The Redemptorist Formation Community of Davao (RFC) joins the Filipinos in commemorating the EDSA People Power Revolution, especially its 40th anniversary, celebrated on February 25th. It was a historic moment when the former dictatorship was overthrown through a bloodless uprising of the Filipino masses, in collaboration with civil leaders, human rights advocates, and Church activists.
Some RFC fellow members joined the popular mobilization along with sectoral and grassroots organizations, continuing calls for justice, transparency and democracy amid ongoing corruption problems.
In the evening, the rest of the RFC and the parish community gathered on the parish grounds to pray the Holy Rosary and hold a candle-lighting ceremony to symbolically “rekindle” the fire and spirit of hope and solidarity that the Filipino people need from EDSA and, especially, today.
What does EDSA mean in the Philippines?
The Filipino people have recently commemorated the People Power Revolution on EDSA (Epifanio De los Santos Avenue), a major ring road in Metro Manila.
Historically, it is famous as the main stage of the peaceful People Power Revolution of 1986, which toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
The EDSA Revolution, or February Revolution (February 22-25, 1986), consisted of massive demonstrations by millions of people who blocked the avenue, including thousands of Catholics praying the rosary (hence its alternative name, the Rosary Revolution ), marking the end of Marcos’s authoritarian regime.
At the end of February 1986, a peaceful uprising unfolded in the Philippines, ultimately overthrowing dictator Ferdinand Marcos after 20 years in power. Driven by the Catholic Church and civil resistance, millions of people prayed the rosary, carried images of the Virgin Mary, and confronted tanks with prayers, achieving a peaceful democratic transition.
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