Majestic is the word to describe the new San Pascual Baylon Han Guinarona. A masterpiece by Leandro Baldemor. The unveil and blessing of the new image is at 8 a.m., October 17, 2015 at Obras de Paete, Paete, Laguna. PH. Here goes our tribute.
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News Release: The Unveil
After two years and four months of painstaking work, the new image of San Pascual Baylon Han Guinarona is finally ready for unveiling and blessing. Movie, TV actor and sculptor, Leandro Baldemor, has done a magnificent job of sculpting the image and given it life and vibrance very fitting to the miraculous saint. The unveil…
On the New San Pascual
STATUS REPORT, the new San Pascual Baylon de Guinarona. In the same manner that there are changes to the altar of the Guinarona SPB Parish Church (it is being razed to give way to a new and modern one), our new San Pascual image is now standing and its hands free of any accoutrements. The…
A Miracle No Less
Truth to tell, we only had a two-week window to implement the activities of the 112th Guinarona Fiesta for San Pascual Baylon, May 16-17, 2015. What happened was that the supposed hermano (fiesta host) backed out two weeks before the fiesta, made himself scarce, and for all intents and purposes announced to the world, through…
Congrats, Guinarona!
We wish to offer our kudos to the people of Guinarona for the uber successful 112th Guinarona Fiesta for San Pascual Baylon, May 16-17. And yes, Virginia, the correct reckoning is 112th instead of the popular 111th. The year zero being 1903 and the first fiesta being 1904. Well done, peeps!
The Mother of All Updates
Re the New San Pascual Baylon Han Guinarona image project, we are now in the final phase, namely the sewing of the saint’s garment and the assembly of the narra carroza. The contractor is artist Leandro Baldemor of Paete, Laguna. The project consists of the following: 1. Main image, five foot-seven in height and a…
It’s the Fiesta Season, Folks!
What is life without the fiesta? To Filipinos, a life without it is not–well, a life. The patron or fiesta is a big party for the barrio, town or city. One year is allotted to making preparations for it. All the more if you are the big shot, the premier host of the event. Being…
Just to Editorialize
Although, in the micro level, GuinaronaDotCom is about promoting the Guinarona San Pascual Baylon Parish as a site for religious tourism and ecotourism, we cannot be so insular as to yank out the macro, the general, the national. That is why. every so often. we feature articles of national and international import, and we encourage…
Apparitions?
As you know, Guinarona has had the San Pascual Baylon body relic since May 15, 2013 when it was installed. Because Spain’s Basilica San Pascual Baylon appreciated Guinarona’s loss of the original San Pascual image in June 2010, which has not been recovered to-date, the nuns of the Basilica graciously sent in the body relic…
A Guinarona Christmas
Whereas Christmas in the U.S. officially starts on Thanksgiving Day (last Thursday of November), in the Philippines, you could already smell Christmas on September 1, and it lasts until Three Kings (January 6). In theory, Christmas Day is supposed to be the birthday of Jesus Christ, whereas it is just a celebration of when the…