Feast of Immaculate Concepcion is a Church Holiday | December 07, 2017

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Aside from Solemnity of Mary Mother God | New Year's Day (January 1) and The Nativity of the Lord | Christmas Day (December 25). Feast of Immaculate Concepcion (December 8) is one of the three CHURCH Holiday of Obligation in the Philippines.

In the Catholic Church, Holy Days of Obligation are the days as regards which the loyal are obliged to participate in the Mass. They have in addition to abstain from unnecessary works, "which hinder the wonder to be rendered to God, the joy proper to the Lords daylight, or the in the works to era-privileged relaxation of mind and body."

On September 27, 1985, Pope John Paul II approved and confirmed the Norms Approved by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines for the Local Implementation of Some Provisions of the New Code of Canon Law. The entire text of this document can be found in CBCP Monitor, Vol. VI No. 6 (November - December 1985), pp. 32 - 43. To this very day this document has not been overturned or abolished. This document says the following regarding Holy Days of Obligation (pp. 39-40):

Ironically, while December 8 (an official Holy Day of Obligation) is not an official holiday in the Philippines, November 1 All Saints' Day, which is not recognized by the Philippine hierarchy as a Holy Day of Obligation, is an official holiday. As a result many Filipinos go to church on November 1 in the belief that it is a Holy Day of Obligation. 

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Are you ready for 10th Annual Celebration Of Belenismo In Tarlac? See Your Bet Here:

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I love Christmas season! The Food, Gifts , Reunions, And our families Favorite Belenismo Hopping!

#TTKKFeaturedBlog By: Ma. Era Cecilia Nunag

Photo By: Glenn Mendoza | Belenismo In Tarlac 2016 Grand Winner AFP NOLCOM

A few more days to go! Belenismo in Tarlac is a grandest festival in Tarlac portraying the nativity scene. Its a yearly province-broad festival that has brought together communities to craft their totally own BELEN designs usually giant ones from oscillate materials.

Now on its 10th year, 17 towns and one city in this province participated this year in the annual tradition of portraying Nativity scene that placed Tarlac as the Belen Capital of the Philippines.

It is a tourism-inspired upheaval to make livelihood projects from nativity art pretense. Tarlac has into the future as in the set against as beast dubbed as the Belen Capital of the Philippines by the Department of Tourism. Not by yourself it is picturesque scene. Tarlac also remind us the Origin and Nativity of Our Saviour Jesus Christ.


Here are the 2017 Entries from different Provinces in Tarlac:

Gerona Tarlac Entry

San Manuel Tarlac Entry

La Paz tarlac Entry

Concepcion Tarlac Entry

You can travel the similar Province of Tarlac and see on summit of a hundred Belens!

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August 21 2017 is Ninoy Aquino Day #NationalHoliday

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The country will commemorate the 34th death anniversary of the late former Senator and democracy fighter Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. this August 21, which this year falls on a Monday.

It is a non-working holiday nationwide as stipulated in Republic Act (RA) 9256, which then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed in 2004. Access RA 9256 in this link.

Former President Benigno Aquino III, Ninoy’s only son, referenced this law in his Proclamation 1105, which listed all the regular and special holidays for 2017.

Some may be asking if it is possible for President Rodrigo Duterte to move the holiday to August 22 to give Filipinos a long weekend, a practice initiated by Arroyo but discontinued by Aquino. That is not likely due to Duterte’s political ties to the Marcos family, the Cojuangco-Aquino clan’s mortal enemy. Also, keep in mind the President’s general aversion to disruptive public occasions (one reason why June 30, his Inauguration day, wasn’t declared a holiday).

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