Compiled by Ann Ellison
July 11, 2024
HELLO FROM GARABANDAL!
The Village of Our Lady!
Dear Family,
I have no idea where to begin to tell all of you what all has been
happening in the last couple of months! It has been a whirlwind of
events and I am not sure I have really kept up! Exhaustion is not even
in the equation…its much deeper than that, and yet full of joy, love,
and encouragement of which I don’t think I have ever experienced
before.
We continue to be thrilled with the many pilgrims and multiple retreats and conferences our DWIRC has been hosting and overseeing in Garabandal this Spring! To just recap a bit: Triumph Pilgrimages Debbie Womack from St. Augustine, brought Father Stan Fortuna, O.F.M. and a wonderful group of pilgrims in early April; Laurena Rafferty from Ireland brought a delightful and large group in late April; our marvelous Guy Murphy of Totally Yours Pilgrimage, with Mother Gabrielle Marie brought dozens of beautiful pilgrims along with a magnificent new Divine Will priest that we are absolutely in love with: Father Theophile Hostia (who is from Congo and is finishing his PHD in Sacred Liturgies in Rome soon) for an awesome Retreat in May; our amazing Greg Dunne brought multitudes of Divine Will pilgrims from Ireland and America in June; Nisha Cook brought a lovely group from London also in June and we have more Retreats and Pilgrims scheduled for this year and next as well!
Our Blessed Mother is obviously calling many of Her dear children to Her Village and to enter more deeply and powerfully into this Gift of Gifts: Their Adorable Divine Will! Along those lines, I am so grateful to Our Lady for arranging Anne and Marc Weigel to move to Garabandal 3 years ago! They are doing an awesome job of overseeing, encouraging and coordinating the myriad of details involved with all these groups, retreats and pilgrims that desire to come to our beloved Garabandal and stay at our lovely DWIRC. Please contact Anne if you desire to visit at her email: annarhdwgarabandal@gmail.com.
We are excited to share with you the next wonderful Divine Will Retreat
and Spiritual Exercises Conference in Garabandal that will be from September 19-26, 2024! The dynamic speakers and organizers include Derek Williams, Anne Weigel and Father Theophile along with Guy and the great Totally Yours Pilgrimage Staff!
It is not too late to sign up. There are still places available!
Below is a flyer and schedule as well as a link to contact Totally Yours
Pilgrimage for further information: www.MEDJ1.com phone number 630-279-8424.
We would love to have you, like so many other pilgrims, participate in
an unforgettable experience and one to bring you ever closer to God and
Our Lady! Be sure to watch the 5 minutes inspiring testimony video from
pilgrims on the recent Retreat in May on the Totally Yours Pilgrimage
Website.
Additionally, we are exploring the possibility of a Divine Will pilgrimage to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Opening of the Divine Will Institute and Retreat Center (DWIRC) in Garabandal which will be next June 1, 2025! It might consist of an approximate 2-week tour that would include Garabandal of course and other interesting and nearby Marian Shrines in France, etc. How does that sound to you? Also, we hope to have a Divine Will Conference in Florida again next Fall, 2025. We are so docile to Our Lady’s promptings as this window of opportunity to gather is still available to us! How powerful it is for the Body of Christ to come together in person!
Garabandal
and Divine Will continue to be ground zero right now in the world. The
prophecies of Garabandal have been spreading like nothing you have ever
seen! There will even be the first of its kind a “Congress on Our Lady of Garabandal” this October 17-19, 2024
with hundreds of pilgrims from all over the world participating!
The knowledge of the Divine Will, the Greatest Gift that God can give to
His beloved creatures combined with these amazing presence of Our Lady
in Garabandal as our Queen and Mother are exactly what is needed at this
time in human history!
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Always remember we love you all so very much and keep each of you in our
daily prayers! Please keep us in yours especially as Felicia and I
travel back home to Canada and the States respectively next week. Fiat
always!
