After 26 years, Cuapa Virgin Queen in his sanctuary after being blessed his image on 8 December at the site of the fifth appearance the seer Bernardo Martinez, October 13, 1980.
According to the review on the apparitions to Bernardo, on the site where once there was a pasture, near Cuapa, Chontales, Mary took the form of a peasant extending his hands, on stones and above them a Moorish and nubecita white.
For 25 years he was in the place of occurrence image of the Miraculous Medal, which is what Bernardo saw the May 8 of that year, now appears the other image.
In a church service in honor of the Conception of Mary, attended by parishioners of the town and pilgrims from different municipalities of Chontales and other parts of the country, the pastor of Cuapa, father Oscar Chavarria, spoke of the work done to bring the message Our Lady Peace.
To date, the parish by the sentinels of the Virgin of Cuapa, have distributed 2.5 million of prints and posts Catholics about the appearances by many parishes in the country and in Miami, United States.
During his homily, the priest thanked the Episcopal Conference for accepting the image and invite the Catholic faithful "to venerate the Virgin of Cuapa as described seer" so that his image was sculpted by Pedro Vargas.
The pastor acknowledged the work of the Bishop of Matagalpa, Bishop Jorge Solorzano, who when he served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua was the first to promote the virgin was venerated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Managua. Later they did Bishop René Sándigo and Monsignor Bernardo Hombach, Bishop of Juigalpa and Granada respectively.
Now as Bishop of Matagalpa, Bishop Solorzano has promised that next year, the Virgin of Cuapa will be enthroned in the cathedral of that city.
He also stressed that the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes, enthroned in his house, where he and his mother Lillian Brenes Solórzano, daily pray the Rosary.
New challenges
In Issue 12 of Sanctuary Cuapa in its editorial that parish stresses that effective January 10, 2007, when a new government will assume, on its agenda should remember that reconciliation is the foundation of peace, "and Our Lady of Cuapa we came to say: 'Make peace. We need to educate ourselves on reconciliation, suggest that parish. "
"We note that our Catholic values and principles are not negotiable: a government that systematically violates its policies Christian morality is doomed to reject him," the religious newsletter.
He adds that "public policy should tackle corruption as a basis of democracy and true solidarity. We must transform the negative values that are deeply entrenched in our political culture, "reads the editorial published by the parish of Cuapa.
