Dear Brothers and Sisters

 We would like to share with you the steps we took and how we were able to receive permission
 to enthrone the Image of The Virgin Mary Untier of Knots in our local parish of Saint Joseph’s
 Catholic Church in Del RioTexas. The first step was to make an appointment with Father Ramiro
 Cortez our parish priest, we explained to him how Mario H. Ibertis Rivera founder and director of 
 this devotion is donating an Image to St. Joseph’s Church for enthronement, we brought with us
 a smaller size image of Our Lady also donated by Mario as a pilgrim Virgin Mary, Father Ramiro
 loved the idea, we also had another request to present to Father Ramiro and this was for him to
 look over some of the wording used in the translation of two of Mario’s writings, “the Novena
 2002” and “The devotion of 28 days with the Virgin Mary” These works are already approved in
 the Catholic Church by the Archdiocese of Argentina.  Father Ramiro said he would Enthroned
 the Image but first he wished for us to speak to Archbishop Patrick Flores Bishop of San 
 Antonio Texas and only Archbishop of the State of Texas, Archbishop Flores is also the first
 Hispanic Archbishop in the United States, even thou we had never met with the Archbishop we
 humbly accepted Father Ramiro’s request and on that same day we called the Archdiocese of
 San Antonio to make an appointment, we called on a Wednesday and the next day we received
 a phone call from the Archdiocese informing us that we had an appointment with the Archbishop
 on Friday at 2:00p.m. We left to San Antonio on Friday morning, we were a little nervous since
 this is the first time we had ever done anything like this, we arrived at the Archdiocese about
 1:00p.m this was a little early but we still sign in at the entrance, to our surprise the secretary
 tells us that the Archbishop would like to see us, we went up to his office, he greeted us with a
 smile and a handshake, he excused himself every time the phone rang since it was lent and he
 was real busy, he asked what he could do for us, we told him we were here to talk to him about
 the devotion to the Virgin Mary Untier of Knots and also to ask permission to enthrone an Image
 in the parish of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Del Rio Texas, we also told him that the 
 Image would be donated by the founder and Director of the devotion. We briefly narrated the 
 story of the miracle that happened 300 years ago in Germany that we read from the book
 “Mary Untier of Knots the True History” written by Mario H. Ibertis Rivera. The Bishop listened
 attentively to the story and when we finished with the brief history of the Virgin Mary Untier of
 Knots, he said to us “This reminds me of Saint Joseph…you know that he is also the Patron
 Saint of couples that are thinking of getting a divorce? Because he himself thought of divorcing
 Our Blessed Mother when he found out she was with child, it was when the Angel appear to 
 him That he changed his mind.” We were very interested in his comments because we had 
 never thought of Saint Joseph as the Patron Saint of couples with marriage problems, we also
 presented to him a letter that Mario wrote to the Archbishop asking him for an Imprimatur on 
 the Novena and the 28 days, that although they are already approved by the Church it is a
 gesture of courtesy to request for them in another country. The Archbishop read the letter and
 was very interested in it, he told us that he would immediately get in contact with Mario to
 speak to him directly, the Archbishop assured us that when something is approved by the
 Church it is not necessary to approve it again because the Church is Universal and as far as the
 Enthronement is concern he said “yes” because even though the Virgin Mary has different titles,
 they still all fall under one main title which is the title Mother of God. The Archbishop than told
 us he had a little gift for us, to our joy he gave us a beautiful rosary that he said was given to
 him last year by Our Pope John Paul II and he would like to give it to us, we accepted his gift
 with great love and joy, as we walked out of his office we asked the Bishop if we could take a
 picture with him and the pilgrim Virgin Mary that Mario gave us, he gladly accepted, his
 secretary took the picture, we are also grateful to the secretary because she suggested that
 we take 2 pictures just in case one didn’t come out, and that is exactly what happened only 
 one came out the other came out dark, ever since this special day we carry the Rosary the
 Bishop gave us everywhere we go and await anxiously the Enthronement of the Image of the
 Virgin Mary Untier of Knots at our local parish of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Del Rio
 Texas, on May the 28th 2003. 6:30 p.m mass.

 Everyone is invited!
 God Bless you

 Henry and Rosie Aguilar
 1110 East Third
 Del Rio Texas 78840
 830-768-0803 (Home) 
 830-734-2395 (celular)
 

 REPORT:

 Before Mass started, the beautiful Image of Our Lady was placed on a tripod next to the Altar
 adorned with a beautiful flower arrangement, next to the image was a small table where the 
 offerings to Our Lady were placed. The Parish of St. Joseph's church had never experienced this
 unique blessing. The celebration began with a brief introduction by Mr. Manuel Limones
 (candidate to the diaconate) he briefly explained how St. Joseph's church would be having the
 Rite of Enthronement of the Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Untier of Knots,
 and that we were very blessed to have such special Image in our Country. Mr. Limones 
 explained that the Image was donated by Mario Horacio Ibertis Rivera and his family who is the
 founder and director of the International devotion to the Virgin Mary Untier of Knots, he also said
 that Henry and I are the delegates to the United States for the spreading of the devotion, a 
 devotion that has been approved by Our Catholic Church. He continued to say that Archbishop
 Patrick Flores could not be with us today, but that he gracefully sent a letter with his blessings 
 to us. This letter was read to everyone and may be read in our website www.desatadora.com.ar
 Father Ramiro Cortez officiated the Mass and Rite of Enthronement in a very solemn and heartfelt
 ceremony. After the Rite of Enthronement the Parish of St. Joseph's Catholic Church offered 
 the Virgin Mary Untier of Knots, four beautiful Rosaries made by the different groups and
 associations of our Parish.
 

 4 ROSARIES FOR THE VIRGIN MARY

 First Rosary: Joyful Mysteries: A white Knotted Rosary if offered to Our Lady by representatives
 from all the ecclesial and apostolic groups like: Catholic daughters, Men's club, chorus, lectors,
 catequist, Guadalupana Society, Sacred Heart Society, altar servers and ushers. This rosary
 represents our life and our fidelity to our Church as proof of our great Love.

 Second Rosary: Sorrowful Mysteries: A beautiful Large Rosary of Knots is offered to Our Lady
 by the Spiritual Groups like: Eucharistic Ministers, The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima and the
 Legion of Mary. This Rosary represents of Church Militant that suffers such calamities like those
 of War, suicides, unjust laws like abortion, the death penalty, the calamities of infidelity, divorce,
 homosexuality, drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution, abuse, diseases, so that the Virgin 
 Mary may untie the knots that we have made through sin.

 Third Rosary: Glorious Mysteries: A beautiful large golden Rosary of the Holy Spirit is offered
 to Our Lady by the Renovacion Groups and the Cursillo movement.  This Rosary represents our
 faith that the Lord will come again placing our hope in our Blessed Mother as our mediator before
 Jesus.

 Fourth Rosary: Luminous Mysteries: A Large Rosary with an image of our Holy Father John 
 Paul II, and on the cross you will see a Chalice of the Eucharist. This Rosary was offered by the
 Marian Cenacles, these cenacles with Our Lady represent the Domestic Church united with
 Our Pope, with our Bishops and with our Priest, that in union with Our Heavenly Mother the
 beloved spouse of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ, is asking for the second Pentecost
 through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
 

 After the offering of the 4 Rosaries, the Sacrifice of the Mass was celebrated. At the end of Mass
 Father Ramiro Cortez thanked everyone for coming to Mass and for attending the Rite of the
 Enthronement of the Virgin Mary Untier of Knots. We were led into procession by Father Ramiro
 and the Altar servers, than the Rosary representatives followed, and at the end Henry and I carried
 the Image of Our Lady into procession to the place of St. Joseph's little chapel were the Image is
 now placed. Before the Image was place on the wall of the little chapel Henry and I stepped out
 of the Church so that the people could honor Our Lady and see her up close. We wish to thanked
 Mario H. Ibertis Rivera for introducing us and guiding us through such a beautiful experience, we 
 also wish to thank Archbishop Flores and Father Ramiro for all their support in the process of
 Enthronement, we wish to thank the members of St. Joseph's Church for loving Our Lady, we thank
 Mr. Alejandro Santillan for donating the frame and to Kelly and Gerry for doing the actual framing in
 such a short notice, we thank the chorus for singing such beautiful songs to Our Lady and to all
 the groups that made the Rosaries, they turned out beautiful, we thank Mr. Manuel Limones for
 introducing the offerings to Our Lady, and we especially like to thank Jose Luis and Letty Medina
 who help us in the coordinating of this event and for being the sponsors.

 We thank everyone for all your prayers

 Henry and Rosie Aguilar
 1110 East Third
 Del Rio Texas 78840
 830-768-0803
 830-734-2395
 rosamaria@desatadora.com.ar
 

 Our Rector and brother, Mario has said: "..We will enthrone an image of Our Beloved
 Lady at least one in each country in all America. Under her protection the people will
 have the best protective  shield of her Maternal Love. The Virgin Mary patroness of the
 poor, of those who suffer attachments in their personal lives, of the knots that will
 impede a nation from having peace in the future, well being and concord, she will
 bring to us what we anxiously await  so that each family can be happy, can have
 prosperity and enjoy freedom from all points of the continent to where she came to 
 and where she stayed."