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Pedro Calungsod

These photos were published on Sun.Star Cebu newspaper. Content of this album is all about Pedro Calungsod, who is set to be canonized on October in Rome.
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LIGHTING UP THE SKY.  Fireworks outside the Archbishop’s Compound in Cebu mark the end of a procession in honor of the new San Pedro Calungsod. A large crowd gathered at the compound’s covered court, where a video feed from the Vatican was projected to let people witness the canonization rites.  (Sun.Star Photo/Allan Defensor)
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LIGHTING UP THE SKY.  Fireworks outside the Archbishop’s Compound in Cebu mark the end of a procession in honor of the new San Pedro Calungsod. A large crowd gathered at the compound’s covered court, where a video feed from the Vatican was projected to let people witness the canonization rites.  (Sun.Star Photo/Allan Defensor)

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  • CEBU. High-ranking church and government officials, along with thousands of the Catholic faithful, are expected to fill the templete and the 27-hectare mass site today as they celebrate the canonization of the country’s second saint San Pedro Calungsod. (Allan Defensor)
  • CALUNGSOD TEMPLETE. Construction of the templete at the South Road Properties in Cebu City continues. The thanksgiving mass for Pedro Calungsod sainthood will be held at this site. (Sun.Star Photo/Arni Aclao)
  • THANKSGIVING. During a rehearsal, Fr. Charles Jayme of the Cebu Archdiocese carries a mock image of Saint Pedro Calungsod from Galleon San Diego to a boat that will carry the image to the SRP, where the Thanksgiving Mass for Calungsod’s canonization will be held. (Sun.Star Phto/Amper Campana)
  • YOUNG BELIEVERS. St. Pedro Calungsod, martyred at 17, is the new role model of Filipino children and young people. In Barangay Cantabaco in Toledo City, the parish church named after St. Pedro attracts as many pilgrims as Ginatilan — reported to be St. Pedro’s hometown — and probably more than Rome, the site of the canonization rites. (Sun.Star Photo/Arni Aclao)
  • FUTURE SHRINE. The parish in Barangay Cantabaco, Toledo City dedicated to Pedro Calungsod wants the church to be made a national shrine for the new saint. Parishioners expect the place to attract huge crowds of devotees following the canonization of Pedro Calungsod last Sunday. (Sun.Star Photo/Arni Aclao)
  • LIGHTING UP THE SKY.  Fireworks outside the Archbishop’s Compound in Cebu mark the end of a procession in honor of the new San Pedro Calungsod. A large crowd gathered at the compound’s covered court, where a video feed from the Vatican was projected to let people witness the canonization rites.  (Sun.Star Photo/Allan Defensor)
  • THE HALO EFFECT.  In the Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex, Rev. Fr. Randy Nebrea places the halo on an image of St. Pedro Calungsod, right after a live stream from the Vatican shows the rite of canonization. Hundreds of catechists and parishioners, many of them young, attended the candle-lit celebration. (Sun.Star Photo/Allan Cuizon)
  • BELIEVER. Rosario Polinar Melecio, 46, opens the catechism guide on Pedro Calungsod while sharing the “miracle” she experienced through his intercession. Her youngest child accompanies her outside the Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod on D. Jakosalem St., Cebu City. (Sun.Star Photo/Kevin A. Lagunda)
  • CEBU. A procession in honor of Pedro Calungsod, who will be declared a saint today, proceeds from Barangay Cagsing to Ginatilan town proper. Cagsing is known to have the most number of Calungsods in the town, which believes the teenaged martyr hailed from there. (Allan Defensor)
  • The official image of Pedro Calungsod is transferred from the archbishop’s residence to the Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod on D. Jakosalem St., Cebu City. It will be taken to the Cathedral Tuesday morning for a sendoff mass, before being flown to Rome. (Amper Campaña)
  • OFF TO ROME.  Rev. Fr. Charles Louis Jayme places the lid on the box of the image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod for its trip to Rome for the canonization rites. The demonstration was part of a press conference at the Archbishop’s Residence. (Sun.Star/Arni Aclao)
  • DREAM COME TRUE. The Mandaue Youth and Children’s Choir will take a different and bigger stage when it performs at the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod on Oct. 21 in Rome, Italy. (Sun.Star File)
  • Committee members composed of priests, bishops and archbishops led by His Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal (background, 3rd from left) and Cebu's Archbishop Jose Palma (background, 2nd from left) met at the Archbishop Palace for the 100-day countdown, which start July 14, 2012 before the Church declares sainthood on Blessed Pedro Calungsod.(Sun.Star Photo/Amper Campaña)
  • Portrait of Pedro Calungsod (Sun.Star Photo)
  • Geovani Mejurada took the role as Pedro Calungsod in a dance drama depicting the life of the Filipino blessed during the 100 days countdown ceremony for Calungsod's canonization. (Sun.Star Photo/Alex Badayos)
  • The image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod placed at a stage in Fuente Osmena during the 100 days countdown for the canonitiation day in Vatican, Rome. (Sun.Star photo/Alex Badayos)
  • The image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod was carried outside the Basilica del Santo Niño after the mass for the 100 days count down for the canonization day in Vatican. (Sun.Star photo/Alex Badayos)
  • Vendors along D. Jakosalem street, Cebu City start selling images of Blessed Pedro Calungsod. (Sun.Star Photo/Amper Campaña)
  • A statue of Beato Pedro Calungsod. (Sun.Star photo)
  • The official statue of Pedro Calungsod displayed at the residence of Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal. (Sun.Star Photo/Ruel Rosello)
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