Bishop Cornacchia at Giovinazzo in honor of St. Thomas

Giovinazzo will celebrate today his co-patron, July 3, St. Thomas the Apostle . It starts in the morning with a celebration at the Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta at 9:00

Then at 18:15 there will be the recitation of the Holy Rosary, which will precede the Pontifical Solemn celebrated by HE Msgr. Domenico Cornacchia, Bishop of the diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo di Puglia – Giovinazzo – Terlizzi. The mayor will be present at the ceremony, Tommaso Depalma, the chairman of the city council, Alfonso Arbore various advisers and military and citizens of the local police.

At the end of the celebration there will be the ancient and sincere ritual of the kiss of the Saint's relic, whose image is on the banner of our city and to which the Giovinazzesi are pious generations. His mortal remains lie in Abruzzo, in Ortona, an Adriatic city with which Giovinazzo has an intense relationship.