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Cebu Quincentennial Hotel to open June 20

WALA LANG This month we commemorate the 501st anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival, highlighted by an exhibition in the National Museum, El Viaje mas Largo – La Primera Vuelta del Mundo. The festivities center on “the longest journey, the first circumnavigation of the globe.” Nothing much,

SunStar Photo from Waikato Filipino Associations Facebook page + April 27, 2021 A FILIPINO community in Hamilton, New Zealand celebrated Saturday, April 24, the 500 years of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines through a cultural show. The Grand Quincentennial Celebration, held in Hamilton City, was organized by the Waikato Filipino Association and the Filipino Chaplaincy-Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, said SunStar Cebu columnist Mel Libre, who is also the coordinator of t...

SunStar April 23, 2021 Today, April 24, 2021, Filipinos in New Zealand congregate in Hamilton City to mark the quincentennial of Christianity in the Philippines. This follows the launching mass in Hamilton on March 13 with Bishop Steve Lowe and the masses on April 4 in Auckland and Wellington to mark the first mass in Limasawa. All these activities were featured in articles written by Rowena Orejana and published in NZ Catholic, the Catholic newspaper of New Zealand. With the Covid...

SunStar + April 16, 2021 A HOLY Mass led by Pope Francis on March 14, from the Vatican City; the arrival of Juan Sebastian Elcano in the Philippines; and the Re-enactment of the First Baptism in Cebu-- these are all grandiose events in commemoration of the country’s 500 years of Christianity. In the magnificence of it all, John Vincent Caylo replicated the First Baptism in Cebu and the Giving of the Sto. Niño image to Hara Humamay from the Spaniards, in 12-inch dolls that were d...

Cheers for Pigafetta and Felice Michael “Xiao” Chua First of 2 parts ON April 13, 2021, the eve of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines (through the First Baptism in Cebu)*, we gathered in front of the monument to Antonio Pigafetta in Fort San Pedro, Cebu, sculpted by National Artist Abdulmari Imao. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines has installed a new historical marker in his honor. Why is this guy important? We mentio...

April 12, 2021 MALACAÑANG has declared April 14, 2021, Wednesday, a special non-working day in Cebu City as it celebrates the 500th year of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. In Proclamation 1130 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, the Palace said "it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Cebu be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies." Malacañang, however, reminded the people o...

Good News Pilipinas LOOK: World’s Largest Solar Rosary for Healing Shines at Luneta Park The giant solar rosary spans 300 meters using 3,000 solar lights. Drone shots by Michael Paulo Sarayba, published with the permission of Liter of Light. The World’s Largest Solar Rosary for Healing was lit up while the Filipino nation prayed as part of the National Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines marking 500 years of Christianity in the country. Dubbed the Light of Faith, th...

SunStar Palma: Be hopeful for 2021 HOPE, TRUST, PRAY. Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma, in a New Year’s message, expressed great hope and trust in the future, saying that while no one knows what the future holds, the faithful know who is in control of the future. / SUNSTAR FILE + December 31, 2020 CEBU Archbishop Jose S. Palma has called on the Catholic faithful to look at the incoming year, 2021, with a renewed sense of hope, trust and prayer for univers...