Feast of Saint Joseph 2010 Program of Activities

Posted on 07 March '10 under Religious Affairs | 1 Comment

Here are the activities for the feast of the town’s patron, Saint Joseph (Husband of Mary).


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Baras begets new priest

Posted on 24 December '09 under Religious Affairs | 3 Comments

For the second time, Baras produced a man of God.


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Santacruzan 2009 beauties

Posted on 30 May '09 under Religious Affairs | 7 Comments

Let us end the month of May with something positive (and pleasing to the eye). Here are some of photos of the sagalas in last night’s Santacruzan.
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Making serenata relevant

Posted on 22 March '09 under Religious Affairs | 3 Comments

If there’s a program in every fiesta that I least liked, it’s the serenata. Having lived in an era of portable music players, I haven’t really appreciated music by our local bands. Old fashioned, music that can’t be understood because there’s no lyrics in them, full of marches – these are some of my reasons of not listening to serenatas during fiestas. So in the era of iPods, is serenata still relevant?


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Party under the sun

Posted on 21 March '09 under Religious Affairs | 1 Comment

As Parish Pastoral Council president Hermy Estrabo said, “history was made” last March 19 when the street dance competition highlighted the day’s feast in honor of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary.


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For the love of Saint Joseph

Posted on 20 March '09 under Religious Affairs | 62 Comments

It’s very seldom we do watch programs in Baras that’s well planned and rehearsed. And it’s even rare to see the most powerful persons in the town and in the province to be in one place and watch a musical production in honor of our town’s patron – Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary.


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Feast and Holy Week 2009 activities

Posted on 12 March '09 under Religious Affairs | 6 Comments

Here are the activities for the feast of Saint Joseph and Holy Week:
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Municipal gov't to donate money for church improvement

Posted on 27 February '09 under Places to Visit, Religious Affairs | No Comments

On the same session where they said no to declare March 19 as a special non-working holiday, councilors agreed for the municipality to donate money for the improvement of Saint Joseph parish church.
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Councilors say no to March 19 holiday

Posted on 25 February '09 under Government, Religious Affairs | 32 Comments

The Sangguniang Bayan on Monday turned down a request by the Parish Pastoral Council to declare March 19 as a non-working holiday, being the feast of the town patron – Saint Joseph.
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Simbang Gabi 2008

Posted on 24 December '08 under Culture and Tradition, Religious Affairs | 4 Comments

When I came out of the house yesterday morning, it was drizzling. But when I arrived at the church, the place was dry. Just before the mass ended or during the blessing, it started to drizzle again. 

Simbang Gabi 2008
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