Goodbye to the old convent… hello Museo de Santa Rita!
 
Question: What?!  Are you going to demolish the old convent?!?
Answer: Of course not.  We’re just planning to vacate it.  The Parish Priest and his office staff are preparing to leave the old cumbento.
 
Question: Ah, balacu sa lasacan ye ing lumang cumbento (I thought you were going to demolish the old convent!)  And why do you wish to vacate the old convent?
Answer: To give way to its conversion as a Heritage Convent and a Museum.
 
Question: What do you mean by a Heritage …

Parishioners and visitors alike filled the parish church as early as 3:30 a.m. to hear Mass on the day of St. Rita’s feast day, 22 May 2011. More visitors were expected this year since the fiesta fell on a weekend but the actual numbers were much more than those anticipated, with Mass-goers spilling out of the doors of the church for most of the Masses, even into the evening.
Seven Masses were held, with Msgr. Gene Reyes, parish priest, celebrating the first. The succeeding ones were presided over by guest priests …

 
The Liturgy for the anointing of the sick & elderly was held at the parish on the eve of St. Rita’s feast day, 21 May 2011, at 7:00 a.m. by the parish priest, Msgr. Gene Reyes.  The occasion was well-attended by people from all walks of life, from the elderly – some of whom came in wheelchairs – to those with medical conditions, which included a few children.
During the liturgy, the Oil for the Sick was administered to all concerned.  The Sacrament of the Sick is the highest form of …

also of related activities on other dates
21 May 2011
7:00 a.m.    -     Misa Para Caring Masakit (Pamaglanya at pamipauma king reliquia caring masakit)
5:00 p.m.    -     Last day of the Novena-Mass
7:00 p.m.    -    Procession
22 May
Masses

4:00 a.m.      -        Capampangan
5:30 a.m.      -       Capampangan
7:00 a.m.     -       Capampangan
8:30 a.m.      -       English
10:00 a.m.      -      English (High Mass)
5:30 …

Government officials, representatives of every barrio in the parish, the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) and other church organizations and ministries of Santa Rita de Cascia Parish marched together around the pipaglimbunan or processional route on May 12, 2011, at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Like in previous years, the “Martsa nang Apung Dita” is held on the eve of the first day of the novena for the feast day of St. Rita on 22 May.
The march started from the church patio, headed by a brass band, followed by government officials, …