On October 21, 2012, the Philippines was given it's second saint to honor and revere. Pedro Calungsod was canonized by Pope Benedict the XVI and the Filipino people have been celebrating ever since. In church last Sunday, the parish priest asked all of the school children to line the National Highway on Monday, November 12th, because a relic of the new saint would be passing by at 2:00 PM. So approximately 500 students from Impact Learning Center left their classes and lined the highway. At 3:15, a caravan of cars, motorcycles and trucks drove by with a relic of the saint. They were bound for St. Gregory's Cathedral in Legaspi. The children had handkerchiefs that they waved and they were excited to witness such a momentous event and to be out of class midday. The secondary students were also out in force and their bright colored umbrellas could be seen up the road. Pedro Calungsod was only 17 years old when he was martyred in Guam in the year 1672. Because of his age, he is considered to be the patron saint of youth and the youth came out to herald him.
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