Basilica to celebrate Kaplag

Posted on April 20th, 2008 by mvg.
Categories: Events, Features.

Kaplag (Discovery) commemorates the 443rd anniversary of the discovery of the miraculous Image of the Santo Niño on April 28, 1565 in a modest, native house by Juan Camus, a soldier of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi’s fleet of the then village of Cebu.

Deeply impressed by the finding of this Image that all agreed at the time was brought from Europe and aware of its significance, Legaspi ordered an official inquiry conducted. On May 16 of the same year, a document written at that time tells us from the testimony of eyewitnesses that the Image was found inside a small pine box. Preserved in almost perfect condition, the Image wore a little shirt and cap with two of the fingers of its right hand raised in a gesture of blessing, while the left hand held a globe symbolizing the world. (more…)

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Kaplag 2008 Schedule of Activities

Posted on April 20th, 2008 by mvg.
Categories: Announcement, Events, Festivals.

Day 1 April 24, 2008

3 p.m.

 Opening Day

Mass at the Kiosk of Magellan’s Cross

* Procession of the Sto. Niño Image from the Basilica to the Cebu Cathedral
Day 2 April 25, 2008

Friday Masses’ Schedule

5 p.m.

 First Day of Triduum Masses

Mass at Cebu Cathedral

* Procession of the Sto. Niño Image from the Cebu Cathedral to San Nicholas Church
Day 3 April 26, 2008

Friday Masses’ Schedule
6:30 p.m.

 Second Day of Triduum

Masses

Huni sa Kaplag 2008 Choral Competition
Day 4 April 27, 2008

Sunday Masses’ Schedule

 Third Day of Triduum Masses

* Procession of the Image from San Nicholas Church to Basilica
Day 5 April 28, 2008

| 10 a.m.
5::30 p.m.

 Feast Day

Con-celebrated Mass with His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal as main celebrant

Con-celebrated Mass with Most Rev. Emilio Bataclan as main celebrant Reenactment of the Finding of the Image; Traditional Sinulog; Fireworks Display

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