MANILA, Philippines--Former President Corazon Aquino will join Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada Jr. and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay in a thanksgiving mass at a church in Baclaran on Monday to commemorate the first Edsa Revolution 22 years ago.

Although opposition forces are expected to come in full force at the Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Parañaque City, the affair will be a solemn one with no plans for a protest rally after the Mass, according to organizers.

At 3 p.m., Aquino will hear Mass with Lozada, Binay and guests from Church, civil society, business, youth and other sectors in celebration of the anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution.

The Black & White Movement is also expected to join.

Binay, president of the United Opposition, called on all freedom-loving Filipinos to attend the mass "as an expression of solidarity with the various sectors that have actively taken part in national affairs, in the face of the latest crisis besetting the nation."

Originally, the plan was to celebrate mass at Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City but the venue was moved to Baclaran after the church reportedly refused to hold one after people from government also requested a mass of their own in the church.

"The venue is not important," Binay said.

"What matters is that people from all sectors will be coming together to give thanks to the Almighty not only for the miracle at Edsa 22 years ago that gave us back our freedom, but also for the awakening of the Filipino people to the urgent need for change in the national leadership today," he said.

Speaking for Uno, Binay thanked civil society, Church, business and youth groups for their active involvement in the protest movement, which was revived after Lozada corroborated earlier Senate testimonies about the overpricing and kickbacks in the government?s National Broadband Network deal with the Chinese firm ZTE Corp.

"As the political opposition has always maintained, the demand for change in the national leadership should come from the people themselves," Binay said in a statement.

"This is how it should be because in a true democracy, sovereignty resides in the people," he said.