Fiesta Señor mobile procession: What to expect?

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Fiesta Señor mobile procession or motorcade will take place in lieu of the fluvial procession and solemn procession on Vesperas Day, January 15, 2022, from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Basilica…

#CDNFiestaSenor2022: Venerating the Holy Child Then & Now 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Due to the prevailing threats of COVID-19, this 2022, the celebration of the Fiesta Señor, will once again, be held virtually.  It’s the second straight year where throngs of the crowd are absent…

#CDNFiestaSeñor2022: Liloan devotee’s ‘panata’ for Fiesta Señor

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Good health and safe living. This was the yearly prayer that Alice Saducas, 60, a devotee of Sto Niño for 50 years from Liloan town hopes as she visits Basilica Minore del Santo…

#CDNFiestaSeñor2022: Basilica vendors’ answered prayers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Fiesta Señor celebration this 2022 may be the most quiet that it had been in the past decades as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has restricted the movement of people. For the first…

Makeshift altars beside streets discouraged — Ligan

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 01/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Makeshift altars displayed beside streets, especially those obstructing roadways, are discouraged as this could invite crowd influx. This was what Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) director, appeals to the…

Security measures for Jan 15 Fiesta Señor motorcade readied — CCPO chief

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 01/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines —If there’s anything that today’s dry run for the grand mobile procession scheduled on January 15, 2022, revealed, it is the readiness of the police to secure the event as well as the entire…

Fiesta Señor and public prayer during pandemics

Jason Abellaneda Baguia - @inquirerdotnet 01/17/2021

The closure to the public of novena Mass for the 456th Fiesta Señor at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in Cebu City is saddening but necessary. As the Jan. 17 feast day for the Holy Child…

Palma to devotees: Keep your faith in the Holy Child strong

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Amid uncertainties brought by the pandemic, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged faithfuls to keep their faith in the Señor Sto. Niño strong. Palma on Sunday, January 17, 2021, officiated the first-ever virtual Pontifical…

Archbishop Palma set to get out of hospital, to preside over Fiesta Señor Mass this Sunday

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma will still preside over the Pontifical Mass for the culmination of Fiesta Señor 2021 this Sunday, January 17. Msgr. Joseph Tan, spokesperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu, confirmed to…

Road closures to stay despite no Basilica masses — EOC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The barriers around the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño will remain for at least the next two days even if there will no longer be physical Masses at the church. Cebu City Emergency…

AweSM events to watch out for this January around Cebu

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 01/12/2021

Another year has begun which means that it is officially the start of new beginnings and a brand new set of chances to make memories in the months to come. In Cebu, as we welcome the new…

Due to increasing crowd, Basilica cancels public Novena Masses

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It is better late than never.  Augustinian priests from the Basilica Minore Del Sto. Niño de Cebu on Monday, January 11, 2021 announced that they would be cancelling the public Novena Masses of…

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