The Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne”
(Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy.
Text and Illustrations: INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST
His Eminence, Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, has entrusted to The Institute Of Christ The King Sovereign Priest The Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne” (Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy. Along with The Canonical Establishment of this Apostolate, Cardinal Sepe has nominated, as Rector of the Church, Canon Louis Valadier.
Located in Piazza Cavour, in downtown Naples, about a ten minute walk from the Cathedral, Our Lady of The Rosary Church “alle Pigne” had suffered damage in the 1980 earthquake. Despite restoration work in the 1990s, it had not been reopened. Dating from the 17th-Century, the Church is the artistic masterpiece of Arcangelo Guglielmelli.
The statue of Our Lady of The Rosary, Venerated above The High Altar.
The Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne”
(Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy.
At the invitation of Cardinal Sepe, The Institute Clergy and local Faithful worked to prepare the Church for the Solemn Ceremony of re-opening on Friday evening, 6 October 2017. To represent the Cardinal at the Ceremony, the Most Reverend Lucio Lemmo, Auxiliary Bishop, presided. The Prior General of The Institute, Monsignor Gilles Wach, was present, along with The Institute’s resident Clergy in Naples, Canon Louis Valadier, Canon Guillaume Fenoll, Canon Florian Braun, and Seminarian Abbe Andrea De Pascale. The Archbishop’s Delegate for the Union of Catholic Works attended, as well as several Civil and Military authorities, such as The Commandant of The Carabinieri of the City’s Stella neighborhood.
The statue of Our Lady of The Rosary on the exterior façade of the Church was Solemnly Crowned. Bishop Lemmo Blessed the restored wooden statue of Our Lady of The Rosary, Venerated above The High Altar. Solemn High Mass was Celebrated by Monsignor Wach.
Exterior of the Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne”
(Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy.
The statue of Our Lady of The Rosary on the exterior
façade of the Church was Solemnly Crowned.
The Apostolate Web-Site is HERE
Mass is Celebrated, daily, at 7:00 p.m.
The High Altar.
The Church of Our Lady of The Rosary “alle Pigne”
(Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario alle Pigne), Naples, Italy.
