Preparations for IEC to start Sunday

The Archdiocese of Cebu will launch the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) 2016 tomorrow.

Msgr. Dennis Villarojo, secretary general for all the preparations of IEC in Cebu, said the launching also marks the start of the preparations for the IEC 2016.

The launching will highlight a procession at 4 p.m. from Fuente Osmeña to the Plaza Sugbo in downtown Cebu City, where a Pontifical Mass and a solemn benediction will be celebrated by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma.

Msgr. Villarojo is calling all the religious groups and individuals to join the solemn procession, which also aims to collect goods for the typhoon victims. Participants may bring at least a can of sardines or any canned goods or bottled water. The event is called “One Can More! One Bottle More! For the typhoon victims.”

“This is also to thank God for His protection and for the help from the various sectors for the victims of typhoon Yolanda,” Villarojo said.

Villarojo said the launching is also in line with the celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King and the culmination of the Year of Faith.