Program of Celebrations of the Holy Cross in Villanueva de la Serena

Year 2023

It celebrates: From 30th April to 5th May
Place: Villanueva de la Serena (Badajoz)

With a good number of religious and leisure activities. These celebrations represent a space for coexistence, in which the participation of its residents is a noteworthy characteristic. Religious events that culminate on Sunday with the Procession of the Holy Cross.

Program of Celebrations of the Holy Cross in Villanueva de la Serena

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Celebrations of the Holy Cross in Villanueva de la Serena 2023

Religious Events

April 29-30 and May 1

  • 8:00 p.m.: EUCHARIST AND TRIDUUM IN HONOR OF THE HOLY CROSS. "Missionary Parish"

Saturday, April 29

Sermon by Francisco Orán Muñoz (Seminary Formator and Diocesan Delegate of Vocations).

  • Imposition of crosses on new Brothers/Sisters.

Sunday, April 30

Sermon by Jacinto Ruiz-Roso Rivera (Parish Priest of La Coronada).

Monday, May 1

Sermon by Miguel Ángel González Vizuete (Parish Priest of Azuaga).

Flower offering to the Holy Cross.

  • 8:00 a.m.: ROSARY OF THE DAWN with the following route: Plaza Don Sebastián Martin Murillo, Buenavista, López de Ayala, San Miguel, Herrera, Duque, Avda. Hernán Cortés, Buenavista, Plaza Don Sebastián Martin Murillo and Parish.
  • 8:40 a.m.: EUCHARIST in memory of deceased Brothers/Sisters of the Brotherhood.

May 3

CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY CROSS AND PARISH DAY

  • 8:00 p.m.: SOLEMN CONCELEBRATED EUCHARIST, accompanied by the parish choir of the Holy Cross.
  • 8:45 p.m.: After the Eucharist, PROCESSION OF THE HOLY CROSS, with the following route: Buenavista, Avda. Hernán Cortés, San Miguel, López de Ayala, Cruz del Rio, Plaza Don Sebastián Martin Murillo (where the floral offering to the Holy Cross will be made), Buenavista and Parish.

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