Boas Novas Newspaper – Cantanhede in the World
SANGUINHEIRA By MANUEL AUGUSTO
Organ concert
On January 8, the parish church of Sanguinheira will host an organ concert by organist, harpsichordist and pianist Handel Cecílio. Born in Maceió – Alagoas (Brazil), he has been giving concerts since 1988 and since 2004 has been a speaker at various seminars on pipe organs in Europe and Brazil.
Organist in several Basilicas and Cathedrals, he has promoted in Braga a Workshop in the Basilica of Sameiro. He is currently working with the University of Coimbra on research on the subject of liturgical organs.
The program is as follows: 10:15 a.m. – Sunday Eucharist, with Professor Handel Cecílio at the organ. 15h00 – concert in the main church. 16h00 – workshop for organists and directors of liturgical choirs and opening of the live crib;
17h30 – closing.
Admission costs ¤2.50, which will go towards the church’s renovations. The ticket also qualifies for the draw for a Christmas hamper. Those interested can obtain more information by cell phone 964 077 635 or e-mail paroquia.sangui-nheira@live.com.pt.
Historical Notes on the Mother Church of Sanguinheira
The Chapel to the then Patron Saint St. John was built in 1846. The first remodeling that gave rise to the current Church is thought to have occurred around 1900. In 1945 the Parish of Sanguinheira was created, thanks to a great benefactor who was the teacher Clementina Sequeira, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary became the patron saint. Already in the 80s suffered the last remodeling with a marked implication. It should be noted that there is still a small altar in the church with an altarpiece of St. John, painted by João de Ruão, which was the first altar of the chapel. The peculiar structure of the parish church is the result of a recent rebuilding, with a characteristic bell tower attached to one of its flanks. A small tile panel on the back of the gable end shows the 1942 timetable. Its current appearance, however, is the result of an extension and remodeling carried out during the third quarter of the 20th century. The structure replaced a previous chapel, erected on the same site, from which the old portal – with a curved lintel and bearing the date 1845 – survives, now applied to the building of the Parish Hall, attached to one of the flanks of the same Parish Church.
