"Your Word, Lord, is our consolation."
So reads the motto that has been chosen for the Diocesan Day X brotherhoods, which this year will take place on October 21 in Cieza, on the occasion of the Jubilee Year which is being held for the 400th anniversary of the image of the Holy Christ of Consuelo.
The Diocesan Day was presented this morning at a press conference at the Bishop's Palace, which received the Delegate Episcopal brotherhoods, D.
Wild Love, the Vicar of Cieza, D.
Angel Francisco Molina, President of the Brotherhood of the Holy Christ of Consolation in Cieza, D.
Luis Carlos Navarro, President of the Board of Fraternities Pasionarias of Cieza, D.
Joaquín Gómez Rubio and the Head of Delegation of brotherhoods, D.
Marcial Alarcón.
The Delegate of Fraternities and Brotherhoods explained that the conference will take place in Cieza on the occasion of the Jubilee Year, remembering that those attending may gain a plenary indulgence, provided the conditions for this indulgence.
Also coincides with the Year of Faith will begin tomorrow in Rome, so it's an opportunity to get closer to the Lord.
For his part, the Head of Delegation of Fraternities and Brotherhoods remarked that "there is a festive gathering", but an encounter with God.
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Alarcon noted that Martial was convened more than 500 guilds and over 40 chapters, and the estimate of their brethren who pilgrimage to Cieza may be between 1,500 and 2,000 people.
The day will begin at 09:30 am at the Plaza of Spain in Cieza.
After a welcome event material, the signing ceremony in the Book of the Pilgrimage.
Afterwards, continue in a procession from the Plaza of Spain to the Hermitage of the Holy Christ of Consuelo, to celebrate a Eucharist, chaired by the Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Bishop D.
Jose Manuel Lorca Planes.
The Chairman of the Brotherhood of Cieza Pasionarias has stated that the aim is "to be a day of mission, to drink the water that's Consuelo Holy Christ gives us."
During the day try to deepen the slogan: "Your Word, Lord, is our consolation."
In this sense, the Vicar of Cieza, said that "God has come to us through the Word made flesh."
It has also underlined the missionary character of this meeting to "go and preach the gospel" in line with the "new evangelization" to which the Holy Father calls us.
The purpose of this Diocesan Day, as communicated, is "that the fraternities and sororities come together at least once a year and see that they are a great moral force, together with the Bishop and the Church."
Source: Obispado de Cartagena