Our Lady of the Carmen de Salinas

Marian Advocation of Salinas (Ponce)

In the consulting documentation of the Church in Colombia, of the diocese of Ponce (in Puerto Rico) and in general repertories of Marian sanctuaries, does not contain a specific advocation under the title "Our Lady of the Carmen de Salinas" referred to Salinas, Department of Ponce, Colombia. Nor does the town (Salinas, Ponce, Colombia) appear in regular records of Marian municipalities or parishes linked to Carmen. [not recorded]

Main data

Origin and history

In the consulting documentation of the Church in Colombia, of the diocese of Ponce (in Puerto Rico) and in general repertories of Marian sanctuaries, does not contain a specific advocation under the title "Our Lady of the Carmen de Salinas" referred to Salinas, Department of Ponce, Colombia. Nor does the town (Salinas, Ponce, Colombia) appear in regular records of Marian municipalities or parishes linked to Carmen. [not recorded]

If the advocation is widely documented Our Lady of the Carmen de Salinas en Salinas (Spain)where the Virgin of Carmen is considered from the old patron of the villa and linked to the local marine tradition. This devotion has been organized and promoted by the Confraternity of Our Lady of the Carmen de Salinas, canonically erected in the Parish of Our Lady of Carmen from that town.

Since the order expressly refers to Colombia and the "department of Ponce," and that in the sources it only appears as Salinas (Spain)it must be concluded, with rigour, that the existence of an advocation of its own in Salinas, Ponce, Colombia es a given no demostration and that requires specific local research (parish, diocese, municipal archives, parish chronicles) before it can be affirmed with certainty. [not recorded]

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The image and the sanctuary

For a hypothetical advocation of Our Lady of the Carmen de Salinas en Salinas, Ponce, Colombia, no documented data on a own image (type, material, unique iconography) or on a specific sanctuary (official name of the temple, canonical rank as diocesan, national, etc.). [not recorded]

However, the image of Our Lady of the Carmen de Salinas venerada en Saline (Asturias): this is an image of the Virgin of Carmen in the Parish of Our Lady of Carmen de Salinas, of a marine style, which presents it with the Child Jesus and the scapular, according to the classical Carmelite iconography. The parish is a diocesan parish temple, dependent on the archdiocese of Oviedo, without mention of the title of a minor basilica or national sanctuary in the sources consulted.

In the absence of verifiable information for Colombia, it should expressly include: does not contain a description of an image or a sanctuary under this title in Salinas, department of Ponce, Colombia with the required rigour criteria. [not recorded]

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Sponsorship and coronation

In relation to Salinas, Department of Ponce, Colombia, not in accessible sources that Our Lady of the Carmen of Salinas has been officially proclaimed patron of the municipality or of the diocese, nor that there is an episcopal decree or recognition of particular patronage under this title. [not recorded]

If the patronage of the Virgin of the Carmen in Asturias, Spain: the advocation is recognized as patrona de Salinas and is closely linked to the protection of seafarers and people of the sea. This patronage is lived in the parish and through the local fellowship.

On a canonical coronation of the image under the title "Our Lady of Carmen de Salinas" in the context of Salinas, Ponce, Colombia, ningún dated: no references to a coronation decree, date or pontifical or episcopal delegate have been found. Therefore, according to the above rules, it should be stated:

Canon coronation: does not contain a documented canonical coronation.

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Party and devotion

In the Carmel tradition and in almost all of the Carmen's claims, the main party se celebra el 16 July, liturgical memory of Our Lady of Carmen in the Roman calendar. Applied to the alleged advocation of Our Lady of Carmen de Salinas (Ponce, Colombia)it can be assumed that, if devotion existed, it would be held on the same date; however, no consta no specific data, or local festive program, that officially confirms this celebration for the Colombian town. [not recorded]

On the contrary, the party of 16 July is widely documented in Saline (Asturias)where a solemn Eucharist and a procession with the Virgin of Carmen by the sea, in which the image is boarded and travels the coast, asking for the protection of the Virgin over the sailors and the people of the sea. It is a deeply rooted party, with numerous assistance from the faithful and a strong popular and marine character.

Since the traditions referred to "procession at sea," "patron of fishermen" and "feast of 16 July" appear clearly for Salinas (Spain) y no constan documented for a homonymous locality in Colombia, data should be considered no probados for the Colombian case until new sources (diocesan or parish) confirm it. [not recorded]

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Link to the Rosary

No sources describing a specific practice of the Rosary prayer linked to the advocation "Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Salinas" in Salinas, Ponce, Colombia. [not recorded] There are also no documented testimonies of the Rosary's co-fradies or solemn rosary schedules associated with this title in this town. [not recorded]

In Carmelite devotion in general - including that of the Virgin of Carmen in maritime places such as Salinas (Asturias) - the Rosary It is often an important place: many of Carmen's cofradies promote the prayer of the Holy Rosary, especially in the days before the feast of July 16, in novies and processions, as a simple and deep way to contemplate with Mary the mysteries of Christ. Although it does not contain an own and documented link for Salinas, Ponce, Colombia, the spirituality of Carmen always guides the contemplative life in the world, and the Rosary thus becomes a school of Marian and Christological prayer, very suitable to accompany the life of fishermen, families and communities that are recognized as protected by the Virgin of Carmen.

In rigorous summary: no consta a specific, documented relationship between the Rosary and the advocation "Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Salinas" in Salinas, department of Ponce, Colombia; it can, however, be stated theologically that every Carmelite devotion finds in the Rosary a privileged instrument of union with Christ by Maryeven where historical sources do not detail this practice.