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Four years ago, I learned on TV about a huge gathering in a stadium in Dublin, Ireland. This caught my attention for three reasons. First, the stadium was Croke Park, where years ago I watched a hurling…
An anonymous friend offered to sponsor my registration fee for the last four days of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress but registration was closed on the first day of the sessions. But I did not miss anything…
Even the final Mass of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (EIC) was not spared from candidates wanting to maximize their exposure to the more than one million devotees who attended the event. A tarpaulin that read “Welcome…
Close to a million devotees attended the Statio Orbis, the closing mass of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) on Sunday afternoon. City Councilor Dave Tumulak, head of the Cebu City command center, said 907,641 people occupied…
CEBU residents especially those in Metro Cebu, are advised to bring umbrellas, at least until noon today, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. Pagasa Mactan chief Alfredo Quiblat said light to moderate…
MASS starts at 4 p.m. However, be at the venue much earlier at 2 p.m. at the latest. By 3 p.m. the arrival of busloads of IEC delegates may cause traffic congestion. The general public is advised…
The sound system has been tested and mounted. Large LED video screens, and about 30 tents of the Cebu city government are set up. With the sun shining for the past two days, and gravel layered on…
Today is the closing mass of the International Eucharistic Congress. The activity at the South Road Properties (SRP) is expected to draw about a million people this afternoon. The whole week saw different IEC activities. This included…
Forecast: Partly cloudy with sunny periods on Sunday afternoon THE sunny weather since yesterday has helped dry up the grounds at the South Road Properties (SRP), where the Statio Orbis closing Mass will be held on Sunday…
Palma tells faithful to wear slippers; gravel to fill flooded area Regardless of the weather, the closing Mass of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) will be held at the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City.…
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma announced on Thursday afternoon that the “Statio Orbis” or the closing Mass of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) on Sunday will be held at the South Reclamation Properties (SRP). Palma explained that…
Rains flood SRP site for closing Mass; Options weighed With three days left before the end of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), the Cebu Archdiocese is faced with a wet challenge. The 27-hectare vacant lot at…
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