Yesterday, April 16th 2025, the Argentines of the Marambio Foundation did celebrate the 29th anniversary of the blessing and inauguration of the Oratory (Chapel) of the Marambio Base.
The word “Oratory” comes from the Latin verb orare, to pray. An Oratory, as a general term, signifies a place of prayer, but technically it means a structure other than a parish church, set aside by ecclesiastical authority for prayer and the celebration of Mass, more simply, is a church, or a physical place of worship, established of particular circumstances.
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On April 16, 1996, a solemn ceremony was held at Marambio Base (WAP ARG-21), where the Military Bishop of the Argentine Republic, in a solemn pontifical ceremony, proceeded to bless and inaugurate the Base Oratory, dedicated to the Most Holy Virgin of Luján.
In this chapel, on October 23, 2014, a wooden chest with a glass lid was unveiled, containing a rosary and the skullcap worn by Pope Francis, along with a framed scroll with the Holy Father’s blessing of the Antarctic people.
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All of this was brought from the Vatican when the president of the Marambio Foundation had an audience with His Holiness there in May 2014.
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