Passengers are ferried back to the shore by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel using a motorboat after MV Virgen De Penafrancia runs aground near Real Port in Quezon Province on March 28, 2024. The passenger ship is en route to Polillo Port when it hit shallow waters moments after it sailed,...
Parish churches and shrines in different parts of the country are once again teeming with churchgoers as the Filipino faithful observe age-old Maundy Thursday traditions. Maundy Thursday: The Last Supper (Photo courtesy of Catholic Online) A Maundy Thursday tradition that has been carried on for...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) implemented strict security measures in ports around the country to secure almost 140,000 travelers who were monitored on Maundy Thursday, March 28. As of 12 noon, the peak of passenger arrival, the PCG said that a total of 73,282 outbound passengers and 66,331...
President Marcos encouraged Filipinos to find ways to serve their communities with compassion and grace as Catholics observe Maundy Thursday. Catholics visit the Stations of the Cross exhibit and pray the novena at the San Agustin Church in Manila on Holy Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Arnold Quizol)...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See- Pope Francis, who often champions poor and marginalised people, celebrated the traditional Holy Thursday Mass by washing the feet of 12 young inmates in a juvenile detention centre in Rome. The Argentine Jesuit, who was hospitalised last week for bronchitis, spent Thursday...
LEMERY, Batangas – A teenage male drowned while swimming in a pool on Maundy Thursday in Barangay Nonong Casto here. Police said the victim and his teenage cousin were swimming at Suenia Beach Resort when he suddenly went underwater. After a minute, the unconscious victim was lifted by his...
BUTUAN CITY – Police Regional Office-13 chief Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II inspected police personnel deployed in major passenger terminals, ports, and other areas here on Maundy Thursday to ensure that appropriate security measures and assistance are being provided. “This is our mandated...
LAOAG CITY (PNA) – A man died and six others were injured in a vehicular accident on Maundy Thursday in Bangui town, Ilocos Norte province, according to the police. The mishap happened at 7:20 a.m. on a sharp curve of the national highway in Barangay Baruyen in front of the Bangui view deck. A...
Today is Maundy Thursday, a very significant day in the Lent calendar. For some, it is the start of a vacation that will last until Monday, April 8, 2023. For most, it’s a time to redo traditions that have been halted during the pandemic, rekindle ties with family members, or reset in order to...
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club will select first time visitors as this year's Baguio-Benguet Lucky Summer Visitors on Maundy Thursday. CATHOLICS wave their ‘palaspas’ or palm fronds as a priest blesses them during Palm Sunday rites in Baguio City. (Baguio City...
Roman Catholics will observe age-old Maundy Thursday Church rites and traditions on April 6. At the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila, Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula will lead the Chrism Mass at 7 a.m. The Chrism Mass is a manifestation of the unity of the priests with their bishop....
A reminder of the value of humility and service is reenacted on Maundy Thursday through the ritual of washing of the feet at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Like Christ who performed the humble ritual to the apostles, church leaders also display the same to persons who represent sectors of society...
