Archdiocesan Celebration of the Feast Day of San Lorenzo Ruiz

All are invited to the Archdiocesan Celebration of the Feast Day of San Lorenzo Ruiz, first canonized Filipino saint, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor (OLPS) Catholic Church in Chalmette starting at 6:00 p.m.

Rev. Marlon Mangubat, pastor at OLPS and Spiritual Advisor for Filipino Catholic Ministry, will be the main celebrant. A reception will immediately follow mass in the OLPS School gym.

San Lorenzo Ruiz was canonized by St. Pope John Paul II in 1987. He was martyred in the city of Nagasaki, Japan with other missionary companions, after two years of incarceration and torture. According to accounts sent back to the Philippines, San Lorenzo declared these words upon his death: "I am a Catholic and wholeheartedly do accept death for God; had I a thousand lives, all these to Him shall I offer."
San Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people.