Saturday, 21st of May:
– 00:30 – Mass in São José, after the Mass follows the beginning of the Vigil in honour of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres.
– 08:00 – Mass at St. Joseph Church. Followed by the moving of the Image to the front of the Sanctuary.
– 13:00 – Collecting of the Image of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres (Sanctuary).
– 16:30 – Procession from the Field, passing in front of the Guard of Honour provided by a company of the Army and Band of the Military Zone of the Azores (16h45), with salute by a Navy corvette and overflight by an Air Force aircraft. (The route of the moving of the Image will be done in the direction of recent years: N-S, E-W, S-N and W-E streets of the Field of S. Francisco).
– 18:00 – Sermon by His Eminence, Cardinal D. José Tolentino Mendonça.
After the sermon, the Image remains in the churchyard.
– 24:00 – Moving of the Image to the Church of S. José
