This has been stated by the president of the Brotherhood, Rafael Garrote, who has pointed out that the pandemic “has made us have to reinvent what is considered the first great party of the year in the city of Valencia, which changes but is still alive with different acts , like the mass and the virtual blessing of animals, this Sunday, January 17 “.
Thus, this Sunday it is planned to celebrate in the parish of San Antonio Abad de València the mass in honor of its owner, on the day of its liturgical feast, at 11 a.m., following all health guidelines, and will also be broadcast via streaming on the Facebook page and the YouTube channel of the Brotherhood.
Likewise, “although this year the massive blessing and parade of animals will not be held in the streets, at the end of the mass, a release of pigeons in a closed courtyard and a blessing by the parish priest, the Salesian religious Santiago Muñoz, will take place. of a small representation of animals, specifically four dogs from the Civil Guard, National Police, UME and the Association of Users of Guide Dogs of the Valencian Community “, he added.
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At the end of these acts “from the social networks of the Brotherhood -Twitter, Facebook and Youtube- we will share the virtual blessing with a video edited with all the photographs and videos that animal lovers have sent us in recent weeks, after the appeal. which was made in December and which has also been disseminated on the networks themselves and on posters with QR codes “.
The Brotherhood of San Antonio Abad, through its president Rafael Garrote, has conveyed “a message of joy and optimism to so many lovers of the Sant Antoni del Porquet festival” and has encouraged them to celebrate it this year online, at the hope of being able to carry out other activities in the future, depending on the development of the pandemic, such as the traditional Solidarity Market.
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