Ecclesia salutis meae: JC Fiesta May 15,2011

Holy Cross

Last Sunday May 15,2011 my friend Jon Christian Cuerdo, celebrated their yearly baranggay fiesta in honor of their patron, a Holy Cross that had been found floating in the manila bay, this cross became the patron of 1,2 and 3 Barrio May Tubig Pasay city, It has been their tradition to venerate the holy cross every May 15 for more than 100 years.

Bro Jon Chritian "JC" Cuerdo

Bro.Jc is a devotee of the holy cross, so when he was in grade 6 he planned to join his Virgin Mary of Manaoag to the procession of the Holy Cross every May. At first he is the only one who is fixing the "CAROSA" from the Electric circuit up to the flower decorations but after how many years some of his friends were encouraged to help him.

MAMA MARY OF MANAOAG

This is the statue of Bro.JC's very own our Lady of Manaoag and as you can see his motif for this year is Blue Virgin Mary. :D

Bro. JC is a very hardworking man.

The Procession starts at 7pm and the whole Barrio was participating and they have their own marching bands, Santa Cruzan and many images of saints.The Procession end at around 9pm. Some important facts: Did you know that the flowers used to decorate Mama Mary's CAROSA was from BAGUIO CITY and it cost 4,000 php-5,000 php.