A Real Irmandade de Santa Cruz e Passos da Graça da Paróquia de Santo André e de Santa Marinha
A Real Irmandade de Santa Cruz e Passos da Graça da Paróquia de Santo André e de Santa Marinha
It is a public association of the faithful, with canonical and civil legal personality, based in the premises of the now defunct Graça convent, which is governed by the General Norms for the Regulation of Associations of the Faithful, determined by the Portuguese Episcopal Conference in 1988.
The main aim of this Royal Brotherhood is to promote and intensify the cult of Our Lord Jesus Christ, under the invocation of the Lord of the Steps of Grace, and of His Blessed Virgin Mother, under the invocation of Our Lady of Solitude, essentially through the annual celebration of the Procession of the Lord of the Steps.
Constitution of the Governing Bodies
Board of Directors
Provedor: Francisco de Mendia Vassalo
Clerk: António Stichini
Treasurer: Francisco da Franca de Horta Machado, Conde de Selir
Prosecutor: Miguel de Sampayo Melo e Castro
Member: Miguel da Cunha e Lorena Brito
General Assembly
President: Pedro Gonçalo Sá Nogueira, Visconde de Sá da Bandeira
Member: Pedro Passanha Guedes
Member: Eduardo Arede
Advisory Board
President: Sérgio Moreno
Secretary: Miguel Mexia Alves Vassalo
Member: D. João de Lancastre e Távora, Conde de Matosinhos
Member: D. Sandra Perdigão Neves
Member: Nuno Berquó, Marquês de Viana
Councillors of the Board of Directors
Luiz de Abreu Cartario
António de Mello Campello
Ricardo Hogan
Francisco Franco de Sousa
Aio do Senhor dos Passos
His Most Reverend Eminence, Cardinal Manuel III, Patriarch of Lisbon.
Chaplain of the Royal Brotherhood
His Excellency Canon Jorge Dias, Parish Priest of Graça
Chaplain Emeritus
His Excellency Canon António da Franca de Horta Machado
Aia do Senhor dos Passos
D. Maria da Assunção de Castro Infante da Câmara
Real Irmandade dos Passos da Graça received in audience by the Mayor of Lisbon
