The nuns Carmelites they leave Lucènebut the church which belonged to his convent, the convent of San José, will remain open for worship. This has just been confirmed by the Santiago parish of the city, in whose parish the historical religious community was located.
As the parish priest, Antonio Tejero Díaz, explained, after the departure of the nuns to other conventsthe nuns donated the property and all the movable assets found there to the Iberian Province of the Discalced Carmelites, who now own it.
From there, the bishop of Cordoba, Démetrio Fernández“seeking the good of the faithful of Lucena, asked the Carmelite Fathers to keep the temple open for worship”. The care will be entrusted to the priest of Saint-Jacques.
“The Carmelite provincial generously accepted this favor requested by the bishop,” reported the parish priest of Santiago, who insisted that an agreement would now be signed between the two parties for the management of the church.
Thus opens “a new stage, in which efforts will be made to maintain a space for prayer and community meeting for all those who have faithfully attended this temple”, says the priest. And it officially opens this Sunday, November 17 with the 10 a.m. mass, which will be celebrated by the clergy of Santiago.
Thus worship continues in a temple linked to a community with 412 years old of presence in Lucena, which, remaining with only four nuns, had to be dissolved, to the great regret of the Christian community of the city.
