Mariological Congress "Mary, Mother and Guide on the Way to Holiness" from June 25 to 28, 2024 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

On April 23, 1925, the Canonical Coronation of the blessed image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel of Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain took place. The ceremony and subsequent solemn procession remained in the collective memory of Jerez.

The Betica Province and especially the Carmelite community of Jerez de la Frontera, with the commission appointed specifically to organize the commemorative acts of the centenary, together with the Confraternity of Ladies and Knights of Carmel, the Third Order Carmelites and all the groups that make up the basilica, with the approval and absolute collaboration of His Excellency, the Bishop of the Diocese of Asidonia-Jerez, José Rico Pavés and Her Excellency the Mayoress of Jerez, María José García-Pelayo Jurado, believe that such an event not only can not go unnoticed, but has to bring onto the city as many spiritual gifts as Our Blessed Mother provides, the missionary evangelization of all those who want to hear the Word of God, and the revitalization and increase of faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ through the mediation of the Blessed Virgin of Carmel.

From the year 2022 until 2025, the anniversary of the Coronation, events are being held, whose pillars are worship, formation, and charity. With special follow-up, missions have been carried out every year in different outlying parishes of Jerez, the social work is carried out weekly through the "Meals of Mercy," and with regard to training, there have been several conferences and exhibitions.

After the opening in April 2024 of the Jubilee Year, on the occasion of the centenary of the canonical coronation of the Virgen del Carmen, the next event will be the Mariological Congress entitled "Mary, Mother and Guide on the Path of Holiness," which will take place June 25-28 this year.

Monsignor Luis Marin de San Martin, Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, Fr. Salvador Villota Herrero, O. Carm., Provincial of the Aragon, Castile, and Valencia Carmelite Province, to Gloria Falcao Dodd and Fr. Francisco María Fernández, will travel to Jerez de la Frontera to give different conferences on how we can approach the figure of Mary.

pdf To read or download (in Spanish) the announcement of the Mariological Congress (352 KB)

To learn more about the event you can consult the website: https://congresomarianojerez.es/