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Our Lady of Lourdes: No prayers are left unanswered. Three days before Valentine’s Day, Catholics celebrate the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes. The first Lourdes Apparition of Our Lady to St. Bernadette was on February 11, 1858. While healing and other miracles about Lourdes in France are well-known, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes (NSOLL) in Kanlaon, Quezon City is like a well-kept secret. A confessed Marian devotee, I and my family went to Lourdes (believe it or not, I made my husband drive all the way from Paris, which we now call his penitential drive) to thank her for her powerful intercession. After reading a book about all the answered prayers, my daughter and I started sending prayer requests online to www.PrayerRequest.eu. She has never failed a single request and when I thought I would be turned down for the first time, the positive response happened after a few months. My friend Tess Arvisu has been an active parishioner of NSOLL for several years now and has been diligently inviting us every year to visit the shrine. We were glad we finally went this year. We managed to arrive in time for the last Mass despite the heavy traffic. We wondered why the pews were still full and why no one left after the Mass. As minutes went by, more and more people arrived, filling up the church. Excitement built up and we noticed two out of five devotees have their cameras, tablets, and Android Read More …

MANILA, Philippines – Demi Padua mounts “Surface Tension,” which opens on Feb. 17, 6 p.m., Art Gallery Asia, third floor, Patriarch Bldg., 2224 Don Chino Roces St. corner Don Bosco, Makati City. Padua’s new creations give a 3D effect achieved through meticulous brush strokes and lines. The boxes in his paintings convey his message of “non adherence to boundaries, his love for freedom and thinking out-of-the- box.” The show is on view until March 4. For information, call or SMS 0917-8943888.  Lifestyle Feature ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: * * * Baligad, Bolesa and Manto III at Arte Pintura Arte Pintura Art Gallery presents “Catching Delights,” a three-man exhibition by Jeff Baligad, Jommer Mhei Bolesa and Leandro Manto III. The show opens on Feb. 21, Saturday, at 6 p. m. The three artists communicate their respective objects of desire: the search for truth, lust satisfaction, and reverence for values. The show runs until March 8. Arte Pintura Art Gallery is at The Address Condominium Lobby, Wack Wack Road, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila. For inquiries, call 631-0898, 0917-8064131 or 0920-9506334. * * * Roberto Bonifacio at Renaissance Currently on view at the Renaissance Art Gallery is Roberto S. Bonifacio’s first solo show titled “My World, My Emotions.” An artist with autism, Bonifacio took art lessons under distinguished mentors Fernando Sena and Paul Mesina. His prolific production ranges from portraits, still lifes, nudes, to landscapes and visual remembrances of his travels to the US, Europe and Asia. The show runs Read More …

Heart Evangelista to walk down the aisle at 4 p.m.

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For Georgina Wilson, Bianca Gonzalez, and Saab Magalona, Valentine’s Day isn’t always about going out on a formal date.