{"id":14580,"date":"2014-03-24T18:39:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T23:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=14580"},"modified":"2014-03-24T18:39:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T23:39:43","slug":"on-july-13-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=14580","title":{"rendered":"On July 13, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parish of Santa Maria Greca in Corato Italy
\n<\/strong>is getting ready to celebrate their Patron’s Feast Day<\/strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Santa Maria Greca
\nProtector of Corato
\nFeast Day July 18th<\/strong><\/p>\n

From their\u00a0website<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(it’s in Italian)<\/em>:<\/p>\n

On the occasion of the Feast of the Madonna Greca, after a complex process of restoration, the crypt of the Shrine which houses the icon depicting the Madonna Greca (oil on panel),\u00a0(s<\/em>ee\u00a0above picture)<\/em>\u00a0will be reopened. According to tradition, it is the portrait from the miraculous events that took place in 1656 and that made Her\u00a0(Santa Maria Greca)<\/em>\u00a0protector of Corato.
\nLocated in the historic center, the Diocesan Shrine of Santa Maria Greca is a valuable building that has for the city and for the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie great importance in historical, artistic and religious terms.
\nThroughout the ages, it has been a place of pilgrimage related to Marian devotion. Since 1963, with the re-burial of the mortal remains of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta (who is in the process of beatification ), the church has also become a destination for visitors from all over the world.
\nThe growing number of visitors who are attracted to other items of artistic relevance present in it, has made it increasingly necessary to adapt the facilities, services and spaces to the changing needs.
\nThe building consists of an upper church and a crypt that has had over time\u00a0up to the present day,\u00a0various changes, demolitions, reconstructions and additions.
\nThe restoration was made \u200b\u200bpossible in part thanks to the financing of the fund 8xmille of the Catholic Church and the Financing of the Italian region of Puglia. \u00a0Above all, however, the economic effort of so many parishioners who have generously contributed must be counted,\u00a0because this place was restored for the benefit of all in the city. \u00a0I wish to extend a\u00a0special thank you\u00a0to those who actually carried out the restoration. First, the designer and director of the work, \u00a0arch. Rosalia Lojodice, of the Company Co.me.st. of Giuseppe Storelli, as well as all the workers who helped with competence and generosity.<\/p>\n

Father Sergio Pellegrini, pastor<\/p>\n

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The Parish of Santa Maria Greca in Corato Italy is getting ready to celebrate their Patron’s Feast Day! Santa Maria Greca Protector of Corato Feast Day July 18th From their\u00a0website\u00a0(it’s in Italian): On the occasion of the Feast of the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7779,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divine-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7779"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14582,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14580\/revisions\/14582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}