PHL: CEBU 2011 Feast of Sto. Nino "TRASLACION"

January 14, 2011

On the Friday before the feast of Sto. Nino de Cebu, is the day of the Translacion.

The day's activities will start with the Walk with Mary, a foot procession from the church in Guadalupe, where devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mother Mary), patroness of Cebu, will bring the Mother of Sto. Nino to Fuente Osmena.
(Trivia: A few years ago, Our Lady of Guadalupe was made patroness of Cebu because the Sto. Nino, became Jesus himself, cannot be patron of Cebu.)

At the same time, the Sto. Nino from the Angel of Peace Seminary in Cansojong, Talisay City, will also make way to the Basilica del Sto. Nino. There, the Sto. Nino will meet his mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Inside the Basilica, at 7am, the Misa de Traslacion will be held.  After the mass, the Sto. Nino and Our Lady of Guadalupe, on a motorcade, will now be on the way to the St. Joseph Parish in Mandaue City, so Mother and Son will be reunited with (the foster father) St. Joseph.

Thus, in St. Joseph Parish in Mandaue, the Holy Family is re-united!  The three will stay in Mandaue overnight.

The next day, Saturday (January 15, 2011), devotees join the fluvial procession (yes, procession at sea!) from Mandaue City to Cebu City, when Sto. Nino goes back to the Basilica.

In the afternoon of Saturday, the Solemn Procession for the Sto. Nino will be held around the city.