FILIPINO COMMUNITY
SAN PEDRO CALUNgSOD FILIPINO COMMUNITY (SPCFC)
The San Pedro Calungsod Filipino Community (SPCFC) Doha, Qatar unites the Catholic Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW's), regardless of prayer group affiliation, under the spiritual direction and guidance of the currently assigned Filipino priest, Rev. Fr. Rally Gonzaga.
This community was entrusted to the eponymous saint's intercession shortly after his canonization in 2012.
MASS SCHEDULE
OBLIGATION MASS
Thursday | 07.15 PM | MAIN CHURCH
Friday | 07.30 AM | MAIN CHURCH
CATEChISM
FILIPINO CATECHISM
Friday | 3.00 PM to 5.30 PM
MAJOR EVENTS
SANTO NIÑO FESTIVAL - The Santo Niño Festival is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January.
SANTACRUZAN - The Flores de Mayo is a festival held in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month.
The Santacruzan (from the Spanish santa cruz, "holy cross") procession is held on the last Thursday of May after the Filipino Mass.
MASS WEDDING - A marriage ceremony in which several couples are married at the same time. This ceremony usually takes place every October.
MISA DE GALLO - The Simbang Gabi is a devotional nine-day series of Masses practiced by Filipino Catholics in anticipation of Christmas. It starts on 15th of December. This tradition culminates on 23rd of December with the "PANUNULUYAN", a dramatization of the search for Bethlehem by Joseph and Mary right before the birth of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER GROUPS
GALLERY