Rosary on the Camino from November 3 to Dec 8 | Rosary Procession from the Fortaleza | Mass times in Viana do Castelo & Ponte de Lima

Children's Rosary Interviews JMJ (World Youth Day) Delegate, Tomé Alexandre for the Rosary on the Camino Journal OTERCO.SUBSTACK.COM | Interview Excerpt Below + Pray for Holy Souls

Camino Portugués por la Costa | FORMATION ON THE CAMINO

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ARCHDIOCESE OF PORTO

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• VISIT: Chapel of the Holy Souls in Porto, Portugal

  • Coordenadas GPS: N 41 08.990' W 008 36.343'  (41.14983, -8.60572)

    • Rua de Santa Catarina 428, 4000-124 Porto

      Acesso:  Metro – Bolhão

      Horário

      Segunda-feira / terça-feira/ quarta-feira/ quinta-feira/ sexta-feira 
      07:30 às 18:00

      Sábado / domingo 
      07:30 às 12:30
      18:00 às 19:30 

• Many option options to worship in PORTO: [Link will be updated shortly]. Start to explore by location https://www.portugalexposure.com/most-beautiful-churches-in-porto/ the beautiful spaces to pray the Rosary. To review how-to-pray the Rosary, click here: https://theholyrosary.substack.com

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ARCHDIOCESE OF BRAGA | Prayer options by the Albergues |

• Where to pray near the Albergue de peregrinos São José de Ribamar, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

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First Friday | Nov. 3, 2023 | Centres of Formation on the Camino to Santiago, Portugal

Dear Readers of the Rosary on the Camino:

Where-to-Pray on the Camino?

Sometimes it is hard to know where to pray, or to find a prayer community in a new country and when on pilgrimage.

You might be from Belgium, the Ukraine, China, England, India. Know that this site was created for you! You are most welcome as you journey on “The Way” of St. James to pray with the communities on the Camino as you reach your final destination at the Cathedral in Spain.

While one does not have to walk for miles-and-miles to experience the beauty of the Holy Mass far from home, pilgrimages do allow for a time of deep contemplative encounter with God, present in nature, present in the people we encounter, and present in the Sacred Spaces we visit.

This time of reflection gives you a chance to renew your encounter with Jesus Christ.

Today is First Friday. If you are looking for a powerful way to deepen this relationship as we enter into the Advent Season, we have provided below some options for First Friday Devotion for today, after your walk from Porto, Vila do Conde, or are en route to Balasar, or your last destination and which will be perpetual (every First Friday) in 2023, 2024 etc.

• Go to Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (BSJ) in Póvoa de Varzim which has adoration all day today until 5:30 p.m. Due North of the Mercado going to Aver o Mar. You can pray the Rosary here in silence.

• NOTE: The Basilica offers confession at 3:30-5:00 p.m. to fulfill the conditions of First Friday / First Saturday Devotion this weekend… as explained to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and Venerable Lucia.

  • If you are on the Camino today, come by for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Note: be sure to arrive closer to the start time. HINT: Look for the line-up on the right side aisle upon entering the Church. Those who are not “peregrinos” (pilgrims) and are locals reading this journal are still invited to make First Friday / First Saturday a priority starting this month in preparation for Advent. The First Friday programme consists of participating in 9 (nine) First Fridays, and for tomorrow, Five First Saturdays.

  • If you cannot fulfill this requirement due to the stamp programme, or due to time constraints for work, etc., try the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy (https://thedivinemercy.org). Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, the Provincial Superior of the Marian Fathers at the Shrine and his team have led both devotions with the biggest Livestreams in the World (2000+ attendees) for First Friday and First Saturday since January 2021. Fr. Chris walks you through all the requirements of these two devotions and See the Calendar here and tune-in from anywhere on the Camino. If you miss the posted times on the calendar below, you can watch the replay. If you are in Stockbridge, MA, or in the USA, why not do a walking pilgrimage to the Shrine?

    • https://www.shrineofdivinemercy.org/calendar

  • First Friday Devotion can include benediction, a Rosary offered to Jesus, a talk / mass, Holy Mass, an act of Spiritual Communion if you cannot go to the mass, and an act of reparation. As you pilgrimage, you can use Rosary beads to say 10 to 50 to 600 times the Jesus prayer, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me a poor sinner”). To learn more about the “Why” of our prayers, Fr. Chris has 150 talks online explaining the Faith. Tune in here:

    • Want to learn Portuguese and how to pray on First Friday? Start by learn the Angel of Peace prayer uttered during Benediction anywhere in Portugal with Pe. Nuno here:

  • NOTE: The above video also features the prayer written by St. Thomas Aquinas (see the video) in Portuguese. The original in Latin is here:

Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Præstet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui. Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
Amen.

in ENGLISH:

Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,
newer rites of grace prevail;
faith for all defects supplying,
where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father,
and the Son who reigns on high,
with the Holy Ghost proceeding
forth from Each eternally,
be salvation, honor, blessing,
might and endless majesty. Amen.

If you cannot attend Benediction, just think as you walk “the Way” of St. James about the Real Presence being exposed today all over the world. If you are just even going to your car, or waiting somewhere in line, you can do this any day, even if it is not First Friday!

Why? Well, everyday at 3pm (from https://divinemercy.org)

Jesus asked, that as often as we “hear the clock strike the third hour” that we deeply contemplate His Passion, “if only for a brief moment”. But after we observe the moment of the death of the Messiah at 3 O’Clock with this special prayer, we then have before us “the hour of great mercy for the whole world”. (Diary 1320) Jesus has let us know that in Heaven, the 3 O’Clock hour is a special holy hour, as He said, "it was the hour of grace for the whole world — mercy triumphed over justice...In this hour, you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking...In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion". (Diary 1320, 1572) He asked St. Faustina, that if she had time she should make the Stations of the Cross during this special hour. He acknowledged that her duties might prevent her from being able to do this, but He asked that on these occasions, she step into a church and adore His Mercy, if only for a brief moment. He also said that if she did not have the opportunity to enter a church, she could pause, wherever she was, and “immerse yourself in prayer there where you happen to be, if only for a very brief instant”. (Diary 1572)

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BENEDICTION ON THE CAMINO TO SANTIAGO:

• WHERE TO PRAY ON FIRST FRIDAY on the ATLANTIC COAST OF PORTUGAL

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• Benediction + Mass with Pe. Delfim at 5:30-6:30 (17h30-18:30+) at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Póvoa across from the Euro Panda / gas station). To pray the mass in Portuguese, link here.

• Pray the Rosary | Terço at Desterro at 4:00 p.m. (16h00) every Friday | Missa at Desterro at 4:30 p.m. every Friday (16h30) | To learn to pray the Rosary in Portuguese anywhere in Portugal, start learning the Avé Maria with Padre Nuno here.

  • For support on the Mysteries, visit our new journal here.

  • For a refresh on how to pray the Rosary or to teach someone you are travelling with how-to-pray the Rosary, click here.

  • Pray the Rosary in Spanish here.

  • Pray the Rosary in French here. [Practice via Live Stream at Lourdes]

  • Pray the Rosary in German here.

• Rosary | TERÇO on the CAMINO at Lapa | 5:30 p.m. (17h30) and Missa at 6 p.m. (18h00)

• Rosary | TERÇO on the CAMINO at Matriz and special funeral mass | 6h30 (18h30) and Missa at 7 PM (19H00)

• Rosary | TERÇO on the CAMINO at the Sanctuary of Beata Alexandrina of Balasar

  • The pastor at the Sanctuary where in and around 1953 almost 5000-6000 people came to visit this Blessed to speak with and pray with the Saint who lived for 13 years on the Holy Eucharist alone, offers a Terço, exposition, and the Holy Mass regularly from the Shrine. Here is the link to FACEBOOK.

  • The tomb of Blessed Alexandrina da Balazar in the parish church coordinates for those locals who are pilgrimaging is as follows:

    Address: R. da Igreja 72, 4570 Balazar, Portugal

    Tel:    +351 252 951 601

  • WEBSITE:

    https://www.alexandrinadebalasar.pt/

  • “Ó Jesus, que Vos alegrais com os corações simples e humildes, tantas vezes esquecidos e desprezados, exaltai, com a graça da canonização, a Beata Alexandrina, que sempre desejou viver escondida do mundo e alheia às suas grandezas.

    Escutai as súplicas que, por seu intermédio, Vos dirigimos. Concedei-nos particularmente a graça que desejamos, se for para Vossa honra, glorificação do Imaculado Coração de Maria e salvação dos pecadores, pelas quais tão generosamente se imolou esta Vossa tão dedicada filha.”

    Braga, 14 de Abril de 2005,
    P. Manuel Moreiras da Costa Santos
    D. Jorge da Costa Ortiga, Arcebispo Primaz de Braga

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CONNECT & PRAY WITH WORLD YOUTH DAY 2023 DELEGATES

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Did you go to World Youth Day? Are you looking for people to pray with who are your age? We invite you to pray this coming Sunday, Nov. 5 at 10H45 at S. José Ribamar across from the albergue with Tomé and GRJ a youth group on the Camino modelling the prayer of the Rosary that was emphasized at the most recent World Youth Day meeting in Lisbon, an initiative Archbishop of Lisbon explains in this interview:

There are no subtitles for the above interview. Try practicing your Portuguese! Transcript coming soon.

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The prayer this Youth Group will pray for the Holy Souls is as follows, in case you cannot join in person. Join in prayer where ever you are now, and this prayer will be repeated at the other Sunday Rosaries which are now 52 weeks a year before the Sunday a.m. Mass:

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MÊS DAS ALMAS

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Pray the Terço & Salvé Rainha which you can learn with Padre Nuno (Pastor on the Camino of Lapa / S. José) here or Fr. Peter (Pastor of Holy Rosary in Toronto) and Children’s Rosary Member here:

De Profundis

Do profundo abismo chamo por Vós, Senhor, *

Senhor, escutai a minha voz.

Estejam os vossos ouvidos atentos *

à voz da minha súplica.

Se tiverdes em conta as nossas faltas, *

Senhor, quem poderá salvar-se?

Mas em Vós está o perdão, *

para serdes temido com reverência.

Eu confio no Senhor, *

a minha alma confia na sua palavra.

A minha alma espera pelo Senhor, *

mais do que as sentinelas pela aurora.

Mais do que as sentinelas pela aurora, *

Israel espera pelo Senhor,

porque no Senhor está a misericórdia *

e com Ele abundante redenção.

Ele há de libertar Israel *

de todas as suas faltas.

Oração

Ó Deus, Criador e Redentor de todos os fiéis, concedei às almas dos vossos servos e servas, a remissão de todos os seus pecados, para conseguirem, com pias súplicas,

a indulgência que sempre desejaram,

Vós que viveis e reinais por todos os séculos dos séculos, Ámen.

Guia - Dai-lhes Senhor o eterno descanso

R - Entre os resplendores da luz perpétua

Guia - Da porta do inferno

R - Livrai, Senhor as suas almas

Guia - Que descansem em paz

R - Ámen.

Guia - Ouvi, Senhor a minha oração

R - E chegue até Vos o meu clamor

Guia - Que descansem em paz

R - Ámen.

Consagração a Nossa Senhora

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OTHER PLACES TO PRAY ON THE CAMINO for PILGRIMS VISITING IN NOVEMBER:

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ARCIPRESTADO DE PONTE DE LIMA | FIRST SAT

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Sábado

1. Anais, 20:00, igreja paroquial

2. Arca, 18:30, igreja paroquial, (campal)

3. Arcos, (contactar Pároco)

4. Arcozelo, 17:30, St. António, (alternância semanal)

5. Arcozelo, 17:30, Nª Sra. Luz, (alternância semanal)

6. Arcozelo, 19:00, igreja paroquial

7. Cabaços, (contactar Pároco)

8. Calheiros, 19:00, Sta. Eufémia

9. Calvelo, 19:30, (campal)

10. Correlhã, 19:30, igreja paroquial nova

11. Estorãos, (contactar Pároco)

12. Facha, 17:00, igreja paroquial

13. Feitosa, 20:00, igreja paroquial

14. Fontão, (contactar Pároco)

15. Fornelos, 18:00, igreja paroquial

16. Freixo, 19:30, (campal)

17. Friastelas, (contactar Pároco)

18. Gandra, 19:00, igreja paroquial

19. Gemieira, 19:30, igreja paroquial

20. Labruja, 19:00, Santuário Socorro

21. Labrujó, 17:00, igreja paroquial, alterna c/ domingo

22. Mato, (contactar Pároco)

23. Moreira Lima, 18:00, igreja paroquial

24. Poiares, 18:00, igreja paroquial

25. Ponte Lima, 16:00, matriz (Mother Church)

26. Ponte Lima, 21:30, matriz (Mother Church)

27. Rebordões SM, 19:30, igreja paroquial

28. Rebordões(Sto), 18:30, igreja paroquial

29. Refoios Lima, 19:00, igreja paroquial, (abril a outubro)

30. Rendufe, 17:00, igreja paroquial, alterna c/ domingo

31. Ribeira, 19:15, igreja paroquial

32. Sá, 17:30, igreja paroquial

33. Sta Cruz Lima, 17:30, igreja paroquial

34. Seara, 18:00, igreja paroquial

35. Vilar Almas, 18:30, (campal)

36. Vilar Monte, 17:00, igreja paroquial, alterna c/ domingo

37. Vitorino Donas, 19:00, igreja paroquial

38. Vitorino Piães, 19:00, igreja paroquial

Domingo | ARCIPRESTADO DE PONTE DE LIMA | SUNDAY MASSES for CAMINO TRAVELLERS

1. Anais, 08:00, igreja paroquial

2. Anais, 11:00, Capela dos Corvos

3. Arcos, (contactar Pároco)

4. Arcozelo, 08:00, igreja paroquial

5. Ardegão, 11:00, igreja paroquial

6. Bárrio, 09:00, igreja paroquial

7. Beiral Lima, 08:00, Armada

8. Beiral Lima, 10:30, Armada

9. Bertiandos, 10:45, igreja paroquial

10. Boalhosa, 10:30, igreja paroquial

11. Brandara, 10:15, igreja paroquial

12. Cabaços, (contactar Pároco)

13. Cabração, 11:15, igreja paroquial

14. Calheiros, 07:45, Sta. Eufémia

15. Calvelo, (contactar Pároco)

16. Cepões, 10:00, igreja paroquial

17. Correlhã, 08:00, igreja paroquial nova

18. Correlhã, 11:00, igreja paroquial nova

19. Estorãos, (contactar Pároco)

20. Facha, 10:30, igreja paroquial

21. Feitosa, 08:00, igreja paroquial

22. Fojo Lobal, 09:30, igreja paroquial

23. Fontão, (contactar Pároco)

24. Fornelos, 08:15, igreja paroquial

25. Freixo, 10:00, (campal)

26. Friastelas, (contactar Pároco)

27. Gaifar, 10:00, campal

28. Gandra, 09:00, igreja paroquial

29. Gemieira, 09:15, igreja paroquial

30. Gondufe, 08:30, igreja paroquial

31. Labruja, 11:00, igreja paroquial

32. Labrujó, 08:00, igreja paroquial alterna c/ sábado

33. Mato, (contactar Pároco)

34. Moreira Lima, 09:30, igreja paroquial

35. Navió, 08:00, igreja paroquial

36. Poiares, 10:00, igreja paroquial

37. Ponte Lima, 07:00, matriz

38. Ponte Lima, 09:00, matriz

39. Ponte Lima, 11:00, matriz

40. Ponte Lima, 16:00, matriz

41. Ponte Lima, 18:30, matriz

42. Queijada, 09:3, 0igreja paroquial

43. Rebordões SM, 08:00, igreja paroquial

44. Rebordões(Sto), 09:30, igreja paroquial

45. Refoios Lima, 08:00, igreja paroquial

46. Refoios, 10:45, igreja paroquial

47. Rendufe, 08:00, igreja paroquial, alterna c/ sábado

48. Ribeira, 07:00, igreja paroquial

49. Ribeira, 11:00, igreja paroquial

50. Sá, 09:15, igreja paroquial

51. Sandiães, 09:00, igreja paroquial

52. S. Comba Lima, 09:15, igreja paroquial

53. Sta Cruz Lima, 10:15, igreja paroquial

54. Seara, 08:00, igreja paroquial

55. Serdedelo, 09:30, igreja paroquial

56. Vilar Almas, 08:00, (campal)

57. Vilar do Monte, 09:00, igreja paroquial, alterna c/ sábado

58. Vitorino Donas, 09:00, igreja paroquial

59. Vitorino Piães, 09:00, igreja paroquial

60. Misericórdia, 12:00, igreja Misericórdia

Note: Some changes may occur depending on availability of a priest. If in doubt, go to the Mother Church. Ponte de Lima is a beautiful place to stop to pray. There are multiple wide-open chapels there, and people of all Faiths are welcome to enter and take time to pray in silence. If you are not a Catholic, you are still invited to pray the Mass and receive a blessing. To learn to pray the Holy Mass in Portuguese, click here.

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ARCIPRESTADO DE VIANA DO CASTELO | 1st SAT

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Sábado

1. Afife, 18:30, igreja paroquial

2. Alvarães, 19:00, igreja paroquial

3. Amonde, 18:00, igreja paroquial

4. Areosa, 18:00, igreja paroquial

5. Barroselas, 19:00, igreja paroquial

6. Cardielos, 19:30, igreja paroquial

7. Carreço, 17:00, igreja paroquial

8. Carvoeiro, 16:00, Vacaria

9. Carvoeiro, 17:30, igreja paroquial

10. Castelo Neiva, 19:00, Capela

11. Chafé, 20:00, igreja paroquial

12. Darque, 18:15, igreja paroquial

13. Deão, 19:00, igreja paroquial

14. Deocriste, 18:00, igreja paroquial

15. Geraz Lima SM, 19:00, igreja paroquial

16. Lanheses, 19:00, igreja paroquial

17. Mazarefes, 19:30, igreja paroquial

18. Meadela, 18:30, igreja paroquial

19. Monserrate, 18:30, São Domingos

20. Moreira G. Lima, 18:00, igreja paroquial

21. Mujães, 16:30, Capela Nevesa, (a confirmar)

22. Mujães, 19:00, igreja paroquial

23. Neiva, 19:30, igreja paroquial

24. Nogueira, 19:00, igreja paroquial

25. Nossa Senhora Fátima, 16:00, Sagrada Família

26. Nossa Senhora Fátima, 18:15, igreja paroquial

27. Outeiro, 17:45, igreja paroquial

28. Perre, 19:00, igreja paroquial

29. Portela Suzã, 16:30, igreja paroquial

30. Santa Maria Maior, 18:00, Sé Catedral

31. Portuzelo, 17:00, igreja paroquial

32. Portuzelo, 19:00, igreja paroquial

33. Senhor Socorro, 19:00, igreja paroquial

34. Serreleis, 18:30, igreja paroquial

35. Subportela, 18:00, igreja paroquial

36. Torre, 18:30, igreja paroquial

37. Vila de Punhe, 19:00, igreja paroquial

38. Vila Franca, 18:00, igreja paroquial

39. Vila Fria, 19:00, igreja paroquial

40. Vila Mou, 17:30, igreja paroquial

41. Vila Nova Anha, 19:00, igreja paroquial

42. Caridade, 17:00, Nª Sra. Caridade

43. Carmelitas, 18:00, igreja do Carmo

44. Espiritanos, 18:00, Ursulinas

Domingo | ARCIPRESTADO DE VIANA DO CASTELO (SUNDAY MASSES FOR PILGRIMS walking to / staying the night in Viana do Castelo)

1. Afife, 10:00, igreja paroquial

2. Alvarães, 08:30, S. José (Costeira)

3. Alvarães, 10:30, igreja paroquial

4. Amonde, 10:00, igreja paroquial

5. Areosa, 09:00, igreja paroquial

6. Barroselas, 08:00, igreja paroquial

7. Barroselas, 11:00, igreja paroquial

8. Cardielos, 08:45, igreja paroquial

9. Carreço, 09:00, igreja paroquial

10. Carvoeiro, 09:30, Mosteiro

11. Castelo Neiva, 08:00, igreja paroquial

12. Castelo Neiva, 10:30, Capela

13. Chafé, 07:00, igreja paroquial

14. Chafé, 09:00, igreja paroquial

15. Chafé, 10:30, Amorosa

16. Darque, 09:15, Paço Episcopal, (futuramente)

17. Darque, 10:30, igreja paroquial

18. Deão, 08:00, igreja paroquial

19. Deão, 10:30, igreja paroquial

20. Deocriste, 09:00, igreja paroquial

21. Geraz Lima SM, 08:00, igreja paroquial

22. Lanheses, 08:00, igreja paroquial

23. Lanheses, 11:00, igreja paroquial

24. Mazarefes, 09:00, igreja paroquial

25. Meadela, 08:00, igreja paroquial

26. Meadela, 10:30, igreja paroquial

27. Meadela, 16:00, (a confirmar)

28. Meadela, 18:30, igreja paroquial

29. Meixedo, 08:45, igreja paroquial

30. Monserrate, 08:30, Nª Sra. Agonia

31. Monserrate, 10:30 São Domingos

32. Monserrate, 19:00, São Domingos

33. Montaria, 10:00, igreja paroquial

34. Moreira G. Lima, 09:30, igreja paroquial

35. Mujães, 09:00, igreja paroquial

36. Neiva, 08:00, igreja paroquial

37. Nogueira, 11:15, igreja paroquial

38. Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 08:00, Senhora Necessidades

39. Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 09:30, igreja paroquial

40. Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 11:00, Sagrada Família

41. Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 12:00, igreja paroquial

42. Outeiro, 09:00, igreja paroquial

43. Perre, 10:15, igreja paroquial

44. Portela Suzã, 10:00, igreja paroquial

45. Santa Maria Maior, 09:30, Sé Catedral

46. Santa Maria Maior, 11:00, Sé Catedral

47. Santa Maria Maior, 11:00, Ordem Terceira

48. Santa Maria Maior, 18:00, Sé Catedral

49. Portuzelo, 08:30, igreja paroquial

50. Portuzelo, 11:00, igreja paroquial

51. Senhor Socorro, 10:30, igreja paroquial

52. Serreleis, 10:00, igreja paroquial

53. Subportela, 09:15, igreja paroquial

54. Torre, 09:00, igreja paroquial

55. Vila de Punhe, 10:00, igreja paroquial

56. Vila Franca, 09:00, igreja paroquial

57. Vila Fria, 07:30, igreja paroquial

58. Vila Fria, 09:30, igreja paroquial

59. Vila Mou, 10:30, igreja paroquial

60. Vila Nova Anha, 09:00, igreja paroquial

61. Vilar Murteda, 09:00, igreja paroquial

62. Caridade, 10:00, Nª Sra. Caridade

63. Carmelitas, 08:00, igreja do Carmo

64. Carmelitas,10:00, igreja do Carmo

65. Carmelitas,11:30, igreja do Carmo

66. Carmelitas,18:00, igreja do Carmo

67. Espiritanos, 08:00, Ursulinas

68. Hospital, 10:00, igreja capelania

69. Misericórdia, 12:00, igreja Misericórdia

70. Passionistas, 08:00, Barroselas

71. Passionistas, 09:30, Barroselas

72. Passionistas, 11:30, Barroselas

73. Sagrado Coração Jesus, 10:00, Santuário

74. Sagrado Coração Jesus,16:00, Santuário

75. Hospital, 17:00, igreja capelania

76. Passionistas, 18:30, Barroselas

77. Sagrado Coração Jesus, 16:00, Santuário

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LINK TO CHILDREN’S ROSARY INTERVIEW WITH TOMÉ SOON HERE

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DECEMBER 8th, 2023

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