by Kristine Tuting | Apr 15, 2021 | Aranzazu News, Catholic Faith
The unfinished look of the Jubilee Door. The year was 1521 — the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan made it to the Visayan shores and discovered the lovely islands of the Philippines. More than his discovery, Magellan brought an important practice that would...
by Kristine Tuting | May 29, 2020 | Aranzazu News, Catholic Faith, Covid-19
The church looks forward to the day when everything will go back to the way things are, but for now the community needs to abide by these special protocols for the “new normal.” As schools, offices, and establishments are preparing for a more relaxed...
by Kristine Tuting | Sep 7, 2019 | Aranzazu News, Catholic Faith, Feasts and Solemnities
Viva La Virgen! Viva Aranzazu! September 9 is the annual celebration of NSDA Feast Day! SAN MATEO, Rizal – It’s officially fiesta season for the people at San Mateo, Rizal! The month of September not only marks the the start of Christmas season —...
by Kristine Tuting | Aug 8, 2019 | Aranzazu News
Photo courtesy of Jun Figueroa Francisco Mendoza De Leon D.D., Bishop of Antipolo will visit the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Aranzazu on Friday, August 9, 2019. At 8:00AM, church bells will be rung upon the arrival of Bp. Francisco, accompanied by his...
by Kristine Tuting | Jul 16, 2019 | Catholic Faith
Only last February 2004, the Parish of Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu was proclaimed as a Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu by the Vatican, being the only church in the Philippines under the title of Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu and only sister-parish of the Basilica...