MARZO DE 2018
NOTA CENTRAL
Silver Plated Medallions
MORE THAN A SOUVENIR
The medallions will help furnishing the Metropolitan Cathedral: by selling them, the Caica hopes to buy stained glass windows, a baptismal font, a bell, a pulpit, and a pew.
The Metropolitan Cathedral is one of the main churches in Casco Antiguo, and surely it will be one of the most visited places during the World Youth Day. The event will take place in Panama from January 22nd until 27th, 2019. It will gather thousands of pilgrims from all over the world, along with Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church.
Turning this holy place into an appropriate church for the event is, indeed, a race against time. The money has to be raised by December 2018, since the project has to be ready in January 2019. For that reason, the President of the Committee of Casco Antiguo Churches or Caica, Ricardo Gago Salinero, has decided to carry out actions that help to accomplish the goal by the end of December 2018.
The souvenirs are 48 gr, 5 round cm silver plated medallions. Each of the medallions has the name of the six most important churches of the capital city carved in it.( Santa María la Antigua, Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Santa Ana, San Francisco de Asís, San José, and San Felipe Neri), as well as the dates the churches were built, and in the back, the names of the patron saints or virgins from each.
The medallions will be sold individually or in a six-piece set, inside a luxurious wooden box covered in blue velvet. They represent an invaluable treasure which will allow buyers to keep a pleasant memory of Casco Antiguo’ s religious history, besides contributing with the furnishing of the Metropolitan Cathedral.
The medallions will cost 50 balboas each, and 250 balboas the six-piece set. If you want to buy any of these presentations, you just have to visit any of the Casco Antiguo churches or the Panama Canal Museum store.
Call either 271 0044 ext. 112, or 6678 8882 for more information.
You can also send an email to caicapanama @ gmail. com or ricardo @ hermanosgago. com.
Foto: Tomada de la Caica / Facebook
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