{"id":146,"date":"2026-11-04T19:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semanasantaalicante.com\/en\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2026-11-04T19:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T18:18:45","slug":"mater_desolata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.semanasantaalicante.com\/en\/mater_desolata\/","title":{"rendered":"mater_desolata"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"ssa-historia-nav\" aria-label=\"Holy Week procession days\">\n  <a href=\"\/en\/domingo_de_ramos\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-leaf\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Palm Sunday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/lunes_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-church\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Holy Monday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/martes_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-users\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Holy Tuesday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/miercoles_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-book-open\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Holy Wednesday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/jueves_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-bread-slice\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Maundy Thursday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/viernes_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-cross\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Good Friday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/domingo_de_resurreccion\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-sun\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Easter Sunday\n  <\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n\n<script data-wp-block-html=\"js\">\ndocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function () {\n\n  const slider = document.getElementById(\"ssa-tamborrada-slider\");\n\n  if (!slider || slider.dataset.iniciado === \"true\") return;\n\n  slider.dataset.iniciado = \"true\";\n\n  const track = slider.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-track\");\n  const slides = Array.from(slider.querySelectorAll(\".ssa-tamborrada-slide\"));\n\n  const contenedor = slider.parentElement;\n  const puntos = contenedor.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-puntos\");\n  const anterior = slider.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-prev\");\n  const siguiente = slider.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-next\");\n  const pausa = contenedor.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-pausa\");\n  const contador = contenedor.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-contador\");\n\n  if (!slides.length) return;\n\n  let actual = 0;\n  let intervalo;\n  let reproduciendo = true;\n  let inicioX = 0;\n\n  const reducirMovimiento = window.matchMedia(\n    \"(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)\"\n  ).matches;\n\n  \/\/ CREAR INDICADORES\n\n  slides.forEach(function (_, index) {\n\n    const boton = document.createElement(\"button\");\n\n    boton.type = \"button\";\n    boton.className = \"ssa-tamborrada-punto\";\n    boton.setAttribute(\"aria-label\", \"Ver fotograf\u00eda \" + (index + 1));\n\n    boton.addEventListener(\"click\", function () {\n      irA(index);\n    });\n\n    puntos.appendChild(boton);\n\n  });\n\n  const indicadores = Array.from(\n    puntos.querySelectorAll(\".ssa-tamborrada-punto\")\n  );\n\n  \/\/ CAMBIAR FOTOGRAF\u00cdA\n\n  function actualizar() {\n\n    track.style.transform = \"translateX(-\" + (actual * 100) + \"%)\";\n\n    indicadores.forEach(function (punto, index) {\n\n      punto.classList.toggle(\"activo\", index === actual);\n      punto.setAttribute(\"aria-current\", index === actual ? \"true\" : \"false\");\n\n    });\n\n    contador.innerHTML =\n      \"<strong>\" +\n      String(actual + 1).padStart(2, \"0\") +\n      \"<\/strong> \/ \" +\n      String(slides.length).padStart(2, \"0\");\n\n  }\n\n  function irA(index) {\n\n    actual = (index + slides.length) % slides.length;\n    actualizar();\n\n  }\n\n  function avanzar() {\n    irA(actual + 1);\n  }\n\n  function retroceder() {\n    irA(actual - 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The Virgin's desolation before the empty Cross\" loading=\"lazy\">\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"ssa-ficha-pie\">\n            <h3>Mater Desolata. The Virgin's desolation before the empty Cross<\/h3>\n            <p>Juan Giner Masegosa<\/p>\n            <p><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- COAT OF ARMS -->\n    <section class=\"ssa-ficha-seccion\">\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-titulo\">\n        <span>02<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"ssa-ficha-kicker\">IDENTITY AND SYMBOLISM<\/p>\n          <h2>The coat of arms<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-historia\">\n        <p>\n          It is composed of several initials from the Brotherhood's name. At its centre is a cross\n          overlaid with the letters M and P, referring to the Mater Desolata Penitential Brotherhood.\n          This represents Mary at the foot of the empty Cross. The entire design is black and features\n          a wrought-iron effect.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- PROCESSIONAL ATTIRE -->\n    <section class=\"ssa-ficha-seccion\">\n\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-titulo\">\n        <span>03<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"ssa-ficha-kicker\">PROCESSIONAL ATTIRE AND BROTHERHOOD IDENTITY<\/p>\n          <h2>Processional attire<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-indumentaria\">\n\n        <div class=\"ssa-ficha-foto-indumentaria\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/semanasantaalicante.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/imagenes_hermandades\/mater_desolata\/indumentaria_preview.png\" alt=\"Mater Desolata processional attire\" loading=\"lazy\">\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"ssa-ficha-texto-indumentaria\">\n          <p>\n            The traditional attire of this Brotherhood consists of a burgundy tunic and hood.\n            The Brotherhood's emblem is embroidered on the hood, and members wear a white cord\n            around the waist. The outfit is completed with white gloves, black footwear and the\n            Brotherhood's medal.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- HISTORY -->\n    <section class=\"ssa-ficha-seccion\">\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-titulo\">\n        <span>04<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"ssa-ficha-kicker\">ORIGINS AND HISTORY<\/p>\n          <h2>History of the Brotherhood<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-historia\">\n        <p>\n          It was founded on 30 April 1948 under the name of the Penitential Brotherhood of Our Father\n          Jesus before the Praetorium, reviving the former Brotherhood of the Sentence, which had\n          processed through the streets of Alicante in the previous century.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n          On 9 November of the same year, seven months later, it was decided to change its name to\n          the Mater Desolata Penitential Brotherhood. It took part in processions with the image of\n          the Virgin in desolation before the empty Cross, a work by sculptor Juan Giner Masegosa.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <blockquote>\n          The establishment of this Penitential Brotherhood was the initiative of officials from\n          the former National Social Security Institute. Its first president was the Provincial\n          Delegate in Alicante, Mr Pablo Espejo Maroto.\n        <\/blockquote>\n\n        <p>\n          Since its first procession in 1949, it has always taken part on Good Friday. However, in\n          1959 it stopped participating in Alicante Holy Week after being denied permission to move\n          its procession to Holy Saturday.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n          On 2 January 1985, the Brotherhood was reorganised and resumed its processional activities,\n          setting out from the Parish of Saint Mary. In its previous period, it had processed from\n          the Parish of Our Lady of Grace.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n          Between 1990 and 1993, the Brotherhood once again faced the possibility of dissolution,\n          this time due to its dwindling membership and a lack of organisational responsibility\n          within the group. This did not ultimately happen. In 1994, a group of members took on the\n          responsibility of rebuilding the Brotherhood with a new project and finding a new home\n          for the organisation. Its canonical seat was established at the Parish of Saint Joseph\n          of Carolinas, in the Las Carolinas neighbourhood.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n          Interestingly, on 1 May 1947, the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Holy Week\n          Brotherhoods and Guilds recorded the intention of the parish priest of Saint Joseph of\n          Carolinas to establish a new guild that would take part in processions in 1948. This\n          proposal was not carried out at the time. However, as mentioned above, the Mater Desolata\n          Brotherhood would eventually fulfil this intention, without being aware of its original\n          connection, when it established its new home at the Parish of Saint Joseph in 1994.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n          In 2012, the Brotherhood added a small Crucifix to its procession, carried by students\n          from the sixth form at San Jos\u00e9 de Carolinas School. Following the positive reception\n          of this float and several years of work, a new sculpture of Christ of the Agony and the\n          Holy Spirit, created by Seville-based sculptor Mr Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Leal, was blessed in 2018.\n          It made its first penitential procession on the night of Good Friday 2019.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <blockquote>\n          This guild, together with the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre and the Guild of Our\n          Lady of Solitude of Saint Mary, forms part of the Procession of the Holy Burial, the\n          city's official procession.\n        <\/blockquote>\n\n        <h4>Musical contribution to Alicante Holy Week<\/h4>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Mater Desolata \u00b7 Antonio Carrillos, \u201cProcessional March\u201d. Dedicated to the Brotherhood of the same name. Premiered on 2 March 2002 by the Carolinas Band at the Church of Saint Joseph.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- PHOTO GALLERY -->\n    <section class=\"ssa-tamborrada-galeria\">\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-titulo\">\n        <span>05<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"ssa-ficha-kicker\">IN PICTURES<\/p>\n          <h2>Photo gallery<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p class=\"ssa-ficha-galeria-intro\">\n        The procession, its sacred images and the traditions of Good Friday.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"ssa-tamborrada-slider\" id=\"ssa-tamborrada-slider\">\n\n        <div class=\"ssa-tamborrada-track\">\n\n          <div class=\"ssa-tamborrada-slide\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/semanasantaalicante.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/imagenes_hermandades\/mater_desolata\/1.jpeg\" alt=\"National Band Competition\">\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"ssa-tamborrada-slide\">\n            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