We we're glad to see the pilgrim image of San Pedro Calungsod in the Duaw Nasud (pilgrimage of thanksgiving). The image arrived in the Country last October 25, 2012 at 4:30 p.m., from the Vatican for the canonization rites. Calungsod’s three foot statue arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila via Cathay Pacific flight CX 919.
The image of a brown-skinned youth with wooden sandals (bakya) of San Pedro Calungsod was brought to the University of Santo Tomas (UST) for an overnight stay in the oldest Catholic university in Asia for the first stop of the Duaw Nasud. And now here at the Shrine of the Five Wounds of Jesus.
The arrival of the new saint’s image San Pedro Calungsod, an object of Catholic veneration, signals the start of the “Duaw Nasud” or a roadshow around the country.
After the ceremony at the airport, Calungsod’s image was brought in a motorcade to the Manila Cathedral for the formal start of the Duaw Nasud or a pilgrimage of thanksgiving around the country.
The Duaw Nasud will bring the image to 36 areas across the Philippines starting in Manila.
The image of Calungsod set off from the Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino in Italy at 9 a.m. (3 p.m. Philippine time) October 24, 2012.
After Manila, the image will be brought to Paranaque, Pasig, Cubao, Antipolo, Novaliches, and Military Ordinariate, Vigan, Lingayen-Dagupan, Pampanga, Malolos, Caloocan, Cavite, Lipa, Lucena, Daet, and Legaspi.
The image will proceed to Catarman/Calbayog, Palo, Maasinb, Surigao, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan/Pagadian/Ozamiz, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Kabankalan/Bacolod, Jaro, San Carlos, Tagbiliran, and Talibon.
On Nov. 27, the image will be brought back to Cebu City from Getafe, Bohol, the last stop of the Duaw Nasud, by sea.
Upon its return to Cebu City, triduum or three-day Masses will be held for the Nov. 30 national thanksgiving celebration at the South Road Properties.
Calungsod came from somewhere in the Visayas and was among the first to serve on a mission organized by Jesuit priest Fr. Diego de San Vitores to the Ladrones Islands in the Western Pacific, Marianas in 1668.
On April 2, 1672, Pedro and Fr. Diego were speared to death by angry villagers in Tumhon, Guam, for catechizing and baptizing natives.
The official portrait of St. Pedro Calungsod was modeled after a basketball player named Ronald Tubid. Ronald was only 17 then. He is now 31 and is playing for the Barako Bull Energy Cola.
The image of a brown-skinned youth with wooden sandals (bakya) of San Pedro Calungsod was brought to the University of Santo Tomas (UST) for an overnight stay in the oldest Catholic university in Asia for the first stop of the Duaw Nasud. And now here at the Shrine of the Five Wounds of Jesus.
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| The pilgrim image of San Pedro Calungsod Duaw Nasud (Photo by: Sol Albar for Princess Sol Diaries) |
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| Tony and the pilgrim image of San Pedro Calungsod (Photo by: Sol Albar for Princess Sol Diaries) |
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| Sol and the pilgrim image of San Pedro Calungsod (Photo by: Sol Albar for Princess Sol Diaries) |
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| (Photo by: Sol Albar for Princess Sol Diaries) |
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| The pilgrim image of San Pedro Calungsod (Photo by: Sol Albar for Princess Sol Diaries) |
After the ceremony at the airport, Calungsod’s image was brought in a motorcade to the Manila Cathedral for the formal start of the Duaw Nasud or a pilgrimage of thanksgiving around the country.
The Duaw Nasud will bring the image to 36 areas across the Philippines starting in Manila.
The image of Calungsod set off from the Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino in Italy at 9 a.m. (3 p.m. Philippine time) October 24, 2012.
After Manila, the image will be brought to Paranaque, Pasig, Cubao, Antipolo, Novaliches, and Military Ordinariate, Vigan, Lingayen-Dagupan, Pampanga, Malolos, Caloocan, Cavite, Lipa, Lucena, Daet, and Legaspi.
The image will proceed to Catarman/Calbayog, Palo, Maasinb, Surigao, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan/Pagadian/Ozamiz, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Kabankalan/Bacolod, Jaro, San Carlos, Tagbiliran, and Talibon.
On Nov. 27, the image will be brought back to Cebu City from Getafe, Bohol, the last stop of the Duaw Nasud, by sea.
Upon its return to Cebu City, triduum or three-day Masses will be held for the Nov. 30 national thanksgiving celebration at the South Road Properties.
~ Mini Trivia ~
On April 2, 1672, Pedro and Fr. Diego were speared to death by angry villagers in Tumhon, Guam, for catechizing and baptizing natives.
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| Official portrait of San Pedro Calungsod and Ronald Tubid (Photo from website) |
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| (Photo from website) |
