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The Filipino

The Filipino
CATHOLIC
VOL. 14, NO. 2
Spreading the Good News
MISANG
PILIPINO
at ang Birhen ng Antipolo
sa Our Lady of the Island Shrine
Fr. Joe Cadusale and
Our Lady of Antipolo
Devotees venerate Our Lady
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September 9 - October 14, 2009
Come celebrate with us
the Solemn Feast Day of our Beloved
San Lorenzo Ruiz
de Manila
Sunday
September 20, 2009
Cathedral
of Saint Patrick
New York City
Main Celebrant
and Homilist:
Most Reverend
Oscar Azarcon Solis
Auxiliary Bishop &
Vicar, Archdiocesan MultiCultural Ethnic Ministry
Archdiocese of
Los Angeles, California
With Special
Attendance of
Most Reverend Timothy Dolan
Archbishop of New York
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A celebration
of three
special “Firsts”
On Sunday September 20,
2009 beginning at 2:00PM at
St. Patrick Cathedral, New
York City, we extend our
humble invitation in joining
us for the Celebration of the
Solemn Feast Day of San
Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila,
our First Filipino Saint of
the Philippines.
We will be graced by the
presence of his Excellency
Bishop Oscar Azarcon
Solis as our main celebrant.
He is the 1st Filipino
Bishop appointed for the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles,
California.
We are also pleased to
announce the special
attendance of his Excellency
Archbishop Timothy Dolan
of the Archdiocese of New
York. It will be his first time
to be part of this wonderful
Filipino festivity.
In gratitude to the many
blessings and inspiration
given by our beloved San
Lorenzo Ruiz, let us extend
our warm welcome and
presence to this special
occasion.
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Not too far from the city where Jun-Jun lived in the Philippines was a road that he almost always
tried to avoid. It’s a dirty street where little boys and girls roamed in search of passersby they could
ask money or food from. They were little beggars … filthy, foul smelling pint-sized paupers, who
scavenged trash cans by day, and slept on newspaper “mats” in makeshift cardboard shelters by night.
To most people, these street urchins were nothing more than just a source of annoyance. Persistent,
irritating little mendicants who tugged on your shirt and held their open palms to your face hoping for
a handout.
Jun-Jun was a busy young man who dreaded walking that street because of the bothersome little
drifters that got in his way. Like that particular day when a small, unshod boy followed him. “Kuya,
kuya,” he said, “I am hungry. Do you have a few coins to spare?”
Manny Pascual
Jun-Jun did not have time to spare, but the boy got in front of him, and repeated his plea, “Kuya, I am
hungry.” His long hair was unkempt. He was wearing a very loose T-shirt that needed washing badly.
There was a cheerless smile on his face and his deep, dark eyes mirrored the sadness of a soul within.
How could Jun-Jun turn him away?
“Here’s what I am going to do.” Jun-Jun decided, “We’re going to Jollibee and we’re going to eat together.” Jun-Jun ordered spaghetti
and chicken joy. He had barely started eating, when the boy looked up from an already empty plate and asked, “Kuya, can I have some
more?”
“Aba,” Jun-Jun thought, “abusado pa.” But he ordered more food for the boy anyway.
When the boy finished his second plate of spaghetti and his second chicken joy, he turned to Jun-Jun. The boy had a hint of smile on his
lips but his eyes started to melt a little. Then, he began to sing a song in a soft, quivering voice. “Happy birthday to me ... happy birthday
to me ... happy birthday, happy birthday ... happy birthday to me.”
Jun-Jun’s eyes welled up as he saw beyond the pesky little beggar ... to the forgotten, helpless little child trying to celebrate his life. The
boy looked gratefully at Jun-Jun and said, “Kuya, today is my birthday. And I am so happy because I got my spaghetti and my chicken
joy. Most of all, I got to enjoy it with my newly found Kuya (big brother).”
The spontaneous love that we show to a wayworn stranger sometimes takes us out of the convenience of our day-to-day routine ... but
that slight turn can lead us to a road that ultimately takes us to a most rewarding and blessed experience. God often waits for us on the road that we are least likely to take…one that we avoid or close our eyes to. Giving a piece of bread or a little bit of money to the poor may not change our lives. But it will give us the joy of knowing we had been
obedient to the Lord and had paved the way for God’s love to enter into another person’s life.
Although God promises abundant blessings for the giver, it is not the assurance of any reward that makes our heart swell at the end of the
day, but the experience of helping and comforting someone for the love of God.
Giving is its own reward. Just ask Father Jun-Jun. He knows.
“Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me.” (Jesus) Matthew 25: 40.
Of Faith And Practicality
“With God nothing shall be impossible.“
- Luke 1:37
Beautiful Days Hath September
In our tri-state area, September is the most pleasant month of the year. There are plenty of reasons for
it. The weather is usually at its best, with blue cloudless skies and 70-ish, low-humidity days. The kids
are back in school and noise levels at home go down an amazingly lot of decibels. The summer stress
is dissipating. The sunburns are just beginning to heal. These are days to calmly embark on more serious and fruitful endeavors, just like our children who are just starting school. It is also a good time to
reflect on the good things that God has given us and to ask Him for help in meeting the challenges that
might come our way.
The Church calendar is also somewhat quiet in the month of September. There are no major Feasts
or Holy Days. Priests generally wear green vestment at most Masses during the month. Green, which
by Rene Tubilleja
stands for life and growth, is worn during the liturgical “Ordinary Time” (white is for Feast Days and
Holy Days; red is for special Feasts of Our Lord and for Martyrs; and, purple is used during Advent
and Lent). There is however one very special Feast Day that is celebrated early in the month of September—the Birthday of Our Mama
Mary. To me, this is one celebration that should merit a lot of devotion and attention. Our Blessed Mother has many Feast Days celebrated in her honor during the year, but her birthday is one that would have been very close to her own heart. I can almost imagine the Child
Jesus and St. Joseph organizing a surprise party or some other joyous celebration on her birthday. It is a day that both Son and spouse
would certainly hold dear in their hearts, as well. Some historians might say that the Jews of the Bible didn’t celebrate birthdays. But I
disagree. There have been mentions of Herod and the Pharaoh of Egypt as celebrating their birthdays, albeit in a cruel and ghastly manner. There are other Bible experts who believe that Job’s sons were celebrating a brother’s birthday when they were all struck and killed
by Satan. Some also conjecture that the Prodigal Son’s brother who was annoyed that he could not even have a “goat for merriment with
his friends,” was referring to not being able to celebrate his own birthday at home.
The Nativity of Our Lady is also a very special event in the story of our Redemption. She is the very first human being born without original sin. It is in some ways the full completion of the Immaculate Conception. It is the final readying of the “Vessel of God made Man.”
Let’s join Our Blessed Mother in the celebration of her birthday on September 8th. Let’s prepare a gift for her in little deeds of good work
and devoted prayer. Let’s especially be forgiving, attentive, kind and generous on that day, and let’s also pray at least one Hail Mary. Like
all mothers, she has given us so much, and only acts of love, not material offerings, could in some way compensate for all that love.
I have not made mention of 9/11 earlier on purpose. It is a day that we will never forget and still opens up wounds even after all these
years. It is because I would like to give ourselves a chance to make our pain a sacrificial offering to God on the occasion of His mother’s
birthday. Let’s offer this pain borne of violence for peace in the world. This way the true martyrs, the innocent victims of that awful day,
would not have died in vain. Our Lady would understand and intercede for us, because in a few days, on September 15th, we will also be
commemorating her utmost sacrifice and extreme anguish in losing her only Son. Our Lady of Sorrows knows our pain. She will put our
sorrows at her Son’s feet and obtain for us the things that we’ve been supplicating for.
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VIEWPOINT
IN THIS ISSUE:
I) Another program for Our Lady
2)Concluding our reflections about divisions
within the Church
by Rev. Alfred R. Guthrie
I) ANOTHER PROGRAM: Our spiritual
family, which is dedicated to promoting the
message of the Mother of God under the title of
Our Lady of Fatima, is growing.
Our Blessed Mother loved us enough to come
and give us her urgent message preparing us for the
times in which we are living.
We owe it to her to love her enough to take her
words seriously and to share them with as many as
possible for our salvation and that of others and for
true world peace.
We invite all who wish to help all of us in
Brooklyn and Queens and beyond to appreciate the
urgency and need of Our Blessed Mother’s call for
true repentance and conversion.
Our Lady’s message provides us with a simple but powerful “short-cut” to the wisdom
of the Cross, a vibrant interior life (i.e. a deep, personal love and intimate relationship
with Jesus), authentic discipleship and the effective fulfillment of our call as Catholics to
be the light of the world, the salt of the earth, and God’s priestly people, God’s prophetic
people, God’s victim people and God’s holy people.
We are painfully aware that we are also a sinful people. But we keep trying to be
faithful.
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ANOTHER PROGRAM FOR OUR LADY:
THE ALL-NIGHT EUCHARISTIC VIGIL
In our last Newsletter we featured the hoped-for establishment of the program of the
parish Pilgrim Virgin in each parish in our diocese. It is a simple but effective program to
encourage family and neighborhood centers of prayer for our conversion, the salvation of
souls and true peace in our hearts and in the world. Our efforts to promote this wonderful,
simple program to all the parishes where it is welcomed is continuing. And, now we wish
to discuss another powerful, program: our opportunity to adore Jesus all night.
There are some all-night vigils now taking place in our general area. These vigils are
powerful weapons of prayer for the needs of souls, the world and the many intentions of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, as well as the personal sanctification of those who take
part.
While the benefits of an all-night eucharistic vigil may not seem to be immediately
apparent, the real benefits ultimately manifest themselves as they have manifested
themselves to me in past eucharistic vigils I’ve participated in.
About 200 parish churches across the country have the even more dedicated program
of perpetual adoration. They are open 24 hours a day so that their parishioners may visit
the Blessed Sacrament any time of the day or night.
While we would like to see perpetual adoration, we are at least considering an all
night vigil from 6 pm to 6 am or a variation thereof on the First Friday of each month, or
beginning Thursday evening before the First Friday, or on the Friday evening before the
First Saturday.
The vigil would consist in set prayers to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, silent times,
two “coffee breaks” (midnight and 3 am) for socializing while some remain in adoration,
benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and, after reposition, the vigil ends with a
procession honoring the Blessed Mother under the title of Our Lady of Fatima.
If any of our readers thinks that your pastor might be open to the idea and that your
fellow parishioners might be enthusiastic about taking part, ask him and then let us know
at the above address. We can help you get started. And, we would like to participate to
the degree that we can.
-----------------------------------------II) THE HIDDEN DIVISION WITHIN THE CHURCH:
“CONVERSION? I DON’T NEED IT! LEAVE ME ALONE! I’M O.K. - OR
BETTER – GO AWAY! GET LOST!”
This is the reaction to any reference to God felt by many of our modern practical
atheists, especially many of our youth, who call themselves “Catholics”. Sadly, they have
no idea of what it means to be Catholic, nor the advantages of having been admitted as
members of the Body of Christ, nor of the purpose of the Church: the interior life of the
Love of the God, the Holy Spirit, nor the joys that God wishes to share with us – nor the
awful condemnation that awaits those who reject God’s love.
And, yet, many of us, including priests, would prefer to talk something positive and
“pleasing”, rather than tell the whole truth, that is, about the eternal punishment that
awaits us if we fail to live in His love.
Unfortunately, in the view of many of us “faithful Catholics”, a reference to hell or the
truth about the malice of “popular” serious offenses against the law of God should have
no place in any homily or explanation of scripture – even though Jesus, in speaking to the
crowds, referred to hell many times in different ways.
We might do well to reflect on a VERY IMPORTANT PASSAGE – that is,
Matthew 11:20.
This passage might have something to say to those of us who have decided that
“repentance” or “conversion” doesn’t really apply to them.
- “Then he [Jesus] began to upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works had
been done, because they did not repent “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have
repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
“But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon
than for you. And you, Caparnaum, will you be exalted in heaven? You shall be brought
down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom it would
have remained until this day. But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of
judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”
Is Jesus speaking to anyone today?
Yes.
Jesus, our God, came became one of us and allowed Himself to be crucified in order to
take away sins and to forgive. He yearns to forgive. That’s why He came.
But to allow Him to forgive we have to recognize our failures and want forgiveness.
And here is the problem.
In the above quoted Gospel passage, Jesus is also speaking to us Catholics who are
so “knowledgeable” about the Faith that we need not take too seriously God’s prophetic
call to conversion - whether from the repeated teachings of the Holy Father regarding,
principally, sexual morality and/or social justice and a real love for the poor
- or the serious emphasis by the Holy See on the need for authentic discipleship in
members of a truly prophetic and priestly people,
- or the urgent requests of Our Lady at Fatima for repentance, true conversion, the daily
rosary and penance, especially fidelity to the duties of our state in life.
IN THIS REGARD,
Our Lady’s prophetic pleas at Fatima have been repeatedly offered by the Church as
worthy of public devotion and as a helpful formula given by God for true repentance and
conversion for ourselves and others.
But so many otherwise “good Catholics” are simply not listening. And many other
“practicing Catholics” who don’t consider it a big deal to ignore one or another serious
moral responsibility don’t feel they need to listen.
But with regard to the Church’s call to true conversion which is urgently made more
specific by the genuinely prophetic message of Our Lady at Fatima,
listen we must.
Why?
- In declaring that the people of certain complacent towns of his day are literally going
to hell (“hades”), Jesus is also speaking to “practicing Catholics” who might be going
to Sunday mass but who obstinately refuse to acknowledge that artificial birth control is
such a big issue, and who therefore practice it or even teach that it isn’t such a big sin.
- Jesus is speaking to “practicing Catholics” who don’t think it is a big deal to have
sex outside of marriage or who don’t think it’s all that bad for a couple to live together
without the benefit of the Sacrament of Marriage.
– Jesus is speaking to “practicing Catholics” who hold that they can be “good Catholics”
while living in or agreeing with same-sex “unions”, or same-sex “marriages”.
- Jesus is speaking to “practicing Catholics” who hold public office but who ignore
their prophetic responsibilities that they proclaim the authentic teachings of Jesus through
the Church regarding serious moral issues.
- Jesus is speaking to “practicing Catholics” who have a surplus of this world’s goods
but who choose to focus on the enjoyment of or on the acquiring of unnecessary luxuries
or the satisfaction of unnecessary wants to the exclusion of the obvious and urgent
physical needs of our neighbors. Or as Jesus said in another place (Luke,6:24):
“…woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry,
Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep.
Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in
this way.”
And who is a “false prophet”?
The bishop, priest, deacon, nun, layperson who may be an engaging or popular
preacher and who says things that excite people and things that please them, but who
never proclaims the hard truths, God’s justice and eternal punishment in hell that people
don’t want to hear.
- Jesus is speaking to “practicing Catholics” who refuse to forgive from their heart that
“in-law”, or neighbor, or co-worker – or that person who has so seriously violated our
legitimate rights.
In general, Jesus is speaking to “practicing Catholics” who refuse to acknowledge that
they are not obeying God as described above, and who insist on saying, while disobeying
God’s law and ignoring the real meaning of discipleship as they say, “I’m good” or “I’m
ok”.
Jesus is making it clear to those Catholics - who consider themselves ok and sufficiently
religious, while continuing to dissent from or ignore in practice serious but “inconvenient”
or “unpopular” teachings of the Church - that, if they persist in their views and/or manner
of living that they, too, are, to put it mildly, in extremely grave danger of going to hell.
THAT IS TO SAY,
not only will Sodom and Gomorrah rise up in judgment of Caparnaum, Chorazin and
(turn to page 24)
Feeling
by Fr. James Reuter, S.J.
When the ordinary Filipina mother sends
her child to school on Monday morning,
she has the quiet conviction that three
forces will determine the character of
this child: The home, the school and the
church.
She believes that – if you could measure
the impact of these three forces, by vector
analysis – you would come out with the
character of her child at graduation.
But, right now, there is a force playing
upon our children which is stronger than the home, stronger than the school,
stronger than the church, stronger than all three put together.
It is media!
Media is the wildest experiment ever unleashed on mortal man, with no
foreknowledge of what it would do to us. It is the strongest education force in
the world.
The home, the school, and the church teach through intellect and will. The
object of the intellect is truth. The school teaches the truth. If you give that
truth back in the examination, you pass. . . . . If you do not give it back in the
examination, you fail.
The church teaches will power. When you know that a thing is right, you do it
because it is right. When you know a thing is wrong, you do not do it, because it
is wrong.
Neither the church, nor the school, ever ask you how you feel!
The model is the saint – Lorenzo Ruiz hanging upside down, over a sulfur pit,
for three days. He saw what he should do, and he did it. . . . To the housewife,
this means: no matter how hard your life is, with your mean, ugly, disagreeable
husband - hang on!
The wife looks at Lorenzo Ruiz and thinks: “The sulfur pit was only three
days. . . . With me, it will be 30 years. . . . 30 years is harder than three days!”
Media teaches through emotion, through feeling! The battle cry is: “I can feel
it!” . . . . “You can not beat the feeling!”. . . . And when you feel it, “Just do it!”
The church and school teach that love is in the will. Media has taken that
word and has made it mean: “feeling!” And when love, feeling, takes over – you
forget the rules. You forget intellect and will. You live by emotion.
No one in media, or course will admit that he is a teacher. The media man
says: “I am not a teacherˆ I’m a producer! I’m in business! My show has a
rating of 37! I am making money!
The media woman says: “I am not a teacher! I am a script writer! I am just
portraying life as it is! I am giving people what they want to see!”
The young man going into the studio says: “I am not a teacher! I’m a light
man!” . . . “My business is sound!”. . . . “I’m a set designer”. . . . “I’m an
actor!”
But they are the strongest teaching team on the face of the earth. They are
teaching our children that they can live on emotion.
And this is a lie. I challenge you to find me any person, anywhere on this
earth, who can live on emotion. The school, the church, and the home are right:
we must build our lives on intellect and will. We can not live on feeling.
But media has put its finger on a nerve. It is true that feelings are of
tremendous importance.
I knew a doctor who was a paraplegic. He was good looking, competent,
and only 42 years old. He poured kerosene all over his house, and burned
himself to death, deliberately. He did not do this with intellect and will. He did
this because he was depressed! Depression is an emotion. This doctor went to
schools for 20 years. He never had a class in emotion.
A wife walks out on her husband. She does not do this because of any lesson
she learned from the nuns in the convent school. She does this because she saw
her husband with another girl, and she is hurt, ashamed, humiliated, angry,
resentful. She walks out in emotion! . . . Yesterday her children had a home.
Today the home has dissolved. . . . It is the most terrible thing that could happen
to a family. . . . And it did not happen through intellect and will. It happened
because of emotion!
I think that we, who are in media, must realize that we are teachers. We are
responsible for what we teach. We will have to answer for it, before God, when
we die. But being a teacher is the noblest thing in all the world! Others work in
stone, or steel. They sell soap. They build automobiles. They grow rice. They
work with numbers. . . . The teacher shapes and fashions the mind, the heart, the
(turn to page 12)
Saint of the Month
San
Lorenzo
Ruiz
de
Manila
On September 29,1637, San Lorenzo Ruiz professed his faith by martyrdom.
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Manila and later canonized on October
28,1987. San Lorenzo Ruiz holds the distinction of being the first person beatified
outside the Vatican. He also holds the honor of being the first Filipino saint,
the “most improbable of saints,” as Pope John Paul II described him during the
canonization ceremony.
Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, was the kind of man who could die for
God and religion a thousand times if he had to. Lorenzo Ruiz was was a layman
who worked as a calligrapher for the Dominican parish of Binondo, Manila. As
an “escriba,” he was exceptionally gifted, and the Dominican friars relied on him
to transcribe baptismal, confirmation and marriage documents into the church’s
official books. He was also an active member of the Marian confraternity, a man
the Dominicans described as someone “they could trust.”
The son of a Chinese father and Tagala mother who lived in the Parian district
outside the city walls of Manila, Lorenzo Ruiz married a Tagala like his mother
and had three children -- two sons and a daughter -- whose descendants are
currently residents of the same area where the original Ruiz family lived.In 1636,
Ruiz was implicated in a murder. He sought help from his Dominican superiors
who believed in his innocence. In order to escape what they believed would have
been an unjust prosecution for their protege, the Spanish friars immediately sent
Ruiz on a missionary expedition outside of the Philippines. Initially, Ruiz thought
he was being sent to Taiwan, where he believed his Chinese roots would enable
him to start a new life. Little did he know that he and the missionary expedition
led by Fray Domingo Ibanez was actually headed for Nagasaki, Japan, where
feudalism was fanning the flames of Christian persecution. Lorenzo Ruiz was
headed straight into the arms of death.
He was arrested almost immediately upon his arrival in Japan in 1636, and
subjected to torture by his Japanese captors for more than a year. Tied upside
down by his feet and dropped into a well where sharp stakes lined the bottom,
his torturers would stop just before he would be impaled, and thereupon try to
convince him to renounce his faith.
“Deny your faith and we will spare your life,” his persecutors said.
To which Lorenzo Ruiz answered, “I will never do it. I am a Catholic and
happy to die for God. If I have a thousand lives to offer, I will offer them to
God.”
Existing documents attest that the Japanese promised him a safe trip back
home where he could be reunited with his loved ones, but Ruiz staunchly chose
to remain faithful to his religion.
On September 22, 1637, Ruiz, Fray Domingo and their 14 companions were
led up a hill overlooking the bay of Nagasaki. There they were hung upside down
with their heads inside the well. Their temples were slit open to let blood drip
slowly until they died either from loss of blood or asphyxiation. Many died after
several days. Ruiz died last, on September 29,1637.
“The Lord gives us saints at the right time and God waited 350 years to give us
this saint,” the Holy Father then said. “It is the heroism which he demonstrated
as a lay witness to the faith... which is very important in today’s world. The
witness of San Lorenzo is the testimony we need of courage without measure
to show us that it is possible. Faith and life for Lorenzo was synonymous and
inseparable. Life without faith would have been without value...he proved that
sanctity and heroism are there for anybody and the final victory is made to size
for each one of us.”
“Hesus Na Aking Kapatid”
Jesus in the Filipino Imagination
(Attempting a Conversation Between Official Christology and Popular Religiosity)
(NOTE: The following is an abridgement of an extended research paper written for a course on
contemporary representations of Jesus taught by Prof. Harvey G. Cox at Harvard.)
CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH
Having thus critically assessed, in a general way, the Filipino popular imagination of
Jesus, and having briefly indicated some specific areas of pastoral concern, I believe there
is yet a need to push the envelope (of critique). As the title of this essay suggests, this
is an attempt at a conversation between “official” Christology and “popular” religiosity.
Expanding on the foregoing critique, the following portion of this essay will try to discuss
the relationship between the two, as well as address related questions and other corollary
concerns and issues, not least of which is the proposal that true theological sense can and
does emanate from the people; and that true theology is therefore never a unilateral and
vertical discourse created and dispensed top-down, i.e., from the educated specialists and
“officials” above to the theologically “unsophisticated” laity, or the hoi polloi, below.
by
Rev.
Phil
James
Laquindanum
(3) A Critique of the Critique: Toward a Theology Constructed from the Underside
As has been noted by Elizabeth Johnson, the christological quest has not always been
an “academic” search, in that it is not necessarily and essentially an intellectual search for
logic and cognitional meaning. Not that it is devoid of an intellectual (and “intelligent”)
component. By and large a journey of, and in, faith, it has constantly found expression in
the realm of the imagination and in the cultural articulations (Harvey Cox’s “cultural resymbolization”) of popular religiosity.
In a “Two-Thirds World” context such as the Philippines this phenomenon is observable
in a more pronounced way among the simple and the poor, or the so-called people from
the grassroots, who are mostly unschooled and illiterate, and, therefore, not theologically
literate (that is, in the academic sense of “theology”). Thus, in doing a critique of “Filipino christology,” one encounters the rather contentious relationship between so-called
“official” doctrine and “popular” imagination. While on the one hand there is no denying
the need for “evangelizing” and “christianizing” “culture,” on the other hand, any genuine
intercultural conversation demands true appreciation of “culture” as the peculiarly human and local context in which a people (or peoples) appropriate and express their faith.
Indeed, “evangelization of culture” is a loaded concept. It could imply a certain paternalism whose fundamental premise is that a particular “culture” has to be “evangelized” and
“christianized” because it is devoid of gospel values and ignorant of - if not antagonistic
to - Christ. But if Justin Martyr, the second century apologist, is to be believed, then it
could be maintained that there is never a “Godless” culture, nor a “cultureless” Gospel,
since God has infused “seeds of the Word” ((λογοί ςπερματίκοί), even in so-called “pagan
cultures. In treating of “evangelization and Christianization of culture,” therefore, one
ought to be aware that one is treading on delicate ground, and, thus, should be informed
by a certain pastoral sensitivity, one that should accompany any genuine conversation
between “faith” and “culture.”
Culture provides the matrix of meaning for people. It is what makes for the meaning
of being “human” within a specific context. Accordingly, one basic attitude in doing a
critique of cultural expressions of the faith, such as the various forms of popular religiosity
(including religious symbols and icons of a “Filipino Christology”) would be a humble,
respectful and patient sensitivity to cultural complexity. Indeed, sensitivity to culture
demands the prudential and humble ability to eschew reading reality only in “black and
white,” which, more often than not, characterizes the adversarial relationships implied
in the “official-popular,” “topside-underside,” and “center-margin” dichotomies, which,
I believe, are relationships indicative of hierarchical “dislocations.” It also involves an
acute awareness of the fact that in any cultural critique vantage-point/s is/are important.
To be sure, more significant than what one says and/or hears is where one says and/or
hears it. “Context” and “standpoint” determine to a large extent the meaning of human
discourse and conversation.
Thus, in the area of popular religiosity, it would seem that the basic and primary concern
is not so much about orthodoxy per se, or the “official” validity of one’s faith, as it is about
the necessary dialogue between “cultures,” i.e., between the “theological culture” of such
“educated” Christian persons (or “authorities” and “specialists”) as priests, theologians,
and members of the hierarchy (possibly the church’s “cultural elite”), and the “popular
culture,” i.e., the “theologically unsophisticated” and yet no less faith-filled understanding of
the grassroots. This is not, however, to deny nor to belittle orthodoxy, for it is an essential
aspect of the ongoing definition (and redefinition) of aspects of the Christian faith.
A diagnosis of the so-called unorthodoxy of popular religion, however, reveals in
part that the problem is not unorthodoxy per se but “cultural miscommunication,” i.e. a
pastor operating from his own cultural framework, judging an expression of faith from
another culture which he does not fully understand. We, therefore, wonder how valid such
a judgment is when it is not based on accurate understanding. When someone reports,
“I hear heavenly voices,” what does “hear” mean? “Heavenly?” “Voices?” (Tagle, in
Galilea, op. cit., p.104).
A “dialogue of cultures” is thus a necessary component of true pastoral sense and
solicitude. Filipino theologian Eleazar S. Fernandez, in his book Toward a Theology of
Struggle, calls such a discerning dialogue “a fusion of horizons, horizons derived from the
Scripture and horizons drawn from the expressive and popular religiosity of the Filipino
people based on a long tradition and from present expressions” (Eleazar S. Fernandez,
Toward a Theology of Struggle,
1994, p. 123).
Thus, a truly sensible and sensitive pastoral approach is one that recognizes the need for
a genuine empathy with – which accompanies listening to - people, especially the grassroots, out of whose wellsprings of experience and imagination popular religion emerges
and thrives. Therefore, it must not be stated enough that “the pastoral approach to popular
religion [must be] part of the Church’s pastoral option for the poor: to be one among them,
to enter their faith perception, to see how their contexts of economic, political and social
enslavement have somehow affected their faith life” (Galilea, Ibid., p.103).
Such a “pastoral option for the poor” via an option for popular religion cannot simply
be - for reasons suggested above - a condescending theological paternalism that goes by
the name “the evangelization of popular religion” (Ibid., p.104). Such a pastoral option
should be a dialogical one in that it meets the people right where they are, and as they are,
and not where I, as theologian and pastoral minister, am, nor where I determine that the
people ought to be even before I know where they come from. Only in such a “conversation” can I then “walk with” the people and view reality with their own eyes, i.e., from
within their cultural context/s. In such a cultural “transposition” (as Hans-Georg Gadamer
calls it) there comes about a recognition and true respect of the creative possibilities of the
people’s “brand” of religion. Only then can conversation lead to what may well be called
pastoral “conversion,” whereby I, as pastoral minister, religious educator, and “schooled”
theologian, am open and willing to truly “listen” to the people, to “read between the lines”
of the text of their lives, ready, at any moment, to be – as Gadamer calls it – “pulled up
short by the text” (Gadamer, Truth and Method, 2nd rev. ed, 1999). Being “pulled up short
by the text” means that I cannot pretend that I have all the answers; neither can I claim
that an answer is always forthcoming in all questioning instances. Conversation that leads
to conversion should therefore “surprise” me, in that questions and answers can, and do
indeed, come from “unexpected places.” Indeed, a truly educative moment can occur not
only when questions are answered but also when some answers (including those presumed
to be “official”) are questioned! For indeed, why should a “seasonal,” “penitential,” and
“stunted” christology that I (with all my purported theological “savvy”) might be wont to
judge and dismiss as “unsound” and “imbalanced” be something that truly matters in the
lives of the people? Why, despite its seeming “unorthodoxy” and “heterodoxy,” does it
imbue grassroots people and communities with hope as well as an impulse for meaningful
social and political change? Because for all their doctrinally unsound christology (“unsound,” i.e., from the “official” and “theological” perspectives uninformed and uninspired
by dialogical sensitivity), they are, nevertheless, communities in
which faith and hope are forever alive and constant. It is to such communities of faith that
Reginald Stackhouse was referring when he wrote that
[t]o face the future as an invitation to progress has not come by
accident to societies shaped by . . . faith. People who have
sought cures rather than accept diseases, fought injustice rather
than bow to tyranny, created economies rather than eke out survival, invented new ways rather than endure old obstacles, all these
are people ingrained with a confidence there is a better world ahead
(Reginald Stackhouse, The End of the World? A New Look at an Old
Belief, 1997, pp.125-126).
(to be continued next month)
FROM THE PULPIT
Hipocrisy
by Fr. Peter James R. Alindogan
A doctor, a lawyer, and an engineer went out
golfing. They were trying to decide whose profession
came first. The doctor said, “My profession came first
because when God removed Adam’s rib he performed
surgery.” The engineer then said, “No, no, no. When
the earth was dark and void God created light. That
was engineering.” The lawyer said, “You’re both
wrong.” The doctor and engineer replied, “Oh yeah?
What makes you think yours came first?” The lawyer
replied, “Where do you think the darkness came
from?”
They were called the Pharisees, the separated ones.
Not all of them were lawyers, but most of them were
extremely zealous in observing the Law handed by
Moses.
Every Jew is supposed to observe the Law and they did not see Jesus observing some
aspects of their religious traditions. And so, they asked Jesus. According to what they see
through their hearts and their eyes, Jesus was wrong. To the Pharisees, Jesus was clean,
pure and holy only if he followed the external rituals: washing his hands before he eats,
purifying cups and jugs, kettles and beds.
Jesus called their attention to look inside themselves. It is not the externals that define
us and our faithfulness to God. Rather, it is the internal disposition of our hearts, from
which our behavior flows, that define who we are. He said that what makes us dirty comes
from within. What pollutes our minds and spirits comes from within. What sets us away
from God comes from within.
According to our Lord, these are some of the evils that corrupt us: unchastity, theft,
murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance. Some
of them we may have done. Most of them we dare not do. All of them we should not do.
Our good Lord challenges us to walk in the dry desert of our spiritual poverty and
confront the dark side of our hypocrisy. Abraham Lincoln defines a hypocrite as the man
who murdered both his parents, then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an
orphan.
Perhaps, all of us have our dark past. Perhaps, all of us have our secret and favorite
sins. Perhaps, all of us have our own skeletons in our closets. But as William Shakespeare
wrote in Henry VI, “Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.”
There is a danger in our lives that we have to admit. That danger is found in the recesses
of our minds. Whenever we believe that we are holier than others because we go to Mass
regularly and they do not, whenever we think that we are godlier than others because we
follow the commandments of God and they do not, whenever we feel that we are better
than others because we had done our part and they did not, then we are like the Pharisees
that Jesus condemned.
Hypocrisy is the daughter of pride. It centers on what people think about us, rather than
what God knows inside us. Our need for attention is condoned by our craving to impress
and make people think that we are something we know we are not.
Where do our hearts lie and why do we do what we do? The things that we love tell us
what we are. The persons we love tell us who we are. The reasons we love tell us why we are.
What are we but created beings limited by death. Who are we but inspired beings redeemed
by life. Why are we
but spiritual beings
called to eternal life.
When we are
tempted to judge
people according to
our own standards,
it is good to be
reminded of what
St. Augustine once
wrote, “In essentials
unity,
in
nonessentials liberty, in
all things charity.”
How presumptuous
for the Pharisees
to remind Jesus
about the law. Our good Lord did not just give us a law, but he gave us his two greatest
commandments: Love God above all else and love your neighbor as you love yourself.
The law of love is higher than the love for the law. That should keep us busy for the rest
of our lives. And as far as God loved us from the very beginning, His was the profession
that came first.
Rev. PJ Alindogan is the pastor at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Cinnaminson, NJ. This
homily was delivered on August 30, 2009.
REFLECTIONS
Abiding Love
I love You,
I thank You for the gift of my life and my faith.
I ask You to help me be a good priest;
He was humming a haunting melody which I
I repent for all my sins.”.
had heard as a teenager. “You are always in my
I use the word A-L-T-A-R as a memory aid for Adore, Love, Thank, Ask and Repent.
heart, even though you’re far away,” I sang the
Incidentally these are the usual modes of communication among lovers.
words softly, “I hear the music of the song of
Despite technological advances in communication, married couples continue to be
love I sang with you.”
plagued with lack of communication. One
My brother and I were on our way
way to reconnect is through a-l-t-a-r. To
to our family hometown in Tolosa,
practice once again to say, “Hon, I adore
Leyte, from his own home in Naval,
you; I love you,” etc.
Biliran, where I had spent a couple
Jesus, the Tremendous Lover continues
of weeks during my vacation to the
His abiding love and presence in us through
Philippines. \
the Bread of Life.. “Whoever eats My flesh
“Oh, you know the song: he said
and drinks My blood remains in Me and I in
as he steered the jeep over the bridge
him.” In this Sacrament of Love
which connects the two provinces of
Jesus fulfills His promise to remain with
Biliran and Leyte. We both inhaled
by Fr. Basil C. Colasito
us
till the end of time.
the refreshing breeze from atop the
Elsewhere
He had said: If you love Me,
bridge overlooking a clear, blue river
the Father, the Spirit and I will love you and
under a bright morning sun.
We will make Our home in you. Jesus is truly
“I love that song,” he muttered, looking ahead, oblivious of my presence,
Emmanuel, God with us.
as if talking to himself, “It somehow bridges the distance between me and
Love songs are excellent ways of conmy beloved wife.”
necting with my Lover, God. Sometimes I
In the ensuing silence, my memory evoked a time when I was conducting
imagine God singing words of love to me:
a marriage preparation weekend for engaged couples. I recall a team mem“Follow me where I go ... make it a part
ber, a young husband, five years married, sharing how he tries to maintain
of
you to be a part of Me ... longer than all
“a 24 hour love affair” with his wife. He keeps her in mind just as he keeps
the fishes in the ocean I am in love with you
their wedding picture on top of his desk in front of him at the office. At
... you fill up My senses like a night in the
least a couple of times during the day, they call each other up just to keep
forest...You open the door and You’re here
in touch and sometimes to share plans for the rest of the evening when both
in My heart and My heart will go on and on
came home from work.
…”
The young couple’s sharing not only touched me, but inspired me
My brother shifted from humming to singlikewise to keep “a 24 hour love affair with Jesus.” I used to have a wrist
ing
the words aloud:
watch that beeped every hour on the hour. I associated the beep with the
“You
are always in my heart, even though
opportunity to lift up my mind and heart to Jesus. More specifically, I
“The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of you’re far away. I can hear the music of the
would say in the silence of my heart: “Jesus,
the world.”
song of love I sang with you.”
I adore You,
Happenings
by AA Medrano
Our Lady of Nativity
The Triduum in honor of the Our Lady of Nativity, the patroness of Calbayog, Samar started on
Sunday August 16 and continued until August 30
during the 3:00 P.M. Filipino Mass at Our Lady of
Pompei Church.
On Sunday September 6, the Filipino Pastoral
Ministry celebrated the feast day of the Nativity of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, the patroness of Calbayog,
Samar at Our Lady of Pompei Church in Manhattan.
Msgr. Romy Montero announced that the Filipino
Pastoral Ministry will continue this traditional annual fiesta celebration started by Fr. Bobby Sison at
Pompei in his honor.
Msgr. Romulo Montero,
Director of the Filipino
Pastoral Ministry was the main presider of the Eucharistic celebration. The concelebrants are Fr. Lito Cabatuan, Fr. Romy
Hontiveros, Fr. Mike Lagrimas. A visiting priest from Alabama
Fr. Lito Capeding is the homilist - The Filipino Choir of Our
Lady of Pompei led the Mass songs.
A Waray celebration would not be complete without the traditional “Kuratcha” dance however this time the folkdance was to be
performed in two groups of four pairs composed of the members
of the Filipino Pastoral Ministry and the Hermano and Hermana
Mayor Joe & Linda de la Cruz. Malou Bugarin choreographed
the Kuratcha dance.
This year’s Hermano & Hermana Mayor Joe & Linda dela Cruz,
their family and friends sponsored the festive celebration.
FPM Picnic at the Park
On August 23, the volunteers and staff of the Filipino Pastoral August 20 Pastoral
Ministry spent a day at the Sunken Meadow Park for some outdoor Pompei.
fun. Some did not come because of the predicted bad weather but
it turned out to be a beautiful day. The weather was perfect for
fishing, swimming, games or just relaxing and enjoying the beach.
Msgr. Romy Montero and Fr. Mike Lagrimas joined the FPM group led by Glenda &
Ben Dizon, Nancy & Corazon Hombrebueno, Sally Alonso, Annie Swanson, Maxie &
Dayday, Cely & Henry, Bobby, Nelia & Kevin Villanueva, Nelia Cloma, Helen Macatulad,
the Laurencio family.
After the exciting day at the beach, Ben and Glenda invited the group to their house
to sample fresh “dilis” and mussels that we got from the beach for dinner. Thank you to
Bobby who brought his karaoke for the all-night singing entertainment.
28th Annual San Lorenzo Ruiz Fiesta
On September 27, the San Lorenzo Ruiz Association of America, Inc. (SLRAA) will
celebrate its 28th annual celebration of the Feast day of San Lorenzo Ruiz. It will be held at
the Immaculate Conception Church in Jamaica Queens at 3:00 P.M. Sunday. The celebration will start with the procession around the vicinity of the church and then the Mass. A
reception will follow after the Mass.
Fr. Jed Sumampong, C.P., Pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church is the main
celebrant of the San Lorenzo Ruiz Fiesta celebration.
Dr. & Mrs. Raul and Rose Calicdan are this year’s Hermano and Hermana Mayor.
You are also invited to join the daily Novena Mass in preparation for the feast day of San
Lorenzo Ruiz starting on September 18 through September 26 at the San Lorenzo Ruiz
Scalabrini Center, 168-41 84th Ave. Jamaica Hills, Queens NY at 7:30 P.M.
SLR Chapel - Broome St.
San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila feast day will be celebrated at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral
on September 20, 2009 hosted by the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz. The Most Reverend
Oscar A. Solis, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California will be the main celebrant.
A Testimonial Dinner in honor of Bishop Oscar Solis will be held on September 19 at
the East Manor in Queens Boulevard. Donation is $ 50.00.
In preparation for the feast day, a daily Novena Mass will start on September 11 to 19
with the different groups sponsoring the Mass.
OCTOBER 4: Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei
Bro. Michael LaMantia, CS, the Spiritual Director of the Three Societies of Our Lady
of Pompei Church invites you to come and celebrate the Feast of the Madonna di Pompei
on October 4, 2009. The Solemn Mass will start at 12:00 P.M. with the participation of
the Italian, Brazilian, English and Filipino communities of Pompei. The Rosary and the
Supplica both in English and Italian will be recited before the Mass. A Marian procession around the block of the church will follow after the Mass. The Benediction and the
Ministry Planning Meeting conducted by Fr. Mike Lagrimas at Our Lady of
blessing with the relic of Blessed Bartolo Longo will conclude the procession. PLEASE
COME AND JOIN US!
10th Annual Walkathon
The Building Futures Together (BFT) will hold its annual fundraiser, the 10th Annual Walk
for Poverty on September 19. The 3.1 mile (5K) Walkathon will be held at the Flushing
Meadows, Corona Park Queens, NY.
WALK AGAINST POVERTY HOPES TO CONTINUE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND
RAISE FUNDS FOR THE THREE-PRONG PROGRAMS (LIVELIHOOD, EDUCATION,
HEALTH) DESIGNED TO BATTLE AND ERADICATE POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES, PARTICULARLY IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR, AND THE POOREST
PROVINCES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
For those who cannot walk or make the walk but wish to make a donation, you may do
so via PayPal by going to the Website: WWW.BUILDINGFUTURESTOGETHER.ORG
and click on the PayPay button or you may make a check payable to TO: BUILDING
FUTURES TOGETHER, and sending this to: 80-15 41 Avenue, Suite 403 , Elmhurst ,
Joint birthday celebration at Our Lady of Pompei of Cora del Mar and Nanay Salome Hombrebueno last August 15. Nanay Salome is 85 years old.
ON SCHEDULE
Masses, novenas, fiestas and other
important religious celebrations.
“This is the day which the Lord hath
made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
-- Ps 118:24
Msgr. Romy Montero blessed the image of Our Lady of Nativity during the
first day Triduum Mass last August 16.
NY 11373 . For more information: Pls. Call: Loudette at 718-426-9471
Save the Date: October 24
The Filipino Pastoral Ministry of Pompei will hold the “Laksambayan Night” on
October 24 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Filipino Pastoral Ministry. The
donation is $25. Tickets are now available
Birthday Celebrations
Happy Birthday to all the birthday celebrators for the month of August especially to
Bro. Michael LaMantia, Cora del Mar, Salome Hombrebueno, for her 85th birthday and
for Mark Castillo who turned 21 on August 30. May you all continue to receive the choice
blessings from above.
No Filipino Mass at Pompei
Please take note that there will be no Filipino Mass on September 20 and September 27
at Our Lady of Pompei because of the celebration of the Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz at St.
Patrick’s Cathedral on Sept 20 and at the Immaculate Conception Church in Jamaica on
September 27. You are invited to attend the feast day of our own Filipino Saint.
On October 4 Sunday will be Feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. It will be joint celebration of the Italian, Brazilian, Filipino, English communities. The 3:00 P.M. Filipino Mass
and the usual fellowship will resume on Sunday, October 11.
FILIPINO PASTORAL MINISTRY of Our Lady of Pompei
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
September to November 2009
Wednesday Sunday
First Friday
6:30 P.M.
3:00 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
Mother of Perpetual Help
Misang Pilipino *
Mass and Holy Hour
September
20
Sun
No Mass
St. Patrick Cathedral- SanLorenzo Fiesta
27 Sun No Mass Feast day SAN LORENZO RUIZ - Jamaica
Immaculate Conception Church - Jamaica
October
02
Fri
6:30 PM
1st Friday Mass & Holy Hour
04 Sun 11:30AM Feast of OUR LADY OF POMPEI
24
Sat
6:00 PM
Laksambayan Night
25
Sun
3:00 PM
21st FPM Anniversary Day (Thanksgiving Mass and Reception)
Oct Birthday celebration
*Free Ballroom and Line Dancing & Fellowship after the Sunday Mass
November
01 Sun 3:00 PM
01
Sun
4:30 PM
02
Mon All Souls Day
06
Fri 6:30 PM
22 Sun 3:00 PM
25 Wed 6:30 PM 26 Thu
29
Sun
3:00 PM
Mass - All Saints Day
Start of Novena to Poon Hesus Nazareno
in Preparation for the January 03 Feast Day
1st Friday Mass & Holy Hour FPM Founder’s Day
Thanksgiving Vigil Mass & Party
Thanksgiving Day
November Birthday Celebration
*Free Ballroom and Line Dancing & Fellowship after the Sunday Mass
SEPTEMBER 2009 EVENTS
September 13, 2009
2:00 PM – Diocesean Feast Day and Mass
for San Lorenzo Ruiz. Sponsored by the
Filipino Diocesean Apostolate
St. Rose of Lima Church
269 Parkville Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11230
2:00 PM - Filipino Mass
Incarnation Church
89-43 Francis Lewis Blvd.
Queens Village, NY 11427
(Every 2nd Sunday of the Month)
Church of Holy Child Jesus
111-11 86th Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY
Mary’s Nativity Church
46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, NY 11355
September 20, 2009
St. Joan of Arc Church
82-00 35th Ave. Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church,
101-41 91st Street, Ozone Park, NY 11416
(Every 3rd Sunday of the Month)
Guardian Angel Church
2978 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, 11235
5:00 PM – Filipino Mass
St. Bartolomew Church
43-22 Ithaca Street, Elmshurst NY 11373
September 26, 2009
Our Lady of Mercy Church
70-01 Kessel Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375
(Every 4th Saturday of the Month)
September 27, 2009
Corpus Christi Church
31-30 61st Street, Woodside, NY
(Every 4th Sunday of the Month)
Most Precious Blood Church (Basement)
32-23 36th Street, Long Island City, NY,
OCTOBER 2009 EVENTS
October 2, 2009
7:30 PM - Filipino Mass – First Friday
Sponsored by FDA & Apostleship of Prayer
St. Jude Church
1677 Canarsie Road, Brooklyn, NY 11236
(Every 1st Friday of the Month)
October 3, 2009
15th Anniversary – Our Lady of the Most
Holy Rosary Fiesta (Rosario, Cavite Town
Fiesta)
at Marian Shrine, Stony Point, New York
10:00 AM- Mass followed by Karakol from
the church to auditorium
4:30 PM – Procession
St. Brigid Church,
409 Linden Street, Brooklyn, NY 11227
(Every 1st Saturday of the Month)
Presentation Church,
88-19 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432
(Every 1st Saturday of the Month)
by Gene Salle
October 4, 2009
St. Patrick Church,
39-38 29th Street, LIC, NY 11101
(Every 1st Sunday of the Month)
Our Lady Help of Christians Church,
1315 E. 28th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11210
(Every 1st Sunday of the Month)
Our Lady of the Island
Eastport, Long Island
Long Island Expressway, Exit 70
(Every 1st Sunday of the month)
October 11, 2009
Incarnation Church,
89-43 Francis Lewis Blvd.
Queens Village, NY 11427.
St. Rose of Lima Church
269 Parkville Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11230.
Church of Holy Child Jesus
111-11 86th Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY
Mary’s Nativity Church
46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, NY 11355
October 17, 2009
6:00 PM – LIVING ROSARY
St. Paul the Apostle Church
98-16 55th Avenue, Corona, NY 11368
Sponsored by Filipino Parishioners of
St. Paul the Apostle
October 18, 2009
St. Joan of Arc Church
82-00 35th Ave. Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
101-41 91st Street, Ozone Park, NY 11416
Guardian Angel Church
2978 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, 11235
St. Bartolomew Church
43-22 Ithaca Street, Elmshurst NY 11373
October 25, 2009
Corpus Christi Church
31-30 61st Street, Woodside, NY
Filipino Mass every Sunday - 5:00 PM at the
Most Precious Blood Church (Basement),
32-23 36th Street, Long Island City, NY 11006.
Novena to Mother Perpetual Help at 7:00 PM
every Wednesday at St. Patrick Church,
39-38 29th Street, LIC, NY 11101.
Birhen ng
Antipolo
in a
Filipino
Mass
for the
Filipino
Catholic
Rick Santisteban
of the Birhen
ng Antipolo
Ministry gave the
congregation a
brief history of
Our Lady of Peace
and Good Voyage
or Our Lady of
Antipolo and some
useful information
regarding the
devotion to Our
Lady.
Commentator:
Lydia Baustita
Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage
known to most of us as Our Lady of Antipolo
was the main attraction at the Filipino Mass
held at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Island
last September 6.
It was a Thanksgiving Mass for the Filipino
Catholic newspaper ministry which is now
in its fourteenth year. The affair was cosponsored by the Infant Jesus Prayer Group
of Nassau which is closely affiliated with the
Filipino Catholic newspaper. The image of
Our Lady of Antipolo was courtesy of Rick
Santisteban who is the head of the Birhen ng
Antipolo Ministry here in New York.
Reader Dean Suba
Offerings were made by Ramoncito Dayawon-Ulep, Ben
and Lourdes Ileto and Venus Ulep-Bulandus (hidden).
Mass was celebrated by Fr. Joe Cadusale,
the Spiritual Director of the newspaper. Lydia
Bautista was the commentator: Dean Suba
and Loida de la Isla were the readers. Offerers
were Ben and Lu Ileto, Ramoncito Ulep and
Venus Ulep Bulandus. Music was provided by
the FDA Music Ministry headed by Rick and
Cecile Matela.
In the congregation were supporters and
friends of the Filipino Catholics, including
members of different prayer groups in New
York, Queens and Long Island.
A Filipino-style salu-salo was held at the
shrine’s picnic area after the mass.
Music during the mass was provided by the FDA Music Ministry under
the direction of Ricky Matela (inset) and his wife Cecile. Photo of the
members of the music ministry was taken at the picnic grounds of
the Shrine of Our Lady of the Island in Eastport, Long Island.
Photos by Rick Santisteban (Birhen ng Antipolo Ministry)
TAGALOG
Rey Lauron
Awit ng Lobo sa Parang
“Ave Verum Corpus”
Titik ni Papa Innocente VI (1352 – 1362) Avignon, France
Himig ni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Vienna, Austria
Karaniwan sa isang lalake ang may katuwang na babae. Hindi
ang pari. Masakit man ang tiyan o ngipin, nanghihina man
ang tuhod o damdamin, kumakalabog man ang puso o mithiin,
walang kabahagi ang pari. Dingding lang ng kanyang silid at
unang minsan ay balot ng patak ng luha ang siyang mga saksi.
Pamaypay na luma lang ang katuwang sa hanging hinahanap
kung tag-init at tahi-tahing kumot ang kapanalig sa tabi kung
taglamig.
Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary,
Who has truly suffered and was sacrificed
On the cross for mankind;
Whose side was pierced
Whence flowed water and blood.
Be for us a foretaste of heaven
During our final trial.
Sa kadiliman ng gabi at sa panaghoy ng bawat umaga, ang
paring tapat sa kanyang sumpa ay walang ibang kagabay kundi
ang Panginoong nag-alay.
O Jesus sweet! O Jesus merciful!
O Jesus, Son of Mary,
Have mercy on me. Amen
Malapit kalimitan ang tukso sa mga taong nagnanais maging
banal. Mas maraming tukso ang umaalembong sa mga alagad
na may tungkuling banal. At mas lalong kumakapit ang tukso
sa mga taong bawal akitin: ang mga may-asawa na at ang pari.
Aba, katawang nagbuhat kay Mariang Birheng tunay;
Sa tao’y nagpakasakit, sa Kurus ay nabayubay
Sa tagiliran ay umagos ang tubig at dugong sabay
Nawa’y tikman nami’y langit sa sandali ng pagwalay.
Marami na tayong kilalang pari na natukso. At hindi lamang
babae ang dahilan. Nariyan din ang pagkahumaling sa pera, sa
tungkulin at sa mga bisyo. Nararapat lamang na ipanalangin sila.
Walang misa kung walang pari. At hindi tayo mangangailangan
ng pari kung walang misa.
O Hesus na kay tamis! O Hesus na mahabagin!
O Hesus, Anak ni Maria,
Sa akin ay maawa ka. Siya nawa.
Pagmumuni ang hiwatig ay tibay ng pananalig
Na ang alak at tinapay lama’t dugo ay kapalit
Ang misteryo sa dambana ng Pari sa pagmimisa
Kaligtasan ang halaga ng pananampalataya.
Lungsod naman niyong Vienna, pinagmulan ng musika
Niyong bata na si Wolfgang na nagaral pa sa Roma;
Padre Martini ng Bologna unang ngalan Juan Bautista
Siyang guro’t tagapayo sa ngalang Musica Sacra.
Siya mandi’y napabantog sa utak na tantong busog
Nang isulat na sa bahay ang narinig niyang tugtog
Sa Kapilya ng Sistina ang awit na napabantog
Kahit bawal na ilabas, si Wolfgang ang nagpalusot.
Siya mandin na dahilan na sumikat siyang lubos
Gantimpala niyong Papa ay ang banal na Santa Krus
Sa paghanga sa talino niyong batang kompositor
Na nagbalik sa Austria matapos makipagtuos.
Yaon manding katayuan na director ng musika
Nuong labing pitong daan limampo’t pito nang una pa
Ay sa amang si Leopoldo duon sa Salzburg, Austria
Sa katedral San Esteban, Arsobispo’y Prinsipe pa.
Kung kaya nga at minana niyong anak na si Wolfgang
Ang kumatha at tumugtog at magkumpas sa simbahan;
Kahiman at batang-bata busog naman ang isipan
“May kabit ka ba, Pader, at may mga nakasabit na mga damit
pambabae sa labas ng kumbento mo?” tanong ng isang ale sa
paring ilang taon nang naglilingkod sa kanilang baryo. Sagot
naman ng pari, “Alam mo po, Aleng Conching, mahirap ang
buhay ngayon at mababa ang ating kolekta kaya tumatanggap
na lang ako ng labada.”
Tulad rin ng pag-aasawa, hindi mahirap maging pari. Konting
aral lang at sasamahan ng dasal, ayos na. Konting pakikisama
lang at sasamahan ng simpleng ngiti, sapat na. Mas mahirap
ang magpakapari.
O Jesu dulcis! O Jesu pie!
O Jesu Fili Mariae
Miserere mei. Amen
Mandi’y likha yaring awit, “Lama’t Dugo” dinadalit
Nuong labing limang siglo siyang tanging ginagamit
Tulang hango sa sinulat niyong monghe ng Reicheneau
Sa lawa nga ng Constancia hinango nga ng totoo.
Peter James R. Alindogan
Maraming kuwentong katatawanan na ang narinig natin tungkol
sa simbahan at sa mga pari. Ngunit ang pagiging pari ay isang
mahirap na tungkulin na hindi ukol sa karamihan.
Ave verum Corpus natum de Maria Virgine;
Vere passum immolatum in cruce pro homine;
Cujus latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine;
Esto nobis preaegustatum mortis in examine.
Labing dalawa ng Septyembre, siya manding kaarawan
Ng pagyao niyong Papa Inocente yaong ngalan
Nuong taong labing-tatlo animnapo at dalawa
Sa monasteryo ng Chartre, bandang kanluran ng Francia.
Pari
Sa paglikha niyong awit gaya ng “Tunay na Laman.”
Kaibigang si Anton Stoll na director niyong Baden
Nakiusap nga kay Mozart na ang awit ay likhain
Sa piyesta ng Corpus Christi ay siya raw aawitin
“Ave Verum Corpus Natum” kay Mariang Inang Birhen.
Yaong bata na si Mozart yaong guro’y isip agad
Nang sa Roma ay galugad Padre Martini ay hanap
Nang maging karapat-dapat sa paglikha niyong payak
Na musikang nararapat sa simbahan ay pang-gayak.
Yaong bata na si Mozart, ang isipa’y murang sagad
Upang limiin ng sapat ang misteryong nararapat
Sa pagkain ng tinapay na kasama niyong alak
Tanging Panginoon lamang dugo’t laman ilalagak.
Binanggit na nang una pa sa kay Adan at kay Eva
Nuon nganing ang dalawa totoo ngang nagkasala;
Yaon manding igagawad na katumbas na parusa;
Ligtas tangi si Maria sa pagtuklaw niyong sawa.
Kaya’t si San Ireneo ang winika’t siyang saysay:
“Na kung si Eva’y sumuway, kamatayan ang kapantay
Ang sa kanya ay kabagay sa lahat ng nabubuhay
Kay Mariang masunurin kaligtasan ibinigay.”
“Mandi’y siyang pinagpala ang kanyang sinapupunan:
Mahal na Birheng Maria ang naglihi at nanangan
Sa Anak nga niyong Diyos Amang makapangyarihan.”
Siyang wika ni San Lukas sa dahon ng Bagong Tipan (Lk
11:27)
“Ang lahat nga ay naganap upang lahat ay matupad
Ang sa Poon ay binigkas ayon sa wika ng Profetas:
‘Tungha’t Birhen naglilihi manganganak ng Lalake
Pangalan ay Emmanuel, ang Diyos ay ating katabi’. “ (Is
7:14; Mat 1:21)
Tumitingkad lalo ang katayuan ng pari kapag siya ay nagmimisa.
Sa sutanang suot, iba ang tingin ng mga tao sa kanya. Iyan
ang isa sa mga dahilan kumbakit marahil ay nabighani ang
labandera, kantora, kusinera at iba pa sa isang paring kilala
ko sa isang baryong kuliglig lang ang umaawit sa pagkagat ng
dilim.
Pulis man o barangay tanod, piloto man o abogado, payaso
man o pangulo, ang tingin ng tao ay nababago sa unipormeng
suot, sa tindig na salamin ay tungkulin, pangako at bukas.
Kahit na nga ang Nanay lang niya ang makakapagsabing
pogi siya, si Pader ay ganadong ganado magmisa dahil sa isip
niya may hitsura siya. Nagkakaroon siya ng lakas na loob na
umawit kahit na wala pang nakatuklas ng mga tonong kinakanta
niya. Siya ang artista ng baryo, ang pinupuntahan kapag may
problema, ang may angkop na sagot kapag may mahirap na
katanungan. Ang nagagawa nga naman ng pagiging pari. Ang
nagagawa nga naman ng Banal na Misa.
Ngunit kokonti ang nagnanais maging pari dahil ang pagiging
pari ay isang pag-aalay. Mahirap mag-isa. Mahirap umuwi
sa gabing walang makausap at makaulayaw.
Mahirap
maramdamang ang buhay na inihandog ay humahantong sa
tanong ng bawat umaga.
Kaya, sa buhay ng isang pari ay nakahimlay ang katanungang
palaging buhay—ang palaisipan at hamon ng Panginoong
Hesus, “Sumunod ka sa akin.” Ang katanungan ay walang
pagbabago dahil ang dahilan ay nakabaon sa buhay na walang
hanggan.
Mahirap mang banggitin, ayusin at himayin ang katanungang
Diyos lang ang kasagutan, tanggap nating lahat na hindi lamang
tayo naikabit muli sa Ama, ngunit sa Kanyang puso, sa Kanyang
damdamin at sa Kanyang Buhay, naging bigkis tayong muli.
Ang lahat ng ito ay nangyari dahil sa isang Pari, ang Panginoong
Hesus.
Filipino-American Violinist
performs at OLS in Floral Park
The National Head Office of the Barangay of the Virgin, Inc. attended the enthronement of the Barangay
Sang Birhen at the San Lorenzo Ruiz Center in Jamaica Hills, Queens last July 18, 2009. Photo shows
the officers & members of Barangay of the Virgin Inc. National Head Office after the enthronement.
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Time: 3:00-5:00PM
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International performer, Keryn Falco Kleiman, performs
at Our Lady of the Snows Church in Floral Park, Long Island
on September 13. The concert will feature the works of
Bach, Kreisler, Granados, De Falla and Filipino folk songs.
There will also be performances by OLS Fil-Am Choir and
special guest vocalists. Proceeds from the show will benefit
the new church.
Keryn Falco Kleiman, 19, began studying violin ten
years ago at the Bloomingdale School of Music, in Manhattan, where she won in several competitions. She continued
her studies with Olga Jorba, in West Nyack, for three years,
and since 2004 has been the student of Vladimir Zyskind at
Manhattan School of Music and Great Neck. She has been
a winner in numerous competitions, such as the Rockland
County Music Teachers’ Guild concerto Competition, the
New York State Music Competition, and the Manhattan
School of Music String Instrument Concerto Competition.
Keryn frequently performs in concerts and solo recitals
throughout the tri-state area. She has also appeared as a
soloist with the North Jersey Symphony Orchestra and the
Rockland Symphony Orchestra. She performed with the
New York High School All Star Orchestra in Rochester, was
a member of the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College
Symphonic Orchestra and was concertmaster of her high
school orchestra for several years. Keryn has participated
and performed in festivals at Bowdoin College (Maine), the
Academy of Music (New Jersey) and the New York State
Summer School of Arts in Saratoga Springs, as well as the
Burgos International Festival (Spain) and Music in the Valley (Israel) and KlezKanada (Canada). She has participated
in master classes given by violinists Yair Kless, Isaac Malkin, and the renowned organist, Anthony Newman. Keryn
is currently a student of the world famous violin pedagogue,
Eduard Schmieder, at the Boyer Conservatory of Music at
Temple University in Philadelphia.
by Lina Falco Posecion
Fr. Reuter ... from page 5
will. . . . Teaching is a bridge between soul and soul.
We, who are in media, have a job to do. It is this. We
must see that the things our Lord said in the gospel are
not only true, and good, but beautiful! We must portray
this beauty on stage, on the movie screen, over the radio,
on television, on the billboards, in the newspapers,
everywhere.
We must convince the ordinary Filipino, the man
in the street, that when his little daughter, three years
old, kisses him goodnight before she goes to bed – the
permanent, all-consuming love of this child for her Daddy
is infinitely more beautiful than the passing, sensual
affection of the querida.
We must teach him that life is a gift, that love is a gift,
that loyalty to one woman is the secret of happiness. We
must teach him to see in the streets of the city, in the
common man, in the ordinary woman – the beauty of
God.
REAL ESTATE
Buying a Home? You Can
Hire Your Own Broker
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish
by Robert Fernandez
Many years ago when I started in the real estate business, the selling broker involved in the sale of a home was
actually the listing broker’s subagent. Both listing and
selling brokers worked for the home seller. This relationship between the subagent (selling broker) and the principal
(seller) was not understood by the buyers. In fact, they
were not even aware of such relationship. Buyers using
the selling broker’s services usually think that the broker is
working on their behalf. They had been working closely for
weeks or even months. In reality the broker has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest
of the seller. This potential for confusion brought about the stringent disclosure laws which
require agents to adequately disclose their agency relationships to sellers and buyers.
Since 1992, New York State law requires disclosure of agency relationships in residential
transactions. The law led to buyer agency, among others, which has become increasingly
popular. This means a buyer now becomes a principal and can hire a broker (known also
as a selling broker or buyer agent) to represent his or her best interests. The buyer is
the selling broker’s client. A buyer agent has fiduciary duties to his client – reasonable
care, undivided loyalty, confidentiality, full disclosure, obedience and duty to account.
A buyer benefits from the agent’s knowledge, experience, advice and negotiation skills.
The agent’s thoughts and actions are directed towards the buyer’s benefit and advantage,
not the seller’s. However, the agent shall exercise honest and fair treatment of the seller.
The law also requires that the agent makes written disclosure about the buyer agency.
The buyer’s signature therefore must appear in the Disclosure Form to acknowledge his
understanding of such relationship in a real estate transaction.
A buyer agent may be compensated by either the buyer or the seller. He or she may be
paid with a retainer, a flat fee, hourly fee or percentage of purchase price. A seller is not
obligated to pay compensation to a buyer agent. In practice, many sellers agree to provide
a commission to a cooperating broker who is a buyer agent. It would be smart for a seller
to provide compensation especially in today’s buyers’ market. Does a seller really care
who sells the property? The seller wants to get the property sold and move on.
Robert L. Fernandez, Certified Residential Specialist and Notary Public, is Broker / Owner of Realty
Network in East Meadow, New York. He can be reached at 516-542-7936 or by email: Robert@
RealtyNetworkNY.com.
Would you like
to sponsor
a Santo Niño
Novena?
For information, call...
Nita Vasquez............ (516) 931-5229
Zeny Berroya ........... (516) 869-8202
Eden Gaceta . ........... (516) 942-0203
Norma Pascual......... (516) 292-1445
Virgin of the
Barangay
If you wish to sponsor a novena to
Our Lady in your home, please call:
Bayani Villaver (201) 451-1669
Aida Manlangit (973) 335-4435
Josette Camino (347) 879-3674
Cora Mendoza (973) 364-5241
Maria Sulat (201) 386-1132
Myrna Agustin (201) 222-6365
Fred Soliva (718) 365-9253
Norrie Cornelio (212) 777-2662
San
Lorenzo
Ruiz
First
Filipino
Saint
Invites you to the celebration of the
Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz
on Sept. 27, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs
(Guest Celebrant – Rev. Fr. Patrick H. Longalong)
Queens Boulevard corner Ascan, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Reception and Program will follow after the Mass at McLaughlin Hall
Contact NELLIE MILITE (OLQM Charismatic Prayer Group)
at 718-7043862 for details and information.
(Directions : Take E, F, V or R train going to Queens and exit at 71st Ave –
Continental or take the Q60 bus going to Jamaica)
JOIN THE FILIPINO NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE DAY
Place: Date:
Time: In Honor of the Virgin of the Barangay
COORDINATED BY:
THE BARANGAY OF THE VIRGIN, INC.
Our Lady of Fatima National Center
Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Washington Township, NJ
Saturday, October 3, 2009
09:30 a.m. – Welcome & Reception
10:00 a.m. - Icon and banner assembly
10:30 a.m. - Confession & Rosary
11:30 a.m. – Holy Mass (After mass: Exposition & Benediction & Blessing of the Sick)
Main Celebrant - Homilist: Msgr. Jeremias Rebanal, JCD, Ph.D.
International Spiritual Adviser of the Barangay of the Virgin, Inc.
- Message of the Chairman of the Board, Aida M. Manlangit
- Imposition of the Scapular
- Procession of Icon & Images of Virgin of the Barangay
- Installation of Barangay Sang Birhen Icon
- Fellowship / Picnic (Potluck) at upper picnic area
Attire: Philippine attire requested.
For more information, contact:
Bergen: Soledad Wheeler (201) 384-4928, Pete Nicdao (201) 313-5664
Bronx: Josie Dimaliwat (917-453-2362) Gloria Dacillo (347) 427-6313,
Freda Soliva (718) 365-9253
Hudson: Bayani Villaver (201) 451-1669, Myrna Agustin (201) 222-6365, Maria Sulat
(201) 386-1132, Sonny Tiongson (201) 985-0941
Manhattan: Nita Burgos (212) 924-1447, Mila Javier (718) 798-9131, Norrie Cornelio
(212) 777-2662
Morris/Essex: Aida Manlangit (973) 335-4435, Cora Mendoza (973) 364-5241, Espie
Cain (973) 960-2359, Ninoy & Zeny Ulibas (973) 740-0123, Faye Nucum
(973) 479-2009
Westchester: Demi Cornelio (551) 998-2861
Directions:
George Washington Bridge/New York/New England: Take I-80 W to Exit 26 (Budd Lake/Hackettstown), Rt.
46 W to Hackettstown, left on East Ave. to Rt. 517/182 South. To Rt. 57 West to Washington; Rt. 31 South
(follow Local Directions 1) OR take I-80 W, Exit 19 (Allamuchy). At Exit, make left onto Rt. 517 S through
Hackettstown (it will merge with Rt. 182. Make right on Rt. 57 to Washington (follow Local Direction 1)
Staten Island/JFK Airport/Brooklyn/Queens: Take Verrazano Bridge to Staten Island Expressway,
to Outerbridge Crossing (Rt. 440 S), Rt. 287 N to I-78W to Rt. 31 N (Exit 17) to Washington (Follow Local
Directions 2)
Local Direction:
1. At traffic light intersection of Rts. 57 & 31, take 31 S for 2 miles. Watch for signs Blue Army Shrine and
Asbury. Make right onto Asbury Rd. (Rt. 632 W) continue as below.
2. When traveling Rt. 31 North: Proceed to signs Asbury & Blue Army Shrine. At traffic light (A&P will be on
your left onto Rt. 632 W (Asbury Rd.) And continue as below*
*Drive 1 mile. Watch for another Blue Army Shrine sign. Turn right onto Cemetery Hill Rd. Proceed 1 mile,
turn left at Blue Army Shrine (Mountain View Rd.) 1/4 mile to Shrine.
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FACES
PLACES
Spotted recently at the Internatonal Buffet Restaurant: Santo Niño Dance
Group choreographer Julie Noya with children Julius, Taiga and Meg.
Devotees of San Roque
celebrated the feast day of
the saint with prayers and
fellowship at the home of Luz
Rebong (right, circled) in Queens
last August. Special guest was
Fr. Sancho Garrote. Among
those in attendance were Rick
Santisteban of the Birhen ng
Antipolo Ministry, Lily Ulep,
Rita Nepomuceno, Remy Galvez,
Amado Galvez, Baby Javier and
Nene Salandanan.
“All things work together for good to them that love God.” --- Rom. 8:28
FUN TIME WITH CUPCAKES AND GRANDMA. It doesn’t take much to make
Ethan and Allie happy. Just a few cupcakes and a place on Lola’s lap.
QUINN is two years old. The Colorado
youngster celebrated his birthday with
Mom (Laurie), siblings Caleb and Scarlett
and Dad (Mark) with a big bunny birthday
cake.
FACES & PLACES
Party for Garry
Garry Smith, the “Mr. Nice Guy” of the Prayer Community, celebrated his 58th Birthday with
a picnic at Eisenhower Park recently. Members of FAASMI (Filipino American Association of
St. Mary of the Isle), the Infant Jesus Prayer Group of Nassau and the God Almighty Prayer
Community attended the party. Garry’s wife, Mercy (circled above) arranged the fun-filled
gathering.
Left: Garry sets up the right equipment for barbecue.
Baby Andre Esteban
MEETING WITH GMA
From left: Congresswoman Mrs. Mary Anne Cua, Laura Polet Vogel (currently a member
of Fr. Joe Cadusale’s Bible Study Group and also of the Filipino-American Christian
Fellowship Community of Wantagh, Long Island), and Philippine President Gloria
Macapagal Arroya during the signing of the extension of the Land Reform Act held in
Plaridel, Bulacan last August 7, 2009.
Joanna and Andrew Esteban
proudly announce the
arrival of their son, Andre,
on July 28, 2009.
FACES & PLACES
The Santo
Niño Ilaw
Group
held a novena at the home
of Noemi Mascareñas and
Teresa Herrera in Queens
last August 30. Photo
shows members of the
group at the fellowship
that followed at Noemi’s
patio.
The Vergara and Scott clan gathered at Eisenhower Park in Nassau, Long Island last August
22 for a picnic with family members and friends. The occasion: Elsa Vergara’s birthday and
Ann-Ann’s baby shower. Ann-Ann is Elsa’s daughter who is the mother of this year’s Santo
Niño Hermanito in Nassau, Earl David Scott.
Pretty Little Princess.
Rolly and Eli Gregorio (seated center) and members of their family had their picture taken with
the images of the Santo Nino, Blessed Mother, San Lorenzo Ruiz and Our Lord Jesus Christ
at their home in Syosset. They hosted the novena to the Infant Jesus last September 5. The
Gregorios are the owners of Manila Market, an oriental store in Farmingdale.
Allison Pascual, Paul and Debbie’s Little Princess, is all
dolled up for a day of fun with Mom and Dad and twin
brother Ethan.
FACES & PLACES
SR. NELLIE TAKES A VOW
The Profession of Vows and Vestizione (clothing
ceremony of Sister Nellie Dacquel) was held at St.
Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church in Woodside
last August 30 during the 5 o’clock celebration of
the Holy Eucharist.
St. Sebastian’s pastor, Rev. Msgr. Michael
J. Hardiman, presided at the event. One of the
concelebrants was Rev. Kevin Abels who is
Associate Vocations Director of the Brooklyn
Diocese. Sister Angelika and Sister Cindy of the
community Missionarie “Unitas in Christo ad
Patrem” came from the motherhouse in Rome,
Italy to assist Sister Nellie. The congregation which
witnessed this event overflowed with parishioners,
friends, relatives and former schoolmates of Sister
Nellie who flew in from Hawaii, Florida, North
Carolina, and Washington D.C. Loida Nicolas Lewis gave a dinner in her honor
on August 30th in her home overlooking Central
Park. Left: Sr. Nellie professing her vows. Above: Dinner at Loida Nicolas Lewis’ residence. Sr.
Nellie (seated center) with with former college classmates from St. Theresa’s.
OBITUARY
Mark Castillo,
volunteer computer
technician for the
Filipino Paastoral
Ministry celebrated
his 21st birthday at
FPM’s headquarters
at Our Lady of
Pompei in the Village
last August 30.
He is the son of
Nanding and Marilyn
Castillo.
Remedios Razo Ulep
April 2, 1919 – August 3, 2009
Remedios Razo Ulep, beloved mother of eight and the devoted wife
of the late Melquiadez Ulep, died of lingering illness at the age of
90. She is survived by her children, Lily, Ernesto, Ramon, Angelita,
Carmencita, Nenita, Rosita and Honorio; three sons-in-law, Conrado
Salandanan, Wendel Javier, Marcelino Bulandus; three daughtersin-law, Zenaida Borra Ulep, Zenaida Dayawon-Ulep and Elizabeth
Belleza Ulep; eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Her
body was laid to rest at the Pinelawn Cemetery in Long Island.
Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine
upon her.
SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES PRAYER AND HEALING MINISTRY
St. Martin de Porres Healing Ministry going forward …
“How good it is to give thanks to you, O Lord, to sing in your honor, O Most High God,” Psalm 92: 1
by Letti Zagala
A most engaging gathering of St. Martin de Porres’ devotees both current and new took place on Aug. 19, 2009 at the Trump Pavilion in
Jamaica, New York. The new devotees mostly staff members of Trump Pavilion rehabilitation facility were introduced to Sister Josephine G.
Dichoso and the devotional prayers of St. Martin de Porres. As the devotion to St. Martin de Porres is propagated, it is our hope that it will help
enrich one’s prayer life in gratitude to God who gives us every blessing.
Initiated by Malou Cadiz with Sheila Logrono and Connie Munson of the Trump Pavilion, the gathering was led in prayer and songs for
approximately 90 minutes in the Chapel of the facility. Everyone was uplifted while singing the devotional songs that they decided to be a part
of the Sunday mass for the residents of Trump Pavilion. The evening was capped by a fellowship “merienda” prepared by several dedicated
devotees.
We hope and pray that more devotees will join the weekly novena devotion to St. Martin de Porres. Below are some of the pictures taken
during the gathering.
Caregiving
Classmates
One gives physical care
The other ... spiritual care
Junifer Vallega and Carmelito Limbaga were
high school classmates in East Negros Institute
in the City of Tanjay, Negros Oriental. After
graduation, the two took different paths. Junie
eventually wound up in New York where he
got married to a lovely lady named Annabelle.
His love and compassion to the elderly and the
sick landed him a job as a caregiver … a work
that he values very much.
High school buddies Junie Vallega and Fr. Carmelito Limbaga have not seen each other since 1992.
Carmelito stayed in the Philippines where
he became a seminarian. Now a full-fledged
priest, Fr. Carmelito is fulfilling his vows giving
spiritual care and guidance to everyone. His
priestly duties took him recently to New York
where he met Junie for the first time after 17
years. The two friends celebrated their reunion
with a small get-together at Junie’s home in
West Hempstead, Long Island.
Fr. Carmelito is now in Spain for more priestly
studies.
ENSHRINEMENT
OF
GOD THE FATHER
SUNDAY
OCTOBER 25, 2009
Mass at 12:30 pm
St. Hedwig’s Church
One Depan Avenue
Floral Park, New York 11001
Rectory’s Tel# 516 354 0042
(Fellowship to follow at
St. Hedwig’s school auditorium)
For additional info,
please call:
Tita Mel 646 645 3694
347 426 4294
Mercy & Ruben Velasco
718 460 8600 / 917 951 0010
Linda Fernandez 917 355 5523
Zeny Berroya 516 713 6743
Betty Power 718 740 7200
Let’s study the
Come Holy
Spirit, Come.
CATECHISM
by Sonia S. Salerni
(Continued from last month)
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
SECTION TWO
ARTICLE 7 - “FROM THENCE HE
WILL COME AGAlN TO JUDGE THE
LIVING AND THE DEAD”
I. HE WILL COME AGAIN IN
GLORY
Christ already reigns through the
Church. . .
668 “Christ died and lived again, that He
might be Lord both of the dead and of the
living.” Christ’s Ascension into heaven
signifies His participation, in His humanity,
in God’s power and authority. Jesus Christ
is Lord: He possesses all power in heaven and on earth. He is “far above all rule and
authority and power and dominion”, for the Father “has put all things under His feet.”
Christ is Lord of the cosmos and of history. In Him human history and indeed all creation
are “set forth” and transcendently fulfilled.
669 As Lord, Christ is also head of the Church, which is His Body. Taken up to heaven
and glorified after He had thus fully accomplished His mission, Christ dwells on earth in
His Church. The redemption is the source of the authority that Christ, by virtue of the Holy
Spirit, exercises over the Church. “The kingdom of Christ [is] already present in mystery”,
“on earth, the seed and the beginning of the kingdom”.
670 Since the Ascension God’s plan has entered into its fulfilment. We are already at “the
last hour”. “Already the final age of the world is with us, and the renewal of the world is
irrevocably under way; it is even now anticipated in a certain real way, for the Church on
earth is endowed already with a sanctity that is real but imperfect.” Christ’s kingdom
already manifests its presence through the miraculous signs that attend its proclamation
by the Church. . . . until all things are subjected to Him
671 Though already present in His Church, Christ’s reign is nevertheless yet to be fulfilled
“with power and great glory” by the King’s return to earth. This reign is still under attack
by the evil powers, even though they have been defeated definitively by Christ’s Passover.
Until everything is subject to Him, “until there be realized new heavens and a new earth in
which justice dwells, the pilgrim Church, in her sacraments and institutions, which belong
to this present age, carries the mark of this world which will pass, and she herself takes
her place among the creatures which groan and travail yet and await the revelation of the
sons of God.” That is why Christians pray, above all in the Eucharist, to hasten Christ’s
return by saying to Him: Maranatha! “Our Lord, come!”
672 Before His Ascension Christ affirmed that the hour had not yet come for the glorious
establishment of the messianic kingdom awaited by Israel which, according to the prophets,
was to bring all men the definitive order of justice, love and peace. According to the Lord,
the present time is the time of the Spirit and of witness, but also a time still marked by
“distress” and the trial of evil which does not spare the Church and ushers in the struggles
of the last days. It is a time of waiting and watching.
The glorious advent of Christ, the hope of Israel
673 Since the Ascension Christ’s coming in glory has been imminent, even though “it is
not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by His own authority.” .
This eschatological coming could be accomplished at any moment, even if both it and the
final trial that will precede it are “delayed”.
674 The glorious Messiah’s coming is suspended at every moment of history until His
recognition by “all Israel”, for “a hardening has come upon part of Israel” in their “unbelief”
toward Jesus. St. Peter says to the Jews of Jerusalem after Pentecost: “Repent therefore,
and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from
the presence of the Lord, and that He may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom
heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of
His holy prophets from of old.” St. Paul echoes Him: “For if their rejection means the
reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?” The
“full inclusion” of the Jews in the Messiah’s salvation, in the wake of “the full number of
the Gentiles”, will enable the People of God to achieve “the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ”, in which “God may be all in all”.
The Church’s ultimate trial
675 Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will
shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on
earth will unveil the “mystery of iniquity” in the form of a religious deception offering
men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The
supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man
glorifies himself in place of God and of His Messiah come in the flesh.
676 The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim
is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond
history through the eschatological judgement. The Church has rejected even modified forms
of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism, especially
the “intrinsically perverse” political form of a secular messianism.
677 The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when
she will follow her Lord in His death and Resurrection. The kingdom will be fulfilled,
then, not by a historic triumph of the Church through a progressive ascendancy, but only
by God’s victory over the final unleashing of evil, which will cause His Bride to come
down from heaven. God’s triumph over the revolt of evil will take the form of the Last
Judgment after the final cosmic upheaval of this passing world.
II. TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
678 Following in the steps of the prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus announced the
judgement of the Last Day in His preaching. Then will the conduct of each one and the
secrets of hearts be brought to light. Then will the culpable unbelief that counted the offer
of God’s grace as nothing be condemned. Our attitude to our neighbour will disclose
acceptance or refusal of grace and divine love. On the Last Day Jesus will say: “Truly I
say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.”
679 Christ is Lord of eternal life. Full right to pass definitive judgment on the works and
hearts of men belongs to Him as redeemer of the world. He “acquired” this right by His
cross. The Father has given “all judgement to the Son”. Yet the Son did not come to
judge, but to save and to give the life He has in himself. By rejecting grace in this life,
one already judges oneself, receives according to one’s works, and can even condemn
oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of love.
IN BRIEF
680 Christ the Lord already reigns through the Church, but all the things of this world are
not yet subjected to Him. The triumph of Christ’s kingdom will not come about without
one last assault by the powers of evil.
681 On Judgment Day at the end of the world, Christ will come in glory to achieve the
definitive triumph of good over evil which, like the wheat and the tares, have grown up
together in the course of history.
682 When He comes at the end of time to judge the living and the dead, the glorious Christ
will reveal the secret disposition of hearts and will render to each man according to His
works, and according to His acceptance or refusal of grace.
Source: The Catechism of the Catholic Church
to be continued ...
VATICAN CITY - Pope
Benedict XVI’s general
prayer intention for
September is: “That
the word of God may be
better known, welcomed
and lived as the source
of freedom and joy”.
His mission intention
is: “That Christians
in Laos, Cambodia
and Myanmar, who
often meet with great
difficulties, may not
be discouraged from
announcing the Gospel
to their brothers,
trusting in the strength
of the Holy Spirit.”
(VIS)
Pope Benedict’s
Prayer Intentions for this Month
The Gospel Truth
Pope John Paul’s encyclical Redemptio
missio (the Mission of the Redeemer) begins
with a statement of the challenge that confronts us: The mission of Christ the Redeemer,
which is entrusted to the Church, is still very
far from completion.
As the second millennium after Christ’s
coming draws to an end (the encyclical is
dated December 7, 1990), an overall view of
the human race shows that this mission is still
by Rev. Joe Cadusale
only beginning and that we must commit ourselves wholeheartedly to its service. It is the Spirit who impels us to proclaim the
great works of God: “For necessity is laid upon me .Woe to me if I do not preach
the gospel”(1 Cor 9:16). After two thousand years the work is “still only beginning.” Evangelization comes from the Greek word that means good news itself,
that’s another name for the gospel --- the message of redemption and the coming
of the Kingdom of God, which Jesus Christ proclaimed and then entrusted to his
followers --- “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation”
(Mk16:15) --- beginning with the Apostles and continuing all the way to us.
Consider the United States religious survey by the Pew Forum on religion.
(National Catholic Reporter, 2008). Approximately 10 percent of all Americans
are former Catholics. These results can be discouraging. An enormous attempt
must be made to retain and attract members of the Catholic Church. There are
many means and instruments of evangelization. The most effective means of
evangelization today is the apostolate of friendship. Nothing will ever take the
place of one friend speaking the good news to another. Next, conversion. Any
serious Catholic who considers the faith the most important thing in life will
naturally be motivated to share the faith with others. Lastly study the Bible which
is the textbook of evangelization. SHARE THE GOOD NEWS AND LIVE THE
BIBLE!
Join Fr. Joe’s Bible Study Class
For more information, please call: (718) 275-3936
Most Precious Blood Charismatic
Prayer Community
Most Precious Blood Church
32-23 36th Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
Head Servant: Nenett Barbilla
718 937 5242
2nd Tuesday 7:30 PM
El Shaddai Prayer Community
Most Precious Blood Church
32-23 36th Street
Long Island Ciyt, NY 11106
Head Servant: Amerito Gerodias
718 458 8214
4th Sunday 3:00 PM
Light Of Christ Prayer Group
St. Nicholas of Tolentine
150-75 Goethals Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432
Head Servant: Cookie Fernandez
718 380 1712
Last Thursday 7:30 PM
Family of Christ Prayer Community
Presentation Church
8819 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432
Head Servant: Patrick de la Paz
718 658 2078
1st Tuesday 7:30 PM
Mary Mother of Divine Healer
St. Gerard Majella Church
188-16 91st Ave., Hollis, NY 11423
Head Servant: Raymonde Cesaire
718 445 4423
1st Friday 7:30 PM
Haitian Community
90-33 184th Place
Hollis, NY 11423
Head Servant: Alberte Madame Delatur
718 454 8572
3rd Tuesday 7:30 PM
Sacred Heart Family Apostolate
37-74 6th St.
Woodside, NY 11377
Head Servant: Remy Consoli
718 424 7984
2nd Sunday 6:30 PM
English Community
161 Le Grand St.
Brentwood, NY 11717
Coordinator: Rose Nallie Germain
631 231 8758
1st Thursday 7:30 PM
Filipino Catholic
453 Hawthorne Avenue
Uniondale, NY 11553
Coordinator: Dr. Norma Pascual
516 2921445
Last Monday 8:00 PM
Handmaid of the Lord/Couples for Christ
202-35 Foothill Ave., A-38
Hollis, NY 11423
Head Servant: Dolly Pawal
718 468-8463
Last Sunday 6:30 PM
San Sebastian Charismatic Prayer Group
39-63 57th St.
Woodside, NY 11377
Head Servant: Loida Villacompa
201-993-5599
4th Monday of a 5-Monday Month, 8 PM
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs
110-06 Queens Blvd.
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Head Servant: Nellie Milite
718 544 5141
2nd Friday 7:30 PM
Haitian Community
16339 130th Ave., Apt 5C
Jamaica, NY 11434-3014
Head Servant: Raymonde Cesaire
718 481 9683
4th Saturday 7:00 PM
Filipino Community Our Lady of Angels
2860 Webb Ave., Bronx, NY 10468
Head Servant: Josette Camino
718 543 0884
2nd Saturday 7:30 PM
Flushing, NY 11366
Coordinator: Perla Leonardo
(718) 591-4579
2nd Friday, 9:00 PM
Divine Mercy Devotion Our Lady of Victories
2217 Kennedy Blvd.,
Jersey City, NJ 07304
Head Servant: Tess Alvarez
4th Friday 7:00 PM
The Lord’s Flock Prayer Group
Sta. Rita
281 Bradley Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314
Coordinator: Myrna Leyson
718 983 1410
3rd Saturday 8:00 PM
St. John Prayer Community
272 Boyd Ave
Head Servant: Purita Vasquez
201 333 3136
3rd Monday 7:00 PM
St. Nicholas Prayer Group
122 Ferry St.
Head Servant: Elsa Leonida
210 656 2010
1st Sunday 6:30 PM
Puissance Divine D’Amore
820 Wallace Ave
Baldwin, NY 11510
Head Servant: Yvrose Saint-Urban
516 378 8173
2nd Thursday 7:30 PM
Home Bound Bible Study
St. Rose of Lima
269 Parkville Ave
Coordinator: Violeta Robbins
718 677 8131
1st Saturday 2:00 PM
The Vine & the Branches IncarnationPrayer Group
92-19 212th St., Queens Village, NY 11428
Head Servant: Ofelia Villar
718 465 0087
3rd Friday 7:00 PM
Family of God
160-31 78th Rd
Filipino Community
Our Lady of the Angelus
63-63 98th St., Rego Park, NY 11374
Coordinator: Ofelia Concepcion
(718) 897-4444
2nd Monday 7:30 PM
Saint Martin de Porres Healing Ministry
Flushing Chapter
86-60 Range St., Bellrose, NY 11427
Coordinator: Sylvia David
(718) 913-6922
3rd Thursday 8:00 PM
Friday Night Devotion
40-14 62nd St., Apt. 4F
Woodside, NY 11377
Coordinator: Rosemary Khan
718 457 5877
5th Friday 8:30 PM
Dominican Nuns
Corpus Christi Monastery
1230 Lafayette Ave., Bronx, NY 10474
Coordinator: Sr. Maria Pia
718 328 6996
Last Saturday, 9 AM
God the Father/I Am Prayer Group
150-38 Union Turnpike, Apt. 5-O
Flushing, NY 11367
Coordinator: Cecilia Pang
718-380-0922
2nd Saturday, 2:00 PM
OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY
PILGRIMAGE TRIPS
The Passion Play is performed every 10 years in the city of Oberammergau, Germany. The Oberammergau Passion Play is a play of life and
death, promised in a moment of mortal threat, and so began the history of the play in 1633. The Passion Play takes place outdoors where the
sky and mountains are the back drop. It is a wonderful spectacle of pageantry and world renown for the costumes and music presentation. More
than 2,000 citizens make up the actors, singers, instrumentalists and stage technicians that bring the play to life in approximately six hours of
playing time. The year 2010 marks the 41st time the story will be presented .
MAY 20 to 29, 2010 $3299 + tax
Milan/Turin/Lugano/Lucerne/
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Warsaw/Krakow/Prague/Vienna/Salzburg, Oberammergau/Munich
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Zurich/Lucerne/Zermatt/St Moritz/Innsbruck/
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AUGUST 26 – SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 $3099 + airfare*
Milan/Turin/Padua/Innsbruck/Chiemsee/
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SEPT 11 - 22, 2010 from $3,599 + tax
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SEPT 18 - 29, 2010 from $2,799 + airfare *
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Plitvice/Medjugorje/Dubrovnik
Included:
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Hotel accommodations during pilgrimage (dbl occ)
Breakfast and dinner daily (except as noted)
Deluxe motorcoach & Professional Escort and Local Guides
All entrance fees to the sites as specified in itinerary
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Airport Tax ($350 - $450 approx, variable until ticketed)
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MAY 20 to 29, 2010 (10 days) $3299 + tax
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ITINERARY:
5/20 Depart USA
5/21 Arrive Milan
5/22 Milan - Turin
5/23 Lugano – Einsideln - Lucerne
5/24 Lucerne
5/25 Fuessen - Hohenschwangu
5/26 Ettal - Linderhof
5/27 Munich
5/28 Oberammergau – Passion Play
5/29 Return to USA
MAY 20 to 30, 2010 (11 days) $3499 + tax
9/1 Salzburg/Altoetting/Regensburg
9/2 Regensburg
9/4 Return to USA
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ITINERARY:
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5/23 Krakow/Lagiewniki/Krakow
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5/25 Prague
5/26 Prague/Vienna
5/27 Vienna/Salzburg
5/28 Salzburg/Oberammergau – Passion
Play
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5/30 Return to USA
MAY 27 – JUNE 6, 2010 (11 days) $3499 + tax
(Includes Middle Class hotel accommodation & Passion Play Cat 2 ticket
With Fr. Tito Ignacio – Spiritual Chaplain (30 seats only)
ITINERARY:
5/27 Depart USA
5/28 Arrive Zurich
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5/30 Lucerne - Zermatt
5/31 Zermatt – St. Moritz
6/1 St. Moritz
6/2 St. Moritz – Innsbruck - Salzburg
6/3 Salzburg
6/4 Salzburg - Oberammergau – Passion
Play
6/5 Oberammergau - Munich
6/6 Return to USA
AUG 26 – SEPT 4, 2010 (10 days) $3099
+airfare* + tax
(Includes Middle Class hotel accommodation & Passion Play Cat 1
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ITINERARY:
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8/28 Milan/Turin
8/29 Milan/Padua/Innsbruck
8/30 Innsbruck/Chiemsee/Salzburg
8/31 Salzburg
SEPT 11 - 22, 2010 (12 days)
from $3599 + tax
(Includes 2 night Private Room w/bath(guesthouse) & Passion Play Cat 2
ticket)
Fr. Alex Enriquez – Spiritual Chaplain (only 12 seats left)
ITINERARY
9/11 Depart USA
9/12 Arrive Munich
9/13 Munich/ Oberammergau
9/15 Oberammergau/ Salzburg
9/16 Salzburg/ Vienna
9/17 Vienna/ Prague
9/18 Prague
9/19 Prague/ Wadowice/ Krakow
9/20 Krakow/ Czestochowa
9/21 Czestochowa/ Warsaw
9/22 Return to USA
SEPT 18 - 29, 2010 (12 days) from $2799 + airfare*
+ tax
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ticket
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only)
ITINERARY
9/18 Depart USA
9/19 Arrive Munich
9/20 Munich/ Oberammergau
9/22 Oberammergau/ Salzburg
9/23 Salzburg/ Bled
9/24 Bled/Zagreb
9/25 Zagreb/Lake Plitvice
9/26 Lake Plitvice/Medjugorje
9/27 Medjugorje/
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9/29 Return to USA
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•
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•
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Bethsaida, but those towns will also rise up in judgment of today’s “dissenting” and
disobedient Catholics who stubbornly refuse to allow themselves to be converted.
AND ALSO,
Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the billions who have never been taught the Good
News of God’s love in Jesus will rise up in judgment against those of us who call
ourselves Catholics but who profess a sophisticated, “informed” and refined dissention in
disagreeing with and/or disobeying clear and important teachings of the Church -- and
against the stubborn and self-assured complacency of many of us who fail to be truly
repentant for what we know is wrong and fail to express that repentance by the use of the
sacrament of Reconciliation.
As St. Faustina, Jesus’ instrument for the proclamation of His wonderful Mercy, relates
to us, Jesus said (Diary #1588):
“In the Old Covenant I sent prophets wielding thunderbolts to My people. Today I am
sending you with My mercy to the people of the whole world. I do not want to punish
aching mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My Merciful Heart. I use punishment
when they themselves force Me to do so; My hand is reluctant to take hold of the sword
of Justice. Before the Day of Justice I am sending the Day of Mercy.”
In the conclusion of the very next passage in Matthew’s gospel Jesus says (Matthew
11:28):
- “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my
yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find
rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light”.
And again, as Jesus said:
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise
man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and
buffeted the house. But it dis not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone
who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built
his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the
house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.” (Matt.8:24ff).
---------------------------------------NEXT - A VERY SERIOUS MATTER:
THE MORAL CLIMATE IN OUR COUNTRY, IN FACT THE VERY SUBSTANCE
OF OUR COUNTRY, is under continuous attack and has been falling apart.
The spread of pornography and addiction to pornography is a very disturbing sign of
this collapse.
Those in charge of counseling are already aware of the problem. Others are now taking
notice and are recognizing with deep concern the moral implications and results of this
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Newsletter) addresses this problem:
“…the largest group of viewers of online pornography is children between the ages
of 12 and 17….Among 15-to17-year-olds, 80 percent have been exposed to hardcore
pornography multiple times…There is evidence that much exposure is accidental, often
happening in the course of doing homework.”
(AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM)
Dr. Jill Manning, a therapist specializing in pornography believes that pornography
can have a gravely negative impact on their [i.e. adolescents] sexual, psychological, and
emotional development.” They will “come to see sexuality as completely disconnected
from relationships, and certainly from any spiritual context…they will learn to objectify
human beings, and to see others in a context devoid of feelings, personalities, and
needs.”
Dr. Manning states that pornography “will handicap your ability to be intimate in
marriage.” And that pornography “is a surefire, fast-track way to ruin…a satisfying sexual
experience with a spouse”.
--------------------------------------AND NOW, WHAT OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING?
- The organization “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) supports
“compassion for even the smallest animals”. They object to the killing of flies. As Attorney
Tom Glassner discovered, PETA declares that “the life of a fly deserves to be respected
and must be treated with dignity, but the life of an unborn child subject to abortion is
apparently of no concern” to them. (from LIFENEWS.COM, taken in turn from Tom
Glassner, JD, July 8, ‘09)
----------------------------TO REPEAT THE SCIENTIFIC FACTS: In spite of all overwhelming propaganda and
lies to the contrary, the unborn child, even from the point of view of scientific evidence, is
at any stage of its development a full human being and no mother has ever had the “right”
to kill her unborn child.
And no government or individual has the “right” to kill a helpless, “useless”, or
unwanted human being for any reason, except in extreme cases, as capital punishment of
the convicted guilty of a very grave crime.
----------------------------------The National Education Association voted by a 2/3rds margin to support same-gender
“marriage”. These people are educating our children!
-----------------------------Paid in large part by the U.S. government, Planned Parenthood is promoting the killing
of unborn children and destroying youth and families in 176 countries. They are actively
trying to crush any opposition to their destructive “sexual and reproductive health and
rights” programs. They are running “sex education” in many high schools right here in
our country.
------------------------ Amnesty International has gone pro-death and is again agitating for the killing of
unborn children – now it’s in Peru and other Catholic Latin American countries.
Abstinence, calumnious lies to the contrary, the only truly proven- effective means of
avoiding HIV/AIDS as well as elsewhere, has been excluded from our government’s
funding. “President Barack Obama’s proposed 2010 budget eliminates funding for the
two biggest abstinence-only education programs.”
“Compassion and Choices” a pro-mercy-killing group, once called the Hemlock
Society, is responsible for section 1233 of House Bill 3200, which includes a provision
requiring Medicare to cover patient consultation with their doctors about end-of-life
choices.
The much maligned objections raised against this section were, in fact, very well
founded. And the claims that these objections were groundless were lies.
AND THIS FOLLOWING POINT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!
The REAL PROBLEM with the above fact is that President Obama, knowing about
this and other gravely controversial ethical parts of this bill, tried to rush this whole
legislation through Congress before anyone had really had a chance to read it.
This is serious and very troubling evidence that Barack Obama, the President of our
country, simply can’t be trusted in matters dealing with ethics and human life.
In other words, we are in much deeper trouble than I, up-to-now, realized.
The stench of the same ruthless policies followed by Nazi Germany, and the anarchist
and atheistic Spanish Revolution is becoming more and more repulsive and dangerous.
Be faithful to the urgent requests of Our Lady at Fatima! In the end the Immaculate
Heart of Mary will triumph.
Next Meeting: the last Saturday of September, that is, September 26th. For more
information call Nenita at 917-301-7414.
In the meantime, our local St. Fidelis parish cell will be having a brief meeting after
the 5 pm mass every Saturday evening, with the rosary which is offered, among other
intentions, for the success of the World Apostolate in Brooklyn and Queens – and the
parish Pilgrim Virgin will be passed on to another family.
NEXT MONTH:
THE ROSARY :
1) ITS POWER
2) THE INTERIOR LIFE
3)THE CONTINUED AND MASSIVE ASSAULT BY THE EVIL ONE AGAINST
HUMANITY AND THE CHURCH.
SACRAMENTALS
The Wonders of Holy Cards
What would our Catholic Faith be without them? It seems that every Catholic home has
them, yet few of us realize some of the extraordinary things that can occur with them.
Holy cards can be considered as the hallmark of being Catholic. We just naturally
find them between the pages of our Bibles, on our mirrors, on dressers, refrigerators, in
pockets books and wallets. They seem to be an anchor, a connecting point to our faith to
something bigger. When we look at a particular saint that is on them, it also reminds us
of our individual journey through life to the after life. The holy card is a point of contact
between here and our final destiny, the Kingdom of God’s love for us, which begins in our
heart. We ask the saint depicted on the card to intercede for us to have more of that love
that we all need to give and to receive.
As many of us know that trip can be long and arduous. Asking the saints’ intercession
can get us graces of consolation and signs that we are on the
right road.
Holy cards are often used as a point of contact for healing.
Many of us have seen or heard of people being healed simply
by placing a holy card on the sick person with prayer. In
the Book of Acts, chapter 19, verse 11, we read the very
handkerchief of St. Paul was used to bring forth more than
a common share of healing diseases and driving away evil
spirits. That was for a handkerchief; how much more so when
we honor the saint and by asking for his intercession.
Have you had this happen to you? One man has some
fourteen holy cards of saints. He lays them our on the table
like playing cards. He lights a candle, kneels and takes one
of the holy cards of a saint and holds it in his hands. Then
he talks to the saint like you would talk to any other person.
Then after a while the saint appears in a vision and talks to
the person, or shows the person a vision of their life. This
person has received phenomenal graces from these saints, for
he does this with each of the cards that he has laid out on his
little make shift altar at home.
He was asked, “What do you say to the saints?” He said,
“I just simply talk to them. I tell them how much I
appreciate how they have helped other people, how
much they have make the world better, talking about
some of the challenges they had in life, how happy they
must be with the Blessed Mother and Jesus and their
friends. He talks to each one for about ten to fifteen
minutes. They appreciate the honor and more often than
not they appear to him in heavenly glory.
Holy cards, like all religious objects, should be blessed
by a priest for it to become a sacramental. While God
has done miracles, signs and wonders with religious
by Scapular John
objects as points of
contact for intercessory prayer, it is always better to have
them blessed by a priest.
Why is this? It is easier for the devil to be around an
unblessed object then a blessed one. People can be in prayer
with an unblessed sacramental and receive an insight that
may not be from God but from the devil. Blessed objects
help reduce these derailments. All insights, confirmations;
etc. should be tested and additional confirmations should
be asked for. Advice from a priest should also be carefully
considered.
Holy Cards, like all sacraments are ways, among other
things, to help us increase our faith in the Sacraments. In
turn we can develop a stronger loving relationship with
God and our neighbor. The holy card that is the greatest
reminder of this is the one of the Holy Family- Jesus,
Mary and Joseph. .
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“LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO?”
The Bread of Life discourse of the Lord Jesus
recorded in the Gospel according to John was too
much to understand and very difficult to accept
among many of His disciples. This gave them
the reason “to return to their former way of life
and no longer accompanied Him” in His ministry.
Witnessing such abandonment, the Lord asked the
Twelve if they too would follow these disciples.
Peter was quick to respond: “Lord, to whom shall
we go? You have the words of eternal life.” He
by Deacon Rolando V. Nolasco also professed his belief that Jesus indeed is the
“holy One of God.” This scene from Holy Scripture
reflects the current state of many who still refuse to
believe the bread and the wine that look and taste like one become the Body and Blood of
Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit as invoked during the prayer of Consecration. This
disbelief, like what happened to the disciples in the past, can be the reason why so many
faithful do not receive Holy Communion regularly, refuse to participate in the Eucharistic
celebration and have complete disregard for the importance of the sacrament.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church declares: “The knowing that the hour had come
to leave this world and return to the Father, in the course of a meal, washed the feet of the
apostles as a sign of servant hood and gave the commandment of love.” To leave them a
pledge of this love, in order never to depart from His own and to make them sharers of His
Passion, instituted the Eucharist as the memorial of His death and resurrection; He commanded the apostles to celebrate it until His return and likewise ordained them as priests
of the New Testament. Perhaps we still remember that before He rose back to the Father,
the Lord promised “to be with them until the end of time.” Such perpetual presence can be
gleaned from the images that Scriptures present: “He is the vine and we are the branches,
Jesus Good Shepherd we are His flock, St. Paul’s concept of Jesus as the Head we are His
body and the faithfulness and love between husband and wife as required from the groom
and bride.” Even the Old Testament Scripture do manifest such God’s presence in us “if
only we would seek Him with all our heart, we will find Him.” (Jeremiah 29:14)
New Testament attests to the faith of the Catholics and other Christians that Christ is
indeed present in and to His Church in a variety of ways. As the Risen Lord, He is no longer
bound by the constraints of a particular time and place and thus can be present when His
disciples gather to pray, invoke His name for healing, proclaim the Good News, forgive sins,
suffer for the Kingdom’s sake, and assemble to remember the Last Supper. The Synoptic
Gospel accounts (Mat. 26:26-30; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 22:14-20) of the Last Supper as
well as Bread of Life discourse in John’s Gospel and St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians strongly indicate to the celebration of the Lord’s Supper in the early church. John
and Paul also spoke of bread and wine in terms positive enough to showcase the belief of
the first century Church in the presence of the body and blood of Christ. Specifically, St.
Paul spoke of sharing in the body and blood of Christ (1 Cor.10:16-17; 11:27) while John
wrote the consuming the flesh of Christ and drinking His blood (6:52-56)
Through the fist half of the Church’s history, the faith in the presence of the body and
blood of Christ went relatively well accepted. Efforts to describe the change of the bread
and wine into the body and blood of Christ required diverse terminology while theologians
sought to relate this presence of the body and blood of the Lord to His historical and risen
body. Some controversy however, erupted in the 9th century and developed further in the
11th century between extreme positions that saw the bread and wine either as mere signs
or as totally changed even in their physical elements. Out of these controversies came the
Church’s teaching on Transubstantiation, which held that the substances of the bread and
wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ. This was the teaching of the Fourth
Lateran Council in 1215 and the Council of Trent in 1551 though in the latter case, was a
response to perceived distortions of the tradition by the Reformers. Even Martin Luther
who started the Reformation believed the consecrated species are truly the body and blood
of Christ while those who followed after him denied such belief.
The teaching of the Catholic Church, Real Presence, declares that “Jesus is present
at and in the Eucharist in His body and blood, humanity and divinity, under the form of
bread and wine.” Such teaching flows from His total self-gift on the cross and His will to
make that gift effective for all people throughout history. The purpose of His presence is
communion with His Church through His body and blood. Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, a document promulgated during the Vatican II Council spoke of Christ’s presence not
only in the consecrated bread and wine but also in the proclaimed Word, the person of the
minister, and the worshiping assembly itself. Pope Paul VI’s encyclical, Mysterium Fidei
(1965) placed the doctrine of the Real Presence within the context of the many ways in
which Christ is present in the Church: “prayer, works of mercy, preaching, governance, the
sacraments and finally the Eucharist, a way that surpasses all others” because this presence
is substantial and through it Christ becomes present whole and entire, God and man.
If indeed the faith that declares Christ’s presence in His body and blood endured
through all generations, how could we ever continue in our disbelief or even entertain the
thought of abandoning such faith? St. Peter’s response to the Lord’s question bring us to
the realization that only in the Lord Jesus can we seek refuge and find peace and security
from the many challenges of our lives. Are we not supposed to rejoice in the gift of His
“body which is given to us” and His “blood poured out for many?”
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72 Van Reipen Avenue
PMB #405
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL:
Primo & Tessie Carlos (631) 325-1177
• Manny & Norma Pascual (516) 292-1445 • Helen & Peter Buni (631) 543-8775
• Nita Vasquez (516) 931-5229
• Zeny Berroya (516) 869-8202 • Eden Gaceta (516) 942-0203
• Elsa Vergara (516) 640-5580
Directions: Head east on LIE, then take exit 70 South on Port
Jefferson-Westhampton (Capt. Daniel Roe Hwy - Route 111).
Drive for a couple of miles, then turn right to Eastport Manor
Rd. and follow the signs to the Shrine.
Visit the Shrine’s website at:
www.OurLadyoftheIsland.org