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Cartagena Women Cofrades organize the Third National Congress Costalera (05/06/2008)

'Women on the throne.

The weight of the Faith 'is the title under which to hold the Third National Women's Congress and Portapasos Costalera to be held on 30 and 31 January and 1 February 2009 in Cartagena, organized by the Association of Women Brethren of our city.

The president of the association, María Victoria Botí, accompanied by Secretary, Charity Banacloig, CFO, María José García Roche, and vocal, Carmen Guirao, have realized the Congress Deputy Mayor Agustin Guillen, who have been received this morning at the Palace Hall.

María Victoria Botí, said that the purpose of these meetings is to discuss the situation of the guilds and the attitude of those in Spain at the possibility that women begin to incorporate the work of carrying steps Easter.

According Botí in Cartagena have been doing for ten years without problems, women are integrated into the governing boards of the guilds, we left portapasos and penitent, but not so in other cities in which hinder self.

During the Congress will open an exhibition of photographs submitted to the national competition organized to mark this event with the theme of women as bearers of steps of Holy Week, in addition to various symposia, academic tables and guided visits to exhibitions and audiovisual appliances in various groupings.

Sunday February 1 Congress ends with a day's findings, with the closing ceremony of the presentation of IV National Conference of Women Cofrades to take place in Alicante.

The grand finale will put a Mass of Thanksgiving in the church of Santa Maria de Gracia.

Furthermore, using the arrival of a large number of visitors to the city is developing a companion program to the participants in the Congress, which offered the opportunity to take a guided tour to familiarize them with the heritage and history the city of Cartagena.

Cofrades Women's Association of Cartagena has two hundred members, is supported by the guilds, the Church and the City, and has been a model for the creation of five other associations in other cities in Spain.

NEW STEPS FOR WOMEN ONLY

Clusters of Cartagena Easter continue to promote the creation of new steps that will be carried in parades in the city of passion.

One is "The doubt of St. Thomas', the Risen Guild, which is already established and going, and another is a group project of 'The Samaritan' (of the group of San Pedro California), not yet unclear how they might go next year because they are not yet established.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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