The relic of St. Clare of Assisi is now going on a three-month pilgrimage in the Philippines, making the rounds of archdioceses and Poor Clare monasteries in the country until April. It is the first time the relic will travel outside Italy in the last 800 years, the Department of Foreign Affairs said late Friday. Citing a report from the Philippine Embassy to the Holy See, the DFA said the relic arrived in Manila last Tuesday. Father Jess Dajac, a Filipino priest based in Rome, has been appointed as an official guardian of the St. Clare relic while in the Philippines, it said. "The saint is the patron of navigators, couples who are childless and want to have children, of life and of families. Pope Pius XII designated her as the patron saint of television in 1958, on the basis that when she was too ill to attend Mass, she had reportedly been able to see and hear it on the wall of her room. St. Clare is the patron of Europe and of many places in the Philippines," the DFA said. Philippine Ambassador Mercedes Tuason secured the needed permission from the Federation of Poor Clares based in Foligno in Italy, which owns the relic, as well as from the ecclesiastical authorities of the city of Foligno and the Vatican, through the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints. St. Clare was born in Assisi in Italy on July 16, 1194 and died there on August 11, 1253. Her father was a wealthy Count who owned a large palace and a castle. Her mother belonged to a noble family. From early childhood, she was devoted to prayer and practices of mortification, and had a distaste for the world and yearned for a more spiritual life. She eventually left her life of privilege to become a nun. Relic's itinerary
Feb. 20: Departure from Rome Feb. 21: Arrival in Manila, to Monasterio Order of St. Clare (OSC), Quezon City (Mass and vigil) Feb 22: Fly to Cebu in the afternoon, Metropolitan Cathedral, Mass Then Vigil Overnight Feb 23: 9:00 a.m. Mass at Cathedral then Monastery of Consolacion (Tayud) Feb 24: Monastery of Consolacion (Tayud) Feb 25 to 28: Fly to Davao, Tagum, Kidapawan, North Cotobato Feb 28: Fly to Manila - at Poor Clare Monastery, Quezon City (evening) Feb 29: Manila Parish, Evening at Poor Clare Monastery, Quezon City March 1: Lipa, San Sebastian Cathedral March 2: Lipa, Poor Clare Capuchin March 3: Fly to Iloilo, Mass at Cathedral upon arrival, vigil and Mass before departure by Archbishop Angel Lagdameo March 4: by Ferry to Bacolod, fly to Manila, to Franciscans in Quezon CityMar 5 - QC Green Meadows/ Franciscans Alabang March 6: to Legaspi Cathedral (by air) then to the Monastery of Daraga (Diocese of Legaspi) March 7: Legaspi to Sorsogon (by van) then to Monastery of Sorsogon City (Diocese of Sorsogon) March 8: Sorsogon then to Franciscans in Naga March 9: Naga Cathedral/ Penafrancia March 10: Fly back to Manila, Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, Quezon City March 11 to 15: Metro Manila, in the evenings at Poor Clare Monastery, Quezon City March 16: Cathedral of St. Michael, Cabuyao / OSC Monastery March 17: San Pablo Cathedral (Laguna)/Lumban - Missionaries of Faith March 18: Lucena Cathedral/OSC Sariaya (overnight) March 19: Ferry from Lucena Port (4am) to OSC Boac (overnight) March 20: Ferry from Boac to Lucena to Gumaca Cathedral - (8am Ferry); PM - OSC Monastery, Lopez, Quezon (overnight) March 21: back to Manila, Sanctuario San Antonio March 22: Pampanga Cathedral/Betis Monastery March 23: Bataan Cathedral/Bataan Monastery March 24: Dagupan Cathedral/OSC Monastery Malasique, Pangasinan March 25: Alaminos Cathedral/Bolinao Monastery March 26: Back to Manila, passing Bulacan/ Poor Clare Monastery, Quezon City March 27: San Pedro Bautista Parish (Frisco)/ Poor Clare Monastery, Quezon City March 28: Metromanila/Muntinlupa Parishes - Bilibid Prison, Alabang, Franciscans Alabang March 29: Metro Manila/QC Parishes - Franciscans of the Immaculate, Quezon City March 30: Metro Manila/Qc Parishes - Franciscans, Quezon City March 31 to April 8 (Easter Sunday): Poor Clare Monastery, Quezon City April 9: Nueva Vizcaya Cathedral/OSC Monastery at Aritao April 10: Isabela Cathedral/OSC Monastery At Guibang April 11: Tuguegarao Cathedral/OSC Monastery At Iguig April 12: Fly to Poor Clare Monastery Laoag April 13: Fly to Manila/Poor Clare Monastery Quezon City April 14: Poor Clare Monastery, Quezon City April 15: Fly to Leyte Cathedral /Poor Clair Capuchin, Ormoc City. The Poor Clares Monastery Naval can go to Leyte Cathedral or Capuchins in Ormoc April 16: Catarman Cathedral/OSC Monastery Catarman April 17: Calbayog Cathedral/OSC Calbayog Monastery April 18: Antique Cathedral/OSC Monastery San Jose de Buenavista April 19: Dumaguete Cathedral/OSC Monastery April 20: Fly to Manila/OSC Monastery Quezon City April 21 to 23: Fly to Puerto Princesa Cathedral/OSC Monastery April 23 to 30: Fly to Manila/Stay at OSC Monastery, Quezon City until departure
— LBG, GMA News 
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