ZAMBOANGA City will play host to this year’s National Youth Day, an event that provides opportunities for positive expression of youth ministers’ desire to embrace Christ’s mission among the youth.
The city will welcome on Monday, November 6, thousands of youth from different dioceses across the country who will participate in the five-day 2017 National Youth Day.
The Archdiocese of Zamboanga, organizer of the national event, has prepared an all-encompassing program of activities that aims to be a celebration of the ministry among and with fellow youth.
The opening day on Monday will be highlighted by a parade dubbed “Parada del maga Jovenez del Paiz" at 4:30 p.m., from the Metropolitan Cathedral on La Purisima Street to the Agan Coliseum in Tetuan.
Two other processions are slated during the week, the Grand Marian Procession on November 7 at 4:45 p.m. from Agan Coliseum to the Fort Pilar Shrine in Rio Hondo and the Pilgrims’ Parade on November 9 at 4 p.m. from Centro Pastoral in Governor Camins to the Fort Pilar Shrine.
Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has issued Executive Order 309 rerouting traffic, naming temporary one-way street, two-way street and no entry in selected roads and streets for the duration of the conduct of the 2017 National Youth Day in the city.
The National Youth Day in Zamboanga City is held 11 years after the event was held in Davao City in 2006. (VoxPop Philippines)
