Church Local

MANILA, May 1, 2010-Legazpi Bishop Joel Baylon and Chair of the CBCP's Episcopal Commission on Youth (ECY) has called on the young people to volunteer and join poll-related projects this election.

NAGA CITY, Philippines (UCAN) - 8 April - The Archdiocese of Caceres is preparing to send three native priests to mission areas in May. Fathers Maysar Herrera and Emmanuel Mojica will leave for the Caribbean Grenadine Islands in late May, the archdiocese's mission director, Father Andrew Recepcion, told UCA news. A third priest, Father Edmundo Siguenza, will leave later for his mission in the Solomon Islands when his visa is approved.

MANILA, March 29, 2010-The long-awaited coffee table book about the Bikol region's icon of Our Lady of Peñafrancia will be launched on Easter week, April 8, 2010, at the Yuchengco Museum in Makati City.

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, April 4, 2010-Young Filipinos, whether eligible to vote on May 10 or not, should make an active participation in the upcoming election as a concrete way of responding to the message of Christ's Resurrection, according to Legazpi Bishop Joel Baylon.

Naga City (3 March 2010) -- Pope Benedict XVI has granted the honorary title "Papal Chaplain" to four priests of the Archdiocese of Caceres which is celebrating 300 years of devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia.

NAGA CITY, Feb. 27, 2010- As the countdown of the Tercentenary of the devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia continues, the Caceres Archdiocesan Tercentenary Committee, headed by the Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, OP, DD, released the roster of activities for the remaining seven months before the grand novena week in September.

Naga City (16 January) - Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi has appealed to the Catholic faithful of his archdiocese to help the victims of the tragic earthquake in Haiti.

As we celebrate the motherhood of Mary, we reflect on her faith and how she cooperated with God's plan. As the Mother of God, she is our hope and refuge. Ina, Our Lady of Peñafrancia, is the hope of every Bikolano and every devotee.

LEGASPI City, Dec. 10, 2009- The transfer of Masbate Bishop Joel Z. Baylon to the Diocese of Legazpi brought sadness to his parishioners. But the diocesan clergy suffered another blow when one of its priests died December 8 in a motorcycle accident along the National Highway at Barangay Cayabon, Milagros, Masbate.

LEGAZPI City, Dec. 9, 2009-The Province of Albay, famous for its Mayon Volcano, is in the thick of preparations to welcome its sixth bishop, the 55-year old Bishop Joel Z. Baylon, in fitting liturgical reception and canonical installation at the St. Gregory the Great Cathedral at 4:00 P.M. tomorrow.