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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 Association's 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 the quincentennial celebration in Hamilton. “We had a Holy Mass celebrated by Vicar General Leonar...

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-19 virus effectively contained in New Zealand, Filipinos have come in full force in events organize...

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 dressed for the occasion. Inspired by the Filipiniana books he immersed himself in, which talked abou...