Overview

• The Santuário Nacional in Aparecida is operating 24 hours from Friday to Sunday, with key services such as parking, medical posts and pilgrim support open overnight and visitation to the image starting before dawn.
• Sunday’s program features seven Masses, including a solemn celebration at 8:00 expected to be presided over by Archbishop Dom Orlando Brandes and a noon Mass dedicated to children.
• The basilica can host about 35,000 faithful per celebration, and all liturgies will be streamed on the sanctuary’s social channels, the Aparecida app and the basilica website.
• Dioceses and parishes nationwide published schedules for novenas, processions and children’s events, reflecting local observances tied to the feast and the Church’s Jubilee themes of hope and family.
• Cities adjusted holiday operations for the date that coincides with Children’s Day, with malls and services on special hours and transit reinforcements such as 22 extra buses scheduled by Fortaleza’s Etufor.