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BISIKLETA IGLESIA For faster police response in times of trouble and to enhance the health and wellness of the city’s police force, the Cebu City Police Office on Tuesday launched Bisikleta Iglesia, a spin-off from the solemn…
Observance of Lent has enriched a lot of our cultural tradition and community life. In my childhood, the end of the school year also meant participation in the Lenten activities which included preparation and partaking of the…
CAll it one enchanted evening as a darkened stage seemed lit only by the glow of dangling boughs of night-blooming ivory orchids to the front, and hanging crystal chandeliers shining from beyond with the backdrop of a…
An exhibit of sacred images and tableaux depicting Jesus’ suffering and death are on display at the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu located beside the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Renowned iconographer Clodoveo “Louie” Nacorda said the Lenten exhibit offers…
Going over reading materials for the Lenten season, Megan McKenna’s “Not Counting Women and Children. Neglected Stories from the Bible” caught my interest. The main story was on the feeding of thousands, from the Gospel of Matthew…
Father, when will Lent end?” The student took a big bite off his sandwich. “Why do you ask?” “’Coz I don’t want to celebrate my birthday during Lent!” he said, swallowing quickly and trying not to talk…
ASHES will be marked on the foreheads of the faithful who attend Mass today as Catholics all over the world start the 40-day season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. Fr. Zenon Guanzon, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma’s private…
As a significant season in the Church’s Liturgical Calendar, Lent can best be viewed and appreciated through its emphasis on “pace.” This is set within, or even beyond (with adjustments as varying traditional ways of counting the…
Living a holy life doesn’t only mean resisting the temptation to sin but to do good to others especially the poor, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said yesterday. Speaking to over 400 participants in yesterday’s Lenten recollection at…
Fasting rule eased for Chinese Catholics on Ash Wednesday, eve of Chinese New Year Lion dances, family feasts usher in Year of the Wooden Sheep Tomorrow, ashes will be marked on the foreheads of Catholics acrosss Cebu…
For the first time, the Archdiocese of Cebu is including three lay persons in a lineup of priests to speak in this year’s Siete Palabras (Seven Last Words) on Good Friday. The decision to include two women…
Cebu will have cloudy skies and light to moderate rain until Friday, then sunny weather over the weekend, according to the state-owned weather station. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said a low pressure…
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