Fluvial procession for PH protection from China in Infanta, July 16
THE Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan will bring its rosary campaign for the protection of the Philippines from communist China to Infanta town where it will hold a fluvial rosary procession for peace with fishermen in the West Philippine Sea in the early morning of July 16 this year.
This was contained in ALD Circular 2024-17 dated July 11, 2024 signed by Archbishop Socrates Villegas of the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese, inviting the Catholic faithful “ and priests of our diocese to join the fluvial rosary procession”.
In his circular which was posted in his own Facebook Account, Archbishop Villegas enjoined all the Catholic faithful and priests to show their spiritual unity with those in Infanta by praying the rosary “wherever you may be at around 7:30 a.m. on July 16, if you are unable to join personally”.
Incidentally, according to Archbishop Villegas’ circular, the fluvial procession in Infanta on July 16 coincides with the memorial of the Lady of Carmel and will take off from Barangay Cato, Infanta after the 6:00 a.m. mass by the sea coast.
He said they will pray the rosary on the shore while a few of our boat-riding brothers and sisters will sail offshore praying the rosary too.
Each of the boats that will sail to the West Philippine Sea will carry the venerated image of Our Lady of Carmel: “We will also install prayer banners on which are printed the image of Our Lady to float over the sea as an act of entrustment and gesture of trust in her loving protection,” Archbishop Villegas stated in his circular.
He assured that in the rosary fluvial procession in Infanta, they will pray for both China and the Philippines.
“We will pray not just for protection from conflict but to make all of us, Chinese and Filipinos together, as peacemakers. Beyond human ideologies and political parties, the peoples of China and the Philippines belong to the same human family,” Villegas said.
Thanking the Catholics in the Lingayen-Dagupan for their heart-warming response to his rosary campaign for the protection of the Philippines from China which kicked off June 27 till August 15, Villegas called on all faithful to renew their faith in the rosary.
Assuring that that prayer works, Archbishop Villegas said: “Trust that the peace and the harmony of the world will come through the Immaculate Heart”. (Leonardo Micua)
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