On June 3, for Messina it is a special day, which contains the faith and devotion of a people linked to Mary. It is the feast of the Madonna of the letter, patron of the city of the Strait to which the Messina are particularly linked. The program of organized and contextualized religious and cultural initiatives within the Holy Year is rich. The novena in preparation for solemnity is starting today, With the translation of the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the main altar; Several groups that will celebrate the Jubilee in these days.
The program
Friday 30 May It will be up to social communications operators. At 5 pm in the Salone degli Mirro di Palazzo dei Leoni, the director responsible for Gazzetta del Sud Nino Rizzo Nervo will hold a reflection on the theme “The communication place of hope”. Following the jubilee pilgrimage in the cathedral. Saturday 31 May At 20.30 the floral tribute to Mary will be held at the icon of wide sequence and the traditional song of the “seventeen” by the Bordonaro community. Sunday 1st Juneat 11.45 the reopening ceremony of the Crypt of the Duomo will be held at the end of the restorations curated by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage; At 18.30 in the Cathedral the Mass presided over by the Archbishop of Catania Luigi Renna; For the occasion, the relic of the “veil” of Sant’Agata can be venerated and admire the miniator parchment of 1666, containing the decretum with which the Senate Messina proclaimed Sant’Agata “Protector and Tutrice” of the city of the Strait granted by Msgr. Reindeer. Monday 2 June Eve of the party, at 5 pm the third edition of the Marian night will be inaugurated with the public location of the Golden Manta on the icon of the fast listener; The presentation press conference will be held next Wednesday at 10 the oval room. Tuesday 3 Juneday of the party, at 11 the pontifical mass presided over by the bishop of Cefalù Giuseppe Marciante concelebrated by the bishops and priests and religious from Messina; At the end the offer of the votive candle by the diocesan interconfratern center; At 6.30 pm the procession of the simulacrum through the streets of the center. At 10.30 pm Pyrotechnic show edited by the Arigò family in memory of Giovanni died tragically last year following the explosion of the factory.