On the occasion of the eighth centenary of the martyrdom of St Angelus of Jerusalem (5 May 1220-5 May 2021), the Carmelite Order has organized a rich calendar of religious and cultural events. Please consult the website dedicated to the event (www.ottavocentenariosantangelo.org). This centenary will also coincide with the return of the Carmelites after 28 years of absence to the Shrine of Licata, where the relics of the martyred saint are kept. The new international community will take up residence in the Shrine on March 1, 2020 and on March 8 will be officially presented to the local ecclesial community by Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, Archbishop of Agrigento. The new international community will be composed of Fr. Antonino Mascali, O.Carm., (Ita), Rector of the Sanctuary and Prior, Fr. Gerard Carlos Araujo Tang Choon, O.Carm., (SEL) and Fr. José Adriano Gomes Saboia, O.Carm., (Pern).

In the coming weeks the Postulator General, in agreement with the Archdiocese of Agrigento, will carry out the canonical recognition of the mortal remains of St Angelus and the restoration of the precious silver urn that contains them will begin. The last canonical recognition was done in 1623. After the canonical recognition and conservation treatment, the saint’s mortal remains will be solemnly displayed in the Sanctuary of Licata during the jubilee year for the public veneration of the faithful.

The Apostolic Penitentiary, at the request of the Order, also granted the possibility of gaining a plenary indulgence during the jubilee year, which runs from 5 May 2020 to 5 May 2021, at all the churches of the Carmelite Order, in the Shrine of Saint Angelus, Martyr in Licata, where the remains of the Saint are kept, in the “mother” church of Sant'Angelo Muxaro (both belonging to the archdiocese of Agrigento), in the other churches dedicated to the holy martyr and in the churches of the places where he is venerated..