Black Nazarene Feast, Celebrations 2012 (See below the procession route, roads)
Devotess of Black Nazarene Feast Celebration this 2012 in Quaipo Church are already preparing and expected to gather again on January 9, 2011.
According to officers in-charged of the Feast or Celebrations of Black Nazarene there are about or around eight million devotees are expected to come or join the traditional procession.
Msgr. Clemente Ignacio, rector and parish priest of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, said at least four million Filipinos will also celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene in their respective dioceses.
He said there were 7.5 million devotees who joined the procession last year. "There are four or five million Filipinos who will celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene in different places. People in Samar, Bicol and Cebu will celebrate in their dioceses," Ignacio told reporters.
Asked why he thinks devotees of the Black Nazarene continue to increase, Ignacio said: "The Filipinos see themselves in the image of the suffering and struggling Black Nazarene. If you will notice the Black Nazarene is a snapshot of Jesus rising again after the fall... we will see there the resilience of the Filipinos, they never lose hope."
This year's theme, "Espiritu ng Ama at ng Poong Nazareno, Ibangon mo ang Sambayanang Pilipino," is a call for Christ's mercy and love to lift the Philippines from the turmoil of natural disasters as well as political and economic difficulties, Ignacio said.
Black Nazarene Celebrations 2012 Procession route
From Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park
Left on Katigbak Drive to Padre Burgos Street
Left on Taft Avenue to McArthur Bridge
Right on Palanca street under Quezon Bridge
Left on Quezon Boulevard
Right on Arlegui Street
Right on Fraternal Street
Right on Vergara Street
Left on Duque de Alba Street
Left on Castillejos Street
Left on Farnecio Street
Right on Arlegui Street
Left on Nepomuceno Street
Left on Aguila Street
Right on Carcer Street
Right on Hidalgo Street through Plaza del Carmen
Left on Bilibid Viejo to Puyat Street
Left on Guzman Street
Right on Hidalgo Street
Left on Barbosa Street
Right on Globo de Oro Street under Quezon Bridge
Right on Palanca Street
Right on Villalobos Street to Plaza Miranda
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According to officers in-charged of the Feast or Celebrations of Black Nazarene there are about or around eight million devotees are expected to come or join the traditional procession.
Msgr. Clemente Ignacio, rector and parish priest of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, said at least four million Filipinos will also celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene in their respective dioceses.
He said there were 7.5 million devotees who joined the procession last year. "There are four or five million Filipinos who will celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene in different places. People in Samar, Bicol and Cebu will celebrate in their dioceses," Ignacio told reporters.
Asked why he thinks devotees of the Black Nazarene continue to increase, Ignacio said: "The Filipinos see themselves in the image of the suffering and struggling Black Nazarene. If you will notice the Black Nazarene is a snapshot of Jesus rising again after the fall... we will see there the resilience of the Filipinos, they never lose hope."
This year's theme, "Espiritu ng Ama at ng Poong Nazareno, Ibangon mo ang Sambayanang Pilipino," is a call for Christ's mercy and love to lift the Philippines from the turmoil of natural disasters as well as political and economic difficulties, Ignacio said.
Black Nazarene Celebrations 2012 Procession route
From Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park
Left on Katigbak Drive to Padre Burgos Street
Left on Taft Avenue to McArthur Bridge
Right on Palanca street under Quezon Bridge
Left on Quezon Boulevard
Right on Arlegui Street
Right on Fraternal Street
Right on Vergara Street
Left on Duque de Alba Street
Left on Castillejos Street
Left on Farnecio Street
Right on Arlegui Street
Left on Nepomuceno Street
Left on Aguila Street
Right on Carcer Street
Right on Hidalgo Street through Plaza del Carmen
Left on Bilibid Viejo to Puyat Street
Left on Guzman Street
Right on Hidalgo Street
Left on Barbosa Street
Right on Globo de Oro Street under Quezon Bridge
Right on Palanca Street
Right on Villalobos Street to Plaza Miranda
You may read the full report click here:
