0 The queue for halos

Until Friday, we saw this Cebu “templete” only on TV and newspaper photos. Creaking joints, grey hair and bifocals didn’t permit the wife and me to join over a million people who gathered there in thanksgiving for canonization of 17-year old Pedro Calungsod. Martyred in Guam April 1672, he joins San Lorenzo Ruiz of Binondo. Calungsod was a jovenbisayo, say 17th-century documents. A palm is the motif of a modern church, with soaring spire, that honors this Visayan teen-aged catechist... A palm “is the Christian iconographic representation of martyrdom,”. explains Fr. Brian . Brigoli. The Catholic Bishops Conference head, this February, requested...

0 How Cebuanos will remember outgoing pope

Cebuanos will fondly remember Pope Benedict XVI as the pope who gave them a saint. Cebu Archbishop emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal said the Filipinos, especially the Cebuanos, should be thank Pope Benedict for the canonization of San Pedro Calungsod. “At least for us, he gave us a saint. For the Cebuanos, Filipinos, the Pope gave us another saint, that that is difficult to decide on because I have worked for it since 1986. He should be remembered for that”, retired prelate said. He said the Holy Father intended to visit the Philippines but was not able to do so because of his health. Vidal who last met the Pope during San Pedro’s canonization...

0 Next in line?

UNTIL Friday, we saw this Cebu “templete” plus church only on TV and newspaper photos. Creaking joints and grey hair didn’t permit us to join a million people who gave thanks there for 17-year old Pedro Calungsod’s canonization. Martyred in Guam in April 1672, this joven bisayo, as 17th-century documents say, joined San Lorenzo Ruiz of Binondo. Does, a February request of Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines president Jose Palma hint who may be next? Please oversee the beatification process for Cebu’s Bishop Teofilo Camomot and Bishop Alfredo Obviar of Lucena, Palma asked retired Cardinal Ricardo Vidal. In March 2001, Vatican gave,...

0 Outgoing PCG chief cited

Punzalan honored for his role in fluvial processions of Sto. Niño, San Pedro Calungsod Outgoing Coast Guard Cebu District station commander Rolando Punzalan was lauded for the success of the fluvial processions for San Pedro Calungsod’s Thanksgiving Mass at the South Reclamation Project on Nov. 25 and in honor of the Sto. Niño de Cebu on Jan. 19, a day prior to the Sinulog grand parade. Punzalan was credited for his role in deploying Coast Guard personnel to secure the two religious activities. The recognition was given by Msgr. Marnell Mejia, chairman of the committee on processions, on Thursday during the turnover ceremony at the Mariner’s...

0 MUSICAL ON THE LIFE OF ST. PEDRO CALUNGSOD STAGED IN HOLLYWOOD (VIDEO)

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0 CBCP: Commemorative San Pedro Calungsod P50 bills, medals to be issued this year

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will issue later this year commemorative P50 bills featuring the image of San Pedro Calungsod, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said over the weekend. An article posted on the CBCP news site said the limited-edition bills will commemorate the canonization of the second Filipino saint last October. “Because of the many signatures needed, certainly I think these will be released not later than the feast day of Calungsod on April 2,” said former Ambassador to the Vatican Henrietta de Villa, secretary general of the National Commission on the Canonization of Calungsod. De Villa...

0 Limited P50 Saint Pedro bills on Apr. 4

THE P50 commemorative bills bearing the image of Saint Pedro Calungsod is more than just a collector’s item. Msgr. Esteban Binghay, episcopal vicar of the Cebu Archdiocese, said the  limited-edition bills serve as a reminder to Filipinos to emulate the life of Calungsod. “He (Calungsod) was a young man who offered his life for others. Why can’t we make it happened in our country? Perhaps, we don’t have to shed our blood but our sweat to do our responsibilities,” he said. The P50 bills will be issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on or before Calungsod’s feast on Apr. 2. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines...

0 San Pedro Calungsod in P50

Manila, Philippines – Devotees of Saint Pedro Calungsod will soon get hold of P50 commemorative bills with an image of the young Visayan martyr. According to a Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) post, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will issue the limited edition commemorative bills bearing an image of the second Filipino saint before April. Henrietta de Villa, secretary general of the National Commission on the Canonization of Calungsod, said the commemorative bills will help promote Saint Pedro to Filipinos. She said she has no idea yet as to how many pieces will be made but expressed hope for the bills to be in...

0 Bishops approve special 'San Pedro bills'

THE Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has approved the proposal to use an image of San Pedro Calungsod on a commemorative P50 bill that will be circulated in April this year. CBCP President and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma told Sun.Star Cebu the bishops were consulted on the proposal, which they subsequently approved. "This would just be a commemorative bill and not meant for general circulation," he said. Palma added that the bill will commemorate the canonization of Calungsod by Pope Benedict XVI last Oct. 21, 2012 in Rome, Italy. The highlight of the celebration was the National Thanksgiving Mass on Nov. 30, 2012 at...