Knowledge Channel Holy Week Specials 2017
Knowledge Channel Foundation is one with Filipino Catholics in commemorating the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This Holy Week, Knowledge Channel will air programs that highlight the unique traditions, customs, and values shared this Lenten season.
April 7 (Friday)
Theater Hour (6:30 PM) – Assumption College’s Mary Eugenie Theater of the Assumption (METTA) presents a musical on celebrating life centered on faith.
April 8 (Saturday)
Glimpses: Ang Mga Pinakabanal na Tao ng Simbahan (7:00 PM) – Get to know the sacred lives of celebrated Roman Catholic saints like St. Therese and St. Francis of Assisi, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Claire, St. Vincent, and St. Teresa of Avila.
April 9 (Palm Sunday)
Matanglawin: Agimat (5:40 PM) – Join Kuya Kim Atienza as he explores the mystery behind the power of amulets or “agimat” embedded in Filipino traditions and beliefs.
Glimpses: Kwaresma (7:00 PM) – The episode is a comprehensive and moving chronicle of local Lenten observances in the Philippines starting from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday’s Salubong.
Wow: Morong! Part 1 (8:00 PM) – Wow host Edric Calma takes you to the historical town of Morong in Rizal Province where many old Catholic traditions are still practiced by locals especially during Holy Week.
Lakbay: Laguna Loop Churches (9:00 PM) – Century-old baroque churches in the Laguna Lake Loop towns of Laguna and Rizal are featured and recommended for Visita Iglesia.
Travel Time: The Faith To Go On (9:30 PM)
April 10 (Holy Monday)
Matanglawin: Engkanto / Aswang (5:40 PM) – Do you believe in monsters and other worldly beings? Kuya Kim Atienza gets to the bottom of the stories behind the feared aswangs and engkantos that have mystified Filipinos for centuries.
Sining at Lipunan: Simbahan at Sambahan (8:00 PM)
Lakbay: Taal Batangas and Taal Mansions of Wood and Stone (9:00 PM) – Lakbay takes a stopover in a quaint old town that has preserved much of its Spanish influence and heritage.
Travel Time: Filipino Healing (9:30 PM)
April 11 (Holy Tuesday)
Matanglawin: Animals in Religion (5:40 PM)
Wow, Morong! Part 2 (9:40am, 2:20pm, 8:00PM) – Edric Calma continues his journey in Morong, Rizal as he documents the different religious traditions and customs practiced by the locals during Holy Week.
Lakbay: Balikbayan Trail, Binondo Part 1 and Part 2 (9:00 PM)
Travel Time: Fasting in Pampanga (9:30 PM) – Celebrated travel show host Susan Calo Medina takes viewers on a unique experience in Pampanga where fasting during the Lenten Season is still being observed.
April 12 (Holy Wednesday)
Matanglawin: Holy Week Special (5:40 PM)
Sining at Lipunan: Ukit Paete (8:00 PM) – Sining at Lipunan puts prime focus on the tradition of sculpting religious images in Paete, Laguna.
Lakbay: Vigan, Ilocos Sur and Laguna Loop Churches (9:00 PM)
Travel Time: Semana Santa sa Makati (9:30 PM) – Travel Time host Susan Calo Medina explores the other side of Makati, in the old Poblacion (town proper) that still observes unique Lenten practices.
Please note that Knowledge Channel will be off-air from April 13 to 15, 2017. Regular programming will resume on April 16, 2017 – Easter Sunday.