National Thanksgiving Mass in Cebu for the Canonization (2012 November 30)

St. Pedro Calungsod was the second Filipino saint after St. Lorenzo Ruiz. He was
born on 1654 in Cebu and died on 2 April 1672, also known as San Pedro Calungsod de Cebu or Pedro Calonsor, is a Roman Catholic young Filipino saint and was a migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist, who along with Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work in 1672.
While in Guam, Calungsod preached Christianity to the Chamorro people through catechism, while baptizing infants, children and adults at the risk and expense of being persecuted and eventually murdered. Through Calungsod and San Vitores' missionary efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism.
Calungsod was formally beatified on 5 March 2000 by Blessed Pope John Paul II. Calungsod was officially canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on 21 October 2012.


^{This coming November 30, 2012 Cebu city will hold the biggest activities in the Philippines in line with the National Thanksgiving Mass for the Canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod at South Road Property (SRP) Cebu City, Philippines.}

For the said activities will reserve 10, 000 seats set for St. Calungsod Pilgrims during mass, they must come early because the seats are given on a “first-come, first- served” basis.


Website: www.pedrocalungsod.org/