The Mass for unborn children has been held since 2019 thanks to the Yes to Life Movement, to “honour the memory and give a dignified burial to more than 100 deceased unborn and newborn children in the Metropolitan Pantheon of the Benevolence Board.”
Newsroom (29/10/2022 2:19 PM, Gaudium Press) — On Nov. 1, the feast of All Saints, the Archdiocese of Guayaquil will offer a Mass for children lost in miscarriage or as newborns.
The Ecuadorian archdiocese announced that those who will attend will be able to preregister online with “their intentions for the soul of their baby.” The registration link also includes intentions for the health of a baby in utero.
The Mass will be at 11 a.m. in the Metropolitan Pantheon in coordination with the Guayaquil Benevolent Board. Concelebrating will be auxiliary bishops of Guayaquil Gerardo Nieves and Gustavo Rosales as well as the bishop emeritus of Daule, Giovanni Battista Piccioli.
As part of the celebration, the remains of children who recently died “for various reasons in the prenatal and neonatal stages will also be buried, giving their families the place for the mourning, recollection, and consolation they need,” honouring the “human dignity of the little one.”
On this occasion “the grotto of the Virgin of the unborn and to be born will be dedicated, donated by Guayaquil artists Jorge Velarde and Paola Cesa.” The grotto is located “next to the mausoleum donated by the Metropolitan Pantheon of the Benevolence Board for the burial of the unborn.”
The Mass for unborn children has been held since 2019 thanks to the Yes to Life Movement, which has made it possible during these years to “honour the memory and give a dignified burial to more than 100 deceased unborn and newborn children in the Metropolitan Pantheon of the Benevolence Board.”
– Raju Hasmukh with files from CNA
