A crowd of faithful from the early hours of the morning went to the Basilica sanctuary of the rogationist fathers to pay homage to S. Antonio of Padua; The devotion to the Holy Taumaturgeo recalls hundreds of pilgrims and visitors from Sicily, Calabria and Puglia every year.
The Messinesi are preparing to live the 12th edition of the White Night which will take place tomorrow starting from 8 pm in the vast pedestrianized area around the Basilica of the Rogationist Fathers of via S. Cecilia which will be the heart of the evening. Concerts by the Archangel Corelli Conservatory. Among the artists of the evening, the Messina area Italo bartolomeo rifle back from Rai one of The Voice Kids, the American Italian Cecilia Gayle Star della Discomusic, who will perform in Piazza Annibale Maria di France, while on the Scala Zuccarello, during the charity show organized by the canteen of the poor, there will be Los Locosinterpreters of many successes of the 90s. And in that context, one of the highlights of the event: the awarding of the “Sant’Antonio and Sant’Annibale” award, dedicated to solidarity, charity and universal brotherhood, to the Messina surgeon Enrico Gringeriresponsible for the hepatabiliopancreatic surgery and liver transplants of the University of Padua, “a pride for our city”, said the rector of the Basilica Father Mario Magro. An evening full of proposals, under the artistic direction of Teresa Ipollonia, with the dance event in Piazza Lo Sardo, the exhibitions of cars and historical buses, the infiorata of the Camaro Paradisa Association, the performance of the Filipin Ethnic Communities and the street artists of the On Arts Association of Catania. Sunday the Procession of the triumph chariot with the relics that, a Starting from 19 RTP will follow live, While in the morning at 11, the pontifical chaired by the cardinal Claudio Gugerottiprefect of the Dicastery for the eastern churches.