On Sunday, July 20, we celebrated the traditional “Gathering of Saint Josemaría” in Sant Julià de Lòria (Andorra).

Part of the group of attendees at the Aplec

About 40 people from Andorra, Lleida, Barcelona and Uruguay attended.

At 11 am, several volunteers arrived at the Borda del Carles Álvarez Marfany to prepare everything necessary for the celebration: opening the borda, arranging the chairs, making the fire, preparing the food, etc.

The Andorrans Míriam Monferrer and her husband Carles Miquel; Cristina Marroquin, from Barcelona, and the Lleidans Ramon Camats, Josep Maria Vila, Pepe Martínez and Octavio Quintana, who came down from Pallars Sobirà and had walked up from Sant Julià de Lòria, collaborated.

At around 11:45 the group of 21 boys arrived who had been walking for 5 days from Pallerols de Rialb, following the Andorra Trail that Saint Josemaría made in 1937.

The group of boys who come walking from Pallerols arrive

At 12:15, Fr. Javier Santos celebrated mass in the meadows of the borda.

The celebration of the Eucharist

The celebration of the Eucharist

The celebration of the Eucharist

The celebration of the Eucharist

At around 13:15 we had a good aperitif and then lunch with grilled meat, ribs and sausage, and a good salad. Finally, dessert, coffee and coca d’Organyà.

The lunch

The lunch

The lunch

Another year, a festive day full of joy celebrating in the middle of nature the feast of Saint Josemaría -which was last June 26- while remembering his passage through Andorran lands at the end of November, 88 years ago.