Priestly Silver Jubilee in the Philippines

On the feast of St Andrew the Apostle, Fr Michell Zerrudo, chaplain and spiritual director of Societas Ecclesia Dei Sancti Ioseph - Una Voce Insularum Philippinarum, celebrated a solemn High Mass for his silver jubilee of priestly ordination at the parish of the Most Holy Redeemer in the Philippine diocese of Cubao. (This parish is a regular contributor to our photoposts.) Fr Zerrudo was ordained by the late Jaime Cardinal Sin, and since then has offered the usus antiquior first under the Ecclesia Dei indult, granted by Cardinal Sin, and up to the present under the provisions of Summorum Pontificum. NLM is glad to offer our thanks and congratulations to him - ad multos annos!

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Photopost Catchup from the Philippines

We have recently received two photo submissions from Cebu City in the Philippine Islands, the first being of the funeral rites of Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, who passed away on October 18th, and the second of solemn Mass for EF Christ the King. Our thanks, as always, to those who sent them in - evangelize through beauty!

At the Cathedral of St Vitalis and the Guardian Angels

The Archdiocese of Cebu recently mourned the passing of its Archbishop Emeritus, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, who died on October 18th. He was ordained a priest on March 17, 1956, by the Servant of God Bishop Alfredo Maria Obviar, and served as Archbishop of Cebu for 29 years, from 1982 to 2011. His body was laid in state at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, then placed at the side altar of St Vitalis, the patron saint of the Cathedral.

On October 21, the Cardinal’s remains were brought to the shrine of the martyr St Pedro Calungsod. Cardinal Vidal was instrumental in the cause for canonization of the young Filipino martyr, which took place on October 21, 2012.

He was laid to rest on October 26, following a Requiem Mass in the Ordinary Form celebrated by his successor, Archbishop Jose S. Palma.

The three remaining Filipino Cardinals: Luis Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, Gaudencio Rosales, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, and Orlando Quevedo, Archbishop of Cotabato.

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