TEMPLE THE MAGAZINE OF THE SAGRADA FAMÍLIA DECEMBER 2020 - YEAR 154 CONSTRUCTION The tower of the Virgin Mary will be completed next year CHRONICLE Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the Sagrada Família 10 years of worship in the temple THE TEMPLE CELEBRATES ONE DECADE SINCE ITS DEDICATION CONTENTS EDITORIAL 10 years as a Basilica www.sagradafamilia.org QuarterlyQuarterly publication publication formerly successor known to El as Propagador El Propagador de la de Devoción la Devoción a San a San José José Edited andPublished coordinated and by:coordinated Expiatory Templeby: Fundació of the Junta Sagrada Constructora Familia Construction del Temple Committee Expiatori de Foundation. la Sagrada Família. Editorial Editorial board: board:Jordi Fauli, Jordi Anna Faulí, Perarnau, Anna Perarnau, Isabel Sanchez Isabel Sánchez and Laia Vinaixa. Writing and administration:and Laia Vinaixa. DepartamentDrafting and of administration: Communication. Departament Mallorca, 401, de 08013 Comunicació. Barcelona. Mallorca, Sicilia, 286, 401, 08013 08013, Barcelona. Barcelona. Phone: Phone: 932 932 073 073 031. 031. [email protected] [email protected] Photography: Photography:Pep Daudé. Pep ProductionDaudé. Production and distribution: and distribution: ZETACORP ZETACORP (Corporate (Corporate Communication Communication Unit). DL: Unit). B-6795-1958 DL: B-6795-1958 ISSN: 2462-2915 ISSN: 2462-2915 ISSN internet: ISSN internet: 2696-3426 2696-3426 Sergi Gordo Rodríguez AUXILIARY BISHOP OF BARCELONA AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAGRADA FAMÍLIA CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE The key to the Basilica of the Sagrada 04 06 08 -19 Família that we received 10 years ago IMAGE ARTICLE 10 YEARS OF LITURGY When spending a few days at the home of some good friends, receiving the keys to the home of Benedict XVI at the Sagrada Becoming a Basilica. A lively church. your valued hosts is a sign of trust. On the 7th of November, it was 10 years since I had the hon- Família. On the 7th of November, Dr Santiago Bueno, judicial Over these ten years, the Sagrada Família has welcomed our of receiving from the hands of Pope Benedict XVI the key to what had just been declared 2010, the Holy Father presided vicar, tells what it means all religious celebrations with strength, joy and solemnity, Basilica of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. I interpreted it as a sign of trust from the Holy over the dedication ceremony for a church to be declared making Gaudí's dream come true: acts with music and Father towards all those who made up the Episcopal Council of the Archdiocese of Barcelona and declared it a Basilica. a Basilica. young people, catechists' days, prayers... at the time: its president, Cardinal Lluís Martínez Sistach, the episcopal vicars and myself, then general secretary and chancellor. In the early years, said Episcopal Council was in charge of the liturgical celebrations of this temple, with the efficient and competent coordination of Mr Esteve Camps. Upon receiving the keys, I thought of Jesus, when, despite seeing the apostles' limitations, he trusted them and called them friends, as the evangelists tell us. The Pope also showed his trust by visiting us in our home and giving us this key, not to close doors but rather to open this new ecclesial home for the assembly of the faithful, for the celebration of the sacraments, for prayer and to welcome all men and a women of good will who, often blindly, seek meaning in their life and can find it on the path of beauty that leads to God the creator. And so, 10 years have passed since the decision to propel the great evangelising and catechet- ical possibilities of this project, the result of the structural genius and deep Christian faith of Antoni Gaudí. Pope Benedict XVI, with his contemplative eyes that examined everything, captivated by the fascinating interior transept of the temple, summarised it in an exemplary way in his homily when he told us that Gaudí carried out his work inspired by three books: the book of nature, the book of Sacred Scripture and the book of the liturgy. In the beautiful celebration of that 7th of November, 2010, the gifts of God in nature were present thanks to the fact that Gaudí made the Sagrada Família a hymn of the creatures in stone. The Word of God 20 22 26 27 was also present, thanks to the readings proclaimed and His commentary through the teaching CHRONICLE NEWS SPECIAL ISSUE COMMUNITY of the Holy Father. Finally, the liturgy was made present in a ceremony that earned the praise "We liked each other". A star for the Virgin Mary. "The dream remains intact." Now more than ever, thank of Fr Federico Lombardi, Jesuit and Vatican press officer, stating that that celebration was "the A first-person account by the The tower of the Virgin Xavier Martinez, Managing you. With the contributions most solemn, most united expression between man and God, that I have seen during my five diocesan coordinator of the Mary will be completed in Director, tells how the current of "small" donors, our years of pontificate." Holy Father's visit in 2010. 2021, topped with a star situation affects construction "great" Basilica will be able and a crown. and the magazine. to grow and be completed. I conclude these memories noting that that same afternoon, a moving event took place at the charity Nen Déu. There I witnessed how those scrutinising eyes of Benedict XVI were moved as he approached and blessed children with disabilities. If that morning we admired the beauty and grandeur of Gaudí's work, in the afternoon, as a fine complement, we were able to accompany a Holy Father who was happy to meet with society's most vulnerable, the www.instagram.com/basilicasagradafamilia favourite friends of Jesus Christ. @sagradafamilia www.facebook.com/BasilicadelaSagradaFamilia www.youtube.com/user/sagradafamiliacat 2 3 Temple · December 2020 Temple · December 2020 THE IMAGE A long-awaited visit At the end of 2010, specifically on the 7th of November, Pope Benedict XVI presided the dedication ceremony of the Sagrada Família and declared it a Minor Basilica. It was a day of worship and citizen participation that, for many Barcelonans, meant they could discover the interior of the temple. The then Archbishop of Barcelona, Cardinal Lluís Martínez Sistach, concelebrated the mass together with the Holy Father and the other cardinals, in a ceremony that was watched from outside the temple by thousands of worshippers in images that presented the interior of the temple to the world in all its beauty. Since then, the Sagrada Família has become a Basilica, and has been opened to worship. Pope Benedict XVI smiles at worshippers gathered on the Nativity façade, from where he prayed the Angelus. 4 5 Temple · December 2020 Temple · December 2020 ARTICLE The Sagrada Família, basilica Dr Santiago Bueno Salinas JUDICIAL VICAR Becoming a basilica is not a generic title for a Catholic temple, but rather a special distinction that directly links a church to the authority of the Holy Father. Since the 16th century, popes have granted this title to several churches, which stand out due to the importance and the solemnity of their worship anons 1205 to 1239 of chitectural style (basilical), both the churches convert- the Code of Canon Law ed from those buildings and the new ones that imitat- regulate sacred places in ed this model retained the basilica adjective, the Catholic Church, and especially in the city of Rome, as this was where where distinguish between the basilical model most persevered over the centu- churches, oratories and ries (especially since Gothic architecture never en- chapels, according to the tered the city). access rights of the faith- For this reason, the Roman basilicas from ancient ful, from more to less. times –and only these– today receive the title of ma- Thus, in churches, access jor basilicas, in which the major does not refer to the must be free for all Catho- surface or the volume, but to its original character. By lics (cc. 1214, 1221), chapels are for private access contrast, the other basilicas in the Catholic Church are Conly, while oratories are positioned somewhere in the minor basilicas, like our Sagrada Fam´ylia in Barcelo- middle, the sacred place is established for the use of na, ​​or the cathedrals. Indeed, from the 16th century a particular community, but the superior may allow ac- onwards, popes granted the title of basilica to various cess to other Catholics (c. 1223). Also, canons 1230- churches that stand out due to the importance and so- 1234 differentiate sanctuaries as a subtype of the first lemnity of the worship that is celebrated there. In any group, churches. case, cathedrals are always basilicas in their own right. The Code of Canon Law promulgated in 1917 (no In Rome, Saint John Lateran (which is the authen- longer in force) decreed in canon 1180: “No church tic cathedral of Rome), Saint Mary Major and Saint can receive the title of basilica unless through apos- Paul Outside the Walls are major basilicas. The cur- tolic concession or by immemorial custom, and the rent canonical regulation of basilicas is found in the brant ...) can have their rightful place according to cur- the basilica, which is usually placed somewhere visible privileges for one chapter or another will be taken in- decree Domus Ecclesiæ of the Congregation for Di- rent liturgical norms; the candidate church must have and, in the most solemn celebrations, in the presbytery. to account". Likewise, the current Code of Canon Law vine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments ap- certain renown and devotion to the diocese (due to The tintinnabulum consists of a vertical support with a bell, (from 1983) does not mention basilicas.