Visita Iglesia: The Archdiocesan Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Minglanilla

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Every Holy Week, thousands of Catholic faithful congregate in the town of Minglanilla to celebrate Easter. The municipality’s Sugat Kabanhawan Festival, which depicts Christ’s resurrection and reuniting with His mother, the Virgin Mary,…

Eukaristiya Garden, an ideal pilgrimage site this Holy Week

Doris C. Bongcac 04/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — You don’t have to go far to do your pilgrimage this Holy Week. The Eukaristiya Garden, which is located at the Archbishop’s Residence Compound in D. Jakosalem Street in Cebu City, is an…

Pope to spend ‘few days’ in hospital due to respiratory infection

Reuters 03/30/2023

VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend “a few days” in hospital for treatment, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday, amid concern for the 86-year-old’s condition. The 86-year-old pontiff…

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…

Steps to follow at home when religious services are suspended

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 04/09/2020

Holy Week 2020 will surely be remembered for the next decades to come. Since the Catholic Church announced that all public Holy Masses will be suspended to help flatten the curve of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),…

5,000 expected to visit Mandaue City public cemetery on Nov. 1

Rosalie Abatayo 11/01/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The roads leading to the four cemeteries in Barangay Guizo, Mandaue City remained clear despite the volume of people that started arriving on Friday morning, November 1, 2019. The entire stretch of B.B.…

Churches safe; no damage caused by quake

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/07/2017

CEBU’S heritage churches, which were damaged in the 2013 earthquake, stood unscathed after Thursday’s tremor. Fr. Ric Anthony Reyes, OSA, and spokesperson of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño, said the centuries-old church did not sustain any…

About a million join the fluvial and foot processions

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 01/14/2017

Under overcast skies and incessant drizzle, close to a million people — with fervor burning — lined the streets of Cebu City or joined the solemn foot procession in honor of the Sto. Niño de Cebu. A…

Man who disturbed churchgoers nabbed

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/31/2016

A MAN believed to be drunk was arrested by police on Monday morning for allegedly causing a commotion in a parish in the mountain village of Sudlon I in Cebu City. Yuri Abella, in his 40s, was…

Some ‘rest and recreation’ at Doña Pepang Cemetery

Morexette Erram 10/31/2016

It was nearing six in the evening when children carrying balloons walked down the concrete road from Doña Pepang Cemetery to Imus Avenue in Barangay Lorega, San Miguel, Cebu City. Tracing the children’s footsteps will lead the…

Treasure

Fr. Randy Figuracion 07/31/2016

Alfonso and Helen come to Mass every morning. Rain or shine, they are present. At times, I see Helen alone because her husband has errands to do. She attends church to pray. It is her way of…

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