THE_SITE_OF_THE_FIRST_MASS

THE_SITE_OF_THE_FIRST_MASS

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  The site ofthe first Mass
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  By: Father Pedro deValderrama Born on February 13,1923 Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia Died May 7, 1992 (aged 69) Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
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  Father Pedro Valderrama He isan Andalucian priest: Franciscan Missionary. The first Catholic mass in the Philippines was on Easter Sunday of March 31, 1521 officiated by Father Pedro de Valderrama in the shore of a town islet named as Limasawa in the tip of Southern Leyte.
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  The first massin the Philippines was celebrated by Father Pedro de Valderrama, a member of the Magellan expedition, who had arrived in Limasawa with Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan. The mass was attended by the local chieftains, Rajah Kolambu and Rajah Siagu, as well as their followers.
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  Antonio Pigafetta Pigafetta was oneof the 18 men who made the complete trip, returning to Spain in 1522, under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano, out of the approximately 240 who set out three years earlier. These men completed the first circumnavigation of the world. Others mutinied and returned in the first year. Pigafetta's surviving journal is the source for much of what is known about Magellan and Elcano's voyage.
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  Pigafetta's Mazaua, the siteof the first Christian Mass held on Philippine soil, is an island lying off the southwestern tip of Leyte while Masao in Butuan is not an island but a barangay of Butuan City located in a delta of the Agusan River along the coast of Northern Mindanao.
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  Controversy over firstmass The site of the first mass in the Philippines is one of the most controversial and conflicting events in Philippine history. The location of the first mass is believed to have taken place on March 31, 1521, on the island of Limasawa in the Visayas region of the Philippines. This event marked the beginning of Christianity in the country and the start of the Spanish colonial period.
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  The controversy surrounding thesite of the first mass in the Philippines has political and cultural implications. Some groups view the event as a symbol of colonialism and the imposition of Western culture and religion on the indigenous people of the Philippines. Others see it as a significant moment in the country's history that marked the beginning of a new era and brought about important changes in the socio-political and religious landscape of the Philippines.
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  Despite the controversy, thesite of the first mass in the Philippines remains a popular destination for tourists and pilgrims. The island of Limasawa, where the first mass is believed to have taken place, has become a popular pilgrimage site for Catholics, who come to pay their respects and honor the memory of Father Pedro de Valderrama and the early Christian missionaries who brought the faith to the Philippines.