Flores de Mayo in Afula


For the first time the traditional Filipino celebration of the Flores de Mayo took place in Afula on May 28, 2016.

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The Holy Family Filipino community in Nazareth celebrated the culmination of the May Flower devotion in a unique and simple way by praying the Holy Rosary and offering roses to the Blessed Virgin Mary and in singing the Hail Holy Queen. The event was held in the Afula municipal gymnasium, organized there with the help and generosity of the coordinator of the community, Christopher, with the help of his employer, who made the arrangements and paid the rental for the community.

This was a wonderful moment of prayer and encounter for more than eighty people, members and friends of the community in Afula ad Nazareth. The gathering ended with a sumptuous feast of Filipino food after the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, celebrated by Father John Kennedy, a priest of the Don Guanella community, assisted by two brothers from the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa.

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