Pastoral Message of Archbishop Socrates B Villegas My dear People of God in the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan: Today, we stand at the threshold of 2026. As the world celebrates a new calendar year, we as a local Church stand at a significant crossroads. We are now exactly two years away from the great centenary of the Diocese of Lingayen in 2028. This milestone is not merely a look backward at our history, but a clarion call to look forward. To prepare our hearts for this hundred-year jubilee, our theme for this year is pasimbalo—a Pangasinan word for renewal that literally means making things new again in Christ. The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, is the perfect lens through […]

HOLY THURSDAY REFLECTIONS FOR MY BROTHER PRIESTS, 2025 We will remember again later this evening what the Lord did and said in the Upper Room the night before He suffered and died. This is my Body. This is my Blood. Remember Me. We are the fruits of those words. We are the heirs of that mandate. Were there women at the Last Supper? The Gospels do not mention any women but I believe in my heart that there was at least one woman in the Upper Room that evening—Mary the mother of the Lord. If not physically, certainly spiritually, Mary was there. She, who gave Jesus her body and blood from her womb for nine months, cannot be absent. Mary, […]