Under the motto: “with our lady of victories, let’s celebrate our faith”, took place from 9 to 11 August the 10th Angola annual pilgrimage to our lady of victories of massangano, which had close to 10 A thousand pilgrims.
The closing mass was presided by the bishop of the Dalatando diocese, Dom Almeida Kanda and celebrated by several priests. The Provincial Governor of cuanza-North, Adriano Mendes De Carvalho, the vice governor for the political, social and economic sector, Leonor Da Silva Garibaldi, the municipal administrator of cambambe, Adam António Malungo, members of the government and the municipal administration participated also The celebration.
During the homily, Don Almeida Kanda, said that the motto of this pilgrimage should help Catholics to fortify their faith in God.”… it is a motto that helps us to be strong in our walk, in our communities, in our apostolic movements And to follow the work of the church “, he called on the Catholic Prior, having complete yet “… we take example of our mother (Mary), as she lived, as she sojourned and how she accepted the will of obedience.
Don Almeida Kanda called on pilgrims to a response of faith with commitment ” our answer of faith is a vital question, life or death, and the letter of São Paulo to Ephesians demonstrates through examples of the story of salvation and the benefits of supporting Firmly your life in trust in God.
During the Eucharistic celebration was presented a testimony of the graces received at that Mariano Sanctuary, by a pilgrim who could not have children for about 18 years at the wedding, after her frequency at the sanctuary of our lady of victories, asking with cry the To God, it has reached the grace of giving birth to a boy.
In a message of thanks in the voice of the rector of the sanctuary of our lady of victories, Frei Miguel Afonso thanked the commitment of the provincial government and the municipal administration of cambambe for improving the path of access to church and other technical conditions as well as , civil protection and firefighters, National Police and everyone who participated directly or indirectly.
Invited to say a few words of farewell to the pilgrims, the provincial governor of the north cuanza, Adriano Mendes De Carvalho, said he was grateful for the presence of the pilgrims and the orderly and smooth way as the pilgrimage to the sanctuary of our Having a good return.
During These 3 days of pilgrimage Catholic Christians had moments of prayer and blessings, the traditional procession of candles with the image of our lady of victories, reflections on the word of God, confessions and catecheses.
The Municipality of massangano, is located in the municipality of cambambe, is 33 km from the town of dondo, has an estimated population of 40 inhabitants distributed in 33 neighbourhoods. The Municipality is historical, and was the Official Capital of Angola , during the invasion of Luanda by the Dutch, from August 1641 to August 1648, 1648 XVI.
