OXNARD – The parish of Mary, Star of the Sea, 463 West Pleasant Valley Road, will be celebrating the Feast of Santo Niño de Cebú on Sunday, 15 January 2023, with a novena in preparation beginning on Friday, 6 January 2023.
The Feast of Santo Niño de Cebú celebrates a title of the Christ associated with a religious image of the Christ Child widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics. It is the oldest Christian artifact in the Philippines, originally a gift from the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) to Don Carlos, Rajah of Cebu (d. 1521), on the occasion of his baptism in 1521.
Santo Niño de Cebú Novena Schedule:
- Friday, 6 January 2023 – 5pm
- Saturday, 7 January 2023 – 4pm
- Sunday, 8 January 2023 – 4pm
- Monday, 9 January 2023 – 5:30pm
- Tuesday, 10 January 2023 – 5:30pm
- Wednesday, 11 January 2023 – 5:30pm
- Thursday, 12 January 2023 – 5:30pm
- Friday, 13 January 2023 – 5:30pm
- Saturday, 14 January 2023 – 6pm
The feast of Santo Nino will be celebrated on Sunday, 15 January 2023 with Mass at 12pm.