It’s that time of the year again where Catholic faithfuls go to different churches in a tradition called “visita iglesia” or church visit. But it’s not just any church. Most of them visit centuries old places of worship, which includes the Saint Joseph parish church.
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The following are the activities of Saint Joseph parish church this Lenten season.
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I’m part of a team who’s making a book about a parish in Rizal province. Saint Joseph happens to be part of the saints in that church. Here’s the article I’ve written for that book.
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Here are the activities for the feast of the town’s patron, Saint Joseph (Husband of Mary).
For the second time, Baras produced a man of God.
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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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?
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.
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.
Here are the activities for the feast of Saint Joseph and Holy Week:
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