{"id":5882,"date":"2022-04-08T16:10:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/?p=5882"},"modified":"2022-04-08T16:10:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:10:48","slug":"closing-of-the-celebration-of-the-500-years-of-christianity-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/closing-of-the-celebration-of-the-500-years-of-christianity-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing of the celebration of the 500 years of christianity in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5882\" class=\"elementor elementor-5882\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc2324a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc2324a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3233717\" data-id=\"3233717\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d506f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0d506f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year March 16<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2021, the Catholic Church marks its 500 years of presence in the Philippines. Many Filipino people remember the first arrival of Christianity five centuries ago on the shores of Limasawa, South of Leyte. The first mass was celebrated in the Philippines on March 31<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 1521 and on April 14<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 1521, the first baptism was performed. According to some sources that day at least 800 natives, including Cebu chieftain Rajah Humabon and his wife, were baptized and the image of Santo Ni\u00f1o was given as a gift to the wife of Rajah Humabon as a present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The year-long celebration of the 500 years since the gift of faith was received in the Philippines, begins on April 4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2021 \u2013 Easter Sunday \u2013and it will end on April 22<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2022. On the opening ceremony of this celebration, Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, President at that time of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), flagged off the opening of the \u201cHoly Doors\u201d of pilgrim churches across the Philippines, with its theme \u201cGifted to Give\u201d. The CBCP, to make it more meaningful, has been preparing for this celebration since 2013 and the whole Philippine Church has launched every year a theme for the preparation of this 500 years of Christianity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, the gift of faith in many Filipino people is still alive and lived. And now, many Filipinos become missionaries in many foreign lands.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year March 16th, 2021, the Catholic Church marks its 500 years of presence in the Philippines. Many Filipino people remember the first arrival of Christianity five centuries ago on the shores of Limasawa, South of Leyte. 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