Walk with Jesus Live Updates: Fiesta Señor 2024 Kickoff
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Queen City of the South, Cebu City, welcomes the most anticipated Sinulog Festival and Fiesta Señor with a kick-off today, January 11, 2024.
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- LIST: Sinulog 2024 schedule of activities
- Reminders from Basilica for the 459th Fiesta Señor
The Fiesta Señor begins with the Walk with Jesus foot procession from Fuente Osmeña to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.
WATCH: Route for the solemn foot procession
Updated foot procession routes for Fiesta Señor 2024 bared
The routes for the foot procession of the 2024 Fiesta Señor, which happens before the Sinulog Grand Parade, have been updated by the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.
The basilica bared the updated routes on its Facebook page last Dec. 29, 2023.
READ: Devotees urged to buy Santo Niño clothed in red, not green
LOOK: Traffic rerouting plan for Walk with Jesus
Devotees urged to buy Santo Niño clothed in red, not green
Images of Sto. Niño dressed in green and red robes are sold within the vicinity of Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in Cebu City. CDN Digital photo | Niña Mae Oliverio
When buying images of the Sto. Niño, priests here urge the public to buy the image clad in a red robe, not the one in green.
Fr. John Ion Miranda, one of the priests in the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, echoed this call in a news forum on Tuesday, Jan. 9.
Rama: No signal shutdown for Fiesta Señor, Sinulog 2024
Cebu City mayor Michael Rama told reporters on Wednesday, January 10, that a signal shutdown will not be implemented for this year’s Sinulog celebration. | Emmariel Ares
According to Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, there will be no signal shutdown during the much-anticipated 459th Fiesta Señor and Sinulog Festival 2024 celebration.
Rama said this information to reporters during the send-off ceremony of security personnel on Wednesday, January 10, at the SM Seaside Concert Ground.
READ: Rama: No signal shutdown for Fiesta Señor, Sinulog 2024
LOOK: Devotees wait for the start of “Walk with Jesus”
LOOK: Devotees ready for “Walk with Jesus”
LOOK: Rama among devotees for Walk with Jesus
WATCH: Bato Balani plays during Walk with Jesus
Phones are up as the Bato Balani sa Gugma hymn plays during the Penitential Walk with Jesus on Thursday, Jan. 11, along Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City.
WATCH: Sea of devotees during Walk with Jesus
Devotees wave their hands and their images of the Holy Child, Santo Niño, as the Bato Balani sa Gugma plays during the Penitential Walk with Jesus on Jan. 11, Thursday, along Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City.
LOOK: Devotees, Sto. Niño and Bato Balani sa Gugma
LOOK: Devotees fill Basilica for Opening Salvo Mass
LOOK: Three kids and their Santo Niños
LOOK: Showing devotion to Santo Niño
WATCH: Santo Niño arrives at Basilica
The image of the Señor Sto. Niño de Cebu arrives at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño after the Penitential Walk with Jesus for 459th Fiesta Señor on January 11.
WATCH: Devotees fill Osmeña Blvd.
Devotees fill Osmeña Boulevard as they march to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño during the Penitential Walk with Jesus on Thursday, Jan. 11.
LOOK: Devotees stay to attend novena masses
Walk with Jesus signals start of Fiesta Señor 2024: All roads lead to Basilica
Hundreds joined the Penitential Walk with Jesus procession that started at Fuente Osmeña at 4 a.m. and ended at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu, where the Opening Salvo Mass for the 459th Fiesta Señor was held at 5:30 a.m.
READ: Walk with Jesus signals start of Fiesta Señor 2024: All roads lead to Basilica
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Interesting facts about Señor Sto. Niño
‘Walk with Jesus’: A photo play of event signaling start of Fiesta Senor activities
On the Basilica’s end at nearly 4 a.m., devotees filled the Pilgrim’s Center of the Basilica as they awaited the arrival of the image of the Sto. Nino from the procession starting at Fuente Osmena.
With the arrival of the Senor Sto. Nino image at past 5 a.m., the mass of the opening salvo of this year’s Fiesta Senor then started.
Here are some photos of the religious event.
A miracle from Santo Niño: A devotee’s story
Wilma Estenzo, who lost one of her legs in an accident in 2002, says the Sto. Nino saved her life. She shows her gratitude and devotion by attending Fiesta Señor activities every year. CDN Digital photo | Nina Mae Oliverio
A devotee who attended the Penitential Walk with Jesus for the 459th Fiesta Señor shares her devotion to the Señor Santo Niño.
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