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Ship of Fools: St Augustine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

The Mystery WorshipperThe Mystery Worshipper Shipmate
edited August 2022 in The Mystery Worshipper
imageShip of Fools: St Augustine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Superb music and homily greeted our reporter – once he arrived, that is!

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Comments

  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    It sounds an excellent service. Is there any particular reason why the Lord's Prayer was said in Tagalog? A local Filipino community perhaps?
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited May 2022
    Yes, it seems there is. The *church info* section gives some interesting information about the connection with the Philippines.
  • Nick TamenNick Tamen Shipmate
    Gee D wrote: »
    It sounds an excellent service. Is there any particular reason why the Lord's Prayer was said in Tagalog? A local Filipino community perhaps?
    Per the MW report:
    Membership declined in the later 20th century but began to revive in 1992, when the Shrine of Santo Niño de Cebú was installed. The Santo Niño, an image of the Christ Child produced by Flemish artists in the early 16th century and brought to the Philippines by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, is the sacred object most revered by Filipino Catholics and is widely reproduced; countless miracles have been attributed to it. Since the shrine was installed at St Augustine, the parish has become a center for Filipino activities in the tri-state area (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware). The parish celebrates a Feast of Sinulog, so named after the ritual prayer-dance that honors the Santo Niño – consisting of a nine day novena in August, followed by mass on the third Sunday of August and a procession. Over a thousand people typically attend; it is the largest Sinulog celebration outside of the Philippines.
  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    Thanks
  • boston_irishboston_irish Shipmate
    I wonder if those prayers in Tagalog were for the return of the Marcos syndicate back in Manila? If so chalk up another miracle to the Santo Niño. Imelda, dust off a pair of your (10,000) dancing shoes, you have an inauguration ball to attend. Your son’s.
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    [shakes a finger]

    Watch it! This is not the place to discuss Filipino politics.

    @Amanda B Reckondwyth
    Lead Editor, Mystery Worship

    [retracts finger]
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