{"id":30704,"date":"2019-01-03T14:46:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T14:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constantinianorder.net\/sicilia-attivita-per-il-santo-natale-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:48:28","slug":"sicily-activities-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/sicily-activities-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"SICILY: ACTIVITIES FOR CHRISTMAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30702\" src=\"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/monreale-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"monreale\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0 December 21<sup>st<\/sup>, \u00a0the Sicilian delegation offered a Christmas lunch to the guests of the &#8220;Benedetto Balsamo&#8221; retirement home in Monreale. The Archbishop of Monreale HE Msgr. Michele Pennisi, Prior of Sicily, the Vice Delegate, Mr. Vincenzo Nuccio and the volunteers Daniela Prestigiacomo, Sonia Lo Monaco and Antonella Zito, the director Giovanni Viola and the assistants of the structure served the meals to the elderly guests.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30699\" src=\"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bricle-di-slute-alla-Real-Chiesa-Carolina-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"bricle di slute alla Real Chiesa Carolina\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On December 23<sup>rd<\/sup> , the Vice Delegate handed over about 100 kilos of pasta to the director of the <em>Maria SS Assunta<\/em> fraternity located at the <em>Real Carolina<\/em> Church, in a suburb of Palermo called Guadagna. The confreres will distribute the pasta to the needy people of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30701\" src=\"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/messa-di-natale-alla-magione-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"messa di natale alla magione\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On December 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, Msgr. Salvatore Grimaldi, parish priest of the <em>Magione <\/em>Church, celebrated a holy mass for the knights and the dames on the occasion of Christmas. Before the Eucharistic celebration, Bishop Grimaldi thanked the Royal Family and the Sicilian delegation for donating four of the new stands for the church.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30698\" src=\"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/briciole-di-salute-a-Noto-24-12-18-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"briciole di salute a Noto 24-12-18 (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On December 23<sup>rd<\/sup> , Mr. Marcello Cantone, representative of Noto, delivered lots of products to Father Volantino, responsible of <em>Saint Corrado<\/em> canteen. After the donation, Mr. Cantone was received by Mgr. Staglian\u00f2 and discussed about the activities of the delegation in his diocese.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30697\" src=\"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/acireale-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"dav\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On December 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, some Sicilian knights offered <em>panettone<\/em>, a typical Italian Christmas cake, to young mothers, their children and families in need at the <em>Madonna della Tenda di Cristo<\/em> community in Acireale. The cake had been provided by a local industry. The delivery is part of the project &#8220;Briciole di Salute&#8221; and was carried out under the patronage of the Bishop of Acireale H.E. Msgr. Antonino Raspanti, IEC Vice President for Southern Italy, and thanks to the active collaboration of the meritorious Giuseppe D&#8217;Urso.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30700\" src=\"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mazara-del-vallo-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"mazara del vallo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On \u00a0Christmas Eve, \u00a0Mr. Michele Salerno and Mr. Antonino Centonze were received by H.E. Msgr. Domenico Mogavero, Bishop of Mazara, to wish him a merry Christmas. During the meeting, they were able to appreciate the message His Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Grand Prior, had addressed to all the knights for Christmas. Then, a new defibrillator was offered to the Bishop who, visibly moved, gave it to the Mother Superior in the presence of the sports directors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30696\" src=\"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/san-martino-delle-scale-300x225.png\" alt=\"san martino delle scale\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On December 30th , a Mass was celebrated and presided over by the Reverend Father Vittorio Rizzone at the Benedictine Abbey of S. Martino delle Scale. Many knights attended. Before the blessing, the Vice Delegate gave the Abbot his letter of appointment as Commander of Grace. After the religious ceremony, the Sicilian delegation offered a Christmas lunch to one hundred disadvantaged families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On\u00a0 December 21st, \u00a0the Sicilian delegation offered a Christmas lunch to the guests of the &#8220;Benedetto Balsamo&#8221; retirement home in Monreale. The Archbishop of Monreale HE Msgr. Michele Pennisi, Prior of Sicily, the Vice Delegate, Mr. Vincenzo Nuccio and the volunteers Daniela Prestigiacomo, Sonia Lo Monaco and Antonella Zito, the director Giovanni Viola and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delegation-of-sicily"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56458,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30704\/revisions\/56458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}