Requiem: Fr. Proceso Barroga

Fr. Proceso Barroga

(2 July 1954 - 22 May 2012)

May I invite you to please include FR. PROCESO BARROGA in your prayers.  He passed on to our Creator this morning (May 22, Manila time).  Let us pray for his eternal repose.  Fr. Ceso was once rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Vigan.  Among the parishes he served were San Juan Sahagun in Candon, St. James the Greater in Santiago, Ilocos Sur, and Our Lady of the Assumption in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur.

May the Lord who has called him to become His priest receive him into His Kingdom.  May the Lord who extended forgiveness for His people through him, also forgive his failings.  May the Lord who made him partake of the Eucharist on earth make him now share in the Eternal Banquet in heaven.  May the Lord who made him His servant call him, "Come, beloved of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of time." (Mt. 25:34)

Eternal rest grant unto Fr. Ceso, O, Lord

And let perpetual light shine upon him.

May he rest in peace.

Amen.

His remains lie in state at the Aula de Caridad at the Arzobispado compound in Vigan.  For schedule of wake mass and funeral, please contact the Chancery of Nueva Segovia at (077) 722-2018.

ANS, Reshuffle 2012

Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia

Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines 2700

ASSIGNMENTS FOR RESHUFFLE 2012

Parochial Assignments:

San Nicolas Tolentino, SINAIT: Fr. Ferdinand Ragasa, parish priest; Fr. Amador Cabaluna, vicar; Fr. Leobardo Inofinada, attached priest

San Markos Ebanghelista, CABUGAO: Fr. Felix Costales, parish priest; Fr. Sherwin Aquino, vicar

San Juan Bautista, SAN JUAN: Fr. Albert Rabe, parish priest

San Guillermo, MAGSINGAL: Fr. Gerry Antolin, parish priest; Fr. Magdaleno Ruelos, vicar

San Isidro Labrador: Fr. Ernesto Juarez, Jr., parish priest

PURO, MAGSINGAL: Fr. Manuel Galimba, parish priest

Sto. Domingo, STO. DOMINGO: Fr. Lovell Soller, parish priest; Fr. Peter Dagsi, vicar

San Ildefonso, SAN ILDEFONSO: Fr. Flor Rebebes, parish priest

San Agustin, BANTAY: Fr. Jack Cabatu, parish priest; Fr. Amancio Garcia, vicar

San Vicente Ferrer, SAN VICENTE: Fr. Roque Reyes, parish priest

Santa Catalina, STA. CATALINA: Fr. Victorio Rabacca, parish priest

Our Lady of Hope, CAOAYAN: Fr. Felicisimo Ferrer, parish priest

Conversion of St. Paul, VIGAN: Fr. Vicente Avila, parish priest; Fr. Ronald Doña and Fr. Carlito Feria, vicars, Fr. Avelino Sipin, attached priest

Christ the King, PAING, BANTAY: Fr. Alex Malcaba, parish priest

Sta. Catalina, SANTA: Fr. Virgilio Cabaccang, parish priest

San Francisco Javier, LUNGOG, NARVACAN: Fr. Anselmo Samson, parish priest

Santa Lucia, NARVACAN: Fr. Cosmenio Rosimo, parish priest; Rev. Rosmell Cairel, vicar

San Jose, NAGBUKEL, Fr. Mar Barroga, parish priest

Assumption of Our Lady, STA. MARIA: Fr. Jerry Avisa, parish priest; Fr. Arnel Ramos, vicar

Holy Name of Jesus, BURGOS: Fr. Flor Escalona, parish priest

San Esteban, SAN ESTEBAN: Fr. Robert Somera, parish priest

St. James the Greater, SANTIAGO: Fr. Reginald Paul Pira, parish priest

Our Lady of Lourdes, BANAYOYO: Fr. Danilo Martinez, parish priest

Our Lady of Lourdes, LIDLIDDA: Fr. Reynaldo Rebebes, parish priest

San Miguel Arkanghel, SAN EMILIO: Fr. Rufo Abaya, parish priest

San Juan Sahagun, CANDON: Bp. David William Antonio, parish priest; Fr. Marcelo Cantorna and Rev. Feliciano Bugtong, vicars

Mary, Help of Christians, TALOGTOG, CANDON: Fr. George Tabangcura, parish priest

Sacred Heart, GALIMUYOD: Fr. Rex Rilveria, parish priest

San Jose, SALCEDO: Fr. Constantino Atinaja, Jr., parish priest

Our Lady of Lourdes, DEL PILAR: Fr. Raymond Ancheta, parish priest

San Jose Labrador, SIGAY: Fr. Juan Taqueban, parish priest

Immaculate Conception, STA. CRUZ: Fr. Ethel Agamata, parish priest; Fr. Proceso Barroga and Fr. Michael Tanacio, vicars

Sta. Lucia, STA. LUCIA: Fr. Rene Leo Rosabia, parish priest; Rev. Angelito Degracia, vicar

San Jose, SAN JOSE, STA. CRUZ: Fr. Arwin Rebollido, parish priest

Our Lady of Guadalupe, SEVILLA, STA. CRUZ: Fr. Gaudelio Donato, parish priest

Our Lady of Lourdes, ALILEM: Fr. Michael Tolentino, parish priest

San Antonio de Padua, SUGPON: Fr. Melchor Reonal, parish priest

San Agustin, TAGUDIN: Fr. Bernardo Gonzales, parish priest; Fr. Cristeto Cortez, vicar

Immaculate Conception, QUIRINO: Fr. Alen Villareal, parish priest

Holy Child of Prague, CERVANTES: Fr. Divinus Sanctus Rabang, parish priest

St. Andrew the Apostle, SUYO: Fr. Moises Andrada, parish priest

Non-parochial Assignments:

Msgr. Gary Noel Formoso: Oeconome, Matrimonial Tribunal, Vicar for the Religious

Fr. Olivete Rojas: Station Manager, DZNS

Fr. Segundino Cortez: Rector, Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary

Fr. Amador Foz: Spiritual Director, ICMS

Fr. Jeric Jaramillo: ICMS

Fr. Garret Ulanimo: ICMS

Fr. Lester Joseph Plana, Formation Director, SFY, Immaculate Conception School of Theology

Fr. Erwin Echalas, Spiritual Director, SFY, ICST

Fr. Willie Jones Ducusin: Chancellor, Professor at ICST, Superintendent of Archdiocesan Schools

Outside of the Archdiocese:

Missionaries to the Diocese of Honolulu: Fr. Antonio Reclusado, Fr. Ronilo Ernesto Villa, Fr. German Somera

Study Leave: Fr. Nick Vaquilar, Fr. Marlon Belmonte, Fr. Ramelle Rigunay

Military Ordinariate: Fr. Randy Val Dizon

Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia

The Most Reverend DAVID WILLIAM V. ANTONIO, DD
Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Titular Bishop of Basti

Born on December 29, 1963
Ordained Priest for Nueva Segovia on December 1, 1988
Appointed Bishop by Pope Benedict XVI on July 15, 2011
Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia on July 15, 2011
Ordained Bishop on August 26, 2011

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Thanks be to God for the ordination of Bishop David William Antonio at the Conversion of St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral in Vigan City, Philippines. Bishop William is auxiliary bishop of Nueva Segovia, assisting Archbishop Ernesto Salgado.

I am personally thankful to God for the gift of Bishop William to the Church not only in Nueva Segovia, but in the whole of Northern Luzon. Then Fr. William was our baccalaureate mass presider when we graduated at the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary. I too had to the blessing of having him as formator, professor and rector at the Immaculate Conception School of Theology. When I was ordained for the Archdiocese, I had the privilege of working with him at the Chancery, and in the Steering Committee of the Priests' Assembly. I am here in the US working for a Licentiate degree in Systematic Theology very much through his prodding and support.

God has favored his people in Nueva Segovia with the gift of this new bishop, whose person is remarkable.

Bishop William chose as his episcopal motto "Ut vitam habeant" - "That they may have life, and have it more abundantly." from John 10:10. His choice reflects his approach to life and ministry - both are to be a gift of life for others.

Here is his coat-of-arms, and the explanation, courtesy of the Nueva Segovia Chancery:



The Motto, “UT VITAM HABEANT” (“…That they may have life, and have it more abundantly.”), is taken from the Gospel of St. John 10:10, where the Lord Jesus speaks of himself as the Good Shepherd. This figure represents the primary image to which the new Bishop and every Bishop must constantly refer. Chosen to shepherd the Lord’s flock, he is a pastor, a servant of Christ and steward of the mysteries of God (LG 21). The Bishop is a caring pastor who, configured to Christ by his holiness of life, expends himself generously for the flock. He knows his sheep by name (John 10:14), walks ahead of them (John 10:4), leads them to verdant pasture and lays down his life for them (John 10:15).

“UT VITAM HABEANT” expresses too the core-mission of Jesus, namely, the proclamation of the Kingdom of God or God’s salvation, understood essentially as a “New world or universe” liberated from all evils and filled with abundant life-blessings for all of humanity and the whole of creation. This is the same mission entrusted by the Lord to His Church until the final consummation of this kingdom at the end of history; a mission which the Bishop firmly commits himself to.

The Marian Symbol (Marian Monogram with a Crown) at the top portion speaks of the significance and influence of the Blessed Mother in the spiritual life and ministry of the new Bishop. It likewise calls to mind the institutions of learning, religious congregations and communities dedicated to or under the patroness of the Immaculate Conception of Mary – all of which have been instrumental in the bishop’s formation, education and ministry.

The Black bird with Bread on the right side reminds us of St. Benedict of Nursia, acknowledged as Father of Western Monasticism. It signifies the Bishop’s devotion to the saint as well as his interest in the monastic spirituality of Saint Benedict.

The Fleur-de-lis against a black backdrop on the left portion of the shield is reminiscent of St. Dominic of Guzman, whose devotion to the Blessed Mother, especially to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary is legendary. As a symbol of purity and chastity the fleur-de-lis is an iconographic attribute of Virgin Mary. St. Dominic is the patron of the parish/town where the new bishop was born and raised.

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Laudetur Iesus Christus. Semper laudetur.

A Priest, A Father of Two, and the Issue of Clerical Abuse

Archbishop Dolan of New York shares an encounter.

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An Airport Encounter

It was only the third time it had happened to me in my nearly thirty-five happy years as a priest, all three times over the last nine-and-a-half years.

Other priests tell me it has happened to them a lot more.

Three is enough. Each time has left me so shaken I was near nausea.

It happened last Friday . . .

I had just arrived at the Denver Airport, there to speak at their popular annual “Living Our Catholic Faith” conference.

As I was waiting with the others for the electronic train to take me to the terminal, a man, maybe in his mid-forties, waiting as well, came closer to me.

“Are you a Catholic priest?” he kindly asked.

“Sure am. Nice to meet you,” says I, as I offered my hand.

He ignored it. “I was raised a Catholic,” he replied, almost always a hint of a cut to come, but I was not prepared for the razor sharpness of the stiletto, as he went on, “and now, as a father of two boys, I can’t look at you or any other priest without thinking of a sexual abuser.”

What to respond? Yell at him? Cuss him out? Apologize? Deck him? Express understanding? I must admit all such reactions came to mind as I staggered with shame and anger from the damage of the wound he had inflicted with those stinging words.

“Well,” I recovered enough to remark, “I’m sure sorry you feel that way. But, let me ask you, do you automatically presume a sexual abuser when you see a Rabbi or Protestant minister?”

“Not at all,” he came back through gritted teeth as we both boarded the train.

“How about when you see a coach, or a boy scout leader, or a foster parent, or a counsellor, or physician?” I continued.

“Of course not!” he came back. “What’s all that got to do with it?”

“A lot,” I stayed with him, “because each of those professions have as high a percentage of sexual abuse, if not even higher, than that of priests.”

“Well, that may be,” he retorted. “But the Church is the only group that knew it was going on, did nothing about it, and kept transferring the perverts around.”

“You obviously never heard the stats on public school teachers,” I observed. “In my home town of New York City alone, experts say the rate of sexual abuse among public school teachers is ten times higher than that of priests, and these abusers just get transferred around.” (Had I known at that time the news in in last Sunday’s New York Times about the high rate of abuse of the most helpless in state supervised homes, with reported abusers simply transferred to another home, I would have mentioned that, too.)

To that he said nothing, so I went in for a further charge.

“Pardon me for being so blunt, but you sure were with me, so, let me ask: when you look at yourself in a mirror, do you see a sex abuser?”

Now he was as taken aback as I had been two-minutes before. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“Sadly,” I answered, “studies tell us that most children sexually abused are victims of their own fathers or other family members.”

Enough of the debate, I concluded, as I saw him dazed. So I tried to calm it down.

“So, I tell you what: when I look at you, I won’t see a sex abuser, and I would appreciate the same consideration from you.”

The train had arrived at baggage claim, and we both exited together.

“Well then, why do we only hear this garbage about you priests,” he inquired, as he got a bit more pensive.

“We priests wonder the same thing. I’ve got a few reasons if you’re interested.”

He nodded his head as we slowly walked to the carousel.

“For one,” I continued, “we priests deserve the more intense scrutiny, because people trust us more as we dare claim to represent God, so, when on of us do it – even if only a tiny minority of us ever have — it is more disgusting.”

“Two, I’m afraid there are many out there who have no love for the Church, and are itching to ruin us. This is the issue they love to endlessly scourge us with.”

“And, three, I hate to say it,” as I wrapped it up, “there’s a lot of money to be made in suing the Catholic Church, while it’s hardly worth suing any of the other groups I mentioned before.”

We both by then had our luggage, and headed for the door. He then put his hand out, the hand he had not extended five minutes earlier when I had put mine out to him. We shook.

“Thanks. Glad I met you.”

He halted a minute. “You know, I think of the great priests I knew when I was a kid. And now, because I work in IT at Regis University, I know some devoted Jesuits. Shouldn’t judge all you guys because of the horrible sins of a few.”

“Thanks!,” I smiled.

I guess things were patched-up, because, as he walked away, he added, “At least I owe you a joke: What happens when you can’t pay your exorcist?”

“Got me,” I answered.

“You get ‘re-possessed’!”

We both laughed and separated.

Notwithstanding the happy ending, I was still trembling . . . and almost felt like I needed an exorcism to expel my shattered soul, as I had to confront again the horror this whole mess has been to victims and their families, our Catholic people like the man I had just met . . . and to us priests.

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Cooking and Homiletics

Let me share an article on Homiletics from Commonweal Online. Insightful.

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Joys (& Fears) of Cooking
A HOMILIST’S EDUCATION
Fr. Nonomen

It was a Mass celebrating a major anniversary of the parish and I was right in the middle of the homily. It was also one of those exquisite moments when the message and the congregation connected to such a degree that you could hear a pin drop. I drew another breath to begin the conclusion, and that’s when the cell phone went off. It belonged to the little old lady sitting in the first pew, in the bench designed for those who have difficulty walking. I assumed she would turn it off, but instead she actually answered it, and in that charmingly loud voice of the hearing-impaired, she said, “Yes, I’m still in church!....I don’t know….He’s still talking!”

People who are trying desperately to choke back laughter make a very distinctive sound. On that fateful morning, it was exactly that sound I heard starting somewhere in the fourth pew. I heard it—and then actually watched it—work itself halfway through the church, until it finally exploded into an all-out guffaw. My moment in homiletic heaven was history. I watched people lending tissues to each other and wiping tears from their eyes as their chuckles were winding down, and I knew the homily was over. I mumbled some non sequitur about the parish and joy and the God of surprises and returned to my seat.

Being a Sunday preacher is a scary business. It starts long before you stand at the pulpit. My homiletics professor told us that it takes a whole week for a homily to “cook,” and mostly she was right. Really, it starts on a Monday morning, when I read the Scripture for the coming Sunday, along with any number of relevant commentaries. Then it all sits in the brain, on a back burner, slowly simmering. Throughout the week, I hope it will get some fresh seasoning from timely newspaper articles and things I’ve observed in and out of the parish. The goal is to make my words about the Scripture slide from the head into the heart.

By Friday, I’m hoping my simmering thoughts make their way down the arm and into the hand that commits the first draft to paper. In a good week, some idea sets me on fire and I rush to write it down. First drafts, though, are always too long. “Never speak longer than you are interesting!” the professor would tell us, as she scanned us over the top of her eyeglasses. “And none of you is really that interesting….”

That made an impression. I always tighten things up on Saturday morning. The next step is to reduce all of the written text to the barest of speaking notes in order to “allow room for the spontaneity of the Spirit, which will only happen if the original is well-crafted to begin with,” as the Professor Lady instructed. Finally, any rough edges are smoothed off with a couple of rounds of practicing out loud.

Some weeks, the heart aches to be kindled with a good idea or an interesting angle. Sometimes the best that can be done is to assemble a “Frankenstein homily” from bits and pieces of sermons written long ago. This approach always comes with a side order of humility, the realization that no one remembers anything you said three years ago, no matter how brilliant and life-changing they told you it was after Mass.

Eventually, you take a deep breath and bring it all to the pulpit. Some days, the only distractions are a few screeching children or a couple of text-messaging teenagers. Yet more and more, I encounter another phenomenon. I might be talking about, say, marriage, and suddenly I sense all the long-married couples carefully training their attention on my words. Or, I might mention something about Aquinas and realize that a medieval scholar is sitting in the third pew. I start describing some ancient Palestinian cultural practice in order to give some context to the Gospel, and then I remember that the electrician who’s a regular at the 9 a.m. Mass completed a rigorous Bible study course at the local college.

When I preach, I am increasingly conscious that the people who must listen to my homilies reflect a dramatic change in the relationship between the clergy and the laity; specifically, the laity is more educated than ever before in the ways of religion, theology, and Scripture. This presents an exciting challenge; it also introduces an honest and healthy dose of fear. Facing my parishioners from the pulpit, I realize that I am less of a “guru” and more of a companion. My decades as a priest have taught me that my parishioners, like those in any faith community, preach the gospel powerfully in many different ways themselves. All I really need to do when I preach is hold up a kind of mirror so that those in the pews can see how God is at work in all of our lives.

Who knows, given the theological sophistication of so many laymen and women, one day we might figure out a way to allow anyone who feels called to “cook up” a homily to stand in the Sunday pulpit. As far as I’m concerned, it would be good to share the fears, the joys, and the little old ladies who come with the job.

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Scarce, Scarred, But Never Scared

Click for the Readings: (14th Sunday of Ordinary Time)


“The harvest is great and the laborers are few.” There is a lack of priests, religious, missionaries to serve the whole Church. In my home parish, there are about 50,000 parishioners and there are two priests to serve them. The parish is subdivided into more than a hundred Basic Ecclesial Communities, each they ideally visit, celebrate mass with, and give formation sessions at least once a month. The scarcity of priests is a constant refrain.

But I suggest, Jesus did not only mean the 12 when he spoke of the scarcity of workers; he was sending the 72. He meant the whole of the Church. As he sent the 72, he also sends the whole Church. And in the whole of the world, the harvest is “great”, and the whole Church is but “few”. And could get fewer. There is as most of us could have learned a shifting tide in religion. The Christian population is diminishing where it used to be the foundation and the majority.

As the Lord sent the 72, he also sends all of us, into the world. He sends all of us to take on a more active witness of the Faith. He sends all of us to proclaim him to world – in our words and deeds, in what we preoccupy our thoughts with, what we say, what we do, and how we relate with other people. What is the message we are to proclaim? As Jesus instructed the disciples, it is a message of “peace”. To the world, we are to become ambassadors of peace. What is this peace? It is the peace that we have found in Christ, the peace of the Kingdom of God, the joy, fulfillment, completeness that is found in doing the will of God, no matter how difficult, no matter how challenging.

Active witness is bound to be challenging. To witness to the love and forgiveness of Christ amidst hostility and injury. To witness to the truth in the midst of lies. To witness to sacrifice in the midst of a pleasure seeking culture. To witness to simplicity in the midst of consumerism. To witness to humility in the midst of competition. To witness to purity in the midst of worldly temptation. Witnessing to Jesus, proclaiming the peace of Jesus entails confronting a world where contradicting values dominate. And we are sure to face opposition, we are sure to face difficulty. Jesus himself said to the 72, “I am sending you as sheep among wolves.” That is why the laborers are not only SCARCE. They are also SCARRED. As St. Paul says, the mark of a true witness of Christ is willingness to suffer for, with and in Christ.

Although SCARCE, and SCARRED, few and wounded, the 72, are not SCARED. When Jesus sent the 72, he told them to bring no money, no sack/bag, no sandals. They were only to bring themselves and Christ. Their very life was their witness, and Christ was their source of security. We are not scared to give witness because we have Christ. We can say no to hatred because we have Christ. We can say no to sin because we have Christ. Teens can say no to drugs and peer pressure because you have Christ. Married people can say yes to fidelity because you have Christ. Unmarried people can say yes to purity because you have Christ. We can say yes to honesty, integrity, service, because we have Christ. We can say yes to life because we have Christ. We can be the source of comfort and consolation that Isaiah spoke of, in a difficult and anxious world; we can be a source of joy, inspiration, encouragement, because we have Christ.

Like the 72, we are also sent by Jesus, to take an active witness of Christ in the world, right where we are and live. We are to preach Christ, not ourselves. Christ is the savior, not ourselves. And for us workers, Christ alone is the source of comfort and consolation, not ourselves, not even success. To have preached Christ is our goal. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was said to have been asked by some critics, “You take care of those old people, they still die, and you don’t change that.” In effect, they were saying, you are not successful. Her response was, “I didn’t know that I was supposed to be successful. I thought I was supposed to be faithful.” Her vocation was not to be successful, but to be faithful.

We, the laborers are scarce, few and little in the face of a great harvest. We are scarred, wounded, opposed, challenged. But we are not scared. We are sent, and we have Christ. We preach the peace that Christ alone can give. And our only boast is the Cross of Christ.

Interviewed

About two years ago, I got interviewed. I found it relevant to reread my responses to the questions. These give me a headstart in rediscovering my priesthood as the Year for Priests is about to end.


How did it feel entering your occupation?

Fulfilled. But it is not an occupation. I would rather refer to it as a vocation. In an occupation, the fulfillment would be professional gains, personal growth, monetary rewards. In a vocation, it is the inner peace of pursuing what one discerns as one’s unique calling in life. When I returned to the seminary to pursue priesthood, after two years off, I felt most fulfilled.

What still inspires you to stick with your occupation? Why?

I made a commitment, and for me, that is what keeps me in the vocation. There are of course tangible rewards, the support of family, friends, people I serve, but I hope that although these may all dwindle, the commitment I made to be faithful to the priesthood will keep me going. This is because priesthood is a calling and a gift, and also a personal response. I am not worthy to be a priest, but that God chose me to become one, is motive enough for me to be gratefully faithful.

How do you earn a living?

Priests do not actually earn a living. Life finds them.* The Archdiocese (the Local Church) supports me, providing lodging and food, and daily upkeep, as well as a modest but fair enough allowance for personal needs and social obligations.

(*On hindsight, I could have spiritualized the question. As an insight from experience though, I am deeply convinced that priesthood makes one amazingly grace-filled life. "Whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it." - Mt 16:25)

As a priest? What do you usually give importance to? Why?

It has to be service – to the Church and her mission especially to the most in need – those we refer to as the least, the lost and the last – the marginalized in various aspects.

Are there any risks in being a priest? How?

There are definitely many risks entailed in being a priest.

First of all, a priest is called to a life of solitude – to be able to live alone in total dedication to the Gospel, without a wife for a lifetime partner. The priest’s lifetime partner is the Church. Among others, there is then the risk of an uncertain future. Anxious questions also come to my mind – who will take care of me when I grow old? With whom will I share my twilight years? What if I get sick and invalid? What if I am no longer able to serve? What will happen in the future?

And of course, real and immediate are the risks of the mission. As priests, we are called to be prophets – to announce what is true, good and just and of course denounce and go against what is false, evil and unjust. And often our lives are put at the forefront of the struggle for a God-centered, just and humane social order. Often, the structures of sin resist confrontation, and the perpetrators of such would not hesitate to counter-attack.

The first risk is however part of the personal choice, made in faith. And the second, part of the mission we embraced, kept aflame with love.

Chancery Reminders: December

REMINDERS FROM THE CHANCERY
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2009

1, Tuesday: Advent Weekday (1), VIOLET

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. DAVID WILLIAM ANTONIO (ORDINATION, 1988)
REV. MARLON BELMONTE (ORDINATION, 2003)

2, Wednesday: Advent Weekday (1), VIOLET

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
Ilocano Bible Centennial Celebration
Baguio City

3, Thursday: St. Francis Xavier, priest. WHITE.

PATRONAL FEAST:
St. Francis Xavier Parish, Lungog, I. Sur
9 AM - Concelebrated Mass

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. REYNALDO REBEBES (BIRTHDAY, 1972)

4, Friday: Advent Weekday (1), VIOLET or m of St. John Damascene, priest, religious and doctor, WHITE.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. CARLITO FERIA (ORDINATION, 2001)
REV. RUFO V. ABAYA (ORDINATION, 2006)
REV. CRISTETO A. CORTEZ (ORDINATION, 2006)

5, Saturday: Advent Weekday (1) VIOLET.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City
9 AM – Confirmation

NECROLOGY:
1781 Fr. Fernando Balensuela
1857 Fr. Damaso Lazo

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. DANILO MARTINEZ (ORDINATION, 2003)
REV. WILLIE JONES DUCUSIN (ORDINATION, 2005)

6, Sunday : + SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT. VIOLET

SPECIAL COLLECTION: to be made in all masses for ICST

Archbishop’s Schedule:
AWRIS Christmas Gathering, Abbey Chapel, Fatima, Vigan City
11AM - Holy Mass

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. REX RILVERIA (ORDINATION, 2001)
REV. MICHAEL C. TANACIO (ORDINATION, 2006)

7, Monday: St. Ambrose, bishop and doctor. WHITE

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. ERWIN E. ECHALAS (BIRTHDAY, 1981)
REV. ERNESTO JUAREZ, JR. (ORDINATION, 2005)

8, Tuesday: SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. PRINCIPAL PATRONESS OF THE PHILIPPINES. WHITE.

PATRONAL FEAST:
Immaculate Conception Parish, Sta. Cruz, I. Sur
8:30 AM - Concelebrated Mass

Immaculate Conception Parish, Quirino, I. Sur
4 PM - Concelebrated Mass

NECROLOGY:
1837 Bishop Francisco Alban, OP

9, Wednesday: Advent Weekday (2), VIOLET or St. Juan Diego, WHITE.

Clergy Advent Recollection - Aula de Nuestra Señora de Caridad
Archbishop’s Residence Compound, Vigan City

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. GLENDINO RAGSAG (ORDINATION, 1997)

NECROLOGY:
1856, Fr. Saturnino Mateo
1950, Fr. Andres Alcayaga
1983, Msgr. Osmundo Calip

10, Thursday: Advent Weekday (2), VIOLET.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. MELCHOR REONAL (ORDINATION, 2003)
REV. RAMELLE J. RIGUNAY (ORDINATION, 2007)

11, Friday: Advent Weekday (2), VIOLET or m of St. Damasus I, pope, WHITE.
LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. ARNEL NOEL RAMOS (BIRTHDAY, 1970)
REV. RAYMUND ANCHETA (ORDINATION, 2001)

12, Saturday: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Philippines. WHITE.

PATRONAL FEAST:
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Sevilla, Sta. Cruz, I. Sur
9 AM - Concelebrated Mass

13, Sunday: + THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT. VIOLET OR ROSE.

SPECIAL COLLECTION: to be made in all masses for St. Peter’s Pence

PATRONAL FEAST:
St. Lucy Parish, Sta. Lucia, I. Sur
8:30 AM - Concelebrated Mass

St. Lucy Parish, Narvacan, I. Sur
4 PM - Concelebrated Mass

14, Monday: St. John of the Cross, priest and doctor. WHITE.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. SHERWIN AQUINO (ORDINATION, 2005)
REV. BERNARDO GONZALES (ORDINATION, 2005)
REV. LESTER JOSEPH PLANA (ORDINATION, 2005)

15, Tuesday: Advent Weekday (3). VIOLET.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. MARIO RAQUEPO (ORDINATION, 1979)
REV. ANTONIO RECLUSADO (BIRTHDAY, 1961; ORDINATION, 1987)

NECROLOGY:
1846 Fr. Egidio Abaya

AGUINALDO MASSES

16, Wednesday: Advent Weekday (3). VIOLET.
National Youth Day.

SPECIAL COLLECTION:
1st Misa de Gallo collection for IYM

NECROLOGY:
1807 Fr. Bernardo Montenegro
1814 Bishop Cayetano Pallas, OP

17, Thursday: Advent Weekday (3). VIOLET.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. ANTHONY ROSARIO (ORDINATION,1990)
REV. CONSTATINO ATINAJA, JR. (ORDINATION, 1994)

18, Friday: Advent Weekday (3). VIOLET.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. RENE ROSABIA(ORDINATION, 1991)
REV. PETER DUMAG (ORDINATION, 1992)
REV. REAN FREDERICK ENRIQUEZ (ORDINATION, 1993)
REV. RONILO VILLA (ORDINATION, 1995)

19, Saturday: Advent Weekday (3). VIOLET.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. GERARDO ISABELO ANTOLIN (ORDINATION, 1990)
REV. JACK CABATU (ORDINATION, 1992)
REV. FLORENTINO ESCALONA (ORDINATION, 1994)

20, Sunday: + FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT. VIOLET

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. ARTHUR AMIAN (ORDINATION, 1989)
REV. RAYMUND ELLORIN (ORDINATION, 1991)

21, Monday: Advent Weekday (4). VIOLET, or m of St. Peter Canisius, priest and doctor, WHITE.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. VIRGILIO CABACCANG (BIRTHDAY,1955)
REV. FERDINAND RAGASA (ORDINATION, 1990)
REV. COSMENIO ROSIMO, JR. (ORDINATION, 1991)
REV. MAR G. BARROGA (ORDINATION, 2002)

NECROLOGY:
1806 Fr. Christoval de Quintos
1992 Fr. Jose Tongson

22, Tuesday: Advent Weekday (4). VIOLET.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. FELIX COSTALES (ORDINATION, 1989)
REV. JERRY AVISA (ORDINATION, 1992)

23, Wednesday: Advent Weekday (4). VIOLET.

LET US PRAY FOR
OUR ARCHBISHOP, THE MOST REV. ERNESTO SALGADO (PRESBYTERAL ORDINATION, 1961)
REV. ALBERT MANALO (ORDINATION, 1961)

24, Thursday: Advent Weekday (4). VIOLET.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City
12 MN - Midnight Mass

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. GERMAN SOMERA (BIRTHDAY, 1969)

CHRISTMAS SEASON

25, Friday: + CHRISTMAS, SOLEMNITY OF THE LORD’S BIRTH. WHITE

Archbishop’s Schedule:
St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City
9 AM – Holy Mass

26, Saturday: Stephen, First Martyr. RED.

PATRONAL FEAST:
St. Stephen Proto-Martyr Parish, San Esteban, I. Sur.
9 AM – Concelebrated Mass

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. CONSTANTINO ATINAJA, JR. (BIRTHDAY, 1968)

27, Sunday: +FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY, WHITE.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
Parents of Priests’ Christmas Gathering
Aula de Nuestra Señora de Caridad
Archbishop’s Residence Compound, Vigan City
11 AM – Holy Mass

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. ETHEL AGAMATA (ORDINATION, 1989)

28, Monday: The Holy Innocents. RED.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
9 AM – Confirmation
Brgy. Panay, Magsingal, Ilocos Sur

29, Tuesday: FIFTH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS or m of St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr. WHITE.

LET US PRAY FOR:
REV. DAVID WILLIAM ANTONIO (BIRTHDAY, 1963)

30, Wednesday: SIXTH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS, WHITE.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
Santiago Town Fiesta
7:30 AM – Holy Mass

31, Thursday: SEVENTH DAY IN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS or m of St. Sylvester I, pope. WHITE.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City
9:30 PM – Holy Mass

LET US PRAY FOR OUR CONFRERE:
REV. GLENDINO RAGSAG (BIRTHDAY, 1969)

NECROLOGY:
1803 Bishop Agustin Pedro Blaquier, OP

Activities for JANUARY 2010:

January 4-5: Clergy New Year’s Gathering, Stella Maris, Pug-os, Cabugao, I. Sur
January 12: 54th Canonical Coronation of Apo Caridad, Bantay, I. Sur
January 15: Patronal Feast of Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Burgos, I. Sur
January 17: Patronal Feast of Holy Child of Prague Parish, Cervantes, I. Sur
January 23: Patronal Feast of St. Ildefonsus Parish, San Ildefonso I. Sur
January 25: Patronal Feast of Conversion of St. Paul, Vigan City
January 25-29: 2nd National Congress of the Clergy, Manila

REMINDERS FROM THE CHANCERY

NOVEMBER 2009

1 - Sunday: † SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS. WHITE.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
5PM - Holy Mass
Simbaan a Bassit (Vigan Camposanto), Vigan City

NECROLOGY:
1981 Archbishop Mariano Madriaga

Let us pray for:
Rev.Segundino Cortez (Birthday, 1969)

2 - Monday: †COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED. VIOLET OR WHITE.


NECROLOGY:
1973 Fr. Francisco Milan

3 - Tuesday: 31st Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of St. Martin de Porres, Religious. WHITE.

NECROLOGY:
1794 Fr. Manuel Baza

4 - Wednesday: St. Charles Borromeo, bishop. WHITE.

5 - Thursday: 31st Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN.

9AM: EPISCOPAL VICARS’ MEETING, Arzobispado de Nueva Segovia, Vigan City

NECROLOGY:
1986 Fr. Jose Lazo

6 - Friday: 31st Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN.

7 - Saturday: 31st Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN or m of the BVM on Saturday, WHITE.

Let us pray for:
Rev. Gary Noel Formoso (Ordination, 1997)

8 - Sunday: †THIRTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. GREEN.

NECROLOGY:
2001 Fr. Teodorico Rivera

Let us pray for:
Rev. Godofredo Claudio (Birthday, 1957)
Rev. Raymund Ellorin (Birthday, 1965)
Rev. Arwin Romulo Rebollido (Birthday, 1975)

9 - Monday: †Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. WHITE

Nov. 9 – 10: ANNUAL MEETING OF NORTHERN LUZON BISHOPS, ICST, Vigan City

10 - Tuesday: St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor. WHITE.

Regular Schedule:
Vicarial Meeting

Let us pray for:
Rev. Avelino Sipin (Birthday, 1931)

11 - Wednesday: St. Martin of Tours, Bishop. WHITE.

PATRONAL FEAST:
8:30 AM - Misa Concelebrada
Our Lady of Hope Parish, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur

NECROLOGY:
1980 Fr. Magdaleno Estonillo
1779 Bishop Miguel Garcia de San Esteban, OP
1986 Fr. Patricio Monis

Let us pray for:
Rev. Magdaleno Ruelos (Birthday, 1947)

12 - Thursday: St. Josaphat, bishop and martyr. WHITE.

NECROLOGY:
1751 Bishop-elect Juan de Arechedera, OP

Let us pray for:
Rev. Reynaldo Rebebes (Ordination, 1999)

13 - Friday: 32nd Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN.

NECROLOGY:
1896 Fr. Vicente Rosario

14 - Saturday: 32nd Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of the BVM on Saturday, WHITE.

15 - Sunday: †THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. GREEN.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
9:30 AM – Mass for Couples for Christ
Immaculate Conception Parish, Sta. Cruz, I. Sur

16 - Monday: : 33rd Week, Ordinary Time. GreeN.

November 16 - 17: Priests’ Assembly

17 - Tuesday: St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious. WHITE.

NECROLOGY:
1803 Fr. Fermin de Messa

Let us pray for:
Rev. PETER JOE Dagsi (Ordination, 1973)

18 - Wednesday: 33rd Week, Ordinary Time, GreeN or m of the Dedication of the Churches of Sts. Peter and Paul, WHITE.

NECROLOGY:
1884 Fr. Aniceto de los Reyes

Let us pray for:
Rev. Randy Val Dizon (Ordination, 2003)

19 - Thursday: 33rd Week, Ordinary Time. Green.

20 - Friday: 33rd Week, Ordinary Time. Green.

Let us pray for:
Rev. Cristeto A.Cortez (Birthday, 1977)
Rev. Moises Andrada (Ordination, 2003)

21 - Saturday: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. WHITE.

NECROLOGY:
1884 Fr. Fulgencio Bonifacio

Let us pray for:
Rev. Albert Rabe (Birthday, 1958)

22 - Sunday: †SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING. WHITE

SPECIAL COLLECTION:
to be made in all masses for NS Clergy Hospitalization Fund.

PATRONAL FEAST:
8:30 AM – Misa Concelebrada
Christ the King Parish, Paing, Bantay, I. Sur

ARCHDIOCESAN CHRIST THE KING CELEBRATION
1:30 PM – Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Sevilla, Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur

NOVEMBER 21 – 22
MISYON - KABATAAN (Youth Day 2008)
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Sevilla, Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur

Let us pray for our Archbishop, The Most Rev. Ernesto Salgado (Birthday, 1936)

NECROLOGY:
1998 Msgr. Venancio Acas

23 - Monday: 34th Week, Ordinary Time, Green or m of St. Clement I, Pope and Martyr, RED or m of St. Columban, Abbot. WHITE.

24 - Tuesday: St. Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest and Companions, Martyr. RED.

NECROLOGY:
1703 Fr. Pedro Ponce

Let us pray for:
Rev. Magdaleno Ruelos, Jr. (Ordination, 1973)
Rev. Arwin Romulo Rebollido (Ordination, 2003)

25 - Wednesday: 34th Week, Ordinary Time, Green or m of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr. RED.

PATRONAL FEAST:
8 AM – Misa Concelebrada
St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish, Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur

4:30 PM – Misa Concelebrada
St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish, Santa, Ilocos Sur

26 - Thursday: 34th Week, Ordinary Time. Green

27 - Friday: 34th Week, Ordinary Time. Green

Let us pray for:
Rev. Edgar Serrano (Ordination, 1987)

28 - Saturday: 34th Week, Ordinary Time, Green or m of the BVM on Saturday, WHITE.

Archbishop’s Schedule:
9 AM - Confirmation
Conversion of St. Augustine Parish, Tagudin, I. Sur

3 PM - Confirmation
St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish, Sta. Catalina, I. Sur

NECROLOGY:
1757 Bishop Juan de la Fuente Yepes
1843 Fr. Pantaleon Joseph Ceinfuego
1985 Fr. Jose Mabutas

Let us pray for:
Rev. Gaudelio Donato (Ordination, 1987)

29 - Sunday: + FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT. VIOLET
Let us pray for: Rev. Carlito Feria (Birthday, 1975)

30 - Monday: ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE. Red

PATRONAL FEAST:
St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Suyo, Ilocos Sur
9 AM - Misa Concelebrada

Let us pray for:
Rev. Avelino Sipin (Ordination, 1956)

From the NS Chancery

REMINDERS FROM THE CHANCERY

Month Of OCTOBER 2009

1 - Thursday: St. Therese of the Child Jesus. Virgin and Doctor: Patroness of all Missions. White.

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
7AM – Concelebrated Mass, Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City

Let us pray for:
Rev.Garret Alfonso Ulanimo (Ordination, 2004)

2 - Friday: Guardian Angels. White.

Let us pray for:
Rev.Michael Tolentino (Ordination, 2004)

3 - Saturday: 26th Week, Ordinary Time. Green or m of the BVM on Saturday, WHITE

4 - †27th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. GREEN

LA NAVAL:
9 AM – Concelebrated Mass, St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
9 AM – Concelebrated Mass, Rambak Sta. Teresita
Holy Child of Prague Parish, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur

Let us pray for:
Rev.Alen Villareal (Ordination, 2004)
Rev. Edgar Serrano (Birthday, 1961)

5 - Monday: 27th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN

NECROLOGY:
2006 Rev. Angel Cruces

6 - Tuesday: 27th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of St. Bruno, Priest, WHITE

NECROLOGY:
1880 Fr. Geronimo Reyes

7 - Wednesday: Our Lady of the Rosary. White.

8 - Thursday: 27th Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN.

9 - Friday: 27th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of St. Denis, bishop, and Companions, martyrs, RED or m of St. John Leonardi, priest, WHITE.

10 - Saturday: 27th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of the BVM on Saturday, WHITE.

Let us pray for:
Rev.Florencio Rebebes (Birthday, 1951)

NECROLOGY:
1927 Fr. Agustin Rosario

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
9 AM – Confirmation
St. Isidore the Farmer Parish
San Isidro, San Juan, Ilocos Sur

11 - †28th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. GREEN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S SUNDAY (Special Collection to be made)
“Ti Simbaan ken Kapuonan Agdadanggay a Mangiyanninaw ti Pammati”
Extreme Poverty Day

12 - Monday: 28th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN

NECROLOGY:
1821 Fr. Joseph Pichay
1966 Archbishop Santiago Sancho

13 - Tuesday: 28th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN

Let us pray for:
Rev.Marcelo Cantorna (Birthday, 1938)

Regular Schedule: VICARIAL MEETING

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
8 AM – Mass for the La Naval
St. Vincent Parish, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

14 - Wednesday: 28th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of St. Callixtus, Pope and Martyr, Red.

15 - Thursday: St Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor. WHITE.

16 - Friday: 28th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of St. Hedwig, religious, WHITE or m of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin, WHITE.

Let us pray for:
Rev.Florentino Escalona (Birthday, 1964)

17 - Saturday: St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr. RED.

NECROLOGY:
1966 Msgr. Daniel Cortez

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
Ilocano Bible Centennial Celebration
St. Louis University Burgos Gymnasium, Baguio City

18 - †29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. GREEN
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
“The nations will come to its light”
(Rev. 21:24)
(Special Collection to be made)
(A special homily on the missions should be preached today. The collections of all masses are for the missions and should be sent to the Most Reverend Ordinaries within 15 days. Where special celebrations for the mission work of the Church are held, the mass for the spread of the Gospel may be said today. – ORDO 2008)

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
3 PM – Confirmation
Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, Vigan City

19 - Monday: 29th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or or m. of St. John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests and Companions, martyrs, RED or m of St. Paul of the Cross, priest, WHITE.

Regular Schedule: PRIESTS’ ASSEMBLY
October 19 – 20

20 - Tuesday: 29th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN.

NECROLOGY:
1932 Fr. Segundo Urbi

21 - Wednesday: 29th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN.

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
9 AM – Confirmation for St. Joseph Institute
St. John of Sahagun Parish, Candon City

22 - Thursday: 29th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN

Let us pray for:
Rev. Ronald Doña (Birthday, 1981)

23 - Friday: 29th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of St. John Capistrano, priest, WHITE.

24 - Saturday: 29th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN or m of the BVM on Saturday, WHITE or m of St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop, WHITE.

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
2:30 PM – Solemn Investiture Mass of ICMS
St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City

25 - † 30th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. GREEN
PRISON AWARENESS SUNDAY
Theme: “Be a light to others… Instrument of Healing and Reconciliation”

VOCATION ANIMATION SUNDAY
(Special Collection to be made)

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
8:30 AM – Mass for the La Naval
St. Ildefonse Parish, San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur

Let us pray for:
Rev. Rey Urmeneta (Birthday, 1953)
Rev. Pascual Abaya IV (Birthday, 1969)

NECROLOGY:
1847 Fr. Vicente Rivera

26 - Monday: 30th Week, Ordinary Time, GREEN.
Let us pray for:
Rev. Felicisimo Ferrer (Birthday, 1955)
Rev. Aloysius Malcaba (Ordination, 1991)

27 - Tuesday: Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles. Red

Let us pray for:
Rev. Ray Sabalburo (Ordination, 1983)
Rev. Sherwin Aquino (Birthday, 1977)

28 - Wednesday: 30th Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN.

Let us pray for:
Rev. Ramelle Rigunay (Birthday, 1981)

ARCHBISHOP’S SCHEDULE:
10AM – Wedding
St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City

29 - Thursday: 30th Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN.

Let us pray for:
Rev. Orlando Fuller (Birthday, 1947)
Rev. Alen Villareal (Birthday, 1973)
Rev. Albert Rabe (Ordination, 1983)

30 - Friday: 30th Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN.

Let us pray for:
Rev. Edgar Brillantes (Birthday, 1954)

31 - Saturday: 30th Week, Ordinary Time. GREEN.

New Assignments for June 2009

The following are the appointments for the June 2009 reshuffle:

1. Rev. Moises Andrada II: Parish Priest, St. Michael the Archangel Parish, San Emilio
2. Rev. Sherwin Aquino: Parish Priest, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Del Pilar
3. Rev. Jerry Avisa: Parish Priest, Immaculate Conception Parish, Sta. Cruz
4. Rev. Bernardo Gonzales: Parish Priest, Immaculate Conception Parish, Quirino
5. Rev. Ernesto Juarez: Parish Priest, Sto. Niño de Praga Parish, Cervantes
6. Rev. Danilo Martinez: Parish Priest, St. Andrew Parish, Suyo
7. Rev. Divinus Sanctus Rabang: Parish Priest, St. Joseph Parish, Sigay
8. Rev. Reynaldo Rebebes: Parish Priest, San Antonio de Padua Parish, Sugpon
9. Rev. Arwin Rebollido: Parish Priest, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Alilem
10. Rev. Rufo Abaya: Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception Parish, Sta. Cruz
11. Rev. Cristeto Cortez: Parochial Vicar, Conversion of St. Augustine, Tagudin
12. Rev. Carlito Feria: Parochial Vicar, San Juan de Sahagun Parish, Candon
13. Rev. Manuel Galimba: Parochial Vicar, St. William the Hermit Parish, Magsingal
14. Rev. Ramelle Rigunay: Parochial Vicar, Sto. Niño de Praga Parish, Cervantes
15. Rev. Lovell Soller: Parochial Vicar, St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral, Vigan City
16. Rev. George Tabangcura: Parochial Vicar, St. Lucy Parish, Narvacan
17. Rev. Mar Barroga: Procurator, Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary
18. Rev. Lester Joseph Plana: Resident Formator, Immaculate Conception School of Theology
19. Rev. Ferdinand Ragasa: Chancellor, NUSACS Superintendent
20. Rev. Alen Villareal: Assistant Finance Secretary
21. Rev. Arthur Amian: Missionary to Hawaii
22. Rev. Reginald Paul Pira: Missionary to Hawaii
23. Rev. Cosmenio Monico Rosimo: Missionary to Hawaii

After their ordination:

1. Rev. Ronald Doña: Parochial Vicar, St. Mark the Evangelist Parish, Cabugao
2. Rev. Erwin Echalas: Parochial Vicar, St. William the Hermit Parish, Magsingal
3. Rev. Jeric Jaramillo: Parochial Vicar, St. Lucy Parish, Sta. Lucia
4. Rev. Juan Joyful Taqueban, Parochial Vicar, San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish, Sinait

The Archbishop enjoins those who are part of the reshuffle to make the necessary endorsements and arrangements. He also asks that all, clergy, religious and lay faithful continue praying for each other, and in a special way, for those who shall have new assignments. The Archbishop assures all of his prayers and best wishes.

The Archbishop formally announced and handed the appointment letters at the culminating and send-off Mass of the May Priests' Assembly (May 18-19) held at Arinaya White Beach Resort in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.