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+ Follow Immaculate Conception Tag
Immaculate Conception
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                    [ArticleID] => 2229927
                    [Title] => Changes in the world
                    [Summary] => Thursday, Dec. 8, my grandmother’s feast day. Her name was Concepcion Barbara. I was named after her.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-12-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136419
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805260
                    [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura
                    [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle
                    [SectionUrl] => sunday-life
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2229967
                    [Title] => December 8, 1941
                    [Summary] => My recollection of Dec. 8, 1941was going to mass at the Baguio cathedral accompanied by my aunt, a deeply religious woman with a special devotion to our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-12-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136584
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807416
                    [AuthorName] => Ramon J. Farolan
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 1975259
                    [Title] => The saga of Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki
                    [Summary] => Today, the Catholic world celebrates the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-12-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136164
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1148714
                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 1875464
                    [Title] => ‘Let’s emulate Virgin Mary’s qualities’
                    [Summary] =>  Despite his tirades against some members of the Catholic Church, President Duterte joined the Catholic community in commemorating the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-12-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804765
                    [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/gen2-duterte-nun-hug_2018-12-08_22-11-13511_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1684884
                    [Title] => Piyesta sa immaculada himoong holiday
                    [Summary] => Nalipay si Arsobispo Jose Palma sa pagpasar sa House of Representatives sa balaudnon sa pagdeklarar nga special non-working holiday sa Disyembre 8 isip piyesta sa Immaculate Conception of Mary sa tibuok nasud.
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-04-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1526426
                    [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
                    [SectionName] => Banat Balita
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                    [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/balita3_2017-04-06_20-53-23_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1684765
                    [Title] => Palma welcomes holiday measure for Immaculate Conception
                    [Summary] =>  Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma is overwhelmed by the recent approval on third and final reading of House Bill 5241 declaring December 8 of every year a special non-working holiday in the entire country to commemorate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
                    [DatePublished] => 2017-04-06 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1526426
                    [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
                    [SectionUrl] => cebu-news
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                    [ArticleID] => 1534364
                    [Title] => The year of mercy
                    [Summary] => 

It is with much nostalgia that we say goodbye to another hotel, the InterContinental in the heart of the Makati Commercial Center.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-19 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134410 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479322 [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1531562 [Title] => The year of living mercifully [Summary] =>

Mercy. According to one author, it is, “the stuff you give to people that don’t deserve it.” The dictionary defines it as, “compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.”  But to Pope Francis, it is simply compassion, forgiveness.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-11 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134310 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805291 [AuthorName] => Paulynn Sicam [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1530328 [Title] => Finally a coffee table book: The war in Cebu [Summary] =>

Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, one of the most important doctrines of the Catholic Church.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-07 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1530423 [Title] => Launching of the book, The War in Cebu [Summary] =>

Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and therefore for us Catholics it is a holiday of obligation because as Catholics we truly believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary was made sinless or free from the stain of original sin from the time she was conceived in her mother's womb by the virtue of her bearing the only begotten son of God.

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