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Workers put on finishing touches

The wooden altar table, lectern and presider's chair have arrived.

The furniture, with its bamboo accents peeking through its protective sheets, were carried up the steps of the templete yesterday as workers put the finishing touches on the venue of Friday's national thanksgiving Mass for San Pedro Calungsod.



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'Timing is key'

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Regardless of this week’s weather, timing and sequencing are everything as far as the fluvial and foot processions for the arrival of the Saint Pedro Calungsod image in Cebu City on Friday is concerned.

Nov. 30 thanksgiving to draw devotees rain or shine

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Bring an umbrella for the glaring heat or a downpour.


Rains floods Mass site ahead of event

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WITH barely a week to go before the national thanksgiving Mass for St. Pedro Calungsod, the Cebu Archdiocese is faced with a major problem.

Buses, trucks to bring devotees to Calungsod thanksgiving Mass

If you want to attend the Nov. 30 national thanksgiving Mass for St. Pedro Calungsod, better plan ahead.

Police ready to secure27 hectare venue

A city-wide special gun ban will be enforced from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 for the San Pedro Calungsod thanksgiving Mass, said Cebu city police director Ramon Melvin Buenafe.

St. Calungsod to arrive in ‘galleon’ for thanksgiving

Work is underway in a Mandaue city dockyard to transform a private boat into a Spanish galleon for the Nov. 30 fluvial procession for the thanksgiving celebration of St. Pedro Calungsod.

Politicos told: Avoid campaigning in Calungsod Mass

POLITICIANS were urged to observe “delicadeza” and avoid campaigning during the national thanksgiving celebration for Saint Pedro Calungsod at the South Road Properties (SRP) on November 30.

Jesus, motivation to prove Calungsod’s sainthood—Vidal

THE long road to the canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod began with a challenge to prove his actual existence.

Cebu preparations intensify for Thanksgiving Mass site

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From Rome, the celebration of St. Pedro Calungsod's sainthood shifts to the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City on Nov. 30.

Visayans troop to churches to celebrate St. Pedro Calungsod's canonization 

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The bells of St. Gregory The Great Parish Church pealed at 4 a.m. to wake up the 
residents and remind them of the historic day ahead

Filipino teen saint seen to spark holiness, faith revival

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It may take decades for the Philippines to produce another saint but some 
Filipino bishops are hopeful that the canonization of Pedro Calungsod would spark an awareness of the call to holiness in the country. 

Pedro sainthood seen to draw in tourists to  Cebu

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TODAY'S canonization of the young Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod can increase the attraction of Cebu to local and foreign visitors


Mass in Calungsod Shrine ends as Vatican canonization starts

The holy mass at the archdiocesan shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod ended past 3
pm followed a by a short procession to the Spiritual Pastoral Formation Year
(SPFY) covered court for the live coverage of the canonization.

Amid rain, devotees flood Calungsod church ahead of canonization

The early morning rain didn't stop devotees from heading to the Blessed Pedro Calungsod parish church in Cantabaco, Toledo City

‘Pedrito’ channels new media as on-the-go  
witness

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In Ginatilan, 'Pedro' livens up town

The quiet town of Ginatilan in western Cebu wore the colors and excitement of a fiesta on the eve of the canonization of a martyr whom townfolk claim as one of 
their own. Red and white flaglets hung from the church.

3,000 PILGRIMS

Cebu travel agencies were only expecting 500 pilgrims to go to Rome for tomorrow's canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod but were shocked to be handling at least 3,000.

‘Miracle woman’ skips Rome Cebu doctor  attending rites

People will be keeping an eye out tomorrow in Rome for the woman who was miraculously revived from a coma through the intercession of Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod.

Toledo parish readies for Calungsod’s  day

DEVOTEES of Blessed Pedro Calungsod come to this hilltop church in Cantabaco, Toledo City to lift up their petitions.

Grandma’s plea for sick boy answered

Rosita Roma brings her grandson to the altar and wipes the image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod with her handkerchief.

HEARTY SENDOFF

Bells pealed as the image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod emerged at 8 a.m. at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral yesterday.

Devotees in wheelchair, bicycle join Pedro’s  send-off

AT the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, 37-year-old Shiela Padilla arrived alone in her wheelchair. Polio struck her at the age of 4, leaving her with feelings of self-pity and uselessness.

Pinoy pilgrims, Beato Pedro, fill flight to  HK

HONG KONG AIRPORT – The official pilgrim image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod traveled on an Economy seat on the plane.

‘Pedro’ arrives in Rome, Triduum Masses  begin

SEVERAL Cebu priests yesterday greeted the arrival of the official image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod at the Pontifico Collegio Filippino, the school for Filipino priests in Rome.

SRP FOR PEDRO

The sea in Cebu City's east coast will provide a backdrop
for  the country's Nov. 30 national celebration of the canonization of Visayan martyr  Pedro Calungsod.

P20M FOR PEDRO

In a wooden box frame, the figure of a man is formed out of bent pieces of thin black iron wire.
Behind him a map of Cebu and scenes  of martyrdom stitched onto paper suggest the life of Pedro Calungsod,
the Visayan lad assured of sainthood.

Pedro in bakya, white shirt is ‘model image’, says Vidal

A wooden sculpture of a brown-skinned youth with wooden
bakya  on his feet was chosen as the “model image” of Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod to  be brought to Rome.

Calungsod cancer survivor in Ginatilan to visit Rome

Jaime Calungsod turned 85 years old yesterday. Full of vigor,  when most men his age would be lying down in bed complaining of aches and  pains, the retired gentleman said he plans to travel to Rome for the Oct. 21  canonization of Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod.

Catholic Church eyes Calungsod's sainthood as a way to revive faith

THE sainthood on Oct. 21 of the young lay missionary Blessed Pedro Calungsod is "a moment of great pride" and a boost to the declining Catholic Church, according to a Jesuit priest. 

Vidal blesses Calungsod art pieces

Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal blessed the boxed sculptures which will go to the first set of donors who gave P25,000 each to support church preparations for the canonization on Oct. 21 in Rome and the national thanksgiving celebration on Nov. 30 in Cebu City. 

Church seeks more help for Calungsod templete

The Archdiocese of Cebu is appealing for more assistance for the templete and ground work being prepare for the Nov. 30 national thanksgiving Mass for Pedro Calungsod’s sainthood. Fr. Raul Gallego, chairman of the committee on venue, said the Cebu ..

Ginatilan town prepares fiesta for Calungsod

The southwestern Cebu town claims to be the hometown of Calungsod. The Calungsod clan are mostly living in barangay Cagsing.
Tracing Calungsod  The municipal government of Ginatilan has created a committee to trace the Calungsod family tree.

Heading for ROME

Instead of being treated as cargo, a three-foot image of the Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod will be brought to Rome as a “passenger” for the Oct. 21 canonization rites. The wooden sculpture of the soon-to-be declared saint will leave Cebu at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, said Fr. Charles Jayme, official custodian of the Calungsod image.

Calungsod novena starts on
Oct. 12

In preparation for the canonization of the first Visayan saint, a novena mass is scheduled to run at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod starting on Oct. 12.

New Calungsod parish to rise in Talamban

Another church in honor of Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod will eventually be established in Cebu.

Demand for Calungsod icons go up ahead of canonization

WITH a chisel on his left hand and a hammer on the other, 52-year-old wood carver Ramon Gillangao began pounding on a tree log in front of him.

Archdiocese welcomes holiday for Pedro

THE Cebu Archdiocese welcomed the decision of President Benigno Aquino III to declare Oct. 21 a national day of celebration for the canonization of Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod.

Mandaue resident to head to Rome for rites

But 74-year-old Chari Gerinea could only thank Divine Providence for the money given to her by a friend to buy a roundtrip ticket to Rome, Italy for the Oct. 21 canonization of Visayan 

Pedro’s icon makes last Cebu tour as ‘blessed’

Before his martyrdom in Guam in 1672, the young Pedro Calungsod travelled from one place to the other to propagate God's message.

Mandaue choir prepares for ‘performance of a lifetime’

Angelic voices of young Cebuanos will be heard singing during the canonization rites in Rome for Visayan teenage martyr Pedro Calungsod. 

Advisory: No reserved seats for Pedro's canonization rites

Rites at 4:30 p.m. PH time; Tickets on ‘first come, first served’ basis  Pilgrims off to Rome were reminded to arrive early in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Oct. 21 since “there are no reserved seats.”

Novena masses for Pedro ongoing

SINCE Friday, Oct. 12, daily novena Masses in the runup to the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod have brought people to his shrine at D. Jakosalem Street in Cebu City.

Beato Pedro flies to Rome today

Devotees will send off the official image of  Pedro Calungsod who heads for Rome today  on a Cathay Pacific flight.

Calungsod images, souvenirs in demand

As the day of his sainthood draws closer, more  devotees are visiting the shrine dedicated to Visayan youth who will be declared the  second Filipino saint.

Pinoy pilgrims, Beato Pedro, fill flight to HK

Packed in a tall styrofoam box and wrapped in velvet, the statue occupied seat number 30-A of Cathay Pacific with Fr. Charles Jayme, the custodian, seated beside it.

Devotees in wheelchair, bicycle   join  Pedro’s send-off

AT the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, 37-year-old Shiela Padilla arrived alone in her wheelchair. 
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Mass, fluvial parade, film festival planned for  Calungsod ’s day

AFTER the Oct. 21 canonization rites of Blessed  Pedro Calungsod  in Rome, there will be post-ritual celebrations in Cebu.

Church already raises P4M

The Archdiocese of Cebu has already raised more than P4 million donated by private individuals for the canonization of Blessed  Pedro Calungsod .

Community builds Calungsod church

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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