Celebration of the Feast of STO NIÑO January 23, 2022 during the 12:00 noon Holy Mass at St Lambert Church. n 1521, the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Zubu Island for Spain and gifted the Image of Santo Niño to the island queen, Joanna. During the fight with the neighboring tribe, Magellan died in the hands of Lapulapu’s Mactan warriors, his men fled back to Spain, leaving the image behind. In its new environment, among sun-loving people, the image stopped to be a Christian symbol. After some vain efforts on the part of the natives to destroy it, as legends say, it endured its new setting and prevailed to become a pagan idol. When the natives were reintroduced again to Christianity, the Holy Image of the Child Jesus, locally know as "Santo Nino" is credited to be reason for the conversion of the entire Philippine Islands to Christianity - Nick Joaquin