The 'making' of a saint![]() A Cebuano priest took on his biggest research assignment tracking down evidence about Pedro Calungsod, a near-forgotten teenager in the 17th century.
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Templete de Pedro![]() A pyramid-like structure of bamboo towers above an empty canvass of land.
At its apex is a cross, five meters tall, the biggest outdoor cross in Cebu. The templete or small temple is the centerpiece for the national thanksgiving celebration of St. Pedro Calungsod on Friday, Nov. 30. |
St. Calungsod held up as teen teacher for faith![]() Young people in the digital age need more catechists like St. Pedro Calungsod to teach them about Christian faith.
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Barkada ni Pedro![]() Volunteers of the Commission on Youth of the Archdiocese of Cebu are using Facebook to start an online prayer community.
“Barkada ni Pedro” (BNP) provides a meeting place where people who need someone to pray for them can meet people who want to pray for the intentions of others. |
Festive mood for Pinoy devotees in Rome, PH
![]() They said they don't know whether they would still be around to witness the canonization of yet another Filipino saint.
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Rome taleau shows images of Filipino saints![]() THE images of the two Filipino saints, St. Lorenzo Ruiz and St. Pedro Calungsod, have been mounted on the outer panels of a triptych on a tableau at the new altar of the crypt in the Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome.
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Calungsod’s story of faith founded in Cebu’FOR devotees Doris Nelsa Banaynal and Carlo Bacaltos, last Saturday's announcement of the canonization of the Blessed Pedro Calungsod was a dream come true
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Community builds Calungsod church![]() Toledo City – The Catholic faithfuls here are rushing to finish the church of the Blessed Pedro Calungsod before his canonization in the Vatican on Oct. 21 this year.
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Catechist: Pedro a constant source of inspirationTHE life and times of the Blessed Pedro Calungsod , a catechist who perished in a mission field in Guam, continues to inspire even elderly catechists to continue doing the Lord's work.
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Are young Filipinos ready for the Calungsod's sainthood?During the celebration of the fiesta of Blessed Pedro Calungsod in barangay Cantabaco, Toledo City, last Monday, March 5, Msgr. Ildebrando Leyson told the faithful to prepare their spirits for the blessed’s canonization.
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On Beato Pedro’s lineageWere it not for the fact that the Lenten season bordered the novena masses leading to the feast of Beato Pedro Calungsod , Cebuanos would have celebrated his feast day last Saturday in fun and party-like activities fit for a soon-to-be-saint.
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CBCP shows how to tell between Ruiz, CalungsodThe Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines yesterday pointed out some of the differences in the images of the teenage Visayan martyr, who will be canonized in Rome on October 21, and the first Filipino saint
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