Pilgrim Mass

[Alphonso Josemaría Soh]

What time is the pilgrim mass in the cathedral? Is it the same timing throughout the year?

 

[piogaw]

Pilgrim mass daily at 12 noon. Friday 19:30 (7:30 pm) mass with botafumeiro ceremony.

Buen camino.

 

[JohnnieWalker]

and on Sunday evening at 7.30 - the list of pilgrims who have arrived is also read.

 

[Alphonso Josemaría Soh]

Pilgrim mass daily at 12 noon. Friday 19:30 (7:30 pm) mass with botafumeiro ceremony.

Buen camino.

The botafumeiro ceremony is it done at every pilgrim mass?

 

[JohnnieWalker]

The botafumeiro ceremony is it done at every pilgrim mass?

No it isn't. The Botafumeiro is used at the beginning of the Mass on the great feasts of the church - Easter, Christmas, the feasts of Saint James etc. It is used at the end of the Pilgrims' Mass when groups book it (and pay for it) in advance. At the moment it is not being used at all because of scaffolding in the cathedral and the fact that there are few pilgrims and even less groups. As the walking season progresses from May onwards it is booked more frequently. In the last year the Hotels in Santiago paid for the botafumeiro to be used every Friday evening - it is yet to be seen if this will be repeated in 2014.

 

[SabsP]

No it isn't. The Botafumeiro is used at the beginning of the Mass on the great feasts of the church - Easter, Christmas, the feasts of Saint James etc. It is used at the end of the Pilgrims' Mass when groups book it (and pay for it) in advance. At the moment it is not being used at all because of scaffolding in the cathedral and the fact that there are few pilgrims and even less groups. As the walking season progresses from May onwards it is booked more frequently. In the last year the Hotels in Santiago paid for the botafumeiro to be used every Friday evening - it is yet to be seen if this will be repeated in 2014.

I imagine it being used at Domingo de Ramos, Palmsunday?

 

[Deleted member 3000]

From the Cathedral:

El Botafumeiro se usa por motivos litúrgicos, del mismo modo que cualquier sacerdote utilizaría un incensario en el altar, y se puede ver los siguientes días de celebración eucarística:

- La Epifanía del Señor: 6 de enero
- Domingo de Resurrección
- La Ascensión del Señor
- La Aparición del Apóstol-Clavijo: 23 de mayo
- Pentecostés
- El Martirio de Santiago: 25 de julio
- La Asunción de María: 15 de agosto
- Todos los Santos: 1 de noviembre
- Cristo Rey
- La Inmaculada Concepción: 8 de diciembre
- Navidad: 25 de Diciembre
- Traslado de los Restos del Apóstol: 30 de diciembre