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 19), Novena masses are scheduled in order to give the people the time to pray for Thanksgiving.
Sinulog 2020 Mass Schedules and Activities
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: JANUARY 6, 2020 (MONDAY)
9:00 AM – Inter-Agency Send-off Mass
4:00 AM – Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center
10:00 AM – Holy Mass
DAY 1: JANUARY 9, 2020 (THURSDAY) – OPENING SALVO
3:00 AM – Assembly Time at Fuente Osmeña
4:00 AM – Start of the Penitential Walk with Jesus
5:30 AM – (Route: Fuente Osmeña – Osmeña Boulevard – Basilica)
5:30 AM – Solemn Mass for the Opening Salvo (Cebuano)
5:30 AM – Installation of Hermano Mayor and Hermana Mayores 2020
5:30 AM – 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 with Traditional Sinulog (English)
7:00 PM – Holy Mass with Traditional Sinulog (English)
DAY 2: JANUARY 10, 2020 (FRIDAY) – SECOND DAY NOVENA MASS
4:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
5:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
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) Mass for the Opening Salvo of Sinulog Festival
4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English)
7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English)
DAY 3-8: JANUARY 11, 2020 (SATURDAY) – JANUARY 16, 2020 (THURSDAY) – THIRD TO EIGHTH DAY NOVENA MASS
4:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
5:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
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) with short traditional Sinulog
7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English) with short traditional Sinulog
DAY 9: JANUARY 17, 2020 (FRIDAY)
3:00 AM – Assembly Time at Fuente Osmeña
4:00 AM – Walk with Mary (Route: Fuente Osmeña – Osmeña Boulevard – Basilica)
5:30 AM – Misa de Traslacion (Cebuano)
5:30 AM – Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center (Immediately after the Mass the Traslacion takes place to National Shrine of Saint Joseph, Mandaue, of the pilgrim images of Señor Sto. Niño de Cebu and Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Cebu)
7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
8:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
10:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
11:30 AM – Holy Mass (English)
12:30 PM – DepEd RO7 Traditional “HALAD” (Dance Offering)
2:30 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
4:00 PM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
5:30 PM – Holy Mass (English) with short traditional Sinulog
7:00 PM – Holy Mass (English) with short traditional Sinulog
DAY 10: JANUARY 18, 2020 (SATURDAY) – VISPERAS DAY
11:00 PM – January 17 – Mass at National Shrine of Joseph, Mandaue for the Send-off of the Pilgrim Images to Lapu-Lapu City
12:00 MN – Traslacion from National Shrine of Saint Joseph to the National Shrine of Virgen de Regla
6:00 PM – Venue: National Shrine of St. Joseph, Mandaue City
1:00 AM – Reception Rites for the Pilgrim Images & Public Veneration
4:00 AM – Mass for the Send-off of the Pilgrim Images for the Fluvial Procession
5:30 AM – Short Procession from the National Shrine of Virgen de Regla to Muelle Osmeña Port (tentative)
6:00 AM – Fluvial Procession at Mactan Channel
Masses at the Basilica
5:30 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
7:00 AM – Holy Mass (Cebuano)
9:00 AM – Solemn Mass in Commemoration of the First Baptism and Mass and the First Wedding
4:00 AM – Traditional “Halad” (Dace Offering)
9:00 AM – Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center
1:00 PM – Solemn Procession of the venerable image of Señor Sto. Niño de Cebu
6:00 PM – Pontifical Mass de Visperas
6:00 PM – Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center
8:00 PM – One Hour Tradinational Dance Sinulog
8:00 PM – Venue: Santo Niño Pilgrim Center
DAY 11: JANUARY 19, 2020 (SUNDAY) – FIESTA SEÑOR DAY
4:00 AM – Mañanita Mass
6:00 AM – Misa Pontifical de la “Fiesta Señor” 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)
All Masses of the Fiesta Señor will be concluded with the Traditional Sinulog Dance
DAY 12: JANUARY 20, 2020 (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 AM – Commemoration Mass for the Deceased Members of the Cofradia del Sto. Niño de Cebu
5:30 PM – Holy Mass
5:30 AM – Mass for All the Sick and the Aged
7:00 PM – Holy Mass
ADLAW SA HUBO: JANUARY 24, 2020 (FRIDAY)
4:00 AM – Misa Solemne sa “HUBO”
4:00 AM – 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
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These Mass Schedules were obtained from www.santoninodecebubasilica.org.
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.
