{"id":569550,"date":"2026-03-29T23:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/569550\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:03:17","slug":"spids-to-lead-april-24-memorial-mass-in-surrey-philippine-canadian-inquirer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/569550\/","title":{"rendered":"SPIDS to lead April 24 memorial mass in Surrey \u2013 Philippine Canadian Inquirer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philippine Canadian Inquirer<br \/>March 29, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-507882\" class=\" wp-image-507882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SPIDS-to-lead-April-24-memorial-mass-in-Surrey-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1031\" height=\"581\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-507882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo courtesy: Surrey Filipino Canadians SPIDS Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society\/Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>SURREY, British Columbia \u2014 The Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society (SPIDS) openly invites the Filipino-Canadian community and allies to a solemn mass on April 24, thoughtfully remembering the first anniversary of the tragic April 26 Lapu-Lapu Festival incident.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial mass will start at 6 p.m. at the Saint Bernadette Parish in Surrey, British Columbia, and will be followed by a thoughtful reception at the church hall. SPIDS advised participants to bring their own dish to share.<\/p>\n<p>According to SPIDS, the mass is an offering for the survivors, families, and communities still affected by the car-ramming tragedy last year, which is largely regarded as an affront to the Filipino-Canadian community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philippine Canadian InquirerMarch 29, 2026 (Photo courtesy: Surrey Filipino Canadians SPIDS Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society\/Facebook) SURREY, British&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-569550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}