Origin and structure of the pious associations which represent Christ’s passion, with processions portraying his death and resurrection

1. CONFRATERNITIES,
PROCESSIONS,
and HOLY WEEK

2. Originally, the brotherhoods were invocations with guild or institutional purposes
that brought together professional sectors. For example,In medieval Europe,
the exploitation, legislation and regulation of theatrical performances
depended on brotherhoods (or guilds) created by kings or bishops.

3. Among the best known and most important were:
«Cofrères de la Passion», in Paris; "Disciplined by Jesus Christ", in Umbria;
«disciplined from Santo Domingo», in Perusia,
the brotherhoods of Flemish painters or guilds
and the Spanish theater brotherhoods of the Passion and Solitude.

4. The brotherhoods of Holy Week or Passion.
They were born in the 16th century and consist of
an association of faithful, mostly lay people for the
contemplation of the Passion and Death of Christ.

6. The float of the brotherhood of San Benito
was inspired by the painting by Antonio Ciseri

8. The brotherhoods
seek to imitate the
pains of Christ in his
Passion and Death,
sometimes through
a public penance in
the procession during
Holy Week.

9. The activity in the brotherhoods persists throughout the whole year,
celebrating devotions and triduums to their statues and images

10. the brothers and sisters formulate their professiion of faith.
There are hand kissers and foot kissers
of the titular images of the confraternities.

11. CONFRATERNITY
designates various
forms of association
of the faithful,
public or private,
established in
accordance with
the canons of
Part V of the Code
of Canon Law

12. Penitential Brotherhoods, which do public penance in Holy week
La merced
La soledad
Cofradía
Santiago, Bilbao
Trompetas como signo
de penitencia

13. penitential brotherhood
of the sacred passion

14. Sacramental Brotherhoods are those that cultivate,
devotion and adoration towards the Blessed Sacrament.

15. The identity of the brotherhood is reaffirmed on their feast day
and, esècially on the occasion of the Corpus Christi and Holy Week

16. Brotherhood of the Eucharist, Zaragoza

17. Brotherhood of Glory; they promote the memory of
the resurrection or the cult of the Virgin Mary or a saint.

18. The brotherhoods
hold processions,
at least once
a year

19. The plenary body of the brotherhood is the cabildo or general assembly of all the
brethren. The general council is in charge of electing the Board of Officials or
Government, which is the permanent management body of the brotherhood,
headed by its President, Elder Brother or Father.

20. Any Christian can be part of a brotherhood. The new members take an oath
to keep the Rules, in which the neophyte kisses the Book of Rules and the
Gospel, an act in which he renews, affirms and swears his Christian
condition and, of course, promises fidelity and service to said Brotherhood.

21. The Proclamation or Formal
Announcing of Holy Week in
the brotherhood of the Passion

22. The “proclamation”
in the brotherhood
of “the Passion”

23. In Madrid in the 17th century, there was born the
brotherhood of the "Slaves of the Blessed Sacrament",
whose members included the most unique poets,
playwrights and writers of the Golden Age.

24. Structure
Of the brotherhoods
An elder Brother,
president of the
confraternity,
The supreme office
Elected by memebers
An elder
Brother Lieutenant,
who substitutes the
leading brother
if necessary

25. One, two or even three Mayordomos,
manage the economy of the Brotherhood

26. One or two
Advisers or
Prosecutors,
are in charge of
enforcing the
Rules of the
Brotherhood

27. One or two
Secretaries,
are responsible
for writing
the minutes
Meetings
and official
communications,
on behalf of the
Elder Brother

28. One or two Priostes, who assemble and
disassemble, and decorate the images and floats

29. The men tailors dress up the images of Christ and
comatrons or seamstesses, for the Marian statues.

30. •There are also several deputies
•the Mayor Government Deputy,
in charge of the control of the
Brotherhood in all external cults
•the Deputy for Youth
and Public Relations,
responsible for the Youth Group
and its activities and negotiations
with other confraternities.
•the Charity Deputy,
who encourages and carries out
all charitable activities
of the Brotherhood
•Deputy of Cults, who is in charge
of carrying out internal cult and,
sometimes is in charge of the group
of acolytes of the Brotherhood
•Deputy for formation
and sacraments

31. •A sacristan, whose job is to open and close the headquarters
of the Brotherhood, take care and watch over the building

32. The brothers participate in the processions as Nazarenes, acolytes,
costaleros (bearers) or as musicians in their own Bands.

33. A Penitent or Nazarene is the brother who goes in procession during Holy Week
dressed in the penitential habit and his face normally covered by the mask.

34. La Merced
Córdoba

35. Soledad y Santo Sepulcro – Plascencia

36. La Merced

37. Children dressed in the traditional habit of penitents

38. A layman acolyte may participate in the procession, liturgically
dressed and carrying the candlestick, or incense. He may be a
volunteer brother or someone hired from outside the brotherhood.

39. acolytes with turibles and incense

40. Cargo brothers,
who carry the
litter or float
on their
shoulders
(Costaleros)

41. cargo bearer brothers

42. The band marks
the pace of the march.

43. Normally these bands are associations external to the
brotherhoods and hired by them, although in some
places it is formed by memebers of the brotherhood

45. Madrugá (morning) Sevillana: - the Virgin of Hope, Macarena

46. The Lord of Seville, the Great Power
(Juan de Mesa's work from 1620).

47. Both images
come out
during the
famous early
morning on
Good Friday,
with a large
presence of
visitors and
Sevillians.

48. They are the most numerous confraternities,
with more than «59,000 brothers in the street

49. The
processions
are so many
and so
numerous
that they
must be well
coordinated
with strict
schedules
and routes.

50. Routes of some processions on Good Friday in Seville

51. On Holy Thursday, Malaga has the procession of Mena and its link with the
legion, and the Christ of the Good Death. This image was blessed in
1942, year in which the first processional took place.

52. In 1931, during the burning of churches during the Civil War, the
original carving of Pedro de Mena disappeared. The current crucified
is a carving by the Malaga sculptor Francisco Palma Burgos.

53. The symbiosis between the Christ of the Good Death and his legionary "sons" dates
back to 1928. Three years later and as a gesture of gratitude, they started the first
vigil; some hours dedicated to the Lord that gather thousands of visitors and ends
when they sing"The boyfriend of death" in the Tribune of the Poor.

54. Jaén and the "Grandfather".
Probably made by the sculptor Sebastián de Solís.
The title "grandfather" refers not to the Lord
but to the legend of the old man who
supposedly carved him out of a tree trunk in a
guesthouse in a single night. In the morning
no one had seen him leave, in the room there
was only the image of Jesus Christ.

55. The Salzillos of Murcia.
On the morning of Good Friday,
the nine brotherhoods.
The name by which it is popularly
known is due to the fact that
Francisco Salzillo was the
sculptor of the images
during the s. XVIII.
The Lord's Supper,
The Prayer in the Garden,
the Arrest,
Jesus on the Column,
The Holy Woman Veronica,
the Fall,
Our Father Jesus the Nazarene,
The Apostle Saint John
and The Sorrowful.

56. The devil of Orihuela.
The only float of the Spanish Holy
Week in which the figure of the
devil goes out in procession.
La Diablesa or Cruz de los
Labradores, by Nicolás de Bussi,
is a sculpture group from 1695.
The float, composed of a cross,
around which some towels hang
down, surrounded by clouds, with
five angels carrying a hammer, a
crown of thorns, thongs, a ladder
and a cross that emerges on a
globe of the world that is embraced
by a lying skeleton and a devil
with breasts, grasping an apple.
The religious march on Holy
Thursday is commanded by the
Hooded Knight, a character
chosen by the Oriolan authorities,
and who wears a tail-coat and top hat

57. Zamora: -
«Los Pasos».
Zamora,
la lanzada

58. Valladolid - The Holy Passion of the Redeemer is the principal
procession on Good Friday afternoon. All the brotherhoods of Holy
Week in Valladolid (19) and its 32 floats participate. Castilian
sculptures, from the Golden Age (S. XVII) many by Gregorio Fdz.

59. The tumults of Cuenca. - At dawn on
Good Friday, the procession "Camino del
Calvario" begins, consisting of five floats.

60. Nazarenes from all the brotherhoods gather to stage, playing
out-of-tune bugles and coarse drums (clarinás and palillás),
mimicking the mockery that Jesus suffered on the way to his crucifixion.

61. Leon and
the papones
(the Nazarenes).
the procession
is on Good
Friday at
dawn.

63. Medinaceli,
The Lord of Madrid.

64. The image of Christ is from the first half of the 17th century.
«The authorship of the image is doubtful and, while some attribute
it to Luis de la Peña, most ascribe it to Francisco de Ocampo”

65. A large part of the Confraternity of Our Father Jesus, founded in 1710, belonged to the
Spanish nobility including members of the Royal House and the Duke of Medinaceli,who
always held the title of Elder Brother.

66. Currently there are about 8,000 membersregistered.
Its procession takes place every Good Friday

67. Our Lady of Sorrows – Coruña

68. The Captive,
Neighbourhood
of Salamanca,
Madrid

69. Granada – la piedad

70. Granada – la piedad

71. FRANCE

72. GERMANY

73. BENEVENTO,
ITALIA

74. POLAN

75. ARGENTINA

76. BRAZIL

77. PUENTE ARENAS, CHILE

78. COLOMBIA

79. QUITO, ECUADOR

80. GUATEMAL
A

81. MEXICO

82. VENEZUELA

83. ORISSA, INDIA

84. SOUTH KOREA

85. MANHATTAN, NEW YOR, U.S.A.

87. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Deus Caritas est 1,2– Benedict XVI
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptist
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Francis in Bahrain
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 1,2,3
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of the desert, Egypt
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saaint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis Xaviour
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John, apsotle and evangelist

88. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Deus Caritas est 1,2– Benedicto XVI
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan, apostol y evangelista
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Leon Magno
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
San Tomás Becket
SanTomás de Aquino
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación – www.vocación.org
Vocación a evangelizar
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Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Baréin
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Andrés, Apostol
Sant Antonio de l Deserto, Egipto
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Carlos Borromeo
San Columbanus 1,2
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Javier
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Cecilia
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
SantaInés de Roma, virgen y martir
SantaMargarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro