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Published May 1, 2021, 9:57 PM
The Philippines has been consecrated to St. Joseph, the patron of workers, fathers, families, and the universal Church.
Catholic prelates, led by Archbishop Romulo Valles,”have placed the nation under the special patronage of St. Joseph on May 1, his feast day”, CBCP News said. Valles is the current president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
Archbishop Romulo Valles, CBCP President, leads the National Consecration to St. Joseph from the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City on May 1. (Photo from CBCP News)
The National Consecration to Saint Joseph was livestreamed from the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City. It started with a rosary led Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Midyphil Billones from the National Shrine of St. Joseph in Mandaue City, according to CPCP News.
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The “Act of Consecration” is available in Tagalog, Cebuano, Bicol, Hiligaynon, Waray and Ilocano.
The link for the PDF documents of the consecration prayer’s vernacular translations is available at the CBCP News website www.https://cbcpnews.net.
The Act of Consecration was released four days ahead of the National Consecration to St. Joseph on May 1.
The national consecration will be led by Archbishop Romulo Valles, CBCP President, at the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City at 9:54 a.m. after the Holy Rosary.
The event will also be live-streamed via the Facebook page of the archdiocese’s DxGN899-Spirit FM station.
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DAVAO. Archbishop Romulo Valles. (Photo by Macky Lim/SunStar File)
+ March 12, 2021 EVEN before the pandemic, Archbishop Romulo Valles used to be a staple presence in regular masses in San Pedro Cathedral or even masses held to commemorate a historic happening in the city such as the Roxas Night Market bombing. Catholic faithfuls may also remember seeing him passing through Rizal Park compound on his way to the San Pedro Cathedral. Others would approach him to “mano” and have a brief chitchat.
It saddened many people who know him when in the middle of last year he was reported to have a stroke. Fortunately, he eventually recovered and has been back to service as the Archbishop of Davao and the president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) until the present.