DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Banco Popular Dominicano is sponsoring a series of cultural activities, including early morning church vigil concerts program, Madrugada de Bendición, to commemorate the Virgen de la Altagracia on Thursday at midnight, 20 January 2022. The early morning event will be on 70 TV channels and all Roman Catholic media in the country, including Color Vision Channel 9, Telesistema Channel 11, Channel 4, Televida, and TV Quisqueya for the United States, and online at @basilicadehiguey, among others.

Among the artistic events is a performance by the National Symphony Orchestra directed by Maestro Jose Antonio Molina at 5am, and a cantata by Maridalia Hernandez at 7am.

Mass by the Archbishop of Higuey, Monsignor Jesus Castro Marte will be at 8am.

This 21 January 2022, the province of La Altagracia also celebrates the Jubilee Year of the Canonical Coronation of...