10T join Sinulog opening activity
An estimated ten thousand devotees yesterday attended the Walk for Jesus that marked the opening of the nine-day Novena Masses and the Sinulog Feast.
Thousands assembled at Fuente Osmeña before
Police authorities were present to secure the area from
Attendees for this year’s activity was reportedly double last year’s, filling the streets stretching from Fuente Osmeña to the Basilica del Sto. Nino.
The Mass that followed was celebrated by Rev. Fr. Andrew Batayola, the basilica’s rector.
In his homily, Batayola talked about the comfort of going home to the place where one grew up.
He said that every year a lot of devotees visit
“There is no place like home, like Jesus who went back to
“Pilgrims believe that the Holy Child is miraculous, we don’t need speakers but doers of the Word of God,”he said.
Nieves Bumaya, one of the devotees who is from
“Milagroso gyud ang Senyor, ang akong mga gipangayo ihatag jud niya. Ang akong mama nasakit kaniadto apan naayo kini human kami nianhi aron mangayo ug tabang sa senyor,”she said.
Eric Chan, a student set to take the medical board exam this February said he is here in the city hoping the Holy Child will grant his petition. — Jasmin R. Uy and Phoebe Jen Indino/BRP
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