Invited by the superiors to present the Militia Immaculatae, Fr. Stehlin first paid a visit to the priory in Bogota where he found very zealous priests to promote the honour of Our Lady.

Some days before, the prior, Fr. Jimenez, had asked the faithful all over the world to pray on the 8^th of December 1,000,000 rosaries for the salvation of the Catholic Faith and public order in this former very Catholic country. Also the first point of the visit was a little pilgrimage to a very beautiful sanctuary called Montserrate, located on a hill (around 3,500 m altitude) from which one can see the whole capital for which the correct name is “Santa Fe de Bogota” — Bogota of the Holy (Catholic) Faith!
During his visit Fr. Stehlin had the opportunity to explain to the priests and also to the responsible people of different Marian movements the essence and the utility of the M.I. In the evening a conference for the faithful was organized: everybody was astonished to see that the rented hall was full in spite of the bad timing (on a weekday). It was very edifying to observe how they eagerly followed the instructions in spite of Father’s very weak Spanish. Our Lady must have smiled at working with this her useless broom, touching the hearts profoundly!
The fruits are not lacking: ever since then some of the faithful are very generously helping to translate the many flyers and other documents into Spanish, and soon the Militia Immaculatae should be established.