Dom Orani Tempesta with the image of Our Lady of Aparecida — Photo: Reproduction/Official website Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro
Churches in Rio de Janeiro will have masses at different times this Monday (12), the Day of Our Lady of Aparecida. The program released by the Archdiocese includes celebrations in neighborhoods such as Campo Grande, Cachambi, Ilha do Governador, Realengo and Rocinha, as well as a procession in Santa Margarida, in the West Zone.
The Archbishop of Rio, Cardinal Orani Tempesta, will preside over the 10am masses at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida Parish, in Marcílio Dias, in the Penha Circular region, and at 6pm at the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida Parish, in Cachambi. During the Cachambi celebration, the decree creating and elevating the parish to an Archdiocesan Sanctuary will be read.
See celebration times
The schedule below was communicated by the communities to the Archdiocese of Rio. Other churches in the city will also have masses in honor of the patron saint.
Santa Margarida, in Campo Grande: masses at 6:30 am, 8:30 am and 10:30 am. At 4:30 pm, there will be a procession followed by mass.
Cachambi: masses at 8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm. The last one will be presided over by Cardinal Orani Tempesta.
Parque São Paulo, in Paciência: masses at 8am, 11am and 7pm.
Del Castilho: masses at 7am, 9am, 11am and 6:30pm.
Moneró, on Governador Island: masses at 7am, 9am, 10:30am, 12pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm and 8pm.
Pedra de Guaratiba: masses at 7am, 8:30am and 7:30pm.
Jardim Batan, in Realengo: masses at 7am, 9am and 5pm.
Parish/City of God: masses at 8am, 10am and 7pm.
Rocinha: masses at 7am, 10am and 6pm.
Penha Circular: masses at 7am and 10am. The 10am celebration will be presided over by Cardinal Orani Tempesta.
Archbishop's agenda includes celebration of Christ's 95th birthday
Dom Orani's schedule begins at 7:30 am, with a mass at the Paineiras Visitor Center, on Estrada das Paineiras, unnumbered, in Alto da Boa Vista. The celebration marks 95 years since the inauguration of the monument to Christ the Redeemer.
At 10 am, the cardinal celebrates at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida Parish, at Rua do Alho, 43, in Marcílio Dias, in the Penha Circular region. The mass will have the theme “Happy is she who believed”, and the image of the saint will be crowned before the final blessing. Afterwards, the archbishop will visit the event “Action of love of Christ the Redeemer”, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of São Sebastião.
The last event announced is the 6pm mass in Cachambi, with the reading of the decree that elevates the parish to an Archdiocesan Sanctuary.
Rio was the stage for the solemn proclamation of the patron saint
This year's celebrations also remember the 95th anniversary of the solemn proclamation of Our Lady of Aparecida as patron saint of Brazil, held in Rio on May 31, 1931. The ceremony was presided over by the then archbishop, Cardinal Sebastião Leme, when the city was still the federal capital.
The recognition decree had been signed by Pope Pius XI on July 16, 1930. According to the Archdiocese, the ceremony in Rio marked the public reading of the pontifical document. The original image was brought from Aparecida, in the interior of São Paulo, to participate in the celebration.
When commenting on the date, Dom Orani highlighted the presence of churches dedicated to the saint in the city and called for peace and fraternity.
"Here in Rio, we have many parishes, churches and chapels dedicated to Our Lady of Aparecida. We ask that, through the intercession of Mary, who manifested herself in simplicity to the Brazilian people, God grants us days of peace and fraternity", he stated.
