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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+ January 08, 2021 ABOUT 3,000 devotees attended the first novena mass that kicked off the 456th Fiesta Señor celebration, indicating that Catholics have kept the faith despite the devastation caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Fr. Pacifico Nohara Jr., rector of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño, made this observation in his homily during the enthronement and opening salvo mass at the Basilica’s Pilgrim Center Friday morning, Jan. 8, 2021.
“Though we do not know each other personally and we have our faces covered, I am very much happy to see all of you who are devotees of the Señor Sto. Niño,” he said in Cebuano.
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