{"id":24723,"date":"2017-09-19T06:22:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T06:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=24723"},"modified":"2017-09-19T06:22:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T06:22:24","slug":"cuba-chapel-may-collapsed-not-church-maria-lozano-acn-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/09\/19\/cuba-chapel-may-collapsed-not-church-maria-lozano-acn-international\/","title":{"rendered":"CUBA \u201cThe chapel may have collapsed, but not the Church\u201d Maria Lozano \u2013 ACN International"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>CUBA<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>\u201cThe chapel may have collapsed, but not the Church\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>In a message to ACN, Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estevez of Camag\u00fcey tells of his visit to the most badly damaged areas of his diocese. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to the local municipal emergency services, Hurricane Irma lashed the town of Esmeralda in the eastern province of Camaguey for a full nine hours, with winds in excess of 250 km an hour. Over 7000 people had to be evacuated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The day afterward, the Archbishop of Camaguey visited the town, where he saw \u201cgreat destruction, not only in Esmeralda itself but also in the area around the sugar refinery in Jaron\u00fa in the nearby town of Brasil, where the recently restored church was damaged\u201d. Likewise, in the small town of Jiqu\u00ed, the chapel had collapsed. \u201cApparently, it exploded\u201d, the Archbishop was told. \u201cWhen we arrived in Esmeralda, we celebrated Mass there with the handful of people who were able to attend. There too we saw many damaged homes, partially or totally demolished, roofless, etc. Some of the people were still visibly scared. \u2018What a long night that was!\u201d was the most common thing I heard from the people I talked to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Archbishop Wilfredo went on to tell ACN that on arriving in Jiqu\u00ed \u201cit was painful to see our church totally razed to the ground, with the benches smashed and the holy pictures ruined\u201d. While he was there, despite the continuing rain, he met with Ismaela and Alberto, a local married couple, and was deeply impressed by the first words Ismaela said to him: \u201cArchbishop, the chapel may have collapsed, but not the Church.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In his message, Archbishop Wilfredo spoke about the work being done by the Church in the various different towns and parishes affected. When he asked his priests and religious if they were all okay, the response of most of them was unanimous: \u201cWe are well, but we were going out with some food and a few other things, practical items, in order to help anyone who may be in need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Archbishop Wilfredo concluded his message by recalling that on 8 September, Our Lady\u2019s birthday and the feast of the Patroness of Cuba, \u201cwe were unable to hold the usual procession of Our Lady of Charity, but now, as on other occasions, Our Good Lord is inviting us to make \u201cprocessions of love\u201d like the ones I\u2019ve just been telling you about. I\u2019m sure that tomorrow, Monday when the priests come to the Bishop\u2019s House, they will be telling me about new \u201cprocessions\u201d of this kind\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ulrich Kny, ACN\u2019s section head with responsibility for projects in Cuba, thinks that the priorities for aid will be the rebuilding of the ruined churches in Jaron\u00fa and Jiqu\u00ed. ACN is also considering sending emergency aid, \u201cso that the Church can act as an instrument of God\u2019s mercy and help remedy some of the damage caused by the hurricane, which also did not spare other dioceses, such as Ciego de \u00c1vila, Santa Clara, Matanzas and Havana, where 10 deaths have already been reported\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Maria Lozano \u2013 ACN International<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CUBA \u201cThe chapel may have collapsed, but not the Church\u201d &nbsp; In a message to ACN, Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estevez of Camag\u00fcey tells of his visit to the most badly damaged areas of his diocese. 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