St. Ignatius (Catholic Online) Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara will preside over a high mass at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Ususan, Taguig City. Holy masses will also be held at 6 a.m. and at 10 a.m.
A motorcade procession will be held Friday, July 30, at 4 p.m. It will be followed by the praying of the holy rosary and the novena prayer at the church. Missionary and charitable organizations run by the Society of Jesus, which is engaged in ministries in about 112 countries, will also offer special masses in honor of the popular Spanish saint.
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Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara will celebrate a feast mass at 6 p.m. at the St. Martha Parish in Kalawaan, Pasig City in her honor. A motorcade follows the mass. A commemorative mass will also be celebrated at 6 a.m., followed by a motorcade. Novena masses were held from July 20 to 28.
Commemorative holy masses will also be celebrated at the Saint Roche (San Roque) Parish in Pateros, Metro Manila.
Known as the patron saint of homemakers and cooks, St. Martha is the prototype of the busy housewife. She exemplified the beautiful, noble, yet often unrecognized traditional women’s work and loving service done at home for her family and loved ones.
Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David (COURTESY OF RYAN REZO/DIOCESE OF KALOOKAN)
CBCP News said the prelate was elected Thursday, July 8, during the bishops’ two-day online plenary assembly.
David, the current vice president of the CBCP, will replace Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao.
Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Fernando in 1983, the 62-year old prelate is known as one of the country’s leading Bible scholars.
In 2006, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese, a post he served for around 14 years until he was transferred to the Kalookan diocese in January 2016.
David also previously chaired the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate and was also among the five Filipino bishop delegates to the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God in the Vatican in 2008.
Outspoken Bishop David elected as CBCP president
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 8)
Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David was elected president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, CBCP News reported Thursday. He was elected Thursday, during the first of the two-day bishops online plenary assembly, CBCP News said in its report.
David will replace Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles.
The 62-year-old David has been serving as CBCP vice president since December 2017. He will be succeeded by Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara. The newly elected officials will begin their terms on Dec. 1, 2021, CBCP News said.
David was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Fernando in 1983. He was named as the auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese in 2006. He was transferred to the Diocese of Kalookan in January 2016.
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