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The Mourning Women – « Les Pleureuses »

Collégiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Rue de l'Eglise
1680 Romont

Holy Friday mass is celebrated in the collegiate church.
On the afternoon of Good Friday, an air of contemplation pervades the hillside town of Romont.

Following Good Friday mass, celebrated in front of the imposing collegiate church, a cross bearer, whose head is covered with a piece of black cloth, and 20 veiled women, also dressed in black, commemorate the Passion and Crucifiction of Jesus. Known as "Les Pleureuses" (or wailing women), they bear the instruments of the crucifiction on bright red cushions: a crown of thorns, nails, hammer, birch sticks and a whip. Praying and chanting, the sombre cortege slowly makes its way through the town, stopping briefly to pray at the fourteen stations of the cross, which lead to Calvary and the death of Christ.

The procession starts at the Collegiate Church of Romont at 3:00 p.m. The mourners will then commence their journey through "Rue de Béguines" and return to the Collegiate Church via the "Rue de l'église". The choir of Good Friday will animate the event.

29 March 2024

Friday15:30 - 17:00

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Office du Tourisme de Romont et sa région, Rue du Château 112, 1680, Romont
Rue du Château 112
1680 Romont

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Paroisse catholique de Romont
Maison St-Charles, rez-de-chaussée
1680 Romont

Mass in the Collegiate Church starts at 3pm.

The procession starts at 3.30 pm. 

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29 March 2024

Friday15:30 - 17:00

Collégiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Rue de l'Eglise
1680 Romont

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