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The Newsletter of the Betania Foundation The Newsletter July – August – September 2018 I Volumen 07 No. 29 of the Betania Foundation Words of the Vice-President of the Betania Foundation Dear brothers and sisters, Perseverance in the values of the message of family unity, the holiness of marriage and love between spouses in communion with the Church, are the call made by the Servant of God Maria Esperanza, with the example of her life and sacrifice. With this in mind, we celebrated Mass on August 7, the date of the 14th anniversary of her passing. Also in response to the call she made us to visit the sites of Marian apparitions, in order to prepare our souls, and to receive the graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Betania Foundation went on a pilgrimage to Guanare, a city in the plains of Venezuela, to honor Our Lady of Coromoto, its patroness. Her festivity is on September 8th, a day that commemorates her apparition to an Indian, leaving him her beautiful image, which is a living manifestation of the Virgin. May God bless you, Maria Coromoto Bianchini Marrero Commemoration of the 14th On August 7, 2018, in the Eastern Cemetery Chapel, located anniversary of the passing of the in La Guairita, Caracas, members of the Bianchini family, Betania Foundation and friends of the Servant of God Maria Servant of God Maria Esperanza Esperanza Medrano Bianchini, messenger of Our Lady of Betania, went to the Mass in memory of the 14th anniversary of her passing. Father Timothy Byerley, Vice-Postulator of the cause of beatification of the Servant of God Maria Esperanza, presided over the Eucharist in her honor, accompanied by Father Juan Carlos Silva, Father Ramon Vinke and Father Orlando Gonzalez. The Betania Choir touched everyone’s heart with its songs, during Mass. August 22nd, 1976 Father Byerley said in his homily: “If there has been a time 1:30 p.m. when the world has needed a message of reconciliation and brotherly love, it is now; if there has been a time when the world Extracto de mensaje de la needs the message of the family unity, of family holiness, of Santísima Virgen a la Sra. the holiness of marriage, of the holiness of conjugal love, it is now. Maria Esperanza sacrificed herself for all these intentions María Esperanza de Bianchini and walked in total unity with her beloved Catholic Church, so much so that, she gave her life for her.” Little daughter, when all men Priests and family paying tribute to the Servant of God Maria Father Tim closed his speech by telling everyone they “had Esperanza on earth come to carry their inherited the mission to walk beside the Church, to proclaim cross with love, there shall be no the message of reconciliation, fraternal unity and family healing, so society could be renewed”. more pain or weeping, for they shall live rising each day with my Beloved Son in a constant and lively: Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! Visiting the Beautiful Lady On Thursday, September 6, 2018, forty-seven members of the Betania Foundation and the Betania Choir, under the Bianchini family organization and the spiritual guide of Father My little daughter, I wish for you Orlando Gonzalez, traveled to Guanare, Portuguese State, to make them feel the worth of to participate in the celebration of the 366 years of the first prayer and the importance of my apparition of Our Lady of Coromoto, patroness of Venezuela. new apparition as Reconciler of All Peoples and Nations, The group stayed at the House of Spirituality of Our Lady of for under this title they shall Coromoto, where it participated in a Mass officiated by Father find essential and determinant Javier de La Roca, on the occasion of the 122nd anniversary of the foundation of the Congregation Servants of the Blessed conditions to prepare their Sacrament. Sisters Ana Maria, Lucrecia and Maria, from the souls to receive the grace of community of Guanare, shared this Eucharist, sweetened by the Holy Spirit… through the the songs of the Betania Choir. communication and the visits of Our Lord, through faith, for faith The group visited the Minor Basilica National Sanctuary of is the basis of Christianity… and Our Lady of Coromoto. On September, 8th they attended the increasing that same faith shall great celebration on the occasion of the feast of Our Lady make them seek, with sincere Pilgrimage of the Betania Foundation to Our Lady of of Coromoto. The Mass was presided over by the emeritus Bishop of Guayana Jose de Jesus Nunez. love, Our Father and the Heart of Coromoto my Divine Son with mine! SERVANT OF GOD MARÍA ESPERANZA Words of the Vice-Postulator Reflections of the Servant of God Maria Esperanza Bianchini Dear Family of Betania, Speech by the Servant of God Maria Esperanza Bianchini On the 14th anniversary of Maria Esperanza’s Nautical Club, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela passing, I believe that if there has been a time when the world has needed a message of reconciliation October 23rd, 1991 and fraternal love, it is now; if there has been a time when the world needs the message of family unity, of family holiness, of holy marriages, it is now, and Maria Esperanza sacrificed herself for all these intentions and walked in total unity with her beloved Catholic Church, so much so that she gave her life for her. We know that she always prayed and offered her life for priests, bishops, nuns, the Holy Father, but particularly in 1995, when Saint John Paul II was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and Maria Esperanza said that the world could not lose the Holy Father, she, in spite of the great love she had for her family, made an extremely radical Christian decision, she offered her life to God for him. In the history of the Church several saints have done this, but in a particular way we know that this happened with Maria Esperanza. The Betania Foundation has inherited the mission to walk beside the Church, to proclaim the message of reconciliation, fraternal unity and the healing of the family, to renew society. Many Blessings, Fr. Tim Byerley Vice-postulator PRAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION OF MARIA ESPERANZA Mary in these times has come to Venezuela, because she came approximately three Merciful Father, You blessed Maria Esperanza with an abundance of spiritual gifts hundred years ago - almost four hundred years ago - to Guanare. She appeared to an for the consolation of your people. She served You aswife, mother, and missionary Indian and she left him her beautiful and stunning image, radiant like the sun. People to promote the unity of the family and the reconciliation of all peoples. You enabled were converted. She helped those Spaniards, priests, the religious who were in her to be the central figure in the manifestations of the Virgin Mary, under the title of Reconciler of all Peoples and Nations, in Betania. Grant us the grace to follow Venezuela, so they could understand the value of the Heart of a Mother, of the Mother her example of humility, hope, and unconditional love. Through the intercession of God, and our Madre. of your servant, Maria Esperanza, we pray for the healing and reconciliation of our families, and for the fraternal unity of the entire human family. Especially, we And thus, it was then when our Mother filled the hearts of so many souls in Venezuela. beseech You to grant us the favors we now request (mention your intentions here) Our country grew, it advanced. At the moment, it has a great population with much through the merits and prayers of your servant. Likewise, we humbly implore that culture, education, there are schools, there are beautiful things here, but also there is she be inscribed in the Church’s catalogue of saints, as a universal model of the much social injustice, and this is what touches me, what hurts me in the heart. But for this beatitudes.We pray all this according to your holy will, cherished by your servant reason, Mary Reconciler of all People has come; she has come to look for us, to teach until the end, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen. us, to lavish her love on us. […]. With the ecclesiastical approval of Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski of Metuchen, New Jersey, December 4, 2009 Thus, Mary Reconciler appeared in Betania on March 25, in 1976, there in a humble and small place, but full of very beautiful and splendid sweet-sugar-cane plantations. It is all For more information or to report a miracle go to: www.mariaesperanza.org and/or so beautiful! It has a gorgeous cascade, which is there with its waters, that day and night www.betania.org.ve come to clean us, to bathe us making us better in life, to cure our problems of the body and soul, and to do away with our sadness and tribulation. Chronological Data Spiritual Maxims of the Servant of God on Maria Esperanza Maria Esperanza Bianchini • From October 1st to 4th, 1981, a youth retreat was held with young adults from the • Venezuela has been called. We have a Mother, Our Lady of Coromoto, the patroness of Betania Foundation and the Andres Bello Catholic University, with Father Alvaro our people who has called us. She used an Indian so he could receive that burning faith for La Casta. the people. And in these times, she appears as the Reconciler of all Peoples and Nations to enkindle that faith, not only in Venezuela, but in the whole world. • Mrs. Bianchini was in Betania celebrating the day of Our Lady of the Pillar.
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