Catholic devotees attend the first Friday Mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Jan. 3, 2025, less than a week before the Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Quiapo Church released the schedule of activities for the celebration on Jan. 9. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Maria Sheila Lacuna-Pangan led the Final Inter-Agency Coordinating Meeting at the Nazarene Catholic School in Quiapo. Joining her were Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr. and Rev. Fr. Jonathan Mojica Parochial Vicar. The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is celebrated with the 400-year-old black image of Jesus Christ traveling from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN AND ISMAEL DE JUANCatholic devotees attend the first Friday Mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Jan. 3, 2025, less than a week before the Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Quiapo Church released the schedule of activities for the celebration on Jan. 9. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Maria Sheila Lacuna-Pangan led the Final Inter-Agency Coordinating Meeting at the Nazarene Catholic School in Quiapo. Joining her were Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr. and Rev. Fr. Jonathan Mojica Parochial Vicar. The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is celebrated with the 400-year-old black image of Jesus Christ traveling from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN AND ISMAEL DE JUANCatholic devotees attend the first Friday Mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Jan. 3, 2025, less than a week before the Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Quiapo Church released the schedule of activities for the celebration on Jan. 9. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Maria Sheila Lacuna-Pangan led the Final Inter-Agency Coordinating Meeting at the Nazarene Catholic School in Quiapo. Joining her were Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr. and Rev. Fr. Jonathan Mojica Parochial Vicar. The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is celebrated with the 400-year-old black image of Jesus Christ traveling from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN AND ISMAEL DE JUANCatholic devotees attend the first Friday Mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Jan. 3, 2025, less than a week before the Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Quiapo Church released the schedule of activities for the celebration on Jan. 9. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Maria Sheila Lacuna-Pangan led the Final Inter-Agency Coordinating Meeting at the Nazarene Catholic School in Quiapo. Joining her were Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr. and Rev. Fr. Jonathan Mojica Parochial Vicar. The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is celebrated with the 400-year-old black image of Jesus Christ traveling from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN AND ISMAEL DE JUANCatholic devotees attend the first Friday Mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Jan. 3, 2025, less than a week before the Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Quiapo Church released the schedule of activities for the celebration on Jan. 9. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Maria Sheila Lacuna-Pangan led the Final Inter-Agency Coordinating Meeting at the Nazarene Catholic School in Quiapo. Joining her were Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr. and Rev. Fr. Jonathan Mojica Parochial Vicar. The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is celebrated with the 400-year-old black image of Jesus Christ traveling from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN AND ISMAEL DE JUANCatholic devotees attend the first Friday Mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Jan. 3, 2025, less than a week before the Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Quiapo Church released the schedule of activities for the celebration on Jan. 9. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Maria Sheila Lacuna-Pangan led the Final Inter-Agency Coordinating Meeting at the Nazarene Catholic School in Quiapo. Joining her were Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr. and Rev. Fr. Jonathan Mojica Parochial Vicar. The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is celebrated with the 400-year-old black image of Jesus Christ traveling from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN AND ISMAEL DE JUANCatholic devotees attend the first Friday Mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila on Jan. 3, 2025, less than a week before the Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Quiapo Church released the schedule of activities for the celebration on Jan. 9. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Maria Sheila Lacuna-Pangan led the Final Inter-Agency Coordinating Meeting at the Nazarene Catholic School in Quiapo. Joining her were Rev. Fr. Rufino Sescon Jr. and Rev. Fr. Jonathan Mojica Parochial Vicar. The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is celebrated with the 400-year-old black image of Jesus Christ traveling from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN AND ISMAEL DE JUAN