Valentine’s Day, Ash Wednesday ‘peaceful’ in Cebu City – police

Emmariel Ares 02/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – This year’s celebration of Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday, which fell on the same day, has been generally “peaceful” with no major crime incidents reported in Cebu City. This was according to Police…

Ash Wednesday: 44 injured after second floor of Bulacan church collapses

Zeus Legaspi 02/14/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Some 44 people were injured and rushed to the hospital when part of a church’s second floor collapsed in the City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, around 7 a.m. on Ash Wednesday. The…

Ash Wednesday: A season of fasting and abstinence

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 02/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fasting and abstinence. These were the things that Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma reminded the faithful in his homily during the Ash Wednesday mass on Feb. 14 at the St. Joseph Chapel of the…

Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday falling on the same day: How to go about this day of love, fasting and penance

Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 02/14/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday are celebrated on the same day, globally, today, February 14.  This means that the day of love and all its myths and facts and the day that many Catholics…

5 Things You Need to Know About Ash Wednesday

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – When Catholics in Cebu bear the cross of ashes on their forehead, that only means one thing – the Lenten Season has officially started.  Today, February 22, thousands of devotees will begin their…

Ash crosses now allowed on Ash Wednesday

Jane Bautista 02/28/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Two years after breaking tradition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Filipino Catholics will now be allowed to receive ash crosses on Ash Wednesday, following the guidelines released by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).…

As Lenten season starts, Palma reminds Catholics not to forget its ‘essence and tradition’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—As the season of Lent began, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma reminded devotees here of its real essence and tradition.  Palma officiated a virtual Ash Wednesday Mass last February 17, 2021, which was attended only by…

Priests in Bantayan need more ashes for Ash Wednesday; turn to faithful for help

Doris C. Bongcac 02/16/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Priests at the Parish of Saints Peters and Paul in Bantayan town on Bantayan Island have asked from their parishioners to make donations of blessed and dried palm leaves or branches that they…

Bacolod diocese has ways to secure safety of people during Ash Wednesday

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 02/15/2021

BACOLOD CITY –– The Diocese of Bacolod has come up with options to ensure the safety of people during Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17. Among these are sprinkling the ashes on the head of the faithful, and…

What is Ash Wednesday?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – When someone voluntarily decides to abstain or reduce his or her food intake, it is called fasting. Fasting, in physiological and health views, is one of the many ways to lose weight. In…

Lent at the time of COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Like most Catholics in Cebu, Kohleen Yvonne Chong is now preparing herself to take a break from eating pork. This Wednesday, February 26, 2020, hundreds of devotees like Kohleen are expected to flock…

Palma recommends following CBCP’s COVID-19 guidelines

Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has recommended for Catholic churches in the province to follow the recent guidelines issued by the Catholics Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).…

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