0 A Chapel for San Pedro Calungsod

Since it opened last May, SM Aura Premier has been synonymous with luxury and global brands. Yet it still believes in enriching the community’s spiritual needs with the recent launching of the San Pedro Calungsod Chapel at the mall’s top level. Surrounded by the Skypark with its lush greens and water features, the Chapel is the perfect place to stop, rest, and reflect. It is named in honor of San Pedro Calungsod, the first Visayan saint, who is considered a role model for the youth. Martyred in Guam for his missionary work in 1672, he was beatified by Blessed Pope John Paul II on March 5, 2000 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint...

0 Pedro image to tour Cebu, Leyte parishes

To celebrate the first year since Pedro Calungsod became a saint, the Archdiocese of Cebu plans to bring his image to different parishes in Cebu and in Naval, Leyte starting tomorrow. After a 10 a.m. mass at the St. Pedro Calungsod Parish in the South Road Properties today, the image of the young Cebuano saint will start its “Duaw Lungsod 2013” leg at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, then would proceed to the Sto. Tomas Villanueva Parish in Danao City tomorrow. The mass at the chapel will be celebrated by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma and would serve as formal kick-off for the Duaw Lungsod. The Duaw Lungsod starts today until Nov. 30, said Margarita...

0 ‘Pedrito’ dolls relaunched to help rebuild Bohol churches

Emely Lingat, 20-year-old, a staff of the New Media committee of the National Commission for Calungsod canonization shows some of their Pedrito dolls in honor to patron Saint Pedro Calungsod. Some priests suggest that instead of robots, Pedrito dolls is a perfect gift for children this christmas. The doll is worth 650php at CBCP. INQUIRER PHOTO/JOAN BONDOC MANILA, Philippines – Buy a stuffed doll fashioned after Pedro Calungsod, the country’s second Filipino saint, and help the victims of the Central Visayas killer quake. The Catholic group YouthPinoy has relaunched Pedrito, the Calungsod doll, to raise funds for the restoration of...

0 St. Pedrito Dolls for quake-ruined churches

Pedrito Dolls! This iconic toy is great for gifts to your siblings, children and godchildren OR even to yourself! Place your orders now because this is for a limited time only! Each doll costs P650/each and are only available in the Philippines. The public will again have a chance to own a limited edition of the “Pedrito Doll” of San Pedro Calungsod. Youth Pinoy is relaunching the Pedrito Dolls in a bid to raise funds to help restore the churches ruined by the recent earthquake in Bohol and Cebu as well as help aid victims of the calamity. YouthPinoy officer-in-charge April Frances “Sky” Ortigas said it is just fitting for Calungsod, who...

0 Pope Francis to bless Calungsod Image

Pope Francis will bless a mosaic image of San Pedro Calungsod, the second Filipino saint, at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy on November 21, said Cebu Archbishop and outgoing Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Jose Palma. The blessing of the image of the Visayan martyr will be followed by a mass to be officiated by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle. “The Holy Father said he will just do the blessing and told the cardinal (Tagle) to say the mass,” the prelate said at the Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) held at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila from October...

0 Sevilleno, Largo shine in St. Pedro Calungsod Run

CHRISTY Sevilleno and Michael Largo captured the 10-kilometer crowns in yesterday’s “Saint Pedro Calungsod Fun Run: Walk of Faith, A Run for Truth.” Around 2,000 runners answered the starting gun for this running event that is held in line with the celebration of the feast of Saint Pedro Calungsod. In the end, it was Sevilleno who stood out as she reached the finish line at the Ayala Center Cebu’s the Terraces in 47 minutes and 24 seconds to win the women’s crown. Largo, on the other hand, crossed the finish line in 36 minutes and 36 seconds to top the men’s division. The proceeds of the running event will be used for the scholarship program...

0 Church kicks off Pedro’s anniversary

Novena prayers marking the nine-day preparations for the first anniversary of the canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod started last Saturday. The church celebrations on Oct. 21 will focus on four sites – the new San Pedro Calungsod Chapel in SM Seaside City, the Calungsod Archdiocesan Shrine in D. Jakosalesm Street, the San Pedro Calungsod parish in barangay Cantabaco, Toledo City as well as the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Msgr. Vicente Tupas, rector of the Calungsod Chapel, whose modern design features 100 walls of different heights and widths, presided over the 6 p.m. Mass yesterday. Oct. 21 is the day Calungsod, the teenage Visayan martyr,...

0 Calungsod chapel bares fiesta activities

The Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod at the SM Seaside Complex in South Road Properties, Cebu City will celebrate its first fiesta celebration that coincides with the first anniversary of the canonization of the Visayan Saint on Oct. 21. The theme for this celebration is “San Pedro Calungsod…A Man of Faith…A Man of Truth.” The celebration will begin with a Mass at 6 p.m. on Oct. 12. Novena is set from Oct. 12 to 20 at 3 p.m., to be followed by a Holy Mass at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. There will be a 9 a.m. Mass on Oct. 13 and 20. Presentations from different choir groups happen is scheduled 5:30 p.m. A solemn procession is on Oct. 20 at 6:45 p.m. from...

0 The Saint A Year After

For a young man with humble beginnings, Pedro Calungsod is now being accorded with a 10-day celebration for his deep devotion and fidelity to the Catholic faith. From an acolyte to a saint. That's a career path the millions of us will never get to tread. I have no problem with that; I'm fine as an erring human with a hearty appetite. Just so you know, Calungsod's life was not anywhere near ours. His was full of drama, suspense, danger and lots of masses and hours of kneeling. From what researchers have dug about him, Calungsod was not one who hogged attention. He was not one who would take a selfie 10 times a day and post each selfie on Twitter,...

0 San Pedro Calungsod Movie

Francis O. Villacorta’s film “San Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir” “Hopefully by mid-November we have a complete film. We will also have a shoot in Cebu,” Villacorta said. Villacorta also said this is not the typical MMFF film because this will give the audience a glimpse at what and how far Christianity has gone since 1668 during the mission of San Pedro Calungsod. Effect to the young He believes that the film will have a positive effect on the youth citing that life doesn’t have to be long to be able to make something of it. “Just like San Pedro Calungsod, it was a short life but a meaningful one. That’s why we are celebrating him in this...