The National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Doña Juana Rodriguez Avenue (formerly Broadway Avenue) will be declared as a minor basilica on Monday, March 25.
Devotee and pilgrims of Our Lady of Mount Carmel are invited to attend the solemn event during the 6 p.m. Mass.
A procession will be held after the Mass.
On the same day, the Santisima Trinidad Parish on Estrada corner Dian Streets in Manila will celebrate its silver jubilee.
The event was preceded by a three-day Trinity Congress with the closing Mass on March 16 presided by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle.
A Triduum Mass started on Friday with Fr. Domino Baybay, Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo, DD, (Saturday), and Archbishop Emeritus of Manila Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, (Sunday, 9. a.m.).
A medical mission, a Catholic Mass Media Awards-sponsored “Soup Kitchen for the Poor” and a “Sayaw Santatlo” were held on Saturday. A “Parada Bente Singko” will be held on March 24 at 3 p.m.
To cap the celebration, a Thanksgiving Mass to be presided by Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani will be held on Monday at 6 p.m.
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