The Santo Niño Jesus de Cebu, the country’s oldest Catholic relic, is about half a millennium. And the Filipinos’ dynamic expressions of devotion to it could be the important symbols of hope for humanity, said a key official of the Augustinian Curia based in Rome, who attended the kickoff celebrations for next year’s 450th anniversary of the Kaplag, or the finding of the image of the Child Jesus by the returning Spaniards in 1565.
Angat Kabataan, the annual youth camp on Philippine heritage conservation, will be held April 30 to May 4 as part of the National Heritage Month celebrations.
