Pinoy Festivals : Peñafrancia Festival 2012 Schedule of Activities

The month of September would not be complete without the celebration of Bicol region's Peñafrancia Festival. Celebrated every 3rd Saturday of September in honor of Divino Rostro and Our Lady of Peñafrancia, thousands of devotees flock to Naga City, Camarines Sur to join the festivities.


One of the highlights of the festival is the "Traslacion" where the miraculous image of the Our Lady of Peñafrancia and the Divino Rostro is transferred to Naga City Metropolitan Cathedral where the novena and holy masses are held.


With the theme "Thank God for Ina, I am a Catholic Now and for Always!", here is this year's Schedule of Activities:

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August 28 , Tuesday
5:00 pm: Mass & Procession of the Divino Rostro from Basilica to Peñafrancia Parish Church with the Caceres Clergy

August 29 , Wednesday
All Divino Rostro novena masses will be at the Parish Church of Our Lady of Peñafrancia
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage (Pilgrims from Mater Salutis, Cararayan; Mt. Carmel, Carolina)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
8:30 am: Harubay (c/o Apostleship of Prayer)
4:00 pm: Confessions
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (Naga Parochial School; STI; Philippine Computer Foundation College)
6:30 pm: Healing Mass

August 30 , Thursday
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage
(Pilgrims from Holy Cross, Tabuco; St. Dominic, Gainza; Our Lady of Fatima Fil-Chinese Catholic Community)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
4:00pm: Confession
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (Naga College Foundation; Aeronautical Academy of the Philippines)
6:30 pm: Healing Mass

August 31 , Friday
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage (Pilgrims from St Jude Thaddeus & Immaculate Conception)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
4:00 pm: Confession
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (Camarines Sur National High School; AMA Computer College)
6:30 pm: Healing Mass
8:00 pm: Alay ki Ina (Basilica c/o Oremos)

September 1 , Saturday
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage (Pilgrims from St. Joseph, Milaor, Cam Sur)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
7:00 am: Pontifical Mass & Installation of OLPA New Members, Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi (at the Basilica)
4:00 pm: Confession
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (Mariners Polytechnic Colleges; Worldtech Resources Institute)
6:30 pm: Healing Mass

September 2 , Sunday
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage (Seminarians and Religious Men & Women in Caceres)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
4:00 pm: Confession
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (University of Northeastern Phil, UNEP, Iriga City)

September 3 , Monday
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage (Pilgrims from Cathedral & St. Lorenzo Ruiz, Abella)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
4:00 pm: Confession
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (University of St. Anthony; Computer Communications Development Institute)
6:30 pm: Healing Mass

September 4 , Tuesday
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage (Pilgrims from the Parish of San Francisco, Naga City)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
4:00 pm: Confession
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (University Nueva Caceres; Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, Naga City)
6:30 pm: Healing Mass

September 5 , Wednesday
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage (Pilgrims from Our Lady of Prompt Succour, Haring, Canaman)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
4:00 pm: Confession
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (Universidad de Santa Isabel; Naga City Science High School)
6:30 pm: Healing Mass

September 6 , Thursday
4:00 am: Penitential Procession and Pilgrimage (Pilgrims from St Anthony of Padua, Camaligan)
5:30 am: Novena Mass (Bikol)
10:00 am: Opening of Bishop Francisco Gainza Trade Fair
4:00 pm: Confession
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English) (Ateneo de Naga University, Brentwood College of Asia International School)
6:30 pm: Healing Mass

September 7 , Friday
FEAST OF THE DIVINO ROSTRO
4:00 am: Penitential Procession of the Image of INA from Basilica to Peñafrancia Parish Church
Penitential Procession (Pilgrims from Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption, Canaman)
5.30 am: Community Mass – Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi
6:30 am: Community Mass
8:00 am: Pontifical Mass – Bishop Gilbert Garcera
12:00 nn: Start of Traslacion Procession of Delegates from schools, institutions and organizations
1-5 pm: Masses (at the Cathedral) and Confessions (at the Minor Seminary Arches)
2:00 pm: Community Mass at Plaza de Covarrubias
3:30 pm: TRASLACION PROCESSION
5:30 pm: Pontifical Mass, Quadricentennial Arch, Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi
7:00 pm: Mass (inside the Cathedral)

September 8 , Saturday
Day for the Youth
3-7 pm: Confessions, Minor Seminary Arches
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English)
8:00 pm: Marian Youth Congress Mass, Quadricentennial Arch, Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi
9:00 pm: Marian Youth Procession, Catheradral Gounds

September 9 , Sunday
Day for the Religious & Seminarians
3-7 pm: Confessions, Minor Seminary Arches
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English)
9:00 pm: Marian Procession, Cathedral Grounds

September 10 , Monday
Day for the Children
3-7 pm: Confessions, Minor Seminary Arches
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English), Naga Cathedral
8:00 pm Marian Procession, Cathedral Grounds
10:00 pm: Perdon Procession along the major streets of Naga City

September 11 , Tuesday
Day for Educators, Teachers and Media Practitioners
6:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Cathedral, Diocese of Virac, Bishop Manolo de los Santos
8:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Cathedral, Diocese of Libmanan, Bishop Jose R. Rojas
9:00 am: Visit to Charitable Institutions (c/o I-Share)
3-7 pm: Confessions, Minor Seminary Arches
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English)
8:00 pm Marian Procession, Cathedral Grounds
10:00 pm: Perdon Procession along the major streets of Naga City

September 12 , Wednesday
Day for the Sick, the Elderly and Health Workers
6:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Cathedral, Diocese of Daet, Bishop Gilbert Garcera
9:00 am: Visit to Charitable Institutions (c/o I-Share)
3-7 pm: Confessions, Minor Seminary Arches
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English), Cathedral
8:00 pm Marian Procession, Cathedral Grounds
10:00 pm: Perdon Procession along the major streets of Naga City

September 13 , Thursday
Day for the Poor & Prisoners
3:00 am: Penitential Procession of INA & Divino Rostro
6:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Cathedral, Diocese of Sorsogon, Bishop Arturo Bastes
9:00 am: Visit to Charitable Institutions (c/o I-Share)
3:00 pm: Healing Mass, Cathedral
3-6 pm: Confessions, Minor Seminary Arches
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English), Naga Cathedral
6:00 pm: Union of Bikol Clergy Mass, Naga Cathedral, Bishop Jose Bantolo
7:30 pm: Confessions, Naga Cathedral
8:00 pm: Marian Procession, Naga Cathedral Grounds

September 14 , Friday
Day for Priests
3:00 am: Penitential Procession of INA & Divino Rostro
6:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Cathedral, Diocese of Masbate, Bishop Jose Bantolo,
10:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Cathedral, Military Ordinariate
3-7 pm: Confessions, Minor Seminary Arches
5:00 pm: Novena Mass (English), Cathedral
8:00 pm: Marian Procession, Cathedral Grounds
9:00 pm: Vigilia de Espigas, Adoracion Nocturna Filipina

September 15 , Saturday
Day for Government Leaders & Workers
3:00 am: Penitential Procession of INA & Divino Rostro
6:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Cathedral, Archdiocese of Caceres, Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi
10:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Cathedral, Diocese of Legazpi, Bishop Joel Baylon
12:000 nn: Ringing of Bells
4:00 pm: FLUVIAL PROCESSION
4-6 pm: Confession, Basilica Grounds
6:30 pm: Pontifical Mass, Basilica Grounds, Archbishop Luis Tagle

September 16 , Sunday
SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF PEÑAFRANCIA
6:30 am: Pontifical Mass, Basilica, Bishop Lucilo Quiambao
8:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Basilica, Archdiocese of Caceres, Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi
9:30 am: Pontifical Mass, Basilica, Bishop Jesus Varela
11:00 am: Pontifical Mass, Basilica, Bishop Jose Sorra
6:00 pm: Pontifical Mass, Basilica, Bishop Manolo de los Santos

Source: http://penafrancia.org.ph


Dubbed as the grandest Marian Celebration in the country, the Peñafrancia Festival is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, religious festivals in the Philippines!

Visit Naga City and experience Penafrancia Festival! "Viva La Virgen de Peñafrancia!"