The councilors for cultural policies Enzo Caruso and to the Civil Protection Massimiliano Minutoli The initiatives promoted by the Municipality of Messina on the occasion of Holy Week have illustrated today at Palazzo Weigert. The city confraternities of the SS also attended the meeting. Crocifisso the rediscovered and of Maria SS. of the Mercede, represented respectively by the governor Pietro Corona and by the commissioner Fortunato Marino.
“As per tradition – highlighted the commissioner Caruso – the appointment of the Holy Week is renewed and, on behalf of the mayor Federico Basile and the entire administration, we express, together with his colleague Minutoli, a heartfelt thanks to all those who have taken part in the organization of the program, which this year is even more articulated. The main moment will be the city procession of the barettes, which for history and numbers is second only to that of the Vara. Artistic, historical and cultural of our city and are testimony of union for our community in the sign of faith and devotion and an opportunity for tourist and attractive interest also for visitors present in the city and for those from neighboring municipalities “.
Councilor Minutoli continued the interventions, underlining that “is The safety plan for an efficient organization of the events provided by the program has already been prepared. Citizenship and tourists are recommended to always pay maximum attention, respecting the current provisions. I thank the municipal police force, our participatory companies for the services and means they will provide, the civil protection volunteers and all those who in various capacities will collaborate with us. Messina is ready to enjoy a secularity that has been handed down over time “.
The novelty is represented by the carriers who will wear a red jacket, the color of the passion “, donated by Bonino Pulejo Foundation As the lawyer Giuseppe Santoro recalled.
Holy Week Program and Procession of Barette 2025
Wednesday 16 April – New Oratory of Peace
10.00 – 13.00 inauguration of the procession museum and guided tour of the barettes
For schools and groups, by reservation, guided tours inside the new oratory of peace where you can admire the barettes and the small museum with the cimils of the procession.
6.00 pm – Holy Mass
6.45 pm – Round table on the procession of the barettes “Culture, tradition and spirituality of the Messina people”
Institutional greetings
Federico Basile, mayor of Messina; Enzo Caruso Councilor Culture and Popular Traditions.
Interventions:
Msgr. Roberto Romeo, archiepiscopal delegate for the Cathedral Basilica of Messina, spiritual assistant Confraternity SS. The newfound crosses; Giacomo Sorrenti, historian; Mario Sarica Expert
Holy Thursday 17 April
6.30 pm – Cathedral Basilica
Mass in Coena Domini “and the rite of” Lavender of the feet “with the participation of the confreres.
23.00 – 24.00. Community and personal Eucharistic Adoration.
20.00 – 24.00. New Oratory of Peace
Holy Friday April 18th
5.30 pm – Cathedral Basilica
Liturgy of the passion of the Lord
ORKing 18.00 – New Oratory of Peace Procession of Barettes
itinerary:
Exit from the Church new Oratory of Peace, via XXIV Maggio, via S. Agostino, Corso Cavour, via T. Cannizzaro, via G. Garibaldi, via I September, Piazza Duomo (stop to receive the blessing given by Se The Archbishop), via Oratory S. Francesco (a ‘Nchianata di Varetti), via XXIV Maggio, return to the church.
RTP will follow the event live; connections are also planned within the Scirocco transmission.
The usual distribution follows, to the bearers, of the dinner and flowers that will be brought, by tradition, on the tombs of the deceased.
Confraternity, religious associations of the city and faithful will be present in the procession that will accompany the procession by illuminating the path with the wind torches, making the statue groups wing, The historical groups of the “Biancuzze”, the “Santa Babbaluci”, the Maddalene, the drums of the Rione Panzera Cultural Association of Motta Sant’Anastasia and the musical bands of Camaro, Bordonaro, Superiore Faro, Santo Stefano Briga, Contensses, Santo Stefano Medio, Salice.