San Pedro Calungsod exhibit starts tomorrow

The Archdiocese of Cebu, in cooperation with SM City Cebu and SM Seaside City Cebu, will launch a visual exhibit on the life of San Pedro Calungsod on March 22 at the Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod in SM Seaside Complex, South Road Properties, Cebu City.

The exhibit dubbed “The Journey of Saint Pedro Calungsod: To the Altar and into our Hearts” will highlight photos taken during the Visayan martyr’s beatification and canonization in Rome, as well as images captured during the Duaw Nasud or the pilgrimage of the official image of San Pedro Calungsod to other archdiocese in the country, and photos taken from the historic National Thanksgiving Mass at the South Road Properties in November last year.

A video by Cebuano videographer Dennis Bersales will help audience understand how this young boy from the Visayas helped Padre Diego Luis de San Vitores during his mission in Guam and later on suffered religious persecution and martyrdom for their missionary work.

Calungsod was formally beatified on March 5, 2000 by Blessed Pope John Paul II. He was then canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican on Oct. 21, 2012.

The visual exhibit will formally open on March 22 at 4:30 p.m. at the Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod with Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as guest of honor. This will run until April 7 and will make a stop in SM City Cebu on April 12 before heading to other SM malls in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

For inquiries, please contact the Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod at 518-5653 or SM City Cebu at 232-0296.