Ginintuang Jubileo (Golden Jubilee)
OPENING OF THE GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR
Karakol is more than a century old tradition and a much-awaited Christian event. It connects with the celebration of fiestas in the province of Cavite. Karakol came from the Spanish word Caracol, which means snail. Thus, this famous dance procession is called karakul because of its slow and rhythmic movement, like a snail, done in the spirit of joy, devotion, and unity.
GRAND DIOCESAN PROCESSION
Part of the activity for the 50 years of the Diocese of Imus is to have a Grand Diocesan Procession where all patrons and patroness of all parishes under the diocese will join into one procession in Imus Cathedral.
CELEBRATION OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS
The Jubilee festivities did not only fill the spiritual pangs of the diocesan community; it satiated their hunger for the aesthetic, artistic, and cultural. The Cultural Committee, led by Fr. Max Pangilinan, made sure that the richness of these elements were flaunted and celebrated through their meticulous planning and making of the decorations, tokens, souvenirs, and physical arrangements, specifically of the altar.
CLOSING OF THE JUBILEE YEAR
Collection of activities and events during the closing of the jubilee year.
CANONICAL CORONATION OF THE OUR LADY OF THE PILLAR
Nuestra Senora del Pilar, affectionately called by the Imuseños as Nana Pilar, is the venerated image of the Blessed Virgin Mary brought to the country in 1623 by Rev. Fr. Martin Perez Peralta Lumbreras, OAR, (Order of the Augustinian Recollects). Fr. Martin was a native of Saragoza, Spain, where the Blessed Mother reportedly made her first apparition. However, no one knows the real age of the image. Some estimate that it might be more than three centuries old.
