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For 50 years a priest | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

For 50 years a priest | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

For 50 years a priest

By Fr. EMETERIO BARCELON, SJ

June 17, 2011, 3:20am

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Wagner of the US Senate recounted that when as a boy he rang the church bells in his town in Germany and his grandfather assured him that he would never be able to do anything as important as calling people to worship God.

But an even greater privilege is that of a priest, however unworthy, when he calls God to take the form of bread and wine.  Out of love for us God took the form of a human being.  Out of love for us He comes to the Blessed Sacrament in the form of bread and wine at the call of a priest.

All of this is to make it easier for us to adore and love Him. As Sen. Wagner called people to church, the priest has even a greater privilege to call on God to come and stay with us.

Fifty years ago, 15 members of the Philippine Jesuit province were ordained in four different places. By the grace of God, six of the 15 are still around. Three of us are here in Cagayan de Oro (Bill Klintworth, Jim O'Donnell, and myself); two are in Manila (Simeon Reyes and Tom Steinbugler); one in New York (Joe O'Hare).

Death took two of our group just last year (Bishop Cisco Claver and T. Patrick Lynch).  A century ago there were less than a dozen Filipino Jesuit priests. Now there are now about 200.  The Lord has been good and great has been His mercy.

When my father told my grandfather that I wanted to be a priest, he told my father to tell me never to go to his house again. But when I went to see him, he was glad to see me. I brought Fr. Hamilton from PGH to visit him.

Although my grandfather hardly knew English and Fr. Hamilton spoke no Spanish they got along famously so that when he was dying at 94 he asked to see Fr. Hamilton.  God's ways are mysterious.  Thank the Lord that prejudice against the priesthood is now gone.

My grandfather, although he never went to church, prayed every day for an hour just before midnight in front of a picture of Our Lady of del Pilar. My other grandfather, who was Chinese, was also greatly devoted to Our Lady. He made a pilgrimage with his whole family every month of May to the shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, pushing up the Pasig River to Angono and from there hiking up the hills of Antipolo.

Devotion to Mary has been a Filipino tradition and she has interceded for us through many dangers and fostered the present vocations. “Pueblo amante de Maria (a nation lover of Mary)” is what my father called this nation in the hymn for the 33rd International Eucharistic Congress in 1937.

We ask you to join us in thanking God for the abundant graces He has showered on us and His mercy for our numerous transgressions and negligence of the past and to keep pouring His mercy for the rest of our lives. We beg for grace and mercy even more for the future especially in our weakened conditions but are confident of His love and providence.

We ask not only for ourselves but also for you with whom we have contact and for more vocations to the priesthood. In the end, that we may all reciprocate the love the Lord has shown us as He became man in Nazareth for our sake and for coming to stay with us in the Blessed Sacrament at the bidding of His priests even if unworthy.

Isa na lamang magandang alaala ang pamamangka mula sa bunganga ng Manila Bay hanggang sa bayan ng Angono sa landas ng Ilog Pasig. San kaya dumadaan ang mga umaakyat sa Antipolo? ang landas kaya ng Ilog Angono paakyat sa Ilog Kolaike?

Sa akin ding pagbabasa, aking natuklasan na ang mga bato sa minahan sa bundok ng Angono ay syang ginamit sa mga dike ng Ilog Pasig sa Intramuros. At ito ay dinadala pa-Maynila gamit ang mga barge sa Laguna de Bai pailog Pasig hanggang Intramuros.

Popemobile brings hope to Angono | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

Popemobile brings hope to Angono | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

May the good Lord bless Angono always!

Wastewater treatment | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

May this project be successful for the future of Laguna Lake and the residents surrounding the dying lake.


Wastewater treatment | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

Peter Paul Blanco to conduct "Still Life Painting Workshops" in Jersey City and New York City

Peter Paul Blanco to conduct "Still Life Painting Workshops" in Jersey City and New York City:


 "Notable Philippine painter Peter Paul P. Blanco of the famous Blanco family of painters based in Angono, Rizal, will conduct two batches of “Still Life Painting Workshop” to be held on 9 and 16 April in Jersey City and 7 and 14 May in New York City. Blanco will teach aspiring painters the basic skills in oil painting, including how to paint cast shadows and simple forms and how to understand warm and cool colors as well as composition, cropping, and overlapping of forms on the picture pane."


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Banghusay talaga ng mga Blanco Family, tuloy tuloy ang legacy ni Ginoong Pitok Blanco.

Videos Posted by Angono Tourism Office (Angono, Rizal): Konsiyerto sa Plaza III [HQ] | Facebook

Videos Posted by Angono Tourism Office (Angono, Rizal): Konsiyerto sa Plaza III [HQ] | Facebook

Isang napakagandang proyekto na mabigyan ng pagkakataon na magkonsiyerto ang mga banda ng musiko ng Angono upang makapaghandog sa ating mga kababayan na dati ay napapanood lamang kung panahon ng kapistahan.

Indian trader robbed, killed | Metro

Indian trader robbed, killed | Metro:

Posted at journal.com.ph

Published : Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Written by : Alfred Dalizon

"A 26-YEAR-OLD Indian trader engaged in the “5-6” business was shot dead by one of four robbers after he resisted their attempt to kidnap and rob him in Angono, Rizal over the weekend, police said yesterday.

Pardeep Singh died on the spot from a gunshot wound in the head, a report from the Police Regional Office 4-A said.

An investigation showed that the victim had just collected payments from his customers at Purok III, Zone 1, Yupangco Cotton Mills Compound in Barangay Mahabang Parang when the incident occurred.

The suspects, who were on board a silver Nissan Sentra without license plates, approached the victim as he was about to drive his motorcycle and handcuffed him before dragging him inside their getaway vehicle.

However, the Indian was able to unlock the door and get out of the car. The suspects pursued the victim, who continued to resist, prompting one of the armed men to shoot him.

PRO4-A director Chief Supt. Samuel Pagdilao, Jr. ordered Rizal Police Provincial Office director Senior Supt. Manuel Prieto to launch a massive hunt for the suspects."