The biggest and the grandest festival in the Philippines, Sinulog, is Cebu’s most solemn and religious event to celebrate the adoration of the city’s patron, Señor Sto. Niño or the Holy Child Jesus. Aside from the colorful parade and street dancing on Sinulog Sunday (January 21), Novena masses are scheduled in order to give the people the time to pray for Thanksgiving.

SINULOG 2018 Schedule of Novena Masses | Cebu Finest

SINULOG 2018 Schedule of Novena Masses

DAY 1: January 11, 2018 (Thursday) – OPENING SALVO
3:30 AM – Assembly Time at Fuente Osmeña
4:00 AM – Walk with Jesus (Route: Fuente Osmeña – Osmeña Boulevard – Basilica)
5:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
– Installation of Hermana Mayor and Hermana Mayores 2017
– Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center

7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
11:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)

DAYS 2-8: January 12, 2018 (Friday) – January 18, 2018 (Thursday) Novena Mass Schedules with Pilgrim Sponsors

4:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano) – City Parishes / Barangay
5:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano) – City Parishes / Barangay
7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano) – Business Sectors
8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English) – Basic Education (Private Schools)
10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano) – District and Vicariate Parishes
11:30 AM – Holy Mass (English) – Business Sectors
1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English) – City and Provincial Government Offices
2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano) – Basic Education (Public Schools by District)
4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano) – Colleges
5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English) – Universities
7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English) – Archdiocesan Organizations, Movements, and Communities

DAY 9: January 19, 2018 (Friday)

3:30 AM – Assembly Time at Fuente Osmeña
4:00 AM – Walk with Mary (Route: Fuente Osmeña – Osmeña Boulevard – Basilica)
5:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
– Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center

January 20, 2018 (Saturday) – Visperas Day

2:00 AM – Holy Mass and Send-Off Rites
– Venue: National Shrine of St. Joseph, Mandaue City

3:00 AM – Traslacion
– from: National Shrine of St. Joseph, Mandaue City
– to: National Shrine of Nuestra Señora Virgen de la Regla, Lapu-Lapu City

4:00 AM – Holy Mass
– Venue: National Shrine of Nuestra Señora Virgen de la Regla, Lapu-Lapu City

5:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
– Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center

6:00 AM – Fluvial Parade
– from: NAVFORCEN, Lapu-Lapu City
– to: Pier 1, Cebu City

7:00AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
– Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center

9:00 AM – Re-enactment of the First Mass, Wedding and Baptism
– Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center

1:00 PM – Solemn Procession
– Route: Basilica – Osmeña Boulevard – right turn to General Maxilom Avenue – left turn to Imus Street – left turn to MJ Cuenco Avenue – right turn to P. Burgos Street – right turn to Osmeña Boulevard – back to Basilica

6:00 PM – Pontifical Mass
– Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center

8:00 PM – Religious Sinulog to Santo Niño
– Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center

SINULOG 2018 Schedule of Novena Masses | Cebu Finest — [Photo credit: Ralph Llanos of Ralph Llanos Photography]

January 21, 2018 (Sunday) – Fiesta Señor Day
4:00AM – Mañanita Mass
6:00AM – Pontifical Mass by His Excellency Archbishop Jose S. Palma, DD

8:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
11:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
1:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)

January 22, 2018 (Monday) – Thanksgiving Day

6:00 AM – Holy Mass
7:00 AM – Holy Mass
8:00 AM – Holy Mass
10:00 AM – Holy Mass
2:00 PM – Holy Mass
4:00 PM – Holy Mass
5:30 PM – Holy Mass
7:00 PM – Holy Mass

January 26, 2018 (Friday) – Adlaw sa Hubo

4:00AM – Hubo Mass
– Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center

6:00 AM – Holy Mass
7:00 AM – Holy Mass
8:00 AM – Holy Mass
9:00 AM – Holy Mass
10:00 AM – Holy Mass
11:00 AM – Holy Mass
12:00 NN – Holy Mass
1:00 PM – Holy Mass
2:00 PM – Holy Mass
3:00 PM – Holy Mass
4:00 PM – Holy Mass
5:00 PM – Holy Mass
6:00 PM – Holy Mass
7:00 PM – Holy Mass

ALSO READ: SINULOG 2018 Schedule of Activities in Cebu

For more details about the Sinulog 2018, visit the Official Sinulog Festival website.

Viva Pit Senyor Sto. Niño! Happy SINULOG 2018!

About Sinulog Festival

The Sinulog Festival is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, to honor and celebrate the adoration of the Holy Child Jesus or Santo Niño. It is the center of the Santo Niño Catholic celebrations in the Philippines.

Other places like Maasin City, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental and Southern Leyte also have their own version of the festival in honor of the Santo Niño.