The church of New Andalusia organizes a Catholic concert to fund the repair of the temple.

They started with a small project, but over the years, storms Leonardo and Marta caused the church's altar roof to collapse ... turning it into a much larger task. It happened on February 10 at the Virgen Madre parish in Nueva Andalucía, and by then, masses had already been moved to the Multifunctional Center of this district in Marbella, provided by the City Council.

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Two months have passed since then, and this Holy Week the parish has resumed activities in its church. However, the construction work and debts are not yet fully resolved. "We started with the drainage, and when the roof fell, we realized everything needed to be renovated. Now only a part of the electrical installation inside remains, but we owe 15,000 euros," says the parish priest, Ramón Tejero.

These are just the interior works, as the extent of the damage will require an intervention on the exterior for the waterproofing of the church, including its dome, though these works will be financed by the City Council. To address the debt for the interior renovation, the parish is organizing a series of events. The first will take place on Saturday the 18th from 8:30 PM at the Multifunctional Center of Nueva Andalucía, hosting the 'Catholic Concert' organized by the parish. Performing on stage will be Juan Susarte & Confía2, a group of contemporary Catholic music "with a close, current, and deeply spiritual style"; the singer-songwriter from Madrid, Antonio Mata; and Juan Baena, a priest from the Diocese of Málaga who "represents one of the emerging voices in today's Catholic music," as announced in the program.

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The origin of the event lies in a parish group from Madrid, which the current parish priest of Virgen Madre was part of in his youth. "We keep in touch, there are people there who are priests and others who are married, and one of those people is the wife of Antonio Mata, and they wanted to help us selflessly," Tejero explains. Those who want to support the parish by attending—or without attending—the concert can make a donation of 15 euros through Bizum (02103) or by bank transfer (ES 2103 0291 6800 1001 0087).