The National Shrine and Parish of the Divine Mercy is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malolos and was elevated to the status of a National Shrine by Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. The very first Mass at the site was held on February 2, 1992, during the Feast of the Presentation, marking the beginning of its role as a center for Divine Mercy devotion in the Philippines.
Month: September 2024
One Piece 25th Anniversary at SM North EDSA
The centerpiece of the Animezing North: One Piece 25th event is the gigantic Luffy Gear 5 balloon. Gear 5 is the awakened form of the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika, enhancing Luffy’s rubbery body and granting him the power to manipulate and transform his surroundings. Luffy unlocked this ability during his final battle with Kaidou on Onigashima.
The Shrine of the First Korean Saint in Bocaue, Bulacan
St. Andrew Kim Taegon was the first Korean Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korean clergy. He studied as a seminarian in Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan, which is now the site of his shrine. In 1846, at the age of 25, he was tortured and beheaded near the Han River in Seoul.