The Good Event

Brotherhood and Confraternity of Our Father Jesus of the Good Outcome in his encounter with his Most Holy Mother the Virgin of Sorrows on the Street of Bitterness and Mary Most Holy of Charity.

History

Founded in 1973 in the parish of San Andrés by a group of former students and people connected to the Parish School of San Andrés, with the collaboration of its parish priest Manuel Márquez, this is a brotherhood that reflects the fruit of continuous effort. It carried out its first penance procession on Holy Tuesday of 1974. In 1977, the image of Mary Most Holy of Charity was added to its penance procession, which was replaced in 1991 by a new sculpture that currently takes part in the procession.

Temple

Parish of Saint Andrew the Apostle. Although remodeled in the 18th century, it is one of the so-called Fernandine churches, founded after the Christian reconquest. From that era remain the current Chapel of the Tabernacle and the side entrance, clearly medieval in style. In the Baroque period, thanks to Bishop Marcelino Siuri, the church was transformed, expanded, and enriched, adapting it to the tastes of the time. In the final years of the 20th century, it underwent deep restoration, revealing its current splendor.

The Images

Our Father Jesus of the Good Outcome

The image of Our Father Jesus of the Good Outcome is an anonymous 17th-century work, restored by Antonio Castillo Ariza in 1972, by Juan Martínez Cerrillo between 1973 and 1978, and by Antonio Bernal and Francisco Romero in 1988. Therefore, it is difficult to assess the work in order to attribute it to a specific artist, mainly due to the continuous restorations it has undergone. However, it is often associated with the circle of Pedro Roldán and Nieva, a master who worked and shone in 17th-century Seville.

The scene represents the encounter between Jesus and his Mother, the Virgin of Sorrows, on the Street of Bitterness, in the presence of Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Mary Magdalene. In 2006, the figures of Mary Salome and Mary Cleophas processed for the first time, forming, together with Mary Magdalene, the group of the “Three Marys.” However, the brotherhood plans to include three more figures in the mystery: two Romans and a Cyrenean, all works by Miguel Ángel González Jurado.

The Lord currently appears carrying the Cross on his right shoulder, aided by the figure of Simon of Cyrene. Leaning forward, he slightly turns his head to the left, looking at his Mother, who is kneeling before him. The crown of thorns, with up to four branches, causes blood to fall over the bronzed face of Jesus.

Mary Most Holy of Charity

The Virgin of Charity was sculpted in 1991 by the Cordoban image maker Miguel Ángel González Jurado, replacing the previous sorrowful Virgin, a work by Joaquín Jesús Sánchez.

With an oval face and dark complexion, this sorrowful Virgin, with reddened eyes and pronounced cheekbones, expresses her pain behind the Lord bearing the Cross. Her suffering is conveyed through signs such as her furrowed brow and slightly open mouth.

Nazarene Habit

Red tunic and face covering with a esparto belt.

Notable Insignias

• The Processional Cross, carved and gilded, originating from an old altarpiece.
• Sacramental banner, in white linen, with gold embroidery from the early 19th century.
• Book of Rules (1993), made of velvet and silver-plated alpaca by members of the brotherhood. Banner of the brotherhood in red velvet with gold embroidery and a chiseled staff by Hermanos Delgado.