Holding colorful parasols festooned with roses and other flowers made of fabric and plastic on one hand and a crucifix or a religious artifact on another, participants of the Santacruzan/Flores de Mayo held a procession at the Frankfurt West End area on May 26, Sunday. The celebration by the Filipino Catholic Community in Frankfurt of a traditional Philippine festival held in the month of May was attended by more people this year compared with last year.
On Easter Vigil on April 20, 2019 the Saturday before Easter Sunday, the Filipino Catholic Community in Frankfurt celebrated an Easter Vigil Mass that was capped by the so-called "Encuentro" (meeting) or "Salubong" (welcome).
The Filipino Catholic Communities of the Diocese of Limburg gather together not only during religious feast and cultural celebrations but even in social events. Though the weather temperature is cold on this summer season, the Summer Gala was held on June 23, 2018 at H+ Hotel in Bad Soden with 261 guests from Limburg, Wetzlar, Wiesbaden, Bad Homburg, Frankfurt and other nearby places.
The FCC Diocesan Council of the Catholic Communities belonging to the Diocese of Limburg met for the second time outside Frankfurt, the center of the community gatherings, on 2 June 2018 at St. Marien Church, Dorotheenstraße, Bad Homburg.
The Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life (CFC-FFL) Germany held its National Conference in Wetzlar in the state of Hessen on May 26-27 ,2018 with around 160 members participating in the annual event. They came from all over Germany, such as Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, LUbeck, NRW, and Stuttgart.
The Filipino Catholic Community of Frankfurt has organized an overnight youth activity last May 25 to 26, 2018 in order to develop the relationships among the youth members of the parish and increase their awareness on responsibility as young people. Some of the activities help them to learn more about church and her teachings and most of all is to encounter God in prayer.
The Filipino Catholic Community in the Diocese of Limburg celebrated their yearly 'Flores De Mayo' last 19th of May coinciding with the German holiday of 'Pfingsmontag' or Wit Monday. The festival is name derived from the Spanish language which means 'Flowers of May' which sometimes called 'Flowers of Mary' because of the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Hundreds of our kababayans attended the 10th Anniversarry of the Filipino Marian Pilgrimage held at Kloster Stiepel, a monastery in the district of Stiepel, Bochum this 19th of May 2018. Here is the excerpts from Rev. Father Gabriel Chumacera, OCist as he described the pilgrimage in his message in the section of the Souvernir magazine..
The Philippine Catholic community Frankfurt gets a new pastor. On November 30th, Father Benedicto Urbano Pola OC retires after nearly seven years in the Diocese of Limburg and returns to his home diocese of Alaminos in the Philippines. His successor, Father Mario Salida Estrella OC, is commissioned with the leadership of this native-speaking community on 1 December.
