Pillarican administrators, faculty, and staff commemorated the Candlemas also known as Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ in the temple by lighting candles and through a Eucharistic celebration presided by Rev. Fr. Joseph Jinnoh C. Rosales and at the school chapel, February 2.

Candlemas, Christian festival on February 2 commemorating the occasion when the Virgin Mary, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in Jerusalem both to be purified 40 days after the birth of her son, Jesus, and to present him to God as her firstborn (Luke 2:22–38). The festival was formerly known in the Roman Catholic Church as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is now known as the Presentation of the Lord.

Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Candlemas

Photos by Ma’am Jessa Marie T. Calica and Sir Kenneth John R. Laggui