5月27日、聖霊降臨祭日の前日にカトリック本庄教会で18人が「聖母マリアを愛し、聖母マリアを知らせ、聖母マリアを愛させる」決意を表明し、ADMA（扶助者聖マリアの会）に入会しました。
聖霊の働きを感じさせる雰囲気と実りがありまして、それは入会者の話す言語が様々です。日本語（日本人）、ポルトガル語（ブラジル人）、スペイン語（ペルー人＆ボリビア人）です。皆さんは四方から集まっていました。遠い方は岐阜、千葉と神奈川、その他は三島、所沢、加須、大泉、太田、伊勢崎、本庄です。
ADMAのメンバーは毎日ズームロでザリオに参加しています。ADMAの会員ではなくてもこの祈りの会に参加します。毎晩60人程度で心を一つにし、自分のため、人のために祈ります。
プログラム：
14時から16時までコメント、ロザリオの祈り、歌、ゆるしの秘跡。
16時からミサ。その後、お祝い。
東京都浜松からのADMAメンバーも数人来ました。喜びに満ち溢れた集いでした。感謝のうちに。P.Angel
Japan ADMA is growing with well animated zoom prayer sessions
On the Eve of the Pentecost Sunday, on 27th May 2023, at Honjo Church in Saitama Province (Tokyo metropolitan area), 18 new members made their promise as ADMA (Association of Mary Help of Christians. They are of different nationalities (Japanese, Brazilian, Peruvian and Bolivian) and went from many different cities and locations, like Gifu, Chiba, Tsuzuki, Mishima, Oizumi, Ota, Isesaki, Kazo, Yorii and Tokorozawa. On this festive occasion participated also ADMA members from Tokyo and Hamamatsu city.
These members have been maturing their vocation to ADMA through the daily prayer of the rosary by ‘zooming’ in and out. Every evening we gather for the Rosary prayer together with other non-ADMA members. All together we are about 60 people, made of different nationalities. The prayer language depends on who is praying (Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, English, Korean, French, Latin, Croatian or Congolese dialect).
Every day, as a Goodnight, the spiritual animator comments on a biblical text of that day or on a significant event. Once a week he shares on the Sunday readings. On Wednesdays this spiritual talk is in Japanese and on Saturdays in Spanish and Portuguese.
Thanks to the enthusiasm and contagious joy of the ADMA members, there are other ‘zoom people’ who have shown interest in ADMA and are in formation.
We thank Mary Help of Christians for this joyful day.
