Overview
- The traveling image of Valencia’s patroness is visiting San Roque parish in Benicalap for the parish’s 125th year, drawing strong local turnout.
- The program features the anointing of the sick and elderly and the presentation of children and expectant mothers, a “besamedallas” devotion at 16:30, and a solemn procession set for 20:00.
- The visit is scheduled to end with a solemn Mass at 11:30, after which the image will be bid farewell and return to the Basilica.
- The opening events included a welcome at the Periodista Gil Sumbiela–Azucena falla clubhouse with a recitation to the Virgin, a transfer to the church with regional dances, and a 21:00 celebration of the Word.
- The Periodista Gil Sumbiela–Azucena falla, a neighborhood festival group marking its 50th year, is hosting an exhibit on the Virgin and a talk by basilica vice rector Álvaro Almenar.