On Monday, September 18, the Delegation of Emilia Romagna organized a training Conference for aspiring Knights and Dames. The conference was chaired by Msgr. Arnaldo Morandi, Secretary General of the Office of the Grand Prior and H.E. Mr. Alberto Lembo, Grand Inquisitor. Mr. Franco Marenghi, Vice Delegate for Emilia Romagna and Mr. Ilario Pagani, Representative for Modena and Reggio Emilia also attended the conference, along with other Knights, Dames and aspiring members.
On September 14 the Knights and Dames of the Abruzzo and Molise delegation, as well as their families, assembled in the Marian Sanctuary of Castelpetroso (IS) to celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
At the conclusion of the procession Don Francesco Ferro, Knight of Ecclesiastical Grace, celebrated Holy Mass. In so doing he spoke of the importance of the Feast in the Christian world and its meaning for the Constantinian Militia, remembering the Special Indulgence awarded to participants by our Holy Father Pope Francis.
The liturgy ended with benediction of the relic of the wood of the cross by Knight of Ecclesiastical Grace don Natalino di Rienzo. This important festivity marked the beginning of the 2017 spiritual retreat for Knights of the Delegation which lasted until Saturday 16 September. Approximately 60 Knights, Dames and applicants participated, coordinated by the Delegate, Mr Franco Ciufo, as well as local families and dignitaries.
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross is one of the principal activities for members of the Constantinian order and as such is solemnly celebrated throughout Sicily, with ceremonies in Acireale (CT), Milazzo and Palermo.
A great number of Knights, Dames and Volunteers participated in the ceremony in each of these locations, demonstrating a positive response to the invitation of His Most Rev. Eminence the Cardinal Grand Prior to celebrate this fixed appointment with dignity.
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated by the Lombardy Delegation in an atmosphere of sober solemnity in the parish church of San Gottardo, Brescia, site of the Prior of Lombardy Mons. Arnaldo Morandi, Secretary General of the Office of the Grand Prior.
Holy Mass was celebrated by Mons. Pierantonio Bodini, Knight of Ecclesiastical Grace and canon of the patriarchal basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Present for the ceremony were Vice Delegate Mr. Giuseppe Rizzani, provincial representatives, the chaplain for Monza Brianza Don Michele Somaschini and a great number of knights and dames of the Constantinian Order.
Authorities present included the provincial delegate of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher, Mr Claudio Andreoli. The celebration was followed by a fraternal agape whose proceeds will be used for the charitable activities of the Order.
Avenza (MS), 7 September 2017 – Knights of the Tuscany Delegation, led by Vice Delegate Knight Commander Edoardo Puccetti, donated a technologically advanced defibrillator to Don Marino Novalesi of the Church of St. Peter the Apostle in Avenza to be used by parish oratory directed by the ANSP P.G. Club Frassati.
The donation is part of the project “A defibrillator for every province” established by the Tuscany Delegation.
