This document provides the schedule of liturgical celebrations and processions for Holy Week and Easter in Pilar de la Horadada, Spain from March 30th to April 8th. It details the daily masses, services, and processions, including the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, the Silent Procession on Holy Thursday, the Holy Burial Procession on Good Friday, and the Easter Sunday procession. The schedule also provides the times and routes of the various processions through the town involving sculptures of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

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Liturgical Celebrations
Pilar de la Horadada 7th April, Holy Saturday
10.00 a.m. Readings and prayers
Parish Church Ntra. Sra. del Pilar 11 p.m. Solemn Vigil of the resurrection of Our Lord
8th April, Easter Sunday
30th March, Friday before Good Friday 9.30 a.m. Procession
8.00 p.m. Holy Mass 10.00 a.m. Meeting.
8.30 p.m. Celebration of the Penance (Confessions) After that, procession to the Parish Church Ntra. Sta. del Pilar
31st March, Saturday and Holy Mass
8.00 p.m. Holy Mass 12.00 Baptism Mass
1st April, Palm Sunday 7 p.m. Holy Mass
8.30 a.m. Holy Mass
11.00 a.m. Procession of Palms
After that, Holy Mass Torre de la Horadada
7.00 p.m. Holy Mass Chapel Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción
7.30 p.m. Procession of Mantillas (capes)
2nd April, Holy Monday 5th April, Maundy Thursday
8.00 p.m. Holy Mass 7.00 p.m. Mass The Last Supper
9.00 p.m. Concert of Sacred Music 6th April, Good Friday
3rd April, Holy Tuesday 6.00 p.m. Celebration of the Passion and Death of Our Lord
8.00 p.m. Holy Mass 7th April, Holy Saturday
4th April, Holy Wednesday 10.00 p.m. Solemn Vigil of the resurrection of Our Lord
8.00 p.m. Holy Mass 8th April, Easter Sunday
10.30 p.m. Procession of the Meeting at the Street of Bitterness 11.00 a.m. Holy Mass
5th April, Maundy Thursday
From 10.00 a.m. till 12.30 p.m. Confessions
6.00 p.m. Mass The Last Supper for young people and the chil- Pinar de Campoverde
dren who are going to make their first Holy Communion Chapel Santiago
8.00 p.m. Mass The Last Supper
10.30 p.m. Silent Procession 8th April, Easter Sunday
From 00.00 till 8.00 a.m. The Altar is open all night 10.00 p.m. Holy Mass
6th April, Good Friday
12.00 Holy Hour at the Altar for children who are going to make
their first Holy Communion Mil Palmeras
1.30 p.m. The Altar closes Chapel San Justo
5.00 p.m. Celebration of the Passion and Death of Our Lord
8.00 p.m. Holy Burial Procession 8th April, Easter Sunday
12.00 Holy Mass

2. Presentation
Welcome to everyone to Pilar de la Horadada’s Easter and Holy Wednesday (Miércoles de Amargura, or “Bitter Wednesday”). Jesus and
Week Festivities, woven with poor dignified yarn, overflowing with tradi- his grieving mother meet, surrounded by Pious Veronica and the Beloved
tion, culture and an identity of its own. Welcome to the warmth e people, Disciple.
proud of their origin and welcome to the glory of growing with the only There is a day that is also of great importance: Maundy Thursday
aid of their faith and sweat. (Jueves Santo). The institution of the Eucharist is celebrated. Quiet Night.
A Holy Week and Easter with its penitential robe as a flag, its brass The Christ Crucified, in total darkness and solitude is taken by candle
band of bugles and drums as anthem, with its flowers and Mediterranean light this night of sorrowful silence. In the church we find the Monument
perfume, a history of its own, brothers united to fight with hachotes ( for the faithful to worship, the Holy Candle (Vela al Santísimo).
long gold braided sticks with lamps) as swords, ruled by themselves; Friday is the only day in the Catholic Church when Mass is not said.
members of the brotherhood all year long brothers in Holy Week. Holy Burial (Santo Entierro). All of us march in procession to carry Jesus’
In Pilar de la Horadada, 2012 Holy Week and Easter Festivities begin body (el Yacente) to his final resting place. It is silent because we are
on Viernes de Dolores (the Friday before Good Friday), with the Stations mourning Jesus’ death. These are symbols for Christians of the pain that
of Penance (Via Crucis). This is the Path of the Cross and the pain which leads us to the spirit’s resurrection, symbols of that pain that helps us to
Jesus suffered when he saw his mother’s grief. There are fourteen sta- bear our cross with dignity, as Jesus bore it in order to save us.
tions on that route, which we unfold along our streets accompanying the However, Holy Saturday or Glory Saturday (Sábado de Gloria) marks
image of the Crucified. the return of the Spirit of Christ to God’s Kingdom. He fulfils his promise
Two days later, on the morning of Palm Sunday, Jesus’ triumphant and, on the third day, on Easter Sunday (Domingo de Resurrección), day
entrance to Jerusalem takes place. In the afternoon, the Hope of a of light, it is magnificent, because Christ returns from death and comes
Mother parades under the canopy (palio) in Pilar. Three days later it is back to meet his Mother, this time great joy and cheerfulness.
Timetables and Routes
Via Crucis Procession (Stations of Penance) Silence Procession
Friday before Good Friday Maundy Thursday
Friday 30th March Thursday 5th April
· Time: 10:00 p.m. · Time: 10:30 p.m.
· Route: Plaza de la Iglesia, C/ Escultor Manuel Ribera Girona, C/ · Route: Plaza San Pedro, C/ Agustina de Aragón, C/ Virgen
Ramón y Cajal, C/ Isla, C/ Triana, Avda. San Pedro, Plaza San Pedro, de los Remedios, C/ San Isidro, Avda. San Pedro and Plaza San
C/ Vivaldi. Pedro
· Sculpture: Cristo Crucificado · Sculpture: Cristo Crucificado
Palms Procession Holy Burial Procession
Palm Sunday Good Friday
Sunday 1st April Friday 6th April
· Time: 11:00 a.m. · Time: 08:00 p.m.
· Route: Plaza San Francisco, C/ Agustina de Aragón, C/ General · Route: Avda. San Pedro, C/ Triana, C/ Escultor Manuel
Perón, C/ Triana, C/ Mayor and Plaza de la Iglesia Ribera Girona, C/ Ramón y Cajal, C/ Mayor and Plaza de la
· Sculpture: Jesús Triunfante Iglesia
· Sculptures: Paso de la Convocatoria, Cristo de la Eucaristía,
Procession of the Mantillas Ntro. Padre Jesús Nazareno, Mujer Verónica de la Santa Faz,
Palm Sunday Ntra. Sra. de la Esperanza “Pilareña”, Cristo Crucificado, Ntra.
Sunday 1st April Sra. de la Piedad, Cruz de los Labradores, Cristo Yacente,
· Time: 07:30 p.m. San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista y Ntra. Sra. de los Dolores
· Route: Plaza de San Pedro, C/ Vivaldi (frente salón parroquial),
C/ Isla, C/Ramón y Cajal, C/ Escultor Manuel Ribera Girona, C/ Ori- Meeting Procession
huela, C/ Mayor and Plaza de la Iglesia Easter Sunday
· Sculpture: Ntra. Sra. de la Esperanza “Pilareña” Sunday 8th April
· Time: 10:00 a.m.
Great Drum Roll · Route: C/ Mayor (near Church Square)
Tuesday 3rd April · Sculpture: Ntra. Sra. de los Dolores y San
· Time: 11:00 p.m. Juan Apóstol y Evangelista, Hermandad del
· Place: Plaza de la Iglesia Santísimo Cristo de la Eucaristía y el
Santísimo Sacramen-
Procession of the Meeting at the Street of Bitterness to del Altar en la Sa-
Holy Wednesday
grada Custodia and the
Wednesday 4th April
Easter brotherhood in
· Time: 10:30 p.m.
· Route: C/ Mayor (near Church Square) Pilar de la Horadada.
· Sculptures: Ntra. Sra. de los Dolores y San Juan Apóstol y
Evangelista, Ntra. Sra. Consuelo de los Afligidos, Ntro. Padre Jesús
Nazareno y Mujer Verónica de la Santa Faz.