A replica statue of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, or Our Lady of Antipolo, made its way to the site of the first recorded Easter Mass in the Philippines. The image was first welcomed by Bishop Prescioso Cantillas at the Maasin Cathedral on August 6 before it was…
Pope Francis has granted canonical coronation to the image of Our Lady of the Assumption, the patroness of the Diocese of Maasin in Southern Leyte province. The Marian statue, which is enshrined at the Maasin Cathedral, or the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption, will be the first…
The Diocese of Maasin in Southern Leyte will have its first pontifically crowned image.
Our Lady of the Assumption (Photo CBCP News) Pope Francis has granted canonical coronation to the image of Our Lady of the Assumption, the patroness of the diocese. CBCP News said a canonical coronation is t
Maasin Bishop Prescioso Cantillas has appealed for contributions for the said project.
“I invite you to give thanks to God for the gift of faith we all have received by donating an amount or construction materials,” the prelate said in a report from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website.
The construction of the seven-storey complex monument began in February last year and is “being built by the Maasin diocese in the island’s Magallanes village,” the CBCP news said.
The complex will be called the “Shrine and Pilgrim Center with a Tower of Light.”
“The initiative is one of the diocese’s main projects for the year-long celebration of the 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines,” the CBCP said.