San Pedro Calungsod : The Canonization Album

By Jose Reynes Bersales, et al. (Author)

Quick Overview

San Pedro Calungsod: The Cannonization Album is a chronicle of the events after the Canonization in St. Peter's Square. USC Press (now known as USC Publishing House) and the Archdiocese of Cebu have pulled all stops to make this slim volume available to as many people as possible in time for the National Thanksgiving Mass on November 30,2012.Seen from the lenses of Fr. Generoso Rebayla Jr., SVD, our principal photographer, and from the contributed works of well-known photojournalists as well s pilgrims, this book provides a colorful glimpse of the festive yet solemn atmosphere that pervaded as Cebuanos an all the Filipinos alike expressed in whatever way they could their ardent devotion to God through San Pedro Calungsod.One cannot discuss the canonization of the country's second saint without knowing about his life and eventual martyrdom. The official biography and the Novena to San Pedro Calungsod as well as songs composed in his honor are included in this book, making it the single source and reference for getting to know about San Pedro Calungsod.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J. Eleazar R. Bersales was the manager of USC , the academic publishing arm of the University of San Carlos. An archeologist by profession, he also designs museum exhibitions and is active in church heritage work. He has co-authored a number of books among them Balaanong Bahandi: Sacred Treasures of the Archdiocese of Cebu (2010). He also hosts Kabilin, a heritage documentary aired on SugboTV Channel 14, operated by the Cebu Provincial Government, where he serves as a consultant for museum affairs.

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