'Timing is key'
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.
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Nov. 30 thanksgiving to draw devotees rain or shine
Bring an umbrella for the glaring heat or a downpour.
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Rains floods Mass site ahead of event
WITH barely a week to go before the national thanksgiving Mass for St. Pedro Calungsod, the Cebu Archdiocese is faced with a major problem.
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Buses, trucks to bring devotees to Calungsod thanksgiving MassIf you want to attend the Nov. 30 national thanksgiving Mass for St. Pedro Calungsod, better plan ahead.
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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.
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St. Calungsod to arrive in ‘galleon’ for thanksgivingWork 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.
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Politicos told: Avoid campaigning in Calungsod MassPOLITICIANS 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.
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Jesus, motivation to prove Calungsod’s sainthood—VidalTHE long road to the canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod began with a challenge to prove his actual existence.
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Cebu preparations intensify for Thanksgiving Mass site
From Rome, the celebration of St. Pedro Calungsod's sainthood shifts to the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City on Nov. 30.
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Visayans troop to churches to celebrate St. Pedro Calungsod's canonization
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
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
TODAY'S canonization of the young Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod can increase the attraction of Cebu to local and foreign visitors
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Mass in Calungsod Shrine ends as Vatican canonization startsThe 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 canonizationThe early morning rain didn't stop devotees from heading to the Blessed Pedro Calungsod parish church in Cantabaco, Toledo City
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‘Pedrito’ channels new media as on-the-go
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In Ginatilan, 'Pedro' livens up townThe 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 PILGRIMSCebu 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.
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‘Miracle woman’ skips Rome Cebu doctor attending ritesPeople 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.
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Toledo parish readies for Calungsod’s dayDEVOTEES of Blessed Pedro Calungsod come to this hilltop church in Cantabaco, Toledo City to lift up their petitions.
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Grandma’s plea for sick boy answeredRosita Roma brings her grandson to the altar and wipes the image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod with her handkerchief.
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HEARTY SENDOFFBells pealed as the image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod emerged at 8 a.m. at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral yesterday.
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Devotees in wheelchair, bicycle join Pedro’s send-offAT 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.
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Pinoy pilgrims, Beato Pedro, fill flight to HKHONG KONG AIRPORT – The official pilgrim image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod traveled on an Economy seat on the plane.
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‘Pedro’ arrives in Rome, Triduum Masses beginSEVERAL 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.
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SRP FOR PEDROThe 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 PEDROIn 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 VidalA 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 RomeJaime 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.
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Catholic Church eyes Calungsod's sainthood as a way to revive faithTHE 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.
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Vidal blesses Calungsod art piecesArchbishop 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.
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Church seeks more help for Calungsod templeteThe 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 ..
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Ginatilan town prepares fiesta for CalungsodThe 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 ROMEInstead 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.
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Calungsod novena starts on
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New Calungsod parish to rise in Talamban
Another church in honor of Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod will eventually be established in Cebu.
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Demand for Calungsod icons go up ahead of canonizationWITH 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.
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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.
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Mandaue resident to head to Rome for ritesBut 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
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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.
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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.
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Advisory: No reserved seats for Pedro's canonization ritesRites 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.”
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Novena masses for Pedro ongoingSINCE 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.
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Beato Pedro flies to Rome todayDevotees will send off the official image of Pedro Calungsod who heads for Rome today on a Cathay Pacific flight.
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Calungsod images, souvenirs in demandAs 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.
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Pinoy pilgrims, Beato Pedro, fill flight to HKPacked 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.
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Devotees in wheelchair, bicycle join Pedro’s send-offAT 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 dayAFTER the Oct. 21 canonization rites of Blessed Pedro Calungsod in Rome, there will be post-ritual celebrations in Cebu.
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Church already raises P4MThe Archdiocese of Cebu has already raised more than P4 million donated by private individuals for the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod .
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Community builds Calungsod churchThe 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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