January will be quite a busy month for Cebuanos, yet another month of thanksgiving and Pit Senyor cheers. The 459th Fiest Señor is fast approaching, and the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu has just released the daily schedule of activities.
Day 1: Opening Salvo – Walk With Jesus
January 11, 2024, Thursday
- 4:00 AM – Penitential Foot Processions
- 5:30 AM – Solemn Mass for the Opening Salvo (Cebuano)
- Installation of the Hermano & Hermana Mayores 2023
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Day 2
January 12, 2024, Friday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano) (Sinulog Foundation Opening Salvo)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Day 3
January 13, 2024, Saturday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Day 4
January 14, 2024, Sunday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Day 5
January 15, 2023, Monday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Day 6
January 16, 2023, Tuesday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Day 7
January 17, 2023, Wednesday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Day 8
January 18, 2023, Thursday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Day 9
January 19, 2023, Friday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass
- Penitential Walk With Mary
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 6:45 – Traslacion to Mandaue City
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 9:00 AM – Welcome Mass at St. Joseph Parish & National Shrine, Mandaue City
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM – Dep-Ed RO7 Traditional Halad
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 11:00 PM – Send-off Mass St. Joseph Parish & National Shrine, Mandaue City
- 12:00 MN – Traslacion to Lapu-Lapu City
VISPERAS
January 20, 2024, Saturday
- 4:00 AM – Holy Mass at Nuestra S. De Regla Parish & National Shrine, Lapu-Lapu City
- 5:00 AM – Mobile Procession to NAVFORCEN
- 5:30 AM – Cebuano Mass
- 6:00 AM – Fluvial Parade
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:00 AM – Short Foot Procession From Pier Uno to BMSN
- 9:00 AM – Solemn Mass in Commemoration of the First Mass, Wedding & Baptism
- 1:00 PM – Solem Foot Procession
- 6:00 PM – Solem Visperas Mass (English Mass)
FIESTA DAY
January 21, 2024, Sunday
- 4:00 AM – Cebuano Mass (Mañanita Mass)
- 6:00 AM – Solemn Pontifical Mass
- 8:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 11:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
Adlaw sa Pasalamat (Thanksgiving Day)
January 22, 2024, Monday
- 6:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 8:00 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 12:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
- 2:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
- 5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
- 7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
January is about to be jam-packed, and we are absolutely here for it. For more information and updates, you can check Basilica Minore del Santo Niño’s official website or Facebook page.
