World Day of the Sick Mass on February 10

 

His Eminence Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales will lead the faithful of the Archdiocese of Manila in celebrating the 15 th World Day of the Sick.

The Cardinal will preside at the Healing Mass for the Sick on February 10, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Holy Spirit Parish (Espiritu Santo Parish) in Tayuman, Manila on February 10 at 9 a.m. There will be an anointing of the sick during the Mass.

The theme for this year’s celebration is “The Spiritual and Pastoral Care of the Patients with Incurable Illness.”

On May 13 1992, His Holiness Pope John Paul II instituted “WORLD DAY OF THE SICK” to be celebrated on the month of February every year.

The Archdiocesan Mass for the Sick is in coordination with the Ministry of Health Care of the Archdiocese of Manila headed by Fr. Prudencio T. Solomon, Jr. and the Philippine Association Sovereign Military Order of Malta.