Neighbourhood Crusade.

In their effort to curb crimes, barangays and village groups in the Philippines have had watch crime groups established in their neighbourhoods.  In Toronto, Canada there are even sticker/badges you place in your main door signifying that you're an active neighbourhood crime watcher.

In another kind of neighbourhood watch, one aimed to promote peace through prayers, rosary crusades had been promoted by Catholic neighbourhoods in the Philippines and all over the world.

Yesterday morning, Oct. 6th, our Parish Church, the San Andres Apostol, held a dawn procession honouring The Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag.  

Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag (Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Manaoag)  is a 17th-century Roman Catholic ivory image of the Blessed Virgin Mary placed in the high altar of a shrine in Manaoag, Pangasinan. Under that invocation, Mary the mother of Jesus is locally venerated as the patroness of the town and is often referred to in both the Pangasinense and Ilocano dialect as Apo Baket (English: "Venerable Madam").

The 6 a.m. mass celebrated after the procession by Fr. Vic Flores was held in honour of the Blessed Mother,  St. Josemarie Escriva who founded the Opus Dei, and the BEC organization which brings the Divine Mercy and Our Lady of Fatima - into the homes  of Greenwoods residents.

Let's all together promote peace through prayers.