The countdown has ended. After six long years of waiting, Campobasso regains possession of ‘its’ cathedral. Biagio Colaianni, metropolitan archbishop of Campobasso-Bojano together with GianCarlo Maria Bregantini, bishop emeritus, the Cathedral Chapter, the Parish of Santa Maria Maggiore in the Cathedral, the presbyters, deacons, religious, announce with great joy that the cathedral of the Holy Trinity will be reopened to the worship of the faithful tomorrow afternoon, Sunday 26 May, at 6.00 pm, liturgical feast of the Holy Trinity.
The religious celebration can be followed by the faithful in the cathedral, at the Savoia Theater in Campobasso (200 seats available) by collecting the pass distributed free of charge at the entrance of the theater and live on digital terrestrial channel 18, from 6.00 pm until the end of the celebration.
The renovation works started in November 2018 after the collapse of part of the attic have therefore been completed. Significant funding was received for the restoration, both from the CEI and the Region. In fact, the bishop wanted to «thank all those who, in various capacities, have worked and collaborated effectively so that this day could come: the Presidency of the Molise Regional Council, the Superintendency of Archaeological Fine Arts and Landscape of Molise, the Diocesan Technical Office, the designers , the RUP, the technicians, the restorers, the companies and the benefactors who contributed with their offers.
“Everyone must give the greatest importance to the liturgical life of the diocese which takes place mainly in the cathedral church, convinced that there is a special manifestation of the Church in the full and active participation of all the holy people of God in the same liturgical celebrations, especially at same Eucharist, at the same prayer, at the same altar over which the bishop presides surrounded by his priests and ministers. (Sacrosanctum Concilium 41)”.
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