Relics of St. Therese to visit Cebu
-A A +AThursday, February 21, 2013
CEBU CITY -- The Catholic Church here is preparing the activities to welcome the pilgrim relic of St. Therese of Lisieux, popularly known as "St. Therese of the Child Jesus," which will stay here next week to visit the Catholic faithful.
Relics are the "material remains of a saint or a holy person after death, as well as objects sanctified by contact with his body," according to the Catholic Church.
In a press release sent to Sun.Star Cebu, it said that a motorcade is set to bring the pilgrim relic of St. Therese on Monday from the Central Command to the Carmelite Monastery in Cebu.
The following is the schedule of activities set here:
February 25, 2013 (Monday)
05:00 AM -- Motorcade from Central Command to Carmelite Monastery; stop at St. Therese Parish then to PNP PR07
06:00 AM -- Holy Mass at PNP PR07 Chapel
08:30 AM -- Departure of the Pilgrim Relic going to San Carlos Seminary College
10:00 AM -- Arrival of Pilgrim Relic at Carmel
10:30 AM -- Welcome Mass at Carmel officiated by Cardinal Ricardo J. Vidal
12:00 NN -- Veneration of the Relic starts after Mass
02:30 PM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fr. Joey Mabborang
06:30 PM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fathers from Zamboanga
10:00 PM -- Carmelite Monastery Gate CLOSES
February 26, 2013 (Tuesday)
06:00 AM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fr. Vicente Florido
10:30 AM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: MOP
02:30 PM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fr. Marcelino Agravante Jr.
06:30 PM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fr. Joey Mabborang
10:00 PM -- Carmelite Monastery Gate CLOSES
February 27, 2013 (Wednesday)
06:00 AM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fr. Leonilo Igloria
10:30 AM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Msgr. Rey Penagunda
02:30 PM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fr. Paulo Gamboa, Jr.
06:30 PM -- Holy Mass: Celebrants: St. John Fathers
10:00 PM -- Carmelite Monastery Gate CLOSES
February 28, 2013 (Thursday)
06:00 AM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fr. John Burgos
10:30 AM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Fr. Paulo Gamboa Jr.
05:00 PM -- Holy Mass: Celebrant: Msgr. Adelito Abella
07:00 PM -- Solemn PROCESSION from Carmelite Monastery to Metropolitan Cathedral
09:00 PM -- FAREWELL MASS officiated by Bishop Jose Palma
10:30 PM -- Solemn PROCESSION back to Carmelite Monastery
VIGIL AT CARMELITE MONASTERY
March 01, 2013 (Friday)
02:00 AM -- Holy Mass at Carmel: Celebrant: MOP
05:00 AM -- Farewell Ceremony at Carmel: MOP
06:00 AM -- Farewell Mass at Naval Chapel: Celebrant: Fr. Roel Isip
07:00 AM -- Departure for Bohol
“In the light of the centenary of the death of St. Therese, the Church of Lisieux willed to create a movement around the relics of St. Therese as it happened previously in 1947. In the presence of and contact with her mortal remains, God who had received from her so many acts of love when she was alive here on earth, is pleased to manifest His love through the remains of her humanity," the statement reads.
Last Tuesday, February 19, The relic of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, also called as the “Little Flower of Jesus,” arrived in Tacloban City and will stay there until Sunday, February 24, 2013.
The relic travelled from the Basilica of St. Therese in Lisieux, France.
St. Therese's relic, which consisted her bone fragment, started her visit in the Philippines since 2000 and 2008.
She also visited the country in December 15, 2012. This year is her third visit and is expected to tour around 48 key places in the country.
St. Therese or Therese Martin was born in Alencon, France on January 2, 1873. She, along with her family, moved to Lisieux, where she was taught by the Benedictine Nuns of Lisieux. At the age of 15, Therese became a nun and dedicated her life in spiritual activities. Her life was written in her first autobiographical manuscript. She died on September 30, 1897 due to tuberculosis. She was then 24.
Therese was canonized by Pope Pius XI on May 17, 1925 and was proclaimed by the same Pope as the Universal Patron of the Mission on December 14, 1927.
On October 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Therese as "Therese of the Child Jesus" and a "Doctor of the Universal Church." (JAC/Sunnex)
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