Published April 18, 2021, 10:51 AM
A priest cited the recent declaration of the Basilica Minore Del Santo Niño De Cebu as a National Culture Treasure as vital to the preservation of the historic church.
Photo shows a huge crowd of churchgoers at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño in Cebu City before the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis. (PNA file photo by John Rey Saavedra)
“This is for the betterment of the church. The government and the basilica can now work hand in hand in its preservation. The declaration will also help deepen the faith and witnessing of the faithful,” Rev. Fr. Ric Anthony Reyes said over Radio Veritas.
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Cebu City (CNN Philippines, March 13) A centuries-old Cebuano religious song will be opening the Papal mass on Sunday in celebration of the 500th year of Christianity in the Philippines.
According to the Mass Booklet or Santa Messa issued by the Vatican, the “Gozoz de Santo Nino de Cebu,” currently known as Batobalani sa Gugma and literally translates as Magnet of Love, will be heard as the opening hymn for the mass.
This song regularly heard during Novena masses at the Basilica del Santo Nino in Cebu City is about honoring Santo Nino de Cebu.
The oldest existing Novena booklet that dates back to the late 1700 s at the Basilica showed a lengthier and more original version of the song that was written in Cebuano, while a shorter and modern version was made in the 1980s.
Published January 12, 2021, 12:44 PM
CEBU CITY In what was described as a “saddening and heartbreaking” move, the Augustinian priests from the Basilica Minore Del Sto. Niño de Cebu on Monday, January 11, decided to stop holding public Novena Masses of the Fiesta Señor 2021.
Marshalls cordon the façade of Pilgrim Center for devotees who wish to witness the image of the Holy Child, Snr. Sto. Niño de Cebu. This measure was done to ensure health safety after physical Novena masses are set online. (Photo courtesy of Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu / via Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
The last public Novena Mass was held on Monday. It was the fourth of the nine-day Novena Mass.
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LAST CHANCE. Devotees attend one of the novena masses held at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño in Cebu City on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. At 5 p.m. Monday, the Basilica’s Augustinian friars announced that for the remaining five days of the novena masses of the Fiesta Señor, there would be no more face-to-face masses. To prevent a possible increase in Covid-19 cases, the masses will be purely virtual or streamed online beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12. / AMPER CAMPAñA
+ January 11, 2021 BEGINNING Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, devotees will no longer be allowed to physically attend any novena masses at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño as a precautionary measure against coronavirus infections, Augustinian priests announced on Monday, Jan. 11.
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Photo by Amper Campaña January 08, 2021 LIKE almost everything else, the ongoing health crisis has impacted on the selection and timetable of announcement of the hermano and hermana mayores for the 456th Fiesta Señor celebration this year.
But while the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic had some impact on the celebration, it created opportunities for a meaningful and safe celebration. In addition, the quincentennial celebration of the birth of the Christian faith in the country makes for a quite unique festival.
The Augustinian community of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu proclaimed and installed couple Edmun and Anne Liu as hermano and hermana mayores for the 456th Fiesta Señor celebration during the Opening Salvo mass held on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.