The bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, José Manuel Lorca Planes, presided this Thursday Mass Solemn in honor of the Purísima Concepción.
The municipality of Mazarrón has celebrated, as every November 17, Miracle Day, in its 431 anniversary.
The mayor of Mazarrón, Alicia Jiménez, during the religious act, read the renewal of the Vote of the Villa to the Patroness on behalf of all the Mazarron.
It has been in the Sanctuary of the Patroness with the assistance, on this occasion, the Minister of Economic Development, Tourism and Employment, Juan Hernandez, in addition to the presence of members of the government team and the municipal corporation.
In her reading, Alicia Jimenez mentioned the importance of the moment: "There is no greater honor for me than to renew the vow of the Villa before your image. Doing it today, like every November 17, is equivalent to being a spokesman for the hope of A people who on this festive day accustoms to open their heart. "
The mayor also had words for those who follow the search for progress and attention to the most disadvantaged: "... I beg you, especially, to guide us and keep us in our eagerness to preserve the mechanisms of solidarity that protect the most disadvantaged, While at the same time building a prosperity for Mazarron that is fair and based on solid foundations, where the honesty, humility and effort of the working people are rewarded, and economic activity does not lose sight of the sense of social utility Which must inspire it. "
Alicia Jimenez, on behalf of all the mazarroneros, has ceded the baton of command of the Villa to the Patroness: "Mother Immaculate, I give you the baton of command of the Villa, which, as I said on the day of my investiture, does not belong to me To me, but to all the mazarroneros and I leave it in your hands so that it realizes again, in all of us, the miracle of opening the hearts and thus to offer the others the best thing that we have inside ".
The Holy Mass was attended by the parish priests of Mazarrón and Puerto, Francisco José Hernández and Abel Rosa.
At the end of the ceremony, management positions of the Archisfradía de la Purisima have been recognized for their work.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón