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The Marian Cenacle in action<br />

THIS IS SANTUARIO<br />

-by Mike Limpe, PPC President<br />

IDOL!<br />

Our parish celebrated its annual Buling Buling last February 12.<br />

This is SSAP's version of the Mardi Gras held the day before the start of the .<br />

Lenten season.<br />

This year's Buling-Buling showcased the singing talents of our different ministry<br />

members instead of the usual dance and song contest of the previous years.<br />

The Buling-Buling kicked off our 60th foundation anniversary celebrations.<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>. Joelled the diamond jubilee prayer. Our 60th anniversary logos, posters, and<br />

mugs were also launched during the event. - (turn to p.5)<br />

CONGRATULATIONS<br />

The parish congratulates <strong>Fr</strong>.<br />

Greg Redoblado, OFM as the<br />

new minister provincial of the<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>anciscsan Province of San<br />

. Pedro Bautista.<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>. Greg is the New<br />

Minister Provincial<br />

By <strong>Fr</strong>. Joel Sulse OFM<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>. Lino Gregorio V Redoblado<br />

OFJ.4, the Guardian of our community,<br />

Was recently elected Minister<br />

Provincial in the newly concluded<br />

Provincial Chapter of the <strong>Fr</strong>anciscan<br />

Province of San Pedro Bautista-Philippines.<br />

This was held at the Little<br />

Flowers Retreat House, Baguio City<br />

last February 11-17, 2013.<br />

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196~ ilill.raol(!)ba~C~~; He grew up<br />

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Ei€ :ffilrs,t· entered! St. Gt\ilgory ~he<br />

Great Minor S!eminatyij:i, Tabaco,<br />

Albay in 1979 'thell!' transferred<br />

to Pope John xxm Minor Seminary<br />

in Cebu City in 1979 where he<br />

graduated Valedictorian [n 1982. He<br />

joined the <strong>Fr</strong>anciscans and pursued<br />

his Bachelor of Arts in Comparative<br />

Religion, minors .in Philosophy and<br />

SOciology, at the 'Our Lady of the<br />

Angels Seminary (OLAlS), Novaliches,<br />

Quezort C~tY,l'& made his first<br />

·professiOn on May 19~~ and took<br />

his final 'Vow~ on M~y 1!992. He<br />

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2 Parish Bulletin<br />

2nd Sunday of Lent (C)<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>. Greg Redoblado,<br />

OFM<br />

Isee a good number of<br />

holy people who can be<br />

candidates for beatification<br />

and canonization not only<br />

for theirlife of prayer but for<br />

their overwhelming generosity<br />

and profound concern for the<br />

underprivileged.<br />

Itis interesting to know that "lent" is<br />

an old English word for the season<br />

of spring. For those living in a fourseasoned<br />

region of the world, the<br />

very word spring would surely bring<br />

great delight in one's mind and heart.<br />

It is a season that follows after a sixmonth-long<br />

dull and cold time of the<br />

year. One could just imagine many<br />

Santuarlo de San Antonlo<br />

Pastoral Team<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>. Joel Sulse, OFM • Parish Priest<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>. Greg Redoblado, OFM • Guardian<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>. Jesus Galindo, OFM • MMC Chaplain<br />

. Bro. Phlllp W1lhelm, OFM • Procurator<br />

Tel.: 843-8830<br />

website:<br />

www.santuariodesanantonio.wordpress.com<br />

email: ssap_info@yahoo.com<br />

Parish Bulletin<br />

Myrna B. J\lrllla • Editor<br />

Marllou Cooslng - Acting Editor<br />

Dawnls C. Davld • Layout & Production<br />

~ Email: ssapJ:ilb@yahoo.com<br />

The Parish BuUetln reserves ths right to edit<br />

a,,'c'es for spacs and darlty.<br />

people coming out of their houses to<br />

be exposed to the bright sun and fine<br />

weather. It is also a beautiful time<br />

where the seeming dry trees of autumn<br />

and winter begin to bud forth various<br />

colorful flowers where eventually they<br />

become luscious green. Lent, contrary<br />

to what we are used to think of,is not<br />

only a time of long and sad faces but<br />

primarily a season of transformation,<br />

new life and glory.<br />

This early, the Church, lest we<br />

forget, points us to the real goal of Lent<br />

and that is transformation, new life and<br />

glory. Our gospel today is the Lukan<br />

version of the Transfiguration of Jesus.<br />

The apostles were saddened by the<br />

prediction of Jesus about his impending<br />

passion, suffering and death but<br />

through his glorious transfiguration,<br />

the apostles were strengthened by the<br />

fact that death is not the final word but<br />

the glory of the resurrection.<br />

There will be a lot of Lenten<br />

practices, sacrifices and rituals but we'<br />

are reminded first of all not to lose<br />

sight of our goal: springtime - the real<br />

transfiguration of our lives. What is<br />

the use of performing a lot of acts of<br />

penance when our hearts are not turned<br />

to the Lord.<br />

There is a very beautiful<br />

detail in this Lukan version of the<br />

Transfiguration which is not present in<br />

other Gospels. It was while Jesus was<br />

praying that he was transfigured. One<br />

of the pillars not only of Lent but also<br />

of our Christian life is prayer. We are<br />

reminded that the goal of prayer is the<br />

transfiguration of our lives. As St. Clare<br />

of Assisi would say,'in contemplation<br />

we mirror Christ.' Unfortunately, I<br />

see a lot of prayerful people but I also<br />

wonder why they do not mirror Christ<br />

in their lives.<br />

Many of us Catholics base our<br />

Christian lives on the quantity of<br />

prayers and rites we recite and perform<br />

especially in this season of Lent. Let us<br />

not however forget that this long but<br />

great and holy season of prayer brings<br />

us to a real conversion, new life and<br />

JOY·<br />

Let me end by expressing my<br />

heartfelt gratitude to all the parishioners<br />

here. It was indeed a challenging<br />

but fruitful two years of service for<br />

me. I learned a lot from here and my<br />

friendship with some of the active<br />

parishioners also changed my biases<br />

and prejudices of people in lofty<br />

places. Honestly, I see a good number<br />

of holy people who can be candidates<br />

for beatification and canonization not<br />

only for their life of prayer but for their<br />

overwhelming generosity and profound<br />

concern for the underprivileged.<br />

Please pray for me as I embark my<br />

task as the new Minister Provincial of<br />

the OFM-<strong>Fr</strong>anciscans of the Province<br />

of San Pedro Bautista in the Philippines.<br />

This election remains to be a mystery of<br />

God's mercy for me. The task is great<br />

but the Lord who has chosen me will<br />

give me the grace to carry on. May this<br />

Lent be a season of real transfiguration<br />

for all of us.<br />

'ANNOUNCEMENT<br />

Lenten ,Stations<br />

of the Cross<br />

Every one is invited to join the<br />

Lenten Stations of the Cross<br />

every <strong>Fr</strong>iday at 5: 15 PM at the<br />

church garden on the Mckinley<br />

side.<br />

Stations of the Cross Schedules<br />

February 15th - CWL<br />

February 22nd - OFS<br />

March 1st - EMHCIMSH<br />

March 8th - Lectors!<br />

Commentators<br />

MartLlh15th - Health Cave<br />

Min~stty<br />

M&mch: 22nd -l¥lI1lri~ O~p.acle


February 24.2013 3<br />

I<br />

The ABCs of Catholic Doctrine<br />

By Lianne A.D. Tiu<br />

Yes, a pope can resign. The Code of<br />

Canon Law (#332) states, "Should<br />

it happen that the Roman Pontiff<br />

resigns from his office, it is required for<br />

validity that the resignation be freely<br />

made and properly manifested, but it<br />

is not necessary that it be accepted by<br />

anyone."<br />

In the book Light of the World<br />

(printed in 2010), Pope Benedict<br />

XVI responded to a question about<br />

whether a pope could resign: "Yes. If<br />

a Pope clearly realizes that he is no<br />

longer physically, psychologically,<br />

and spiritually capable of handling the<br />

duties of his office, then he has a right<br />

and, under some circumstances, also an<br />

obligation to resign."<br />

On the other hand, he did not favor<br />

resignation simply because the burden<br />

of the papacy is great. "When the<br />

danger is great one must not run away.<br />

For that reason, now is certainly not<br />

Can a Pope Resign?<br />

ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />

ANGELS NEEDED<br />

the time to resign. Precisely at a time<br />

like this one must stand fast and endure<br />

the situation. That is my view. One can<br />

resign at a peaceful moment or when<br />

one simply cannot go on. But one must<br />

not run away from danger and say<br />

someone else should do it."<br />

Our Holy Father Benedict XVI<br />

decided to resign as pope at the end<br />

of this month. He acknowledged<br />

what he called his "incapacity to<br />

adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted<br />

to me." His decision to resign helps<br />

us to understand the role of the pope.<br />

The papacy is a crucial office of the<br />

universal church, but one in which the<br />

pope is an officeholder, rather than an<br />

irreplaceable, magical figure.<br />

(Reference: "Can A Pope Resign" by<br />

Jesuit <strong>Fr</strong>. Thomas Reese; "Theologian:<br />

Benedict s move makes pope office, not<br />

person" by Joshua J. McElwee; The Code<br />

of Canon Law)<br />

We invite children between ages 6-12 years old to join our annual parish Easter<br />

Salubong as angels. Interested parties can call the parish office for details and<br />

practice schedules.<br />

CHOIR RECRUITMENT<br />

In preparation for Holy Week, The Coro invites anyone interested to<br />

join the weekly rehearsals on Sundays at 4pm, serve in the 6pm mass<br />

and join in all the major Liturgical events of Holy Week: Palm Sunday,<br />

Holy Thursday, Good <strong>Fr</strong>iday and Easter.<br />

Please approach any member of our choir after our 6pm mass or leave<br />

your name and contact number in the parish office with Bemadette.<br />

Lenten Recollection<br />

The Evangelization Ministry will hold its 1st Lenten recollection<br />

on Saturday March 2, 2013 at the parish conference rooms. <strong>Fr</strong>. Tito<br />

Caluag is the speaker and his topic is on "Personal Renewal through<br />

the Development of Eucharistic Consciousness." Everyone is invited<br />

to attend.<br />

Please Pray for the Sick<br />

Meldy Cojuangco<br />

Connie Gomez<br />

Erlinda Oledan<br />

Ma. Pilar Oledan<br />

Iggy Clavecilla<br />

Maxima "Amah" Sy<br />

Rosauro "Boy" Zaragoza<br />

Pilar del Gallego<br />

Victoria Pajulas<br />

Rosario Lopez<br />

Sol Lavadia<br />

Cecilia Manalo<br />

Victoria no Chung<br />

Zwei Lopez Gadi<br />

Shallouh Bancil Swinnerton<br />

Tony Boy Floirendo,Jr.<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>ancisco Tankiang<br />

Ophelia Romero Salas<br />

Felicisimo Alcantara<br />

Rosario de Leon Tobias<br />

Nena Jalandoni<br />

Bobby Vital<br />

David B. Lu<br />

Gloria Syjuco<br />

Raffy Chan<br />

Edric Co<br />

Peter Soo<br />

Estela Zapanta<br />

Chito San Jose<br />

Ran Jacabs<br />

Marin Garcia<br />

Nancy Imperial<br />

The Health Care Ministry wishes to announce<br />

that if you want someone's<br />

name to be added or deleted, or if you want<br />

the sick to be visited, please contact the<br />

parish office 8438835 (Joanne) and give<br />

the name, address and contact details.


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RANDOM<br />

THOUGHTS<br />

Voices from yesterday and today ...<br />

By Peachy Maramba<br />

ST. WALBURGA<br />

710 -779<br />

February 25 .<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>om a Family of Saints<br />

For two years Walburga worked and<br />

Walburga was one of a family of English<br />

missionaries who like herself was here that she became skilled in medi-<br />

preached in the Abbey of Bishofsheim. It<br />

were all saints. While her father was a West cine.<br />

Saxon chieftain, he is referred to in some In the meantime her favourite brother<br />

sources as St. Richard who was "thane" or<br />

minor King of the West Saxon in presentday<br />

Winnibald had founded a double monastery<br />

(the only one of its kind there) in Heiden-<br />

Devonshire, England where Walburga heim. He asked his sister to govern the<br />

w.as born around 710.<br />

nuns while he governed the monks.<br />

While her mother Winna was not a However when he died in 761 her other<br />

saint unlike the rest of her family, she was<br />

brother Willibald who had then become<br />

the sister of famous St. Boniface, the great bishop ofEichstatt in Bavaria appointed his<br />

Apostle of Germany,<br />

sister superior over the double monastery<br />

Walburga's two brothers Willibald and due to her virtues and prudence. She is said<br />

Wine bald were both saints well known for according to the new Roman Martyrology<br />

their missionary exploits.<br />

to have "ruled very well" remaining a distinguished<br />

Enters the Covent of Winborne<br />

abbess of both houses until her<br />

When in 721 her father and two brothers<br />

went on their pilgrimage to the Holy<br />

Land Walburga, then only 11 years old,<br />

was placed in the monastic school attached<br />

to the double monastery there. It was here<br />

at the convent of Wimborne in Dorset that<br />

she was educated. But because this convent<br />

- monastery was noted not only for<br />

its high standard of learning but also for its<br />

discipline and depth of holiness, it is not<br />

surprising that Walburga got a great education<br />

in medicine and decided to become a<br />

Benedictine nun there in 748. At that time<br />

.too in England women of high social rank:<br />

usually became nuns. .It's no wonder that<br />

she spent 26 years of her life there!<br />

Answers the Call<br />

When her uncle SI. Boniface went on<br />

his great mission preaching Christianity<br />

to. the Germans Walburga's two brothers<br />

joined him. England, during that eighth<br />

century, was known as a great center of<br />

missionary-zeal. It was St. Boniface's plan<br />

to set up convents ana monasteries all over<br />

Germany to spiritually conquer the German<br />

people.<br />

To achieve his goal Boniface badly<br />

needed nuns and monks. He wrote to'Abbess<br />

Tatta of Wimborne (she also later became<br />

a saint) for nuns to' aid him found a<br />

convent which he had newly evangelized.<br />

She answered him by sending Walburga<br />

and several other nuns under the care of st.<br />

Lioba (also a saint), a former nun of'Wim- .<br />

bourne who had been sent two years earlier<br />

to help St. Boniface.<br />

death.<br />

St. Walburga's Oil<br />

Ironically it was after she died on 25<br />

February 779 that she became extraor-<br />

, dinarily famous. It was because when<br />

her body was moved from the church at<br />

Heidenheim to the Holy Cross in Eichstatt<br />

to be beside her brother Winnibald her<br />

brother was found covered with an aromatic<br />

fluid. This liquid began to flow (and is<br />

'still flowing to this day) from a fissure in<br />

the rock on which their tomb stands.<br />

This watery fluid which is said to flow<br />

from her bones was soon found to have undoubted<br />

healing qualities such that so many<br />

miraculous cures took place everywhere it<br />

was used. Because the fluid's healing power<br />

were attributed to her it became known<br />

the world over as St. Walburga's Oil.<br />

In order' to .further spread her cures,<br />

her remains were disinterred in 893 and divided<br />

between Germany, <strong>Fr</strong>ance, Flanders.<br />

and other parts of Europe, It is said that<br />

great cures continue to. take place so that<br />

the nuns at Eichstatt to this day collect the<br />

fluid which miraculously still flows from,<br />

the bones only from 12 Qctober through 28<br />

.February, They place it in tiny flasks which<br />

they distribute' to the faithful. Pilgrims still<br />

flock to her shrine in Germany. This' is why<br />

Walburga is often depicted in art as holding<br />

a phial of her healing oil.<br />

But many stories of miracles have always<br />

surrounded Walburga. Legend says<br />

that she once cured a girl dying simply by<br />

praying over her. It's 110 wonder that she<br />

Parish Bulletin<br />

became one of the most popular saints of<br />

the Middle Ages.<br />

Walpurgisnacht<br />

Unfortunately Walburga gained notoriety<br />

through less savory means. Because<br />

her name and a German variant of her name<br />

is Walpurgis (which is generally and universally<br />

associated with witches) sound<br />

alike her name also became associated with<br />

witchcraft. Her May 1 feast of the translation<br />

of her relics also curiously coincided<br />

with the pagan feast Walpurgisnacht a night<br />

given over to witchcraft and necromancy.<br />

People in Germany dress as spooks, bats<br />

and witches.<br />

Thankfully today Walburga lies in the<br />

17th century Baroque church that bears her<br />

name -a symbol not of witchcraft but of<br />

Christian healing and mission. In fact according<br />

to the nuns at her shrine, "Walburga's<br />

genius was in being open to God in his<br />

calling, to his guidance, to his demand so as<br />

to be ready in every situation to accept his<br />

plan."<br />

Patron Saint<br />

Our great saint is known to be invoked<br />

against hydrophobia and storms at sea. She<br />

.is the patron saint of the diocese of Eichstaff<br />

and is the local patron saint of midwives',<br />

builders and domestic animals.<br />

Other Names .<br />

In Germany and the Netherlands our<br />

saint is honoured as Wilburga, Warpurg and<br />

Walpurgis. But in various parts of <strong>Fr</strong>ance<br />

she is revered as Vaubourg,' Gauburge and'<br />

Falbourg. .<br />

SOURCES of REFERENCE<br />

Butler's Lives of the Saints - Vol. I pp 415 - 416<br />

The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Saints - p, 245<br />

The Watklns Dictionary of Saints - p '244<br />

A Calendar of Saints - p 41<br />

Butler's Saint for the Day - pp 90 -91 .<br />

and others


February 24, 2013<br />

(Santuario Idol ... from p.I)<br />

I would like to acknowledge our<br />

sponsor Federal Land for their generous<br />

contribution to help cover our<br />

expenses. I also want to thank RJ<br />

Ledesma for hosting the event, all the<br />

different ministry members for such<br />

stellar performances and also for sharing<br />

a portion of their profits from their<br />

food booths, and especially our SSAP<br />

employees who did a great job preparing<br />

for the event.<br />

Most importantly, I would like to<br />

thank our Lord Jesus Christ, our patron<br />

saints Saint Anthony, St. Claire and<br />

Saint <strong>Fr</strong>ancis of Assisi for providing us<br />

the beautiful weather and for guiding<br />

us in making our Buling Buling 2013 a<br />

great success.<br />

Mike Limpe, PPC president<br />

JPlC Scholars<br />

Vocalismo<br />

Cocoy Laurel and CORO members


6 Parish Bulletin<br />

CWL<br />

Lectors and Commentators<br />

Marian Cenacle<br />

Milette Zamora


February 24.2013<br />

Men of the Sacred Heart (MSR) Ministry<br />

Burning of Palms<br />

Karen and Mike Limpe<br />

HeaverilY Father, we praise your glorious name for the<br />

blessings you have given to our Faith-family in Santuario<br />

de San Antonio. As we celebrate our 60th Founding<br />

Anniversary, we place once again our full trust in you.<br />

We thank you for the faith, love and hope that you have<br />

showered unto us. As we look back with gratitude in our<br />

hearts, we cannot but say "Thank You" for the manifold<br />

graces that you have gratuitously shared to all our families.<br />

<strong>Fr</strong>. Joel Sulse and Dee Jalandoni-Chan<br />

Lord Jesus Christ, beloved ofthe Father, thank you for<br />

'the continued inspiration given us. Despite our many<br />

shortcomings, you have embraced us with so much love<br />

and consolation. Continue to guide us to become faithful<br />

sons and daughters of the Father like You. Be with us<br />

always and protect every one of us. 0 Holy Spirit, the<br />

Consoler, strengthen always our families to withstand all<br />

the difficulties that may come along our way. Continue<br />

to bless and unify us so that we can truly achieve the<br />

wisdom and ideals you have enshrined in our hearts as a<br />

worshipping, working, serving and responding community.<br />

May the Blessed Mother Mary, ever virgin, with St.<br />

Anthony of Padua, our beloved patron and protector; and<br />

San Pedro Bautista, the spiritual Guardian of the friars<br />

who took care of us, intercede for us, now and forever.<br />

Amen.


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MONTHLY TOPICS TO BE<br />

. DISCUSSED IN THE YEAR OF FAITH<br />

ARCHDIOCESE OF MANILA<br />

2013 MARCH<br />

TOPIC:<br />

JESUS CHRIST: HIS PASSION,<br />

DEATH AND RESURRECTION:<br />

APEX OF REDEMPTION<br />

SUB TOPICS:<br />

- "By His wounds we have<br />

been healed"<br />

- Those who share in Christ's :<br />

death will share also in his<br />

resurrection<br />

DQCTRINE:<br />

- Paschal Mystery<br />

- Jesus' descent to the dead<br />

MORALIVIRTUES:<br />

- Corporal and Spiritual Works<br />

of Mercy<br />

- Lenten "Alay Kapwa"<br />

LITURGY:<br />

- Celebrating the Easter<br />

Triduum<br />

SACRAMENTS:<br />

- Holy Eucharist as the "Memorial<br />

of Christ's death & resurrection"<br />

- PRIESTHOOD - continuing the<br />

work of Christ<br />

FOLK RELIGIOSITY:<br />

- Mahal na Araw Devotion<br />

- Lenten practices: v i a<br />

crucis, penitensiya,<br />

prusisyon, Visita Iglesia<br />

- Salubong<br />

I Could Have Danced All Night<br />

By Bing Bing Quiros<br />

The CWL ladies outdid themselves at the Buling-Buling celebrations last Feb<br />

12 in their song and dance number for Santuario Idol. They were graceful<br />

and elegant as they performed to a medley of oldies but goodies tunes like<br />

'Let Me Call You Sweetheart' and 'Something Stupid' in their Valentine red<br />

outfits. The audience certainly cheered them on as they danced and sang to the<br />

choreography of Ms. Julie Borromeo and piano player Lester. Highlight of the<br />

performance was the participation of our very own Parish Priest, <strong>Fr</strong> Joel Sulse,<br />

as he joined in the finale number of 'I Could Have Danced All Night'. The<br />

parishioners gave the group headed by President Betty Roxas-Chua a generous<br />

round of applause for their efforts! Well done ladies!<br />

The Family Life Ministry<br />

invites everyone to watch:<br />

"October Baby"<br />

New Venue:<br />

Power Plant Mall Cinema,<br />

March 9, 2013<br />

Saturday at 11:30 am<br />

We encourage parents to<br />

bring their mature teens, who can<br />

benefit most from one of the important<br />

messages in the movie: taking<br />

responsibility for making bad decisions<br />

and surviving it.<br />

This movie is a riveting story about a college freshman, Hannah,<br />

whose world is shaken when she learns that she is not only adopted but<br />

also a survivor of an attempted foeticide. On her rebellious journey to unearth<br />

her past, it opens her eyes to the importance of control, staying true<br />

to her family values and protecting her parents' trust.


February 24. 2013 9<br />

Single Young Adults Lenten Retreat<br />

SYABatch 24 from SYAWeekend held last September 21-23, 2012.<br />

know that they are not alone nor are<br />

forgotten.<br />

Since its first weekend retreat 12<br />

years ago, SYA has been a venue where<br />

its members find friendship grounded<br />

on common faith and love for God and<br />

His community. This March 15,2013<br />

we invite you to come experience its<br />

25th Weekend Retreat and to be part of<br />

the SYA community.<br />

To register, you may get in touch<br />

with Liv (09175221103) or Kris<br />

(09178126474). Further information<br />

about the weekend is also available at<br />

the Santuario Parish office clo Bemadette.<br />

SYAGift Giving at Makati City Jail<br />

Probably more than any other season<br />

in the year, Lent invites us most<br />

to reflect on our life, our selves, and<br />

our relationship with God. For single<br />

adults age 21-39, the 25th SYA weekend<br />

Retreat scheduled on March can<br />

be the perfect time to step back, take<br />

stock, and renew our faith.<br />

During the weekend, participants<br />

will tackle several issues most relevant<br />

. to single adults. It will be a stay-out<br />

retreat held at Santuario de San Antonio<br />

conference rooms that will start on<br />

the evening of <strong>Fr</strong>iday (March 15) up to<br />

Sunday (March 17).<br />

The Weekend is organized by the<br />

Single Young Adults (or SYA) group<br />

of Santuario de Antonio. SYA is a parish-based<br />

community that caters to the<br />

needs of single adults. It currently has<br />

nearly 500 members, and throughout<br />

the year SYA conducts various activities,<br />

one of them being the SYA Weekend<br />

Retreat held twice in a year.<br />

Beyond the retreat, SYA sustains<br />

the process of building and strengthening<br />

our relationship with God and the<br />

community via its regular activities.<br />

There are the monthly masses held every<br />

first Thursday of the month.which<br />

PGH Outreach - Christmas<br />

also doubles as birthday celebration<br />

for the month's celebrants. During<br />

these gatherings we get to learn more<br />

about our Catholic beliefs and traditions<br />

and afterwards, get to spend time<br />

bonding with other SYA members over<br />

salo-salo. SYA gets together every<br />

third Thursday for its prayer meeting,<br />

a once- a-month opportunity to reflect<br />

and share. At regular intervals, SYA<br />

also acts as sponsor for the Youth Mass<br />

of the San Antonio Parish.<br />

For the community, SYA also involves<br />

itself via the various outreach<br />

programs it spearheads, such as those<br />

for the kid cancer patients of PGH<br />

and for the inmates of the Makati City<br />

Jail (MCJ). For the kids at PGH, SYA<br />

drives fund raisings as well as activities<br />

to give fun to the children and their<br />

parents, For the inmates of MCJ, SYA<br />

organizes donations to. help with basic<br />

needs as well as activities that foster<br />

creativity and teamwork (like the<br />

Makati City Jail Master Chef where<br />

the inmates compete for the best and<br />

tastiest dishes they can whip up). At the<br />

core, these programs are venues for the<br />

SYA people to share their talents and<br />

gifts, letting our brothers and sisters


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The Health Care Ministry invites all to a seminar on<br />

About LENT (PartII)<br />

Mental Wellness in the Family on Feb. 27, Wednesday,<br />

from 8arn to 5 pm at the Dasmarinas Village pavil-<br />

Q: Why are acts of repentance appropriate at this time of year?<br />

A: Because it is the time leading up to the commemoration of Our Lord's<br />

lion. Dr. Terence Ketter of Stanford University will talk<br />

death for our sins and the commemoration of his resurrection for our<br />

about Bipolar Disorder in teens and adults. Speakers<br />

salvation. It is thus especially appropriate to mourn the sins for which he<br />

from St. luke's Hospital will also be there.<br />

died. Humans have an innate psychological need to mourn tragedies,<br />

and our sins are tragedies of the greatest sort. Due to our fallen nature<br />

humans also have a need to have set times in which to engage in behavior<br />

(which is why we have Sundays as a set time to rest and worship,<br />

since we would otherwise be likely to forget to devote sufficient time to<br />

rest and worship), it is appropriate to have set times of repentance. Lent<br />

is one of those set times.<br />

"UNDERSTANDING BIPOLAR DISORDER 11\1'<br />

TEENS & ADULTS"<br />

by TerenceA. Ketter, M.D. - Stanford School of Medicine<br />

wrth spceciallectures<br />

on<br />

"POSITIVE LIFE SKILLS<br />

TO BEAT DEPRESSION"<br />

by Chrisline Lagman, M.D.,DPBP<br />

"MOOD SWINGS IN THE<br />

GOLDEN YEARS"<br />

by Joel Eleazar, M.D.,FPPA,FPCGM,FPCGG<br />

"SLEEP THERAPY"<br />

by Jo Bilasano, DSC (AM)<br />

"NUTRITION AND<br />

BRAIN FOOD"<br />

by John Reyes, M.D.<br />

Oate: February 27, 2013, Wednesday<br />

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br />

Venue: Dasmariflas Village Pavilion<br />

Q: What are appropriate activities for ordinary days during Lent?<br />

A: Giving up something we enjoy for Lent, doing of physical or spiritual<br />

acts of mercy for others, prayer, fasting, abstinence, going to confession,<br />

and other acts expressing repentance in general.<br />

Q: Is the custom of giving up something for Lent mandatory?<br />

A: No. However, it is a salutary custom, and parents or caretakers may<br />

choose to require it of their children to encourage their spiritual training,<br />

which is their prime responsibility in the raising of their children.<br />

Q: Since Sundays are not counted in the forty days of Lent, does the<br />

custom of giving up something apply to them?<br />

A: Customarily, no. However, since the giving up of something is voluntary<br />

to begin with, there is no official rule concerning this aspect of it.<br />

Nevertheless, since Sundays are days of celebration, it is appropriate<br />

to suspend the Lenten self-denial on them that, in a spiritual and nonexcessive<br />

way, we may celebrate the day of Our Lord's resurrection so<br />

that that day and that event may be contrasted with the rest of the days<br />

of Lent and the rest of the events of history. This heightened contrast<br />

deepens the spiritual lessons taught by the rest of Lent.<br />

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Luis Santino I. Avancena & Esther R. Galang,<br />

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City<br />

Angelo V. Roque & Nina Marie V. Mangio<br />

Juancho R. Ruga & Rhea Jane M. Rapera<br />

Joseph Dexter M. Feliciano & Katrina Pearl C,<br />

Chua, Nat'l Shrine of the Sacred Heart San<br />

Antonio Village Makati City<br />

Benjamin Gerardo Antolin Perez & Aileen<br />

Gonzales Garcia<br />

Ramon Aaron P.Amon & Charisse F. Villanueva<br />

Michael San Diego Pineda & Milagros Liwag Tan<br />

Gerovy L. King & Joanne S. Taliedo, The<br />

Immaculate Conception Cathedral, 40 Lantana<br />

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Gueco Tamparong<br />

Angelo R. Licaros & Christina Young, St<br />

Benedict Church, Inchickan Rd. Ayala Westgrove<br />

Hgts, Silang, Cavite<br />

Juan Carlos P.Jereos & Queenie Elizabeth C.<br />

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Jasper C. Roldan & Maria Ramona lsabele B.<br />

Lomotan<br />

Matthew Thomas Booth & Denise Marie General<br />

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Alvin D. Lacambacal & Ma. Cathryna V.<br />

Velasco<br />

Jullius W. Gonzales & Morena M.<br />

Samantilla<br />

Luigi Alexander G. Avecilla & Jaira Kristel<br />

R. Acosta<br />

Alvin Catatutan Lobe & Florabelle Capili<br />

de Lunas<br />

Florante Ladao Lateo Jr. & <strong>Fr</strong>ances<br />

Janice Santos Isidro<br />

Ronelo O. Lanestosa Jr & Rodalyn C.<br />

David<br />

Alexander T. Silangil & May Rachel S.<br />

Nolasco<br />

Wesley Clark Uy & May Annn Madarang<br />

Jonathan Joseph CC Lim & Valerie Ross<br />

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