The winter celebration in honor of the patron saint is part of the celebrations for the ninetieth anniversary of the creation of the diocese. The motto: “90 years of faith, hope and mission.”
The image of Saint Nicholas in front of the Riojan cathedral
The Riojan community participated, this Thursday, June 27, in the traditional “descent” of the image of St nicolas in the local cathedral, to begin this Friday the preparatory novena for the winter festival in honor of the patron saint of the diocese and the province of The Rioja.
The event is part of the celebrations for the ninetieth anniversary of the creation of the diocese, and its motto is “90 years of faith, hope and mission.”
Once the first day of the novena ends, this Friday the representative song for the 90 years since its creation will be officially presented by the Ministry of Music of the diocese.
The musical work is called: Long live La Rioja and its Church. The authors are two young people from the diocese: the composition of the lyrics was in charge of Leonel Maldonado Palazzifrom the Nuestra Señora del Rosario parish (Ulapes), and the music was composed by Jose Augusto Aguerofrom the parish of El Salvador (Chamical).
Both the novena prayer and the central celebration in honour of Saint Nicholas, scheduled for Sunday 7 July, will take place in the Riojan cathedral.
Novena times
The novena and daily mass will have morning and evening schedules, according to this schedule:
- At 7:30, pray the Rosary
- At 8, mass and novena
- At 9, praying the Rosary
- At 9.30, mass and novena
- At 10:30, pray the Rosary
- At 11, mass and novena.
- At 5 p.m., pray the Rosary
- At 5:30 pm, mass and novena
- At 7:30 pm, prayer of the Rosary
- At 8 p.m., mass and novena.
The masses celebrated at 9:30, 11, and 17:30 will have the participation of schools and institutions from the provincial capital.
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