01/03/2026
A grace-filled Second Sunday of Lent. Kindly share this with your friends and family members who may be interested.
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A Carmelite Lenten pilgrimage to 20 churches in Negros Occidental set on March 12-16
On its eleventh annual Lenten journey, nonprofit Catholic pilgrimage apostolate Green Faith Travels brings pilgrims to the province of Negros Occidental to pray in 20 churches and visit museums, historical landmarks, and heritage sites, from March 12 to 16.
The Lenten pilgrimage titled “A Carmelite Journey: Lenten Pilgrimage to Negros Occidental,” with Rev. Fr. Reynante Miguel Azul Lavado of the Order of Discalced Carmelites as pilgrimage chaplain. will be highlighted by a one-day retreat at the Our Lady’s Hill Carmelite Center of Spirituality in Bago City.
The Lenten pilgrimage will cover the dioceses of San Carlos (Northern Negros Occidental), Bacolod (Central Negros Occidental) and Kabankalan (Southern Negros Occidental).
In the Diocese of Bacolod, pilgrims will pray at San Diego de Alcala Pro-Cathedral and St. John Marie Vianney Chapel in Silay City; St. Joseph the Worker Chapel, a significant cultural property known for its unique architecture and art (“Angry Christ” mural by Alfonso Ossorio) within the Victorias Milling Company complex; Our Lady of Victory Parish in Victorias City proper; and St. John Nepomuceno in Sum-ag.
In Talisay City: San Nicholas de Tolentino Parish-Recolotes and Diocesan Shrine of San Vicente Ferrer and St. James the Greater church and Our Lady of Medjugorje, the first replica church in Asia and the third in the world of the original church in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In Bacolod City, Carmel of St. Joseph and St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Carmelite monastery); Queen of Peace Parish-Redemptorist; San Sebastian Cathedral; Sacred Heart Shrine and Seminary; San Antonio Abad Parish; Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish and the grotto of St. Padre Pio; and St. Ezekiel Moreno Monastery and Reliquarium.
They will also pray at Talan-awon ni Maria of the Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross in Murcia; St. John the Baptist Parish in Bago City; Our Lady of Guadalupe in Valladolid; Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in La Carlota and Santa Maria Magdalena Parish in Hinigaran.
In the Diocese of San Carlos, they will pray at the Chapel of the Cartwheels in Manapla and St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Parish, the seat of the Diocese of Kabankalan.
Pilgrimage fee is P35,000 per pilgrim, which covers two-way airfare via Cebu Pacific with 20kg baggage allowance, accommodations (2 nights hotel, 2 nights Our Lady's Hill), transport for five days, all meals and snacks, entrance fees to museums and heritage sites, and a pilgrim’s kit.
Over the last 11 years (excluding the pandemic years), Green Faith Travels has reached out to the Catholic faithful who seek healing, uplifting, and rejuvenation in faith in its more than 30 pilgrimages in Luzon and the Visayas, creating a pilgrim community through its annual Lenten, Easter and Marian “retreats on foot”.
On its twelfth year, Green Faith Travels’ pilgrimages are now Carmelite journeys of contemplative prayer as it promotes the Teresian Carmelite spirituality.
For further details, please call or text Bro. Edwin Galvez, OCDS, at 09178302596 or visit the page of Green Faith Travels.
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