Continuing Pastoral Visit, our Bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli reached the community with the least number of inhabitants: Palagianello.a community of the faithful in the small municipality has accepted the evening of Jan. 6 at the Church of Our Lady of Grace. The Bishop, who is still recovering in his welcoming address to the faithful urged everyone to come to Christ, not to resign, to be sure of not being alone. Bishop's appeal is addressed to all men, women, youth, children, sick people, professionals, unemployed, almost everyone has announced the encounter with Christ. The church was packed and people listened. "The pastoral visit in the diocese is about to end, it is almost the time of stocktaking, and I am sure that I leave an indelible mark. " Bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli Palagianello as the last leaves in its path that led him to touch the reality and the problems of the Church of Castellaneta. People listened to him, admired even by his words on suffering, human suffering on his suffering. She feels it close, you feel taken by the hand in the exploration of the Faith which passes through the human events, people, situations. Moment that marks the lives of all, faithful and Bishop. Of all. The people in the path of Palagianello waited at the entrance of the church where the bishop kissed the crucifix. There were three priests, Father Nunzio Schena he did the honors, Don Gregory Szczepaniak pastor of the church of Saint Anthony in Montedoro and Don John Magistro, Administrator of Holy Rosary Parish and Secretary of His Excellency.
In his welcome speech, the Mayor of Palagianello prof. Michele Labalestra welcomed him on behalf of all citizens, "honest, industrious that have fed the teaching of the Church." He stressed his administration's attention to people who live diversabilità, the elderly, not to make them feel forgotten, and this together with the parishes in some ways. The hope is that the presence for a month in aid of our Bishop Palagianello to "enlighten our political and economic activities, our social and spiritual life, knowing that in this time of grace will enlighten you of confidence and hope." The mayor cites the President of the Republic ("the supreme value that must guide us is respect for human dignity") and the Pope ("we are facing an educational emergency") and according to the Church the certainty of the draw "growth paths human, spiritual and value. " Do not forget to mention Don Cesar and Don Vincent, parish of Palagianello the last fifty years. Nunzio
Don Schena, visibly moved, Palagianello Bishop welcomes the community lives, as do Don Gregorio and Don John: A healthy community that needs help not to make mistakes and are able to receive and listen.
During the ceremony, the Mayor gave the Bishop a copy of a rock painting representing St. Peter the Apostle, who is also named after the mother church of the town, painted by the artist John Carpignano, has always been deeply in love of our land and that it always takes new sap that inspires his wonderful works. A large number of faithful, therefore, along with civil and military authorities accepted in Palagianello, "but precious little cameo of this pastoral visit," as he said the Bishop, the Pastor of the Church Castellaneta.
Days palagianellesi by Archbishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli starting Thursday, January 8 until 11, with a visit to the community of the first parish, St. Anthony, in the district Montedoro. We feared a few years ago that the church was closed, but the faith of palagianellesi allowed to continue to keep it in operation and is now more popular than before. It continues with a visit to the parish of St. Peter the Apostle, between 19 and 25 January to end between 26 January and 1 February in the parish of Queen of the Holy Rosary, the most populous.
Monday, February 2 to 18, the closure, with a solemn Mass at the Church del Rosario and Festainsieme, animated by the local folk group.
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