The canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod is a momentous event for the whole country, especially for Cebuanos, as Pedro Calungsod will be the second Filipino Catholic saint after San Lorenzo Ruiz, and also the first Visayan Catholic saint. He will be officially called “San Pedro de Cebu.”
The traveling image of Blessed Pedro Calungsod will leave the Philippines for Rome on October 16 and will be brought back on October 25 for the “Duaw Nasud,” meaning national visitation. The image will be “visiting” various places in the country before returning to Cebu on November 27, 2012.
Blessed Pedro Calungsod will be canonized along with 6 others — Blessed Marianne Cope of Molokai, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha of New York, United States of America, Blessed Jacques Berthieu of France, Blessed Giovanni Battista Piamarta of Italy, Blessed Carmen Salles y Barangueras of Spain, and Blessed Anna Schaffer of Germany— by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in a ceremony at the Vatican on October 21, 2012.
According to historical research, Pedro Calungsod was born in Cebu, ca. 1655. He worked as a sacristan and a catechist, and accompanied the Jesuits on their missionary work to the Ladrones Islands. On April 2, 1672, he died at age 17 in Guam along with Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores while suffering religious persecution.
To Read more about the blessed Pedro Calungsod, you may visit the site below:
http://specials.sunstar.com.ph/pedrocalungsod/about-pedro-calungsod/
You may check the official song with lyrics and video of the life of St. Pedro Calungsod below:
Through the intercession of GOD our Father, JESUS CHRIST, our divine mercy, Mama MARY Mediatrix of all grace, Archangels and Saints. St. Pedro Calungsod please pray for us Filipinos for faith, hope, love, and peace for our country and the whole world. For strength of mind, body, and spirit. Saint PEDRO CALUNGSOD, please intercede and pray for US. Amen.. :)
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