Tomorrow, Saturday 22 July, is the patronal feast in La Maddalena. The simulacrum of Santa Maria Maddalena will be carried in procession, first through the streets and squares of the town and then in the stretch of sea facing the tourist and commercial port.
At the end, a fireworks display will take place over the sea. Everything will take place at night, after mass which will begin at 21:30, outdoors, in the churchyard.
Mass which will be presided over by the bishop of Tempio, mgr. Sebastiano Sanguinetti, in the unprecedented role of apostolic administrator of the diocese, following the recent appointment of his successor, Don Roberto Fornaciari, a Camaldolese monk (60 years old, from Reggio Emilia, a theologian) who will take office in mid-September.
In the meantime, today, precisely on the occasion of the patronal feast, the schooner-ship Palinuro will moor in La Maddalena , which is in the midst of the education campaign with the helmsman students of the normal course marshals of Mariscuola Taranto. It will remain in La Maddalena until 28 July. During this period, guided tours of the population will be permitted.
