Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

The Wailing Wall

Twenty members of the Pilipino Katolikong Misyon – Hamburg together with their chaplain Fr. Willie A. Escalante, SVD have made their 8 –day pilgrimage to the Holy Land, from  9 to 16 of September, 2009. One pilgrim said: “we actually started our pilgrimage weeks before the actual flight because in our preparation prayers have been organized, and power point presentation of the Holy Land has also been shown and explained”.
The group left shortly after seven in the morning from Hamburg airport and arrived Tel Aviv airport at around mid-afternoon.  On the way to Galilee, the group made a quick stop and tour in Jaffa.  Highlight in Jaffa is our visit to St. Peter’s church and the Wishing bridge.
Shortly before seven in the evening the group arrived in Hotelbezug in Galilee where they stayed for three nights – the first half of the Pilgrimage before proceeding to Bethlehem for the second half.In Galilee and its sorroundings, the group visited places where Jesus himself visited or lived more than 2000 years ago.   Fr. Willie celebrated masses with the group in the Church of the Beatitudes, Church in Cana, where participants renewed their marriage vows,  and the famous Church of the Transfiguration. Read... see Pictures

Santa Cruzan: Flores de Mayo 2009 in YouTube

During the festival in May  flowers are offered to the virgin Mary at the altar in the church. Young children, girls, dressed  in white, will visit the church with cut flowers and baskets of petals in their hands. While walking to the altar, they sprinkle the petals in honour of Mama Mary. At the altar they leave the bouquet of flowers. Every afternoon. Nine days of prayer in honour of the Holy Cross, precedes the procession the Santa Cruzan. The procession is always the final part of the festival of Flores de Mayo. The procession is a pageant held in many cities and even in small villages.

The highlight of the celebration, is the Santa Cruzan, the procession on the last day of the festival in honour of Reyna Helena. In the year 326 A.D. she and her son left Rome and searched for the Holy Cross in Jerusalem. At last they found the Holy Cross and brought it back to Rome, the capital of their empire.
It is more a parade than a religious procession. Instead of icons or images, beautiful young women (or gays) with appropriate theatrical costumes, portray biblical and historical characters. Almost all sagalas, the persons in the parade, symbolize queens from the past! Each sagala is dressed beautiful and is looking as the 'real'  Reyna (Queen)!

See Santa Cruzan pictures held last May, 16 2010 at St. Ansgar Church, Hamburg.  Enjoy the Newly added PKM-H photo album

Special Events

"AUF DER SPUREN JESU"  PKM-H Study Trip to Israel Sept 9-16,2009: Israel Program Details

THYPOON ONDOY Fund Raisng  The reponse of the members the PKM and members of some other German parishes, like the Kl. Michel.

Christmas Parties: Photo Gallery Simbang Gabi 2008

Holy Mass Services

(in English -Tagalog language)

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