May 27, 2024
The Vow made to the Madonna delle Grazie in Sassari has been dissolved.
Yesterday, more than 10 thousand people participated in the solemn procession for the dissolution of the Vote at Our Lady of Graces in Sassari, formulated in 1943. The procession started from the Cathedral of San Nicola and reached the sanctuary of San Pietro in Silki.
The transfer of the simulacrum of the Blessed Virgin from the Cathedral.
Saturday afternoon, on the occasion of the eve of the Feast of the Vowthe small simulacrum of the Blessed Virgin of Graces had been transferred from the sanctuary of San Pietro in Silki to the cathedral, where it had been welcomed by the archbishop Monsignor Gian Franco Saba. Yesterday evening, after the Pontifical celebrated at 5pm in the Cathedral, the simulacrum was brought back in procession to the sanctuary, where the Vow was dissolved in its 81st anniversary.
The procession of the Madonna delle Grazie in Sassari.
The procession, which began shortly before 7pm, stopped in front of the Sassarese Polyclinic and the civil hospital Most Holy Annunziata for a moment of prayer with the sick. At the end, in the square of San Pietro in Silki, many faithful took photos to remember the intensity of the moment. In addition to the archbishop, the mayor of Sassari also spoke, Nanni Campuswho expressed the honor of representing the citizens during the procession.
The request for protection from bombing in 1943.
The transfer of the simulacrum of the Blessed Virgin of Graces to the Cathedral recalls that of 1943wanted by the archbishop Arcangelo Mazzotti. On that occasion there was an octave of prayer to protect Sassari from the bombings that were hitting Sardinia hard.
