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Parañaque parish changes Virgin’s feast day
First posted 06:33am (Mla time) Sept 11, 2005
By Josephine Darang
Inquirer News Service
Editor’s Note: Published on page E4 of the September 11, 2005 issue
of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
A MAJOR CHANGE OCCURRED IN ST. Andrew Cathedral in La Huerta,
Parañaque. Msgr. Manny Gabriel, rector, deemed it proper to celebrate
the feast day of Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso (Our Lady of Good
Events) on Aug. 10, instead of Nov. 29, so that the celebration is
concentrated on the Virgin.
The feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle falls on Nov. 30. The
procession brings out both the Virgin and the saint.
The image of the Virgin was enthroned in the church Aug. 10, 1625, by
Fray Juan Guevara from his cell in the convent where she stayed for a
few days.
The story of the Virgin began with Katig, a poor indio, who asked the
sacristan for the dusty image in a corner of the sacristy. Katig
brought the image to his small house, lighting candles to honor her.
When Katig lay dying, he asked Fr. Guevara to take the Virgin and
offer Masses when he died.
At night, singing was heard from the priest’s cell and a strange
light emanated from the image. Fr. Guevara realized the Virgin was
miraculous.
With the bishop’s permission, he brought the image to the church.
The celebration this year began with a nine-day novena of Masses.
Different priests said Mass and gave homilies. The fiesta Mass was
concelebrated by Msgr. Gabriel and other priests at 6 p.m. The gozos
to the Virgin were sung by the Cathedral Choir using the music of the
late National Artist Lucio San Pedro.
The Cofradia de Nuestra del Buen Suceso launched its website
() during the fiesta. It also led the
procession after the Mass.
Candaba fiesta
Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Bahay Pare, Candaba, Pampanga, is
preparing for its fiesta on Sept. 24. Dr. Alvin Balatbat is hermano
mayor.
Masses will be held every hour 5-10 a.m. then 4:30-7 p.m. Pampanga
Archbishop Paciano Aniceto will officiate at the concelebrated Mass
at 10 a.m.
Text 0916-4453842 or call (045)8827313.
Devotees are now praying for the canonical coronation of Our Lady of
Mercy. The fiesta is part of the annual Mercedarian Festival that
commemorates the 787th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin
Mary in 1218 to St. Peter Nolasco and St. Raymond of Penafort, giving
them scapulars.
Fundraising
Prominent families of Ilocos Norte will have a fundraising dinner
dance at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 24, at William Shaw Pavilion of Wack-Wack
Golf and Country Club. The event also marks the Kannawidan
Foundation’s 12th anniversary.
Leading the fundraising are officers and board members: Justice
Oswaldo D. Agcaoili (ret.), president; Georgia Balmaceda Alviar, vice
president; Minda Acacio Garcia, treasurer; Betty Factora Merritt,
secretary; Lita Marcos Roque, auditor; and Amparo Javier Araullo,
lawyer Ernesto Albano, Nora Castro Bautista, Marylou Carpio Claudio,
Baby Villaluz Doble, Mian Rosales Gancayco, Dr. Fidelis Foronda
Labrador, Baby Valdez Lejano, Col. Willie Nicolas and Linabelle Ramos
Villarica, trustees.
Founding chair Francis Ablan, and past presidents Justice Willie
Agnir (ret.), Rosemarie Balmaceda Lazaro, Rosie Mata Castro, Max
Edralin and Alice Raval Ventura comprise the council of advisers.
Funds will subsidize entrance fees for the Museo Ilocos Norte of
public elementary school children in the province. Guest of honor
Quezon City Mayor Sonny Belmonte traces his roots to Vintar town.
Call 9251462 or 0919-5825556, or 7222272.
Pilgrimage
Arpex Travel is organizing a pilgrimage to the Holy Land Nov. 9-18.
Text 0916-3189813 or 0917-8250817, or call 5253883.
World congress
Sixteen Filipino members of the Oblates of the Benedictine
Congregations of the Philippines led by national spiritual director
Dom Martin de Jesus Gomez, OSB, and national lay coordinator Alex
(Bro. Vincent) Pesigan will leave Sept. 17 for Rome to participate in
the First World Congress of Benedictine Oblates Sept. 19-25.
Delegates are lay people associated with monastic communities in the
country, promising to apply the teachings of Saint Benedict,
especially `Ora et Labora’ (Prayer and Work), in their lives.
Enthronement
The newly restored image of the Lady of Apocalypse was re-enthroned
Sept. 8, birthday of Mama Mary, at the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral in Pasig City with Bishop Francisco San Diego and Fr. Roy
Rosales officiating.
The restoration of Our Lady of the Apocalypse was started in 2004 by
a group from the Cultural Heritage Studies of the University of Santo
Tomas. Professor Maita Reyes, consultant to the Lopez Museum,
supervised the restoration.
Statue
On Aug. 30, a statue of Saint Josemaria Escriva de Balaquer, founder
of Opus Dei, was placed outside the St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The
five-meter marble statue is in a niche on the left transept of the
basilica, also known as St. Joseph’s Arm, very close to the entrance
to the sacristy.
The statue is grouped with others of the same size, like those of St.
Gregory the Illuminator, founder of the Armenian Church (by the
Armenian sculptor Khatchik Kazandjian); St. Teresa of the Andes,
Carmelite nun (by the Chilean sculptor Juan Eduardo Fernandez Cox);
and St. Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist Brothers (by the
Costa Rican sculptor Jorge Jimenez Deredia).
St. Josemaria’s statue was carved from a single block of marble by
the Italian sculptor Romano Cosci, who spent more than a year on the
work.
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