0 Calungsod chapel in SRP looted

The newly-built San Pedro Calungsod Chapel in the South Road Properties (SRP) was looted.Acting Cebu City Police Office chief, Senior Supt. Mariano Natu-el Jr. said robbers took away P100,000 cash and an undetermined amount of bank checks from a drawer in the living quarter of nuns and other workers serving the religious facility.The robbery was discovered last Sunday morning, he said.Police investigators found the doors leading to the living quarter destroyed.Inspector William Alicaba, Theft and Robbery Section chief, said that they will invite the two guards, a nun, the chapel secretary and others who have access to the basement leading to...

0 Calungsod chapel burglarized

The San Pedro Calungsod Chapel lost P100,000 and an undetermined amount of bank checks to burglars Sunday dawn.Chapel employees discovered the burglary at 10 a.m. Sunday and reported the incident to the Mambaling Police Station.Margarita Mateo, chapel’s secretary, told the police the drawer containing the wedding and baptism collection of the chapel amounting to P100,000 were missing last Sunday morning.Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Acting Director Mariano Natuel Jr. said the burglar destroyed two doors in the chapel basement.He said the first door, whose lock was destroyed, leads to the quarters, where the priest and nuns usually sleep.“Kaning...

0 New Cebu Philharmonic Orchestra introduced in concert for San Pedro Calungsod

 MARISSA N. Fernan, VP for Visayas and Mindanao of SM Prime Holdings Inc., poses with Ingrid Sala-Santamaria and the CPO for posterity.  Saint Pedro Calungsod, of course, belongs not just to Cebu but to the Philippines. The same can be said of San Lorenzo Ruiz of Binondo, Manila. St. Pedro, however, is also Visayan. He reportedly came from Cebu, and understandably the Cebuanos are very proud of him. And that is why the new chapel at the rising SM Seaside Complex in Cebu City has been renamed after our second saint. The big imposing chapel, built by SM Cebu, has a striking retablo (altarpiece) with an abstract, rectangular column forming...

0 Calungsod off to Panay, Romblon for Duaw Nasud II

ALMOST five months since its last sojourn, the image of the second Filipino saint will be brought to Ilo-ilo City by sea for the second leg of the Duaw Nasud.A send off Mass will be celebrated at the San Pedro Calungsod Shrine along D. Jakosalem Street in Cebu City at 4 p.m. today.After the Eucharistic celebration, a motorcade will bring Calungsod’s image to a Cebu City pier where the vessel that would carry the sacred icon to Ilo-Ilo awaits.Fr. Charles Jayme, the official custodian of the image, said the Church would want to perpetuate Calungsod’s memory.“This (Duaw Nasud) is our continued propagation of the devotion to San Pedro Calungsod,”...

0 Barkada ni Pedro finds new hangout

ARCHBISHOP emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal named San Pedro Calungsod Youth Center (SPCYC) as the new ‘tambayan’ of the Barkada ni Pedro. The center, established by the Commission on Youth more than a year ago, was formerly called the Archdiocesan Youth Center. In response to the spiritual needs of the Barkada ni Pedro, the Commission on Youth is initiating a weekly Eucharistic celebration centered in honor of San Pedro Calungsod called ‘Tambayan ni Pedro’ at the SPCYC on P. Burgos Street, Cebu City every Friday at 6 p.m. It is called ‘Tambayan ni Pedro’ because San Pedro Calungsod’s favorite hangout was the Holy Mass since he was a Sacristan...

0 Play celebrates life and Christian example of San Pedro Calungsod

“SAN PEDRO Calungsod, Batang Santo” is written and directed by Francis Villacorta. Francis O. Villacorta’s historical drama “San Pedro Calungsod, Batang Santo” tells the story of the young Visayan-Filipino from the 17th century who was canonized on Oct. 21, 2012, at St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, and became the second Filipino saint in history. The touring production is designed to increase awareness of and appreciation for Calungsod’s virtues and martyrdom among the young. Villacorta is convinced there is so much to learn from the story of the young soldier of Jesus Christ. “In telling his story, I seek to challenge the young generation...

0 San Pedro Calungsod remembered

Prelate urges devotees to spread the good news of the Lord just like what Calungsod did. A Mass was offered Tuesday evening at San Pedro Calungsod Shrine to commemorate the 341st death and martyrdom anniversary of the Cebuano saint and Blessed Padre Diego Luis de San Vitores. The Mass officiated by Msgr. Ildebrando Leyson was followed by a procession. In his homily, Msgr. Leyson told the mass-goers to show their devotion to Calungsod not only by clinging on his image, but by spreading the good news of the Lord just like what Calungsod did in Guam in the 17th century together with Padre Diego. “We are attracted to a life of a young Visayan...

0 San Pedro Calungsod's life and example celebrated in stage play

Francis O. Villacorta’s historical drama “San Pedro Calungsod, Batang Santo” tells the story of a young Visayan-Filipino from the 17th century who was canonized last October 21, 2012 at St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City and became the second Filipino saint in history. The dramatic presentation is designed to increase awareness and appreciation of San Pedro Calungsod’s martyrdom. “San Pedro Calungsod, Batang Santo” stars BJ “Tolits” Forbes, Jojo Riguerra, Robert Correa, Abel Napuran, Juan Miguel Severo, Francis Cruz, Jamieson Tracy Lee, Richard Manabat, Perry Escano, James Lomahan, Joey de Guzman, Ronald Regala, Jack Falcis, Leo Priscilla,...

0 Kin, devotees to celebrate Calungsod feast day in Pikit, Davao

DAVAO CITY - Relatives and devotees of St. Pedro Calungsod, the second Filipino saint, will celebrate his first feast day in Pikit town, North Cotabato and in this city on April 2. Visminda Calungsod Filipinas, a fourth generation descendant of the Visayan saint, said she will lead a feast in Ginatilan village in Pikit, where the descendants of Calungsod from Ginatilan in Cebu have migrated. The clan will hold a mass in a chapel that was named after St. Calungsod, built in Barangay Ginatilan after his canonization. A young catechist and martyred in the 17th century, St. Calungsod was canonized last October 21 by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI...