On September 7, 2022, the already beautiful altar of our Shrine has been enhanced and made all the more beautiful through the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary (in real oil paintings by a Cebuano local artist, Efren Enolva with the help of Prudence Salutillo) encased in a delicately carved wooden panels both at the left…

The over-arching Latin inscription Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, recalls the tremendous doxology of the angels during the theophany in Isaiah 6:3. The sun and moon, evoke that the praises of God are endlessly sung by the martyrs and by all the heavenly hosts together with the Church on earth (rev. 4:8; cf. 7:9-15) There are 33…

In 2016, the custody of the Shrine was given to the Priest Formators of the Spiritual Pastoral Formation Year (SPFY). The SPFY is a non-academic stage in the seminary formation. After their 2nd year in Theology, the seminarians undergo the SPFY formation where they focus more on the pyscho-social, pastoral and spiritual aspects of seminary…

To the Right of the Main Door is a place where some famous saints are placed: St. Anthony of Padua, St. John Paul II, Blessed Diego together with our Senor Santo Niño de Cebu. Here, one can also see the Jubilee Cross, made from the same Tindalo Wood of the Magellan’s Cross. It also contains…

At the main entrance of the Shrine stands the Holy Water Stoup made by Eliezer Pepito. As the faithful enter the Shrine, they dip their right-hand fingers into the stoup and make the sign of the cross on themselves while invoking the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,…

As you enter, the portico of the Shrine has two niches: in the left niche is the statue of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, the companion martyr of St. Pedro. This statue, a work of Danilo Cardinio, is a replica of the one in front of the Agaña Cathedral in Guam. In the right…

The façade of the Shrine is dominated by a huge medallion wherein St. Pedro, as carved by Seferino Zafra, is depicted holding a catechism book and a martyr’s palm branch, being borne by angels to eternal glory. To the left of the medallion, if one faces the façade, is the coat of arms of the…

On March 17 2021, this Stone Marker containing the declaration of the church as an Archdiocesan Shrine (December 11, 2002) was unveiled by H.E. The Most Rev. Jose S. Palma, D.D., Archbishop of Cebu, on the Opening Salvo of the 22nd Annual Feast of San Pedro Calungsod during the administration of Rev. Fr. Alvin Raypan…