As summer draws to a close, there is an important celebration to be had that is repeated every year around the patron saint of Cordoba. Our Lady of Fuensanta He will leave in procession from the Cathedral to his sanctuary next Saturday, September 7.
This year may be the last we live exactly like this, as the new board of directors of the Grouping of brotherhoods He announced that there would be changes in the transfer and in the procession itself on future occasions.
The patron saint of the city and the brotherhoods will be at the center of devotion from Friday, with the offering of flowers in the morning and, in the afternoon, with the blessing of the waters of the Pocito and the transfer of his image from the sanctuary to the main temple with the young groups of the brotherhoods. This will be after the 7:30 p.m. mass, around 8:30 p.m.
New stretcher
It has a new stretcher donated by the Brotherhood of Pasión, which has a bell as applicant and consists of two groups of 18 people. It will carry the temple, known as Villaviciosa, donated by the Cathedral Chapter.
The transfer will be made with the Cornet and Drum Band Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta as the guiding cross following the same route as in 2023, according to the Group.
New will be the prayer of Via Lucis Mariano in fourteen significant points and the reading of the seasons followed by a prayer, instead of the rosary of 2023.
The chosen places are the Pocito, the end of the ramp of the sanctuary square, Fuensanta Avenue, the parish of Santiago, the convent of Santa Cruz, the altar of San Rafael in Lineros Street, the Triumph of Saint Raphael in Plaza del Potro, Caldereros and Cardenal González, 52.
Also Caño Quebrado, Magistral González Francés, 21, the Puerta de Santa Catalina, the fountain of the Patio de los Naranjos and the Puerta de las Palmas. Arrival time at the Cathedral is 10:20 p.m.
The procession
On Saturday 7th in the afternoon, after the 7:00 p.m. mass presided over by Bishop Demetrio Fernández, in the Cathedral, it will be the moment when the Virgin will travel through many streets and receive the prayers of the faithful from a large area. itinerary which is similar to last year, except for a small modification when arriving at Lonjas. You will enter the Fuensanta neighborhood through Fuensanta Avenue, Pelagio and Cuesta de la Pólvora.
He full itinerary part of Puerta de Santa Catalina, Magistral González Francés, Cardenal González, Lucano, Lineros, Don Rodrigo, Agustín Moreno, Avenue Fuensanta, Pelagio and Cuesta de la Pólvora.
The solemn procession will begin at 8:45 p.m. and the arrival of the crossed crane at the sanctuary is scheduled for 11:35 p.m. The musical section this time brings together the group Caído and Fuensanta on the guiding cross, while after the passage of the Virgin there will be, as usual since 2016, the group Maestro Tejera.
He foreman The chosen one is Manuel Orozco, who has been active for many years with the call of Fallen Jesus, Agony, Incarnation and Christ Providence. In addition, he is a member of the team of foremen of Carmen de San Cayetano, Health and Peace.
As a novelty this year among the groups that will carry the Virgin, there is a female.
With a bell room The most endearing touch will come in the last part of the procession, with the call that the Brotherhood of Goodness and the parish of the sanctuary launch to the children to receive the Virgin with this traditional sound at eleven o’clock sharp in the evening.
There will be stability weather forecast for both days. Aemet predicts clear to partly cloudy skies on Friday and Saturday, with maximum temperatures not exceeding 34 degrees.
On the 8th, Sunday when the solemnity of the Virgin of Fuensanta is celebrated, it will be the main function At 10:30 a.m. a solemn pontifical ceremony presided over by the bishop and in the afternoon the novena in his honor will begin.
