Sto. Nino de Cebu sails down Mactan Channel, arrives in Cebu City

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/27/2015

The sun shone early morning today as the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu sailed down the Mactan Channel on board a yacht alongside a group of vessels. Firecrackers were set off after the MV Santo…

Devotees throw confetti, offer prayers to Sto. Niño

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/27/2015

HUNDREDS of devotees waited by the roadside, waved their hands, threw confetti and offered prayers as the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu was brought in a motorcade from Cebu City to the National Shrine of…

Heavy traffic in downtown Cebu City for today’s Kaplag

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/27/2015

RELIVING THE RECOVERY Residents and visitors will witness a grand reenactment of the recovery of the Sto. Niño de Cebu, the country’s oldest religious icon, in three locations in downtown Cebu City at 3 p.m. today. Roads…

Cops in force for today’s Traslacion

Norman V. Mendoza 04/26/2015

MANDAUE City’s police and traffic personnel are out in full force for today’s Traslacion and tomorrow’s fluvial procession held as part of the 450th Kaplag anniversary celebration. Today’s “Traslacion” will have police escort the convoy of the…

Holiday sought for Kaplag

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/23/2015

The Cebu City Council is requesting President Aquino to declare a special non-working holiday in Cebu for April 28, 2015, the 450th anniversary of the finding of the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu. This would…

Kaplag book, stamp launched

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/21/2015

The Augustinian Province of Sto. Niño de Cebu – Philippines yesterday launched a commemorative book and stamp in celebration of the 450th anniversary of the Kaplag. The book  contains articles and photographs about the origin and devotion…

8,000 join Kaplag opening salvo

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/20/2015

Juan Felix Go, 75, couldn’t hear any sound at all as he was diagnosed with hereditary deafness –  a rare condition passed down from parents to their children – 30 years ago. But Go’s faith is too…

How holy icon of Sto. Niño survived WW II hidden in Redemptorist monastery

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/19/2015

STO. NIÑO VISITS MAMA   Kept in a bomb-proof vault, the historic icon of the Sto. Niño de Cebu spent seven months in the safekeeping of Redemptorist priests at the close of World War II. This little-known…

Heavy traffic for 3 Kaplag ‘traslacion’ convoys

Nestle Semilla 04/17/2015

Road closures and rerouting will be made in some major roads in Cebu City for processions during  the Kaplag celebration. Those with early morning appointments or travel plans should take note of these religious activities. D. Jakosalem…

Kaplag reenactment to be ‘dramatic theater’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/16/2015

A cast of 300 will reenact the ”Kaplag” or historic recovery of the Sto. Niño in the ruins of a pre-Hispanic village in a production covering three locations in Cebu City on Monday. “We made it a…

Reliving Sto. Niño discovery in Kaplag

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/08/2015

The Catholic Church in Cebu will celebrate the 450th anniversary of the discovery of the image of the Sto. Niño—the oldest religious icon and the symbol of Catholicism in the country — on April 28 this year.…

Church gets ready for grand Kaplag

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/20/2014

There won’t be one but two fluvial and grand solemn foot processions in honor of the Sto. Niño de Cebu. Aside from the annual fiesta celebration in January, the Cebu Archdiocese will mark three milestones: the 450th…

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