Three Corrientes towns celebrate today the popular patron saint’s day of Saint John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, a day dear to the feelings of Catholics around the world and especially in this region of the country that amalgamates expressions of popular, if not profane, religiosity, therefore which the Church warns of the need to focus on the essentials of the Christian Faith, of which precisely that “greatest of the prophets” was its precursor: adherence to the Person and message of Jesus, as believers profess.
The provincial capital, Ituzaingó and Garruchos with that spirit come to this festival of their Patron Saint, for whose celebration they have already carried out, in addition to the required Novena, various cultural, artistic, and sports activities, like so many other communities that share their patronage. in neighborhoods and rural areas.
CURRENTS
In the case of the city of Corrientes, the programming was anticipated for this Sunday, to facilitate the participation of the faithful, which is why the procession and mass were already carried out yesterday, as part of various central activities that began on Saturday and concluded at midnight this Monday with the burning of a giant doll, this time a mosquito.
«This year, asking for God’s grace to free us from dengue and praying for the people who had a bad time – I think we underestimated the infection quite a bit – the doll is an Aedes aegypti. The Municipal Art School was in charge of assembling the structure,” commented the parish priest, Cristian Soto, in charge of the temple located at 300 Gobernador Gelabert Street, prior to the burning.
However, the liturgical date will not pass without celebrations, so a mass was scheduled for 7 p.m. and a procession with luminaries at 8 p.m. At 9 p.m. you can enjoy a concert by the Chamber Orchestra, which will close another party of the capital’s Patron.
ITUZAINGÓ
In Ituzaingó, which celebrates this year with the motto Jesus, teach us to pray; Saint John the Baptist, teach us Christ, the central program will take place today, from 3 p.m., in the atrium of the parish temple with the concentration of images of patrons of chapels and institutions and presentation of the Music Band of the Penitentiary of the Province to The procession will begin at 4 p.m., at the end of which the Mass will be celebrated, presided over by the Bishop of the Diocese, Monsignor Gustavo Alejandro Montini, and concelebrated by the Parish Priest and other priests.
As for extra-liturgical activities, at 10 the grounds of the Craft and Commercial Expo that opened on Friday afternoon will be opened; At night, after the liturgical celebrations, at 8 p.m. the show will begin with performances by Aníbal Piriz and Los Porqueteros, the San Isidro group, the Los Jóvenes Diamantes group, and the closing will be with the renowned Irundy group.
GARRUCHOS
As for Garruchos, with almost no diffusion of its program by the Church, in any case it was known that the Municipality organized musical festivals to venerate the Patron. Like Show Fantasía, Hugo Quiroga, Chicos Mentados and Los Teyú will perform today.
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