The liturgical feast of May commemorates the apparitions of San Michele to the Bishop Lorenzo Maiorano who gave birth to the millenary history of the cult of the Archangel and of his sanctuary on the Gargano. It was May 8, 490, in fact, when the Messenger of God manifested himself…...
“To be an authentic nativity scene”: the bishop’s wishes
Almost a year after his episcopal consecration and his establishment in the Sipontine-Gargano diocese, Mons. Franco Moscone sent Christmas greetings to his diocesan people. Christmas it must commit our existence to shedding light on an individualistic and polluted society, which tries to push aside Christian values, which proposes a culture…...
Go up, pray, walk
A few days before the Feast of San Michele, Mons. Franco Lovignana arrived at the Shrine. Leading a diocesan pilgrimage dedicated to the sacred destinations of the Gargano, on 1 October the Bishop of Aosta visited the places full of history and spirituality of the Basilica. The reflection proposed during…...
The dress … of the Feast
You know, for a party you wear an elegant and beautiful dress, a dress worthy of the circumstance. The circumstance in question is the Solemnity of St. Michael the Archangel on September 29th: a liturgical feast that usually “attracts” thousands of faithful but which this year, falling on a Sunday,…...