{"id":7834,"date":"2021-01-09T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/?p=7834"},"modified":"2024-01-17T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:52:59","slug":"filcom-in-victoria-welcomes-2021-with-two-religious-fests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/?p=7834","title":{"rendered":"FILCOM IN VICTORIA WELCOMES 2021 WITH TWO RELIGIOUS FESTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7834\" class=\"elementor elementor-7834\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9948507 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9948507\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cc0117\" data-id=\"8cc0117\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d8ee61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d8ee61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The Filipino Community in Victoria greeted the start of the year with two iconic Filipino religious festivities coinciding with the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines &#8212; bringing hope of renewal amidst the challenges of the past year.<\/span><\/p><p>The Feast of Jesus the Black Nazarene was commemorated with a concelebrated Mass on 8 January 2021 at the St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in West Melbourne. According to Fr Anthony Bernal, parish priest of the church, the Feast of the Black Nazarene though it depicts the passion of Jesus Christ is \u201ca happy occasion\u201d especially for Filipinos who hold the devotion as miraculous. He referred to the history of the original Black Nazar<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7836 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FILCOM1-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FILCOM1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FILCOM1.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/>ene that travelled from Mexico in 1606 and now housed at the Quiapo Church in Manila.<\/p><p>This year\u2019s celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene had to be scaled back due to COVID health restrictions. It was preceded by Triduum Masses on 5-7 January 2021 led by Filipino chaplain Fr Litoy de Asis, Melbourne\u2019s Episcopal Vicar for Catholic Migrants and Refugees, and sponsored by former PhiHonCon Gigi Kalong. The life-sized Nazareno was donated by Dr. Gus Tablante from Sydney and it took many years before it found a home at the St. Mary Star of the Sea. The church itself has a significant history with its foundation stone laid in 1882 and the building completed after 18 years.<\/p><p>Meanwhile, the Cebuano Association of Victoria spearheaded this year\u2019s Sinulog Festival on 17 January 2021 attended by some 300 Filipinos and friends at the St. Agatha Parish in Cranbourne, Victoria some 50 kms from Melbourne CBD. The mass, which was reminiscent of the devotion to the Child Jesus in Cebu, was officiated by parish priest Fr Joseph Abutu and beamed in two other nearby buildings in the parish compound due to strict observance of physical distancing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d059832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d059832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FILCOM2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7837\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FILCOM2.jpg 629w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FILCOM2-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3991e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3991e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The attendees cheered \u201cViva Pit Senor!\u201d as they strolled in procession around the grounds after the mass. The festivities led by Sinulog Queen Nelia Ciar, Deacon Neil Daculan, other organizers and sponsors including Lulu Lorenzo, continued through the day at the huge sports oval with a program of dancing, singing, raffle draw and salu-salo of lechon, pansit and fruits. END<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Filipino Community in Victoria greeted the start of the year with two iconic Filipino religious festivities coinciding with the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines &#8212; bringing hope of renewal amidst the challenges of the past year. 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