0 Play tells story of two saints

Sensitive story: The poster for "Fides Ecclesiae." The play tells the story of two saints, including Pedro Calungsod, who was martyred alongside Pale' San Vitores in Guam. "Fides Ecclesiae," or "Faith of the Church," is the title of a production in Los Angeles which is partially set on Guam and cast with talent from the island. The debut performance was at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center to a full house on Dec. 2. On Feb. 10, the musical play will be presented to the public at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Scriptwriter and lyricist Father Robert Victoria tells me that inspiration for the play came from the young saints...

0 Center to conduct lecture on Calungsod’s spirituality

QUEZON City - A spirituality institute will conduct a seminar on the spirituality of the 2ndFilipino teen saint San Pedro Calungsod this coming January 25 at the Titus Brandsma Center, 24 Acacia Street, New Manila, Quezon City. Organized by the Institute of Spirituality in Asia (ISA), the public lecture dubbed “The Spirituality of San Pedro Calungsod” will be a lecture-presentation that looks into the life and times of Filipino martyr Pedro Calungsod and how his spirituality was shaped by his role as a young lay missionary-catechist. “In rediscovering the spirituality that formed and transformed San Pedro Calungsod, we shall examine the events...

0 St. Pedro makes Paulinians cry

PASIG City - Many of the four thousand students of St. Paul College Pasig (SPCP) could not help but shed tears after watching Teen Saint Pedro, a musical about the life of the young martyr who died hundreds of years ago, last Saturday. Purity of heart “Many of them were crying. ‘Yung iba sinasabi, ‘Tama na, tama na’ (Others were saying, ‘That’s enough, that’s enough),” Bob Serrano, producer of Teen Saint Pedro said, referring to the Grade 3 and 4 Paulinian students’ reaction while watching the young Pedro, played by Makisig Morales, being speared during the musical’s death scene. “They saw in him the purity of heart. Though he died years...

0 Must-see: Calungsod templete, chapel at SRP

Two  of the new sights in  Cebu for Sinulog visitors is the San Pedro Calungsod templete and the new Calungsod chapel at the South Road Properties (SRP). With the arrival of guests for the Sto. Niño fiesta on Saturday and the Sinulog grand parade on Sunday,  Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he expects visitors to  check out the pyramid-style open air templete used  for the Nov. 30 national thanksgiving Mass for the first Visayan saint. Across the street, in the SM Seaside City is a modern air-conditioned chapel built with 100 walls dedicated to Calungsod. “An additional feature of the Sinulog is San Pedro Calungsod...

0 Calungsod Production

BAGUIO CITY (PIA) - A theater play featuring the life of San Pedro Calungsod of Cebu, the second saint of the country, will be presented in this city for the benefit of Baguio Diocese Youth Missionaries. The theater play production of San Pedro Calungsod will be staged at the Saint Louis University Burgos Gymnasium on January 12 to let the people know how he lived as a Christian and how he became a saint. The play, under the direction of former child actor Niño Muhlach, will feature stage actor AJ Muchlach as the young San Pedro Calungsod. Proceeds of the play will benefit scholars, seminarians and the young priests of the Diocese of Baguio...

0 Makisig Morales portrays Filipino saint Pedro Calungsod on stage

During its first run at the Meralco Theater, the play about the life of the second Filipino saint Pedro Calungsod gave Makisig Morales his first taste of musical theater. It was also Mak’s first time to play a lead role on stage. “Ako yung gaganap ng role na teen Pedro. Sobrang inspiring nitong story na ito kasi makikita niyo yung buhay ni Pedro Calungsod. Makikita niyo kung gaano siya ka-loyal at kung gaano siya ka sobrang bait sa lahat ng taong makakahalubilo niya. Sobrang nakaka-inspire ito. Para ito sa buong family,” he told Push. The musical will have a second run at the Meralco Theater from January 8 to 9. The talented young actor first...

0 San Pedro Calungsod templete a heritage site, Rama declares

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama has declared as a heritage structure the templete used during the Nov. 30 national thanksgiving mass for the canonization of San Pedro Calungsod. In an executive order (EO), Rama also formed a seven-man team who will ensure the preservation and the maintenance of the templete used during the historical event. Under Rama’s two-page EO, the management committee will be composed of the mayor or his representative, a representative from the Archdiocese of Cebu, the manager of the South Road Properties (SRP), and the city engineer. Other members include representatives from the Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission,...