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THANKSGIVING. Msgr. Rogelio Fuentes, team moderator at the Shrine of the San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish in Barangay San Nicolas-Proper, delivers the homily during the thanksgiving mass for the Sr. Sto. Nino on Monday (Jan. 16, 2023). Fuentes reminded the devotees of the connection of the Augustinian Friars at the 457-year-old Basilica and San Nicolas, known the "mother of parishes" in mainland Cebu and "el primer pueblo de Filipinas" or the first town in the Philippines established by the Spaniards. (Screengrab from the Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino video) CEBU CITY - Parishioners of the San Nicolas de Tolentino Shrine in a village known during the Spanish time as "el primer pueblo de Filipinas" or the first town in the Philippines on Monday joined the devotees of the Sto. Nino in celebrating a thanksgiving mass. Diocesan priest, Msgr. Rogelio Fuentes, San Nicolas shrine's team moderator, traced the thanksgiving celebration at the 457-year-old Basilic