Confraternities and Brotherhoods

Brotherhood Houses

The work of Lucena’s brotherhoods and confraternities is not expressed just in the streets, beneath the light of candles and the sound of the drum. Their greatness is also built within the everyday spaces where they gather, work, and preserve their memory: the brotherhood houses. These places are much more than administrative headquarters; they are true confraternity homes where devotion, fraternal fellowship, and organisation coexist, giving life to each of the moments that shape their processions.

Each brotherhood house is a space in which a wide variety of functions are brought together. There, processional thrones and ceremonial items are kept, religious services are prepared, members are formed, and values of respect, dedication and faith are passed on to new generations. Throughout the year, they become meeting places where charitable activities, formation programmes, social gatherings, and lectures are organised, extending the spirit of Holy Week on their respective Glory feast beyond the day of its celebration.

These houses also fulfil a highly important heritage function. Within them are preserved artistic pieces of incalculable value ―processional thrones, insignia, embroidery, and gold and silverwork― which form part of the identity of the town. In Lucena, different realities coexist: brotherhoods with premises open to visitors and an active social life; others that open their facilities primarily as museum spaces; and others which, without a permanent exhibition purpose, maintain premises dedicated to the preservation and preparation of their heritage.

Special mention should be made of the Brotherhood House of the Confraternity of Love and Peace (Casa Hermandad de la Cofradía Amor y Paz), which houses an interesting collection of sacred art and audiovisual material relating to Holy Week, and the Brotherhood House of the Confraternity of the Colum (Casa Hermandad de la Cofradía de la Columna), which preserves items of the great historical value and recreates the atmosphere of Holy Thursday in Lucena. The Brotherhood House of Our Lady of Solitude (Casa Hermandad de la Soledad), associated with one of the most venerated Marian images, likewise preserves an important historical heritage.

Likewise, the House Museum of Our Lady of Araceli (Casa Museo de la Virgen de Araceli) is a devotional and heritage landmark closely linked to the Patroness of the town. Special mention should be made of the Santería Museum of the Venerable Archconfraternity of Our Father Jesus the Nazarene (Museo de la Santería de la Venerable Archicofradía de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno) which, having been inaugurated in 2015, remained closed for several years and is currently undergoing reconstruction to reopening to the public. All of them can be visited by previous arrangement with the corresponding confraternity or brotherhood. To these may be added the brotherhood houses of Silencio (Silence) (which houses a replica of its titular image alongside the institution’s ceremonial items), el Huerto (the Garden) (which also manages the Getsemaní Confraternity Corner), and La Sangre (the Blood) Sangre.

Other houses primarily fulfil the essential role of safeguarding and preparing processional thrones and ceremonial items, ensuring the preservation of a heritage which, although not always on permanent display, forms an indispensable part of Lucena’s confraternity identity.

Some of the Glory brotherhoods also have their own dedicated premises. This is the case of the Hermandad de San José Artesano (Brotherhood of Saint Joseph the Craftsman), whose premises remain open on a very regular assiduousness; the Caseta de la Hermandad de Nuestra Señora del Rocío (Brotherhood Stand of Our Lady of El Rocío), a meeting place for pilgrims and horse-drawn carriages in the days leading up to their departure towards Almonte, guided by their ‘simpecado’, as well as a regular venue for social gatherings and festive events; and the house of the Brotherhood of Drummers, linked to one of the most distinctive elements of the town’s sound heritage.

Taken together, the brotherhood houses form a true map of religious life in Lucena. Each one reflects the character of its respective brotherhood or confraternity, but they all share the same spirit: to be places of faith, memory, and future. They are the natural extension of the brotherhoods and confraternities, lthe places where every detail of Holy Week and the Glory festivities are prepared, and where the passion of people is kept alive day by day, becoming a constant and enduring presence in the cultural, social, and spiritual life of the town throughout the year.

 

Brotherhood House Opening Hours Lent 2026

  • REAL COFRADÍA DE NTRO. PADRE JESÚS DE LA AGONÍA ORANDO EN EL HUERTO, MARÍA STMA. DE LA ESTRELLA Y SAN INOCENCIO MÁRTIR (ROYAL CONFRATERNITY OF OUR FATHER JESUS IN HIS AGONY PRAYING IN THE GARDEN, BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OF THE STAR, AND SAINT INNOCENT THE MARTYR)
    ASH WEDNESDAY AND EVERY FRIDAY OF LENT

From 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Rincón Cofrade Getsemaní, in Llanete Virgen de la Estrella (corner of Cantillana Street)

  • HERMANDAD DE SAN JOSÉ ARTESANO (BROTHERHOOD OF SAINT JOSEPH THE CRAFTSMAN)
    EVERY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF LENT

From 9 p.m. to 00 a.m.
Opening of the Brotherhood House as a social and fellowship venue, Juan Blázquez Street 12.

  • COFRADÍA Y HERMANDAD DE TAMBORES ENLUTADOS DEL STMO. CRISTO DE LA SALUD Y MISERICORDIA (CONFRATERNITY AND BROTHERHOOD OF MOURNING DRUMMERS OF THE MOST HOLY CHRIST OF HEALTH AND MERCY) (Christ of Silence and of the Students).
    FROM 18 FEBRUARY TO 24 MARCH

Monday to Friday, from 9 p.m. to 00 a.m.
Opening of the Brotherhood House as a social and fellowship venue. Plaza de Aguilar (Aguilar Square)

  • PIADOSA, HUMILDE Y FERVOROSA HERMANDAD Y COFRADÍA DEL SANTÍSMO CRISTO DEL AMOR, NUESTRO PADRE JESÚS DE LA CRUCIFIXIÓN Y MARÍA SANTÍSIMA DE LA PAZ “CAMPANITAS” (PIOUS, HUMBLE AND FERVENT BROTHERHOOD AND CONFRATERNITY OF THE MOST HOLY CHRIST OF LOVE, OUR FATHER JESUS OF THE CRUCIFIXION, AND BLESSED MARY OF PEACE “CAMPANITAS”).
    EVERY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN LENT

From 9 p.m. until closing time.
SUNDAYS IN LENT
From 12 p.m. until closing time.

Opening of the Brotherhood House as a social and fellowship venue. Viana Street 24.

  • HERMANDAD Y COFRADÍA DE NTRO. PADRE JESÚS DE LA COLUMNA Y MARÍA SANTÍSIMA DE LA PAZ Y ESPERANZA ((BROTHERHOOD AND CONFRATERNITY OF OUR FATHER JESUS OF THE COLUMN AND BLESSED MARY OF PEACE AND HOPE).
    HOLY THURSDAY, 2 APRIL

Morning opening of the Brotherhood House as an exhibition space. Llanete del Cristo de la Columna 10.

Photograph: Confraternity Archive

Brotherhood House of Our Lady of Solitude

Photograph: Confraternity Archive

Brotherhood House of Our Lady of Solitude

Photograph: Confraternity Archive

Brotherhood House of the Column

Photograph: Confraternity Archive

Brotherhood House of Love and Peace

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