Fiesta for Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage

Each year, our Filipino community honors Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, popularly known in the Philippines as Virgin of Antipolo. We call on her protection in our travels especially during the summer season. This tradition started over 400 years ago when the statue of Our Lady was brought by sailors on board their trading ships for protection as they traveled across the dangerous sea between Manila, Philippines, and Acapulco, Mexico.

This year our Filipino community at Santa Teresa Church will honor Our Lady and thank her for her intercession for the many good voyages of Filipino workers to America. From farm workers to doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers, and caregivers, we Filipinos have made our voyages over the years to bring our skills and knowledge to make a good life in America and to support our relatives in the Philippines.

We will thank God and our Our Lady in a special way on Saturday, July 27, with a traditional Philippine Fiesta. Our fiesta will include a Holy Mass at 8:30 AM in the church, presentation and games at 10:00 AM, and hospitality lunch at 11:00 AM at Avila Hall. We are requesting Filipino participants to bring their specialty Filipino dishes to share in this POTLUCK FIESTA.

Please come and celebrate with us on Saturday, July 27, here at Santa Teresa in Avila Hall. With your participation we hope to make this fiesta a yearly tradition.

For more info, call Lourdes Dohi at (408) 421-5717 or Edwin Torralba at (408) 497-4972.