07/08/2026
359th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTURE OF ST. PEDRO CALUNGSOD FROM THE PORT OF CAVITE TO ACAPULCO, MEXICO
Overcoming all difficulties, the missionaries left with the ship named “San Diego” from the port of Cavite on August 7, 1667. They sailed first to Acapulco in Mexico to get some provisions for the Mission.
Sources:
A Catechetical Primer on the Life, Martyrdom, and Glorification of Blessed Pedro Calungsod and Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod (Red Book)