Sacro Cuore ("Holy Heart") is a

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church located in

Alcamo Alcamo (; scn, Àrcamu, italic=no) is the fourth-largest town and commune of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at a distance of about 50 kilo ...

, in the

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History

The

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of the Holy Heart of Jesus was established by the

bishop of Trapani The Italian Catholic diocese of Trapani is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Palermo. History Trapani was subject to the see of Mazzara, from the Norman Conquest until 1844, when the diocese was created. Its first bishop was ...

, monsignor Ricceri, on 4 October 1967.Carlo Cataldo: Guida Storico-Artistica dei Beni Culturali di Alcamo-Calatafimi-Castellammare del Golfo-Salemi-Vita; Sarograf, Alcamo, 1982 Several years before the Episcopal

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of Trapani had bought a piece of land to build a Church which was to serve the new area that was expanding next to Viale Europa. They started with a

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structure, with a roof in asbestos cement, a hall, and two rooms; in 1978 they built the

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and other premises for the parish, but they had to wait until 1982 to start the real building which included the Church and the hall below it. In 1987 Vincenzo Settipani, an architect, substituted Li Santi, who had died; he designed the

mosaics A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly pop ...

, the stained glasses, the holy water stoups, the

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, the

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and the altar. They were realized by the firm Pierotti from

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(in the

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) and by the mosaicist Fabriano Fabret; the artistic and huge wooden

confessional A confessional is a box, cabinet, booth, or stall in which the priest in some Christian churches sits to hear the confessions of penitents. It is the usual venue for the sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Churches, but sim ...

was made by the firm Gaspare Ferrantelli.Vincenzo Regina: La chiesa parrocchiale del Sacro Cuore di Gesù in Alcamo e il suo primo parroco; ed. Campo, 2005 The Church was completed in 1991 and was consecrated in 1993.

Description and works

The Church is with one nave and has the characteristic of a roof shaped like a boat overturned; inside it there are these works: * Stained glass-windows on the two side walls representing the

Sacraments A sacrament is a Christian rite that is recognized as being particularly important and significant. There are various views on the existence and meaning of such rites. Many Christians consider the sacraments to be a visible symbol of the real ...

on one side, and the three

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(

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and Charity) on the other side * Mosaic of the Holy Heart of Jesus (with a background in pure gold), in the

apse In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In ...

Tabernacle According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle ( he, מִשְׁכַּן, mīškān, residence, dwelling place), also known as the Tent of the Congregation ( he, link=no, אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, ’ōhel mō‘ēḏ, also Tent of Meeting, etc.), ...

shaped like a sphere * Mosaic of

saint John the Evangelist John the Evangelist ( grc-gre, Ἰωάννης, Iōánnēs; Aramaic: ܝܘܚܢܢ; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ; ar, يوحنا الإنجيلي, la, Ioannes, he, יוחנן cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ or ⲓⲱ̅ⲁ) is the name traditionally given to ...

, on the right * Mosaic of the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

, on the left *

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(Via Crucis), in mosaic, represented with 10 stations as in

Saint Luke Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...

's gospel *

Saint Pio Francesco Forgione, OFM Cap., better known as Padre Pio and as Saint Pius of Pietrelcina ( it, Pio da Pietrelcina; 25 May 188723 September 1968), was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a s ...

, a mosaic by Gaetano Costa * Saint

Margaret Mary Alacoque Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (french: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690), was a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form. Summary She worked t ...

, mosaic by Gaetano Costa * The

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, mosaic by Gaetano Costa, above the main door * The

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: a monolithic marble altar with two

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on two (

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and

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's offerings to God) *

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: in monolithic marble, deep enough for the

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; it has the shape of the corolla of a flower with 8 petals. It is closed by a transparent

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which is surmounted by a dove, symbol of the

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and purification. *

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: with the figure of an Angel announcing the

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; in pink marble as the baptismal font * Chapel of the

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: the tabernacle is placed in the middle of a white marble

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; on the left, there is a block of white marble that looks like a window. In the sacristy there is a

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statue of the Holy Heart of Jesus, made by Giuseppe Stuflesser from Ortisei in 1967. Cappella del Tabernacolo.jpg, Chappel of the Holy Sacrament Altare con bassorilievi.jpg, The Holy Communion San Giovanni Evangelista (mosaico).jpg, Saint John (mosaic) Maria Santissima.jpg, The Virgin Mary (mosaic) Ambone con leggio.jpg, Lectern

References

Sources

* Vincenzo Regina: La chiesa parrocchiale del Sacro Cuore di Gesù in Alcamo e il suo primo parroco; ed. Campo, 2005 * Carlo Cataldo: Guida Storico-Artistica dei Beni Culturali di Alcamo-Calatafimi-Castellammare del Golfo-Salemi-Vita; Sarograf, Alcamo, 1982 * Roberto Calia: Una città da scoprire: Alcamo; ed. Blu Imaging & ADV, Alcamo, 1991

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* * * * {{cite web , url=https://divisare.com/projects/154058-vincenzo-settipani-chiesa-parrocchiale-sacro-cuore-di-gesu-in-alcamo-tp , website=divisare.com , title=vincenzo settipani · CHIESA PARROCCHIALE SACRO CUORE DI GESU' in Alcamo (TP) · Divisare , accessdate=3 May 2018 Roman Catholic churches in Alcamo

History

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