2014 Lenten Schedules in Naga City

On this page you will see Lenten Schedule of Activities from different Parishes / Churches in Naga City. Bookmark the page for updates.

Lenten Specials

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Visit of the International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima

Visit of the International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima from Portugal
October 24, 2013 (Thursday) 7:45 PM to October 25, 2014 8:00 AM
@ Our Lady of Fatima Church, Tabuco, Naga City

Image from: JM de la Rosa

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Penafrancia Festival 2013 Around the World

Maogmang hilingon na ang mga kapwa ta Nagueno asin Bicolano nagkakasararao sa pagselebrar kang kapistahan ni Ina. Dawa harayo man sinda sa syudad nin Naga, dayupot man giraray ang pagkamoot kang kada sarong Bicolano para ki Ina. Sa paghiling hiling sa Facebook posts kang mga kapwa ta Nagueno asin Bicolano, samuyang nakalap ang mga selebrasyon hali sa San Diego California, Brooklyn New York, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Canada, asin Auckland New Zeland.

While watching the live stream and waiting for Ina, Jessy made this art made out of breadstix, oishi, corona cover and micropore. ~ Jessy @ Auckland, NZ

Truly, Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia is the Patroness of the whole Bicolandia. There's no contest as to who is most or least, there's no rich nor poor but we all have the same faith. A one of a kind Bicolano and undying faith thru Ina for the Lord. Faith will always guide and remind us become a better person for others. Our deep devotion to Ina is immeasurable, it is beyond the candles, the flowers, the barefoot voyadors, the penitential processions, and the prayers. These are just beginnings, the rest is up to us. May we continue and share our faith for Ina forever and for always.

Sa gabos po na Bicolano sa buong mundo, ingat po pirmi asin Dios Mabalos sa pagpapadagos kang pagselebrar kang debosyon ta para ki Ina. Mabuhay po kamo! Viva La Virgen!!!

Pasensya na po bako po akong matibay mag surat in Bikol. :)

Penafrancia 2013 in San Diego California
Related news from Bicol Mail: "“VENI, vidi, vici,” is a famous Latin quote from Julius Caesar written sometime in 47 BC as a comment on his short war with a Persian monarch – “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Such utterance could easily have been made by a Bicolano devotee who braved the punishing heat along with over a thousand other pilgrims at Lake O’Neill, Camp Pendleton, California... Read more CLICK HERE

Brooklyn New York Penafrancia 2013
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/inang.penafrancia.5?fref=ts
More photos at: https://www.facebook.com/inang.penafrancia.5/media_set?set=a.201069833404656.1073741832.100005049210082&type=1

Our Lady of Penafrancia Devotees of New Zealand
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PenafranciaDevoteesNz
More photos at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.511756782232292.1073741836.373100232764615&type=1
Our Lady Of The Assumption Parish, Onehunga, Auckland

Winnepeg Manitoba Canada
Photos by Cloyd San Juan

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Traslacion 2013 Live Streaming

On this page you will see updates regarding Traslacion 2013 Live Streaming links available for our fellow Bicolanos. If videos do not work, please go directly to the links posted. Please take note however that live streaming is dependent upon your internet connection speed. A bit of patience will come in handy. Program usually starts at 12:30 noon or 1PM. 

Assembly of Traslacion Procession will start at around 11:00 AM along San Felipe road.

The following are networks that may live stream the Penafrancia Festivities.

www.choosephilippines.com 

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/global-news-network-naga COURTESY OF GNN TV 48 NAGA


Live streaming video by Ustream

Live Streaming Courtesy of St. Peregrine / PBNDZOK
Visit http://www.saint-peregrine.com/watchtv/livestream.php if this video doesn't work.


Live streaming video by Ustream

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Holy Relics of Arma Christi in Naga City

The Holy Relics of the Arma Christi and others are here at the Naga Metropolitan for 3 days (See image below for schedule). Nagueños and Pilgrims wait in the long queue just to see the relics up close and venerate. 

Photos taken June 20, 2013

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Advent and Christmas Masses 2012 in Naga City

Advent and Christmas 2012

Our Lady of Penafrancia Basilica Minore
9:00 pm Christmas Angel
10:00 pm Christmas Eve Mass

Below are the following schedule of masses, dates to remember and other Christmas related activities in the Parish of St. John the Evangelist.

Source: Naga Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Pilgrim City of Naga


SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL MASSES

Dec. 15 2012 (Sat) – 7:30 pm – People’s Mall
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 16 (Sun) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
Presider: Abp. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
(no 5am Mass in the Cathedral)
7:30 pm – People’s Mall
(no 8pm Mass in the Cathedral)
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 17 (Mon) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
7:30 pm – People’s Mall
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 18 (Tue) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
7:30 pm – People’s Mall
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 19 (Wed) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
7:30 pm – People’s Mall
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 20 (Thu) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
7:30 pm – People’s Mall
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 21 (Fri) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
Sta. Cruz Chapel
Bagumbayan Sur Chapel
Sitio Paraiso Chapel
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
7:30 am – People’s Mall
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 22 (Sat) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
7:30 pm – People’s Mall
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 23 (Sun) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
No 5am Mass in the Cathedral
7:30 pm – People’s Mall
No 8pm Mass in the Cathedral
9:00 pm – Naga Cathedral

Dec. 24 (Mon) – 4:00 am – Naga Cathedral
4:30 am – UNC Chapel
8:00 pm – UNC Chapel

Midnight Mass (Christmas Eve)
Dec. 24 (Mon) – 10:00 pm Naga Cathedral
(Presider: Abp. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres)

Christmas Day
Dec. 25 (Tue) (Sunday Mass Schedule will be followed;
7:00 am Mass Presider: Presider: Abp. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres)

Midnight Mass (New Year’s Eve)
Dec. 31 (Mon) 10:00 pm Naga Cathedral
(Presider: Abp. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres)

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Jan. 01 (Tue) (Sunday Mass Schedule will be followed;
7:00 am Mass Presider: Abp. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres)

CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, SONGS & DANCES 2012
(every 7:00 pm, Naga Cathedral)

Dec. 15 (Sat) – Ateneo de Naga University
Dec. 16 (Sun) – Mariners Polytechnic Colleges Foundation
(7:45 pm, after the Mass)
Dec. 17 (Mon) – Camarines Sur National High School
Dec. 18 (Tue) – Carmines Sur Polytechnic Colleges
Dec. 19 (Wed) – Central Bicol State University of Agriculture
Dec. 20 (Thu) – Sir Jaymee String Ensemble & Caritas Chorale
Dec. 21 (Fri) – Universidad de Sta. Isabel
Dec. 22 (Sat) – University of Nueva Caceres
Dec. 23 (Sun) – Nabua National High School (7:45 pm after the Mass)
Dec. 24 (Mon) – Caceres Chorale

SCHEDULE OF BAPTISM
Dec. 25, 2012 and Jan 01, 2013 at NPS Covered Court

1st Batch: 9:00 am
2nd Batch: 10:00 am
3rd Batch: 11:00 am
Please bring a photocopy of your child’s Birth Certificate

DATES TO REMEMBER

Advent Season
Dec. 01  - 5:00 pm Anticipated Mass: Blessing of Advent Wreath
Dec. 02 – Ist Sunday of Advent
Dec. 08 – Immaculate Conception (Holy day of Obligation)
Dec. 09 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
8:00 am: First Day of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Triduum Mass
(Presider: Abp. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres at People’s Mall)
Dec. 12 – Fiesta: Our Lady of Guadalupe
11:00 am Baptism at People’s Mall
4:30 pm – Mass with Confirmation at People’s Mall
Dec. 15, 2:30 to 5:00 pm Parish Advent Recollection
6:00 pm: Celebration of Light and Blessing of Belen
Dec. 16 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
Start of Christmas Novena Masses
Dec. 18 – 26 every 6:15 am: Novena to St. John the Evangelist
Dec. 21 – NPS Christmas Party
Dec. 22 – Christmas Cheers for Children
Sponsor: Jollibee Foods
Dec. 23 – 4th Sunday of Advent

Christmas Season
Dec. 25 – Solemnity of the Nativity of our Lord
Dec. 25 – 31 – Octave of Christmas
Dec. 26 – Feast of St. Stephen, First Martyr
9:00 am – Pagkumpil
Dec. 27 – Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Patron of Naga Metropolitan Cathedral
8:30 am: Pontifical Mass (Presider:  Abp. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD)
Clergy Assembly and Christmas Party
6:00 pm: Procession with the Patron Saint
Dec. 29 – Episcopal Ordination Anniversary of Abp. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres
Dec. 30 – Feast of the Holy Family
Jan. 01 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Jan. 06  - Solemnity of the Epiphany of our Lord
Jan. 13 – Baptism of the Lord

Ordinary Time 
Feb. 02 – Presentation of the Lord
5:00 pm: Eucharistic Celebration & Installation of Hermano & Hermana Mayores (Celebrant: Most Rev. Roland J. Tria Tirona, OCD, DD, Archbishop of Caceres)

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Thank God it's Good Friday!

Some friends usually correct my 'wrong' choice of words in greeting people during Holy Week or when someone's loved one passes away. I tend to say, " Happy Holy Week" as if it's New Year. It gets them wondering why it's a happy situation and I suddenly find myself even more puzzled why it's such a bad thing. Well, I kind of misuse it on some friend's relative's wake by mistakenly saying, "Happy Condolence" with a smiley. There is a difference between these two awkward greetings, I suppose.

When Jesus died, although it brought temporary sadness among his early Christians, it consequently brought forth a lasting testimony to us, new generations of Christians, not to mention the great guilt Judas felt when he realized he was wrong for betraying Jesus. Thus, the so-called 'Judas Kiss'. And this great testimony is, God loves us all that He will never forsake us as He never did betrayed His own begotten Son. There goes the declaration, "Truly this was God's Son". Even Pontius Pilate knew there was no reason to condemn Jesus but still conformed to the angry mob.

Human weakness.

Is mob rule ever that scary? I believe not. As what history tells us, the power to put down someone's life because of false accusations, firmly believing on corrupted knowledge loses to the power of God.

Bad vs Good.

On this Good Friday, we thank God for Jesus' mission is accomplished. To die for our sake! Considering the sufferings inflicted by the jealous, dubbed 'righteous', low key Pharisees and other non-believers like the Jews,  Jesus must have been really really (as in major major) bullied down to earth. He was alone in this battle. I kind of remember Him everytime I am pestered by bloodsucking mosquitoes outside Beanbag while chatting and having Mango Banana Shake with friends. His followers could only do so much. Ultimately, He triumphs.

Thank God it's Friday! Good Friday it is.

"Weeping Women for the love of Jesus"
'Dolorosa (Mama Mary) in black veil escorted by black-dressed women. this is reenacting the grief of the early Christian women when Jesus died on the cross after suffering the beatings and falls for hours up to Mt. Calvary. My first time to experience watching a good Friday procession facilitated by Naga Metropolitan Cathedral down J. Hernandez st. in Sta. Cruz .

"The death of Jesus"
Paying respect to a socio-religious tradition, procession of wooden images of saints and Jesus, deeply rooted down to Spanish influence. 

His promise of a second coming brings hope to all of us sinners that God's grace has something to do with it. It's not all prayers and good deeds. It's not all 'Bahala na ang Dios'. Our free will separates us from the chimpanzees. We are conscientious human beings ready to take up our own cross, or maybe not. We know so much but understand little. We are vulnerable without Him. The Holy Spirit guides our way like a brandnew GPS for the limited sedans that we are. But then again, we may not allow it. Our faith should separate us from the pigs.

Advance Happy Easter NCDeckers! =)

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