos and holy cards in July, 2003. More videos are
now on the way to China.
Also, a large supply of Garabandal
Materials and religious articles were shipped to a priest-promoter
in Skiekhupura, Pakistan, an area of the Middle
East where Catholics face religious persecution every day. Again,
written confirmation of the safe arrival of Garabandal leaflets,
rosaries and holy cards was recently received.
WHO CARES ABOUT AFRICA?
Once again, as part of our summer promotion work and continued commitment
to our faithful African promoters, we shipped books, pictures, holy
cards, Message cards, inventory and religious articles into AFRICA
where any religious item is greatly appreciated. Last summer we
sent a huge amount of materials into Africa using the donations
received from you, our friends, to pay the ever increasing U.S postage
fees. This summer Garabandal materials went to Ghana, Republic of
Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Benin, Burundi,
Togo and Ethiopia. In his recent letter advising receipt of these
materials, Most Rev. Sebastian Khuari, O.M.I.,Bishop of the Diocese
of Mohale’s Hoek in Lesotho, Nigeria echoed the deep gratitude
of all those who receive these packages. African Priest-promoters
join in the prayers and Masses said on the 18th of each month for
the Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
WHAT ABOUT THE WORLDWIDE APOSTOLATE?
Since last writing, the New York Center has supplied GRATIS
materials to promoters, old and new, in the following countries:
Albania, France, New Zealand, Japan, Panama, Canada, Czech Republic,
Trinidad, West Indies, Germany, England, Australia, Poland, Philippines,
Italy, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Russia, Malta and shipped Spanish language
Garabandal materials into Spain and the countries of South, Central
and Latin America as well as Panama, Puerto Rico and special packages
that reached Cuba.
WHERE ELSE DID THE GARABANDAL
MESSAGE GO THIS YEAR?
What began with one woman’s request for Garabandal books to
send to a correctional institution resulted in over 300 lbs. of
Garabandal materials, religious and educational books sent to 20
federal and state prisons and local correctional facilities and
penitentiaries across the United States in the Summer of 2003. The
New York Center was pleased to participate in this charitable work.
WEBSITE NOTES
Emails come from centers around the world including India, the Netherlands,
Malta,
Germany, New Guinea and from many old friends and new visitors.
When sending your email to Joey Lomangino please be aware that individual
replies are impossible due to volume. Also, attachments cannot be
opened due to potential virus attack. Please include your message
in the text of the email. To obtain items from the Garabandal Materials
Catalogue please print off an order form, available on the Materials
page of the website, and mail it to the New York Center in Lindenhurst.
We are each called to be Workers
united under the protection of Our Lady of Mount Carmel de Garabandal.
Remember every day, the Morning Offering of Reparation through the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mass, Communion, the Rosary, the Scapular
and devotion to Saint Michael. From the overflow of your prayer
life comes the zeal to save souls.
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