This year too our city community looks to the SS. Crucified with devotion and love, insistently invoking the gift of peace, in this troubled and complex time, of criticality but also of opportunity; our Church is called to make the scent of the Gospel felt, loving the world and wanting to serve it with mercy and consolation. We ask the Risen Crucifix that his stigmata be for us and for the world, luminous signs of resurrection indicating new paths of peace and reconciliation.
SANTA MARIA DI COLONNA SANCTUARY. PREPARATION TRIDUUM
TUESDAY 30 APRIL
6.30pm Recitation of the Holy Rosary
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Don Cosimo Delcuratolo, Episcopal Vicar for the clergy
8.00 pm “Under his cross” – Evening of spirituality at the foot of the risen Crucifix promoted by the diocesan AC presided over by Don Gaetano Corvasce
WEDNESDAY 1 MAY
6.30pm Recitation of the Holy Rosary
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Don Sergio Pellegrini, Vicar General of the Archdiocese
THURSDAY 2 MAY
6.30pm Recitation of the Holy Rosary
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Can. Gaetano Lops, President of the Chapter and Rector of the Cathedral Basilica
7.45pm Presentation of the volume “Love leaves its mark. The Colonna Crucifix told to children”
8.30pm Musical concert by the “Gran Concerto Bandistico Sinfonico – Trani” directed by Maestro Tommaso Carbone
FRIDAY 3 MAY 2024
SOLEMNITY OF THE SS. CRUCIFIED
6.30am Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Colonna – Holy Mass presided over by Can. Domenico Gramegna, Rector of the Sanctuary
8:00 am Molo San Nicola – Opening of the celebrations with a diana from the “Colangelo FireWorks” company
10.30 am Piazzale Santa Maria di Colonna – Solemn Eucharistic Concelebration presided over by the Archbishop His Excellency Monsignor Leonardo D’Ascenzo, with the participation of the Cathedral Chapter, the city Clergy, the Civil and Military Authorities and the representatives of the Archconfraternities, Brotherhoods and religious associations of Trani.
12.00 Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo – Boarding of the Crucifix from the ANMI Lido on the “Manuela” boat kindly made available by Marco Iurilli. The Effigy will be ferried from the ANMI lido to the vessel, by the fisherman Sansaro Lorenzo of the “Fisher’s Bay”, with the collaboration of the “Amici del Mare” Sub Group.
12.30pm Santa Lucia Pier – Arrival of the SS. Colonna Crucifix, welcomed by an attraction of pyrotechnic lights and colors from the “Colangelo FireWorks” company. After the disembarkation, Solemn Procession with the intervention of His Excellency the Archbishop, the Most Rev. Cathedral Chapter, the Clergy, the Civil and Military Authorities, the Confraternity of San Nicola Pellegrino and the Secular Order of the Servants of Mary, which will follow the following itinerary: Santa Lucia pier, via Banchina al porto, via Statuti Marittimi, piazza Quercia, piazza Plebiscito, via San Giorgio (Palazzo Telesio), stop and prayer of entrustment of the City of Trani to the protection of the SS. Colonna Crucifix; continue along via M. Pagano, piazza della Libertà, via M. Pagano, via Marsala, corso V. Emanuele, piazza della Repubblica, via Aldo Moro, via N. de Roggiero, church of Santa Maria del Pozzo where the Sacred Wood will remain exposed to the veneration of the faithful until May 9th.
12.30pm Caritas city canteen: solidarity lunch offered by the Patronal Festivals Committee
PARISH OF SANTA MARIA DEL POZZO
FRIDAY 3 MAY
6.30pm Holy Rosary
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Can. Vincenzo Bovino, parish priest of Santa Maria Greca in Corato
SATURDAY 4 MAY
9.00am Holy Mass
5.30pm Holy Mass presided over by Mons. Saverio Pellegrino, parish priest of San Francesco in Trani
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by the parish priest Mons. Domenico de Toma
SUNDAY 5 MAY
Holy Masses: 08.00 – 10.30 – 12.00
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Don Sergio Pellegrini, Vicar General
8.00pm Meditation Concert “The cross, shape of love”
MONDAY 6 MAY
9.00am Holy Mass
4.30 pm The Crucifix will be carried in procession to the Women’s Prison, where the Holy Mass will be celebrated presided over by the chaplain Can. Raffaele Sarno with Mons. Giuseppe Asciano
6.00 pm The Crucifix will be brought back to the Parish in procession
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Can. Gaetano Lops, coordinator of the pastoral area “San
Nicola Pellegrino” of Trani
8.00pm Prayer meeting for young people led by Can. Michele Caporusso by the Citizen Youth Ministry
TUESDAY 7 MAY
9.00am Holy Mass
5.00 pm “Seeds of life” celebration for elementary and middle schools
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Can. Raffaele Sarno
8.00 pm Meeting-Testimony “Road of the Cross, road of Love” with and by Don Pasquale
Cotugno, Caritas manager of the Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY
9.00am Holy Mass
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Can. Francesco La Notte, parish priest of San Giuseppe in Trani
8.00 pm Conference “The Crucifix in art” by Prof. Angela di Gregorio
THURSDAY 9 MAY
9.00am Holy Mass
7.00 pm Holy Mass presided over by Archbishop Monsignor Leonardo D’Ascenzo
8.00 pm “VIA LUCIS” for the return of the SS. Crucifix at the Sanctuary of Colonna, with the participation of the Clergy, the Archconfraternities and Confraternities, the Parish community of S. Maria del Pozzo, the Scouts and UNITALSI, following the following itinerary: church of Santa Maria del Pozzo, via delle Crociate, Piazza della Repubblica, Via Cavour, Piazza Plebiscito, Largo Chiarelli, Cristoforo Colombo seafront, Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Colonna.
The Trani Patronal Festivals Committee thanks all those who contributed to the realization of the celebrations.
