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Jubilee Year for Virgin of Charity

Archbishop Wenski opens Jubilee Year for Virgin of Charity, welcomes Pope’s visit to Cuba

MIAMI (Jan. 3, 2012) – Archbishop Thomas Wenski and Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Agustín Roman will open the Marian Jubilee Year commemorating 400 years of the discovery of the image of the Virgin of Charity, patroness of Cuba, with a Mass at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami – a Mass that will parallel the one taking place in Cuba the same day.

Using the motto "To Jesus through Mary: Charity Unites Us," the Church in Cuba and in Miami have had three years of preparation with pastoral, charitable and missionary activities. On Dec. 30, 2011, Archbishop Wenski joined Cuban bishops in a celebration that marked the end of the pilgrimage of the image of the Virgin through the island. The Jubilee Year also will be marked by the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Cuba, March 26-28. Archbishop Wenski believes the pilgrimage of the image as well as the Holy Father’s visit "will help to unite the Cuban people," which is "one people wherever they are."

Better known as La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, the statue of Our Lady of Charity was found in 1612 floating in stormy waters in El Cobre, by three laborers who considered it an answer to their prayers for safety. The original statue remains in El Cobre, while a replica was smuggled out of Cuba and brought to Miami in 1961, just in time for her Sept. 8 feast day.

The Shrine of Our Lady of Charity is located at 3609 South Miami Avenue in Miami.

Interview Opportunity
The only interview opportunity will be prior to the Mass on Saturday, where Archbishop Wenski, Bishop Roman and Father Juan Rumín Dominguez, rector of the Shrine, will be available at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Felix Varela Center (next door to the Shrine).

De visita en La Ermita Mons. Emilio Aranguren, Obispo de Holguin, Cuba