After being shelved for two years, the Lenten parade, a street event every Good Friday showcasing various actors and actresses performing in a “Senakulo” or the theatrical performance of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, will again be happening in Cainta, Rizal this year....
Everyone is out after two years of restrictions and lockdowns. If you don't want to hit the beaches (because your body is not ready or you still want to avoid the crowd), why not try to visit the churches that line the local tourism highway? In a world full of uncertainties especially in this...
Holy Week treats from Greenwich Stressing about your Lenten season menu as the Holy Week is fast approaching? Greenwich has you covered with its recently unveiled savory seafood options that are sure to help you with meal planning during the Lenten season. Offered for a limited time only, Greenwich...
Around 2,754 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) celebrated Palm Sunday through an online Holy Mass held at the jail facility in Kamuning on Sunday morning, April 10. The online Palm Sunday Mass, which serves as a commencement of the Lenten season,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Friday, April 8, that all the necessary security measures were put in place to ensure the safe travel of motorists and commuters during the Lenten season and the summer break. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) A...
The city government of Antipolo has announced the cancellation of all Lenten activities that would generate mass gatherings in the city this year as part of the measures against Covid-19. In a post on the official Facebook page of Mayor Andrea Bautista-Ynares, the city government said it has...
Mass attendance at the National Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, popularly known as the Antipolo Cathedral, in Antipolo City has increased since the Lenten season started on Ash Wednesday last week. Fr. Reynante Tolentino, shrine rector of the Antipolo Cathedral, told Manila...
Ash Wednesday, observed on March 2 this year, is the beginning of Lent. In a predominantly Christian country like the Philippines, the Lenten season does not need much explanation. Lent recalls the 40 days of Jesus’ fasting in the desert before he entered His public ministry. Roman Catholics...
The Archdiocese of Manila has discouraged the self-imposition of ashes during the observance of Ash Wednesday. Photo Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission-Manila FB "We receive the ashes because the call to repentance is addressed to us by Christ through the Church and it is also through the ministry...
Who says seafood can’t be sophisticated? Abstinence is the key word for life during Holy Week. Lent is the time for sacrifices, big and small, in order to share in our Lord’s pains. We are encouraged to shun worldly pleasures. Giving up meat is one of these. Someone somewhere along the way...
Prepare to see seven of the country's heritage churches With many Filipinos posting #ECQSeason2 on social media, it also seems like we are about to get a second take of our Holy Week observation at home. No communal pabasa , evening processions, and even public senakulos . While many Lenten...
It has been a year filled with anxiety, lost opportunities, and belt-tightening (especially those who got laid off or had their business closed). But if there is a “bright side” to all these negativity, it is that a lot of people have become closer to a Higher Being, have bonded tighter with...
