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.