13 May 2015 – The officers and staff of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles joined the 11th Archdiocesan Filipino Marian Celebration of “Santacruzan” held on May 09 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.
Most Reverend Myloi Hubert Vergara, D.D., Bishop of Pasig, led the Eucharistic celebration with the auxiliary bishops and clerics of Los Angeles. This year’s event was held under the auspices of the Filipino Ministry of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles with the theme “Holy Mary, Queen and Mother of Mercy.”
A special prayer was said for the late Philippine Ambassador Domingo D. Lucenario, Jr., who died in a helicopter accident in Pakistan, during the Mass.
The Philippine Consulate General joined the different parish ministries, Catholic associations, civic and non-governmental organizations and Filipino-American children as angels in the procession that heralded the Mass. END