Augustinians hope Pope Francis, Duterte will attend quincentennial celebrations in 2021

Rosalie Abatayo 11/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) is hoping to bring together the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Philippines as the country commemorates the 500th year since the arrival of Christianity in…

500 policemen to be deployed for the launching of 500 years of Christianity 

Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is preparing its security measure for the launching of the 500 years of Christianity event this Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu…

Tourism Commission told: Prepare for 500th year of arrival of Christianity in the country

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The new officers of the Cebu City Tourism Commission will have to accomplish a lot of work in their hands in the incoming years as the 500th anniversary of Catholicism in the Philippines…

Group, Palma to plan activities for 500th anniv of country’s Christianity

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/27/2018

OFFICIALS of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) are scheduled to meet with Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma on August 8 to discuss preparations for the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity…

Orientate

Fr. Dondon N. Aquino 03/31/2018

To face or turn to the east”… Since the Stone Age, the sun’s rising and setting were the two fundamental references. This was way before the north became the conventional reference point for direction. Humanity in general…

Organizers tackle activities for 500th year of Christianity in the Philippines

Winston P. Ensomo 08/29/2017

THE Filipinas Quincentenario 1521–2021 has been preparing for a long-run celebration of the 500th year of Christianization in the Philippines and a global commemoration of the first circumnavigation of the world from January 2019 to 2021, national…

God and the Constitution

Raymund Fernandez 02/07/2017

It is quite true that not all bishops and priests are shining examples of what it means to be good. But who among us are? It is the primary premise of Christianity that we are all weak…

Christian-Muslim unity dance wins top prize in Sinulog grand parade

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/16/2017

Their portrayal of the Christian-Muslim unity won for the province of Lanao del Norte a back-to-back championship in the Sinulog grand parade. Lanao’s 96 dancers and 200 propsmen impressed judges as they bested 10 other contingents in…

Sinulog Fiesta Food

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 01/13/2017

FILIPINOS are essentially fiesta-loving people. And we have a lot to be thankful for our fiestas rooted in Christianity dating back to the Spanish colonial period. The celebrations of fiestas are held in honor of Patron Saints…

Keeping Christmas

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/17/2016

There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is keeping Christmas, according to Henry Van Dyke. In his short essay of the same title, he gives sets of questions for us to…

To be human

Radel Paredes 12/10/2016

As I write this today, December 10, the world celebrates International Human Rights Day. It commemorates the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on this day in 1948, a…

CEAP on its 75th year

Jobers R. Bersales 09/28/2016

The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) is on its second day of a three-day national convention at the Cebu Waterfront Hotel in Lahug. This gathering of some 3,500 delegates comes as CEAP marks its 75th…

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