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First Hispanic Weekend in Miami

Carlos & Efrend Garcia

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These are the people who put the first Miami weekend together
From Left to right: Carlos & Efrend Garcia, Eduardo & Silvia Aparicio, Fr. Juan Luis Calderon, Mario & Olga Lopez, Ricardo & Fernanda Pantoja, Frank & Migdalia Fernandez and Roberto & Rocio Muñoz.

Bathed In His God’s Grace

For the longest time it had been our dream to bring the ME weekend to Hispanic couples in South East Florida. Last year we received a call from Roberto & Rocio Muñoz, area leaders for the Anglo community in SE Florida. They told us there was a need to have the Hispanic weekend in their area and that they now had the support of the Bishop and the Family Life office. We now had a green light and we wasted no time in getting together a team. The team was composed of Eduardo & Silvia Aparicio from Florida, Frank & Migdalia Fernandez from New Jersey and Carlos & Efrend Garcia from Virginia. The priest was Father Juan Luis Calderon from New Jersey.

There were many obstacles to overcome in opening a new area, but that only strengthened our resolve. The need was there and we accepted the challenge On March 11-13, 2005 Miami had its first ME weekend in Spanish. It was a glorious weekend held at the Morning Star Renewal Center. The weather was great with plenty of sunshine and clear skies. It was as if God was smiling down on us. We felt cleansed in God’s grace. Once again, sections 16 and 5 worked closely together to take the ME weekend to a new area. We expect many great things to come from Miami. We are already working on building teams in that area. You will get to meet some of our SE Florida couples at the Convention in July 8-10. We encourage all section leaders to unite forces, wherever necessary, so that we can continue with our mission of renewing the Church and changing the world.

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