The Matrix Brotherhood of Rocio de Almonte This evening he celebrated a public rosary in the streets of Rome on the occasion of his pilgrimage to St. Peter’s Basilica, although he couldn’t do it with his green simpecadoas planned, the company responsible for its transfer did not respect the delivery deadlines. The embassy of Rocío used a banner of the Miraculous Virgin of the Order of Minims for the pious exercise of the prayer of the rosary.
The prayer began in the Basilica of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte and culminated with the Spanish Squarein front of the monument to the Immaculate Conception of Mary. The choir of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Valme.
The absence of the simpecado has darkened one of the main acts of the pilgrimage. The brotherhood has claimed from the company and hopes to recover the embroidery piece as soon as possible, the one that the brotherhood has. The president of the Headquarters, Santiago Padillaplaced his medal sprinkled on the Marian banner that presided over the prayer. The misfortune does not mean that with this rosary another curious historical page of the corporation was written, since the The order of the Minims was the one that took care of the Virgen del Rocío at the end of the 16th century and in the 17th century.
Mass and reception at the Embassy
The rosary in the streets of Rome closed an intense day of pilgrimage that began with a midday mass in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception, presided over by the rector of the Sanctuary of Rocío and parish priest of Almonte, Francisco Miguel Valencia Bando and concelebrated by Jose Antonio Carrasco Rios And Juan Alberto Ramirezchaplain of the Brotherhood of Rocío de Toledo; with the musical participation of Youth Choir of the Brotherhood of Rocío of Sevillewho was these days in the eternal city. At the hour of thanksgiving, a message from the Pope Francis of greeting and blessing to the pilgrims.
Reception with the Spanish Ambassador to the Holy See, Isabel Celaa
After the Eucharist, a Salve was prayed at the altar where the remains of the Holy Pope are located. John Paul IIremembering what he experienced on June 14, 1993, when, from the balcony of the sanctuary, facing the marsh, the Holy Father exclaimed. Let everyone be a rocker! The president of the parent company, Santiago Padillaat the time a collaborator of the brotherhood in the events of the Eucharistic congress, recalled this anniversary.
The Spanish ambassador to the Holy See attended the mass, Isabelle Celaawho received the group earlier, early in the morning, at the embassy. And the elder brother of the Brotherhood of Rocío of Seville, Gabriel Rojas.
Until Sunday
The pilgrimage, which will culminate on Sunday, September 1, commemorates the 31st anniversary of the visit of His Holiness Pope Saint John Paul II to the Shrine in the village of Almonteña and the Centenary of the Papal title at the Matrix, which took place last year 2020, in the middle of the Covid 19 pandemic, so it could not take place on its date.
Pilgrims of the Brotherhood Matriz de Almonte in the chapel of Saint Sebastian in Rome
This Sunday morning, September 1st, Mass will be celebrated in the Basilica of Santa María Mayor, with which the Marismeño Sanctuary has had a bond of spiritual affinity since 2013. It will be celebrated by the Canon and Rector of the Spanish Church of Santiago and Montserrat of Rome, Jose Jaime Brosel.
