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The ancient Church of the Carmen de las Delicias


By Luis de Frutos
During the early twentieth century (1905-1907) changes in the structure physical neighborhood of Las Delicias, implemented without any kind nor splendor, in a rudimentary start to go cover the basic needs of local people. The presence of Las Delicias town as is evident, and its inhabitants start to be taken into account by some institutions. At the opening of a school will immediately follow the construction of a chapel, installing street lighting in some groups, and the implementation of an octroi to pay tax on the goods. These incremental improvements are another small step in the consolidation of the district irregular.

La Capilla del Carmen
human Importance acquires the population, forcing the Archdiocese to consider the creation of a parish to avoid the difficulties of ecclesiastical dependence with neighbors to belong to San Andres and San Ildefonso, two parishes that bad penalties may worthily serve the faithful its jurisdiction, the first by the large number of parishioners who compose it, and the second covering the vast expanse. However, the lack of financial resources, the Archbishop simply to enable a house built as a chapel at the beginning of the Alexander Dam Street (now Calle Julio Ruiz de Alda), on the right side, near the large prairie that extends Canterac street and the walls of castle.
Appointed chaplain in the same the priest Félix González, this small chapel partially palliate the needs of the faithful to serve only to officiate the Mass, however, from the beginning was true devotion in the neighbors going to be married young outside the neighborhood, to give the Virgen del Carmen de Las Delicias the bouquet of the bride.
Little Chapel of Carmen will soon be insufficient for the number of parishioners who regularly attend the holy place to perform their religious obligations, on the other hand, the extension, population density and steady increase of people in the district require own parish to avoid travel to San Andres and San Ildefonso to receive the Sacraments.
The Archdiocese acquires part of a plot and the old factory buildings on the resin and Yimirra Gutiérrez Society. On March 20, 1911, before the notary of the city and Serrano Rafael Serrano signing the deed of sale.
The money budgeted by the Archdiocese for the construction of the new parish are not excessive, merely to bring the main factory ship built of adobe, built in the main facade a bell, buy banks and acquire the necessary material for Mass officiate.
On January 10, 1914, the Archbishop addressed an application to the Minister Mercy and Justice to refer the case made by the general law of the Church and of Spain Concordatorio. The ministry included in the draft budget for 1915 formed the new parish in the neighborhood of Las Delicias, the same shall be opened on 1 January 1915. Opening

Parish
Friday January 1, 1915, the new parish, a humble whitewashed adobe building, classified by term, with treasurer and parish coadjutor for the service opens its doors for worship. The first entry made in the parish is made on 4 enrofloxacin, 1915, corresponds to the death of José Vela Agudelo, 44 \u200b\u200byears age. The official opening of the parish church was held on Tuesday, February 2, 1915, celebrating a pontifical Archbishop José María de Cos, assisted by Carlos María de Cos.

Fire and destruction of the church
In 1936 the church was a constant source of repair costs, and a constant nightmare that was parish priest in those days Don Mariano Miguel Lopez, who increasingly looked less likely his desire to build a parish meets the needs of the neighborhood, among other reasons because of the ephemeral and relative peace of the twenties had happened a seizure was often confronted with religion.

First fire
Amid a tense situation in the country, in the early hours of Sunday 22 March 1936 a fire in the Carmelite church, partly affecting the back and roof. Conducted by the pastor, the complaint, the court home employment the first steps on the same Sunday morning, police concluded that the fire had been intentional, not reach virtually any arrests.

Carmen Church after the fire. August 1936

Second fire
social situation worsens, the afternoon of Friday 17 July 1936 in full verbena del Carmen, when neighborhood youth were going to dance through the radio called the issuance of a military revolt, occupying the streets within hours the soldiers. At dawn on July 18, Baker Tola, in his bakery in the Plaza del Carmen, to see the glow of a fire from the church, ran to call Don Mariano in his house near the street to give Ambassadors news of the fire. Almost breaking through the flames, succeeded in reaching the campus pastor to save the Tabernacle.
started the fire by four points at the same time, the wooden beams were soon collapsed destroying the building. Don Mariano did not lose a when resorting to the civil and ecclesiastical authorities for a solution to the parish.


The current church pastor's wishes Don Mariano Miguel Lopez were completed on July 6, 1947 with the opening (not yet finished the new Church of Carmen). It ended on April 3, 1949.

Current Carmen church

and fotogtrafías text font on the old church, Las Delicias: mi barrio story / [Luis de Frutos]. Publisher: [Sl sn], [2001] (Valladolid: Sever-Cuesta). ISBN: 84-607-2304-6

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