Saturday, 29 May, was the date chosen by the Rezandovoy team to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Although the exact date was 9 March, they explained that they had postponed the celebration to see if they could do something in person. But, given the sanitary conditions, in the end they opted for a virtual meeting which has turned out to be a feast of names, testimonies and memories. Félix Cuadrado (Sinclair), from CVX Valladolid, and José Mari R. Olaizola, SJ have been the coordinators of the project since the beginning, and they were in charge of guiding the live broadcast, which brought together more than 5000 people - now multiplied thanks to the possibility of watching it on tape.

Throughout the afternoon there were various moments: a time of shared prayer, in the style of Rezandovoy, but with the peculiarity of being able to put faces to some of those who usually lend their voice to the recordings. New features were presented. A completely renewed design of the website and the app (which will be released in the next few days), which includes new possibilities, such as taking notes of the prayer itself, or a much more intuitive access to special prayers and series. A video about these ten years allowed volunteers, team members and VR users to share some of the meaning behind what they do. Many people wanted to send messages for the day. Among others, the leaders of the international teams of this virtual prayer network that grew out of the original inspiration of pray-as-you-go. English, French, Portuguese and Dutch people wanted to join in the celebration. Many users from all over the world also sent messages of affection. Among the participants in the different videos, you could see the diversity of the people involved in this project.

Among all the messages, a big surprise was the appearance of Pope Francis, who wished the whole team to continue helping to pray. I send greetings to the 'Rezando voy' team," he said, explaining that it is a project of the Society of Jesus in Spain and is coordinated by the Loyola Communication Group. "Thank you, keep on sowing, keep on with the project, which does a lot of good. Pray us you go is a programme of life," concluded Pope Francis, before giving his blessing and asking people not to forget to pray for him.

During the meeting, there was also an opportunity to share some anecdotes of these ten years, and for dialogue with the participants, who, via chat, asked questions about the project.

The celebration ended with a toast to the past decade and those to come, which can be seen here: