Despite the looming approach of a tropical depression, Saipan and Tinian being in Condition 3, dozens of devotees flocked to Mt. Carmel Cathedral to participate in the Divine Mercy Workshop last Saturday, October 21st, the eve of the Feast of St. John Paul II.
Fr. Joel delos Reyes, a priest of the Archdiocese of Agana and the spiritual director of the Divine Mercy devotion in Guam led the half-day workshop. Fr, Joel had devoted his priestly ministry to spread and propagate the devotion to the Divine Mercy. Every year he conducts workshop in Guam and even in the US mainland. He also organizes pilgrimages to the Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland. He is currently the Parish Administrator of San Vicente/San Roque Parish in Barrigada, Guam.
During the workshop, he presented some of the excerpts from The Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska.
He explained the different elements of the devotion to the Divine Mercy: the life of St. Faustina Kowalska, the image which was revealed to St. Faustina by Our Lord to be painted, the celebration of the Feast of the Divine Mercy on the Second Sunday of Easter, the praying of the Chaplet and the praying of 3 O Clock prayer.
Fr. Joel also shared numerous testimonies of people who received graces and favors through their devotion to the Divine Mercy. He also shared to the participants some of the songs on Divine Mercy which he composed over the years. At the end of the workshop, he gave away holy pictures and copies of novena to the Divine Mercy.
Fr. Jesse who is the spiritual director of the Nanan Kilisyano and the Divine Mercy Devotion in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa was also present. At the conclusion of the event, Fr. Joel led the recitation of the Chaplet. Fr. Joel and Fr. Jesse then gave the anointing of the oil to the participants.
