INTRODUCTION Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, (Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,) First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to the officers and members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines for inviting me, through Fr. Melvin Mejia, CBCP Secretary, to share some reflections on the topic […]
1521 Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival; planting of the Cross of Catholicism on the shore of ancient Cebu. The cross of Magellan is enshrined on the present kiosk on Plaza Sugbo which was formerly the starting point of Magallanes Street. In 1834, then bishop of Cebu (1829-1840), Santos gomez Marañon, OSA renovated […]
Ecce Homo means “Here is the man!” or “Behold the man!” (John 19:5). It is the exclamatory statement of Pilate in a mock trial when Jesus was presented to the people “wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe” as derision to the “King of the Jews.” The fearful […]
As the carroza of Señor Santo Niño leaves the maingate of the Basilica for the foot procession, another carroza bearing another Santo Niño image enters the church compound. This is always the ritual that is being followed year after year during the Saturday Solemn Procession, the highlight of the Fiesta […]
Basilica del Santo Niño Pipe Organ A post-graduate student in music visited the Basilica hoping to validate data obtained from sources that way back in the colonial times the Church of Santo Niño in Cebu served as a training center for organists from the different parishes administered by the Augustinian […]
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who lived in a land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing They rejoice before you as a people rejoice at harvest as they exult when dividing the spoils. […]
The association between the Augustinians and the Santo Niño goes beyond the simple fact that the former are the official custodians of the miraculous image of the Child Jesus in Cebu City. This, in fact, has a long history behind it, which we will trace in this brief article. When […]
The Slab Stone that Shattered a Dream and fortified Faith “Diha gyud sa iyang ulo nabuak ang bato, unya deretso siya ug katumba ug sigeg agas iyang dugo,” (The slab of stone fall to pieces right on her head, then she fell down and started to bleed.) This is how […]
8 ways to have a meaningful pilgrimage at the Home of the Sto. Niño The Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu is the mater et caput of all churches in the Philippines. It is on this church that the oldest and precious religious relic in the country is being […]
