The Journey of the Sto Niño: Origins up to the Kaplag
Friday, January 21
This webinar traced the journey of the Santo Niño from its origins up to the Kaplag. Resource speaker Fr. Ric Anthony Reyes, OSA, discussed the origins of the Santo Niño in Europe, its arrival in our islands in 1521, the First Baptism, and the finding of the image in 1565.
Fr. Ric joined the Augustinian Order in the Philippines under the Province of Sto. Niño de Cebu-Philippines in 2003. He became an Augustinian Novitiate in 2007 and professed religious vows in 2008. He studied Philosophy and Theology in Manila from 2003-2007 and 2008-2012, and was ordained priest in 2014. He is the spokesperson of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu, secretariat head of the Fiesta Señor celebrations, and the library director, archivist and curator of the Basilica del Sto. Niño Museum.
This webinar was organized in partnership with the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Museum.