The novena to St. Rita de Cascia, patroness of the town, takes on a special significance this year. Within the nine (9) days of prayer and Masses, the last three are to be treated as a Triduum for the return of the image of the lost ivory image of the saint, according to Msgr. Gene Reyes, parish priest.
Around ten years ago, the detachable ivory head and hands of the antique image of St. Rita, which has been in the parish for more than a century, were presumably stolen. Different sources …

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, …

Breaking the silence of the night, a procession from the patio of Sta. Rita Parish Church traversed through barangays San Jose and San Juan (Macaba) on its way to the  “Control” or the Pasig-Potrero Dike along the boundary of Santa Rita and Bacolor on October 16, 2010. Rev. Msgr. Gene Reyes was the main celebrant, together with the concelebrants Fr. Larry Miranda, Fr. Jayson Miranda, and Fr. Jess Manabat, officiated the Mass was thereafter celebrated  in commemoration of how the town was saved from lahar during the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in …

 
SCHEDULE OF MASSES AND NOVENA
May 13 – 21, 2010: NO MORNING MASSES
5:30pm – NOVENA
6:00pm – HOLY MASS
May 22, 2010
4:00 am, 5:30am, 7:00am: KAPAMPANGAN MASS
8:30 am, 10:00am, 4:00pm, 5:30pm: ENGLISH MASS
11:30 AM: BAPTISM
Every after novena, there will be a seminar for baptism
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
May 12, 2010
4:00pm: MARTSA NG APUNG DITA
May 21, 2010
7:00am – MISA PARA KARING MASAKIT
7:00pm – PRUSISYUN PARA KANG SANTA RITA DE CASCIA
May 23, 2010
9:00am: PAMAGTAGULALING CARING ANAK NG SANTA RITA
May 24, 2010 ICA- 110 NANG ANIBERSARYU NING “CANONIZATION” NANG SANTA RITA 8:30am – HOLY MASS
5:00PM – HOLY MASS