Sto. Niño Updates
Latest news and updates of Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu.
May 2, 2018
May 2, 2018
Basilica works with Two Social Worker Interns from St. Teresa’s Since August 2017, two sisters from the Missionaries of Charity were having their internship program at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu as part of their course requirement while taking up Social Work at the St. Theresa’s College.After […]
April 16, 2018
April 16, 2018
The Santo Niño de Cebu Augustinian Social Development Foundation Inc. (SNAF) announces the completion of the first-7 units of Balay-Bao given to typhoon Yolanda survivors in Kinatarcan Island. In collaboration with HoMe Architects, a Cebu-based architectural firm, Balay-bao is designed by the Philippine Augustinians for its disaster-prone Mission Territories like […]
March 12, 2018
March 12, 2018
The war in Marawi City lasted for 147 days that erupted on May 23, 2017 and declared-free on October 17, 2017. Thousands of families were displaced in those days of war among the soldiers and policemen against the Maute-ISIS group. What’s left after the war is the need of rehabilitation […]
March 8, 2018
March 8, 2018
Ten years in Paradise Kinatarcan Island, Sta. Fe – The Catholic Church has a long history of journeys and explorations meant for the propagation of faith. The Order of Saint Augustine (OSA), in turn, has done their part in the name of that same vision. Now, in the year 2018, […]
January 26, 2018
January 26, 2018
At dawn of Friday, the Fiesta Señor 2018 concluded with the annual “Hubo” mass celebrated by the rector of Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño, Rev. Fr. Pacifico “Jun” Nohara, OSA. The Hubo—undressing of the Sto. Niño image—means to replace the image’s fiesta clothes into simpler garments. It started with the […]
January 24, 2018
January 24, 2018
Solemn Foot Procession January 20, 2018 – Beginning one o’clock in the afternoon, around half a million people witnessed and joined the solemn procession, where the image of Sto. Nino took its place inside the glass case of the carroza. The 5.67 km route, which brought the Child Jesus from […]
January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018
(This is the full transcription of the homily of Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia during the Feast Day of Sñr. Sto. Niño on January 21, 2018 at the 5:30 p.m. mass.) Maayong gabii! Pit Senyor! Full with joy to be with you tonight and so grateful, and I thank […]
January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018
Pilgrim Center | January 21, 2018 – The Fiesta Señor is the one of the grandest festival of the country and the Pope has blessed us with his presence through his representative in the person of Most Rev. Gabriele Giordano Caccia, the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, who celebrated the […]
January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018
Sailors long before the docking of the first foreign colonizers, the Filipinos’ relationship with the sea has always been strong. Commerce, culture, and exploration within the archipelago heavily relied on the will of the waves. So it comes as no surprise to know that the faith the Philippines has come […]
January 21, 2018
January 21, 2018
Our celebration of the feast of Señor Santo Niño is DEEPLY ROOTED in Sacred Scripture. Here are Biblical verses proving that our faith is authentic and Christ-centered. a. PROCESSIONS and HUGE CROWDS: – Your procession comes into view, O God your procession into the holy place, my God and […]
January 19, 2018
January 19, 2018
An Answered Prayer The prayers of devotees from the island of Mactan have been heard as this year’s Traslacion and Fluvial Parade will finally include the Nuestra Señora de Regla Parish National Shrine in Lapu-Lapu City as one of the destinations for the images of the Miraculous Child and Our […]
January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018
May 15, 1565—- According to Rev. Fr. Benedicto Tao, this was the start of the devotion to Señor Sto. Niño right exactly where the Basilica Minore Del Santo Nino is being built today. It first dated way back in April 27, 1565 wherein the Spanish came to the Philippines together […]