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Aleteia spoke with members of the Priestly Emergency Service, witnesses of authentic miracles and moments of grace that happen at night while we sleep.
The Priestly Emergency Service (Servicio Sacerdotal de Urgencia), a project present in more than 15 dioceses in Argentina, is celebrating 70 years of uninterrupted service in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It’s a monumental project with participants including both priests and laity. Throughout more than 25,000 nights it has been there for over 64 thousand sick people, their families, health care workers, and others in need of emergency spiritual assistance.
It is not just a matter of running to the side of the dying to give them anointing of the sick — a sacrament the service does, of course, provide. There are stories of endings, others of new beginnings, and even room for other unexpected sacraments.
Continued below.
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The Priestly Emergency Service (Servicio Sacerdotal de Urgencia), a project present in more than 15 dioceses in Argentina, is celebrating 70 years of uninterrupted service in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It’s a monumental project with participants including both priests and laity. Throughout more than 25,000 nights it has been there for over 64 thousand sick people, their families, health care workers, and others in need of emergency spiritual assistance.
It is not just a matter of running to the side of the dying to give them anointing of the sick — a sacrament the service does, of course, provide. There are stories of endings, others of new beginnings, and even room for other unexpected sacraments.
Rewarding for both volunteers and those they visit
Continued below.
Priest hotline Fr. Bergoglio once attended is 71 years old
Aleteia spoke with members of the Priestly Emergency Service, witnesses of authentic miracles and moments of grace that happen at night while we sleep.
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