Pre-Christmas celebration Associazione Fontevecchia

  • 19/12/2012
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 "It 'was the celebration officiated by Don Vito sang in the church of the Holy Trinity, which is returned to the community in the Borgo Case-by Troiano Valley Coal, in Spoltore, to officially open the pre-Christmas celebrations in the village itself. A celebration sealed by an exchange of gifts, which is a tribute to Don Vito Association Fontevecchia a devotional painting of St Camillus de Lellis, and the Association itself, which in turn has given us, through Vincent Marcone, artisan-carpenter of 'Association, a press of the' Secreta 'original is kept in the cloistered convent of the Sisters of St. Clare. A time of great emotional impact concluded with the blessing of the crib terracotta, made by artisans in Tuscany, on the 8th of December. "
"Over a hundred people took part in the Holy Mass officiated by Don Vito sang in the church of the Holy Trinity Village Homes Troiano, a structure - reminded the members of the association - the original of 1600, turned into a barn and 800 After a careful restoration project carried out by local craftsmen, reported use of worship at the beginning of 2012. A church around which today is gathered, the community has with the Association Fontevecchia. And the Mass was the occasion for the official opening of the Christmas festivities in the village. The Mass was followed by a short procession and blessing of the Nativity in terracotta, by some Tuscan craftsmen, specialized in the production of terracotta who visited the Museum of Arts peasant opened last August and decided to donate the fruit of their land to our village, in a sort of twinning designed to develop spiritual and environmental protection of our lands. Local craftsmen, originating via Valley Coal, Charles Bull, Orlando Alessandro Morelli and Di Clemente, have also focused on the 9 statues of terra cotta, creating by hand and the exclusive use of natural local materials, the cave, one meter high and 50 cm wide. The cave was in fact built with bundles of strains of olive, oak, fig, acacia, elder, laurel, quince and pyracantha, trees that are specific to the country spoltorese in accordance with the site and to keep faith with old traditions that have always featured the work of local craftsmen. The day ended with an exchange of gifts: Don Vito sang paid homage to the Association Fontevecchia with a picture devotional San Camillo De Lellis and the craftsman carpenter Vincent Marcone, a member of the Association, presented a print of Don Vito 'Secreta: the priestly prayers before and after missam' in use in ancient times, the original print is preserved in the monastery of cloistered nuns of Santa Chiara. "
 
 
Grateful for the attention, they hold out Regards
 
Spoltore, December 16, 2012
 
 
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The committee for the establishment of the Fontevecchia Association was formed in 2010 and is an active part of civil society with interventions relating to the environment, mobility, knowledge and integration. The purpose of the association, in addition to the protection of traditions, the territory and the aesthetic redevelopment of the village born in 1600, is articulated on a wide range of interventions.