{"id":47077,"date":"2015-04-17T07:49:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T23:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47077"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:48:12","slug":"no-fashion-show-beauty-contests-in-santacruzan-cbcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/17\/no-fashion-show-beauty-contests-in-santacruzan-cbcp\/","title":{"rendered":"No fashion show, beauty contests in Santacruzan &#8212; CBCP"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8962\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cbcp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8962\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cbcp-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (Photo courtesy of CBCP)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cbcp-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cbcp.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference of the Philippines (Photo courtesy of CBCP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference of the Philippines reminds organizers of festivities this May to keep the religious roots of Santacruzan and Flores de Mayo by not turning them into beauty pageants and fashion shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s keep the holiness, sacredness and dignity of the celebration\u2026. It\u2019s all about how we \u2026 give reverence to the Virgin Mary, so let\u2019s not turn it into a form of entertainment or merrymaking,\u201d said Fr. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the CBCP Permanent Committee on Public Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>This is following previous celebrations that have become star-studded and filled with movie stars, celebrities and gay entertainers parading in their designer gowns.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy antabuse online <a href=\"https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/antabuse.html\">https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/antabuse.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Secillano also reminded everyone to keep the festivities sacred during an interview over the Church-run Radio Veritas.<\/p>\n<p>Santacruzan is held in honor of\u00a0Queen Helena of Constantinople (\u201cReyna Elena\u201d) and her newly converted son, Emperor Constantine the Great (\u201cConstantino\u201d), who was said to have found the True Cross in Jerusalem, while Flores de Mayo is held in honor of the Blessed Mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake the processions simple so [hey do not lose] their real essence, which is to give respect and praise to the Blessed Mother,\u201d the CBCP official said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if the decorations are grand or if there are many flowers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy kamagra gold online <a href=\"https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/kamagra-gold.html\">https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/kamagra-gold.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> What\u2019s important is to get the people involved in prayer and to encourage them to have a strong devotion to the Blessed Mother,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy paxil online <a href=\"https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/paxil.html\">https:\/\/dino-dds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/paxil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference of the Philippines reminds organizers of festivities this May to keep the religious roots &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280930,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47077\/revisions\/280930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}