Feast of St Josemaría

http://opusdeitoday.org/2010/06/feast-of-st-josemaria/

Feast of St Josemaría

Here’s the account of St Josemaría’s death: On June 26, 1975, Msgr. Josemaría died suddenly in Rome. The previous month he had made his last visit to Spain, where he received the gold medal of his native town, Barbastro, and visited the nearby shrine of Torreciudad, which had been built at his request, and was about to be inaugurated. His death marked the end of the foundational stage of Opus Dei and, in the words of his successor, the beginning of the “stage of continuity and fidelity”. Msgr. Alvaro del Portillo, then Secretary General of Opus Dei, acted as its head until the elective congress was held. (Excerpts from Immersed in God: Blessed Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, as seen by his successor Bishop Alvaro del Portillo)

• All the works of St Josemaría Escrivá available at escrivaworks.org;
• You may send images/photos/representations of Josemaría Escrivá that you may have to josemariaescriva.info (press “Write Us” on the upper right of the page).

VIDEO: A selection of images from the Holy Masses celebrated on the liturgical feast of St Josemaria.

Annabel's Restaurant

Annabel's Restaurant

194 Tomas Morato

Quezon, Philippines, 1100

Tel. No.:

924-4131 - 34

http://www.annabelsrestaurant.com/

Facebook Group: Annabel's Restaurant

Annabel's offers you an unparalleled garden ambience with a delightful international cuisine combined with excellent service :-)

Annabel's is an exquisite fine dining restaurant, along Morato Ave., Quezon City, well known for its luscious food as well as its many choice areas like special function rooms, and the delightful garden area (picture above) most appropriate for wedding receptions, business functions, birthday parties, and the like.

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For more details, visit the Official Website.

If you're on Facebook, please don't fail to join Annabel's FB group.

APB to sponsor St Josemaría Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Church

APB to sponsor St Josemaría Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Church

June 26 is the Feast of St Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei. The Schedule of Masses in his honor can be found by clicking here.

Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan (APB) Foundation, Inc. will sponsor the St Josemaría Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Liko Street, Mandaluyong City:

June 26, 2010, 6:00AM

Please come with your family and friends :-)

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For Mass Schedules in his honor in the rest of the world, please click here:
http://www.josemariaescriva.info/article/masses-of-st-josemaria-around-the-world-2010

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Giving support to FPTI Schools

Among the many things that she is famous for, Mrs Brown is known for sending girls to train at some of the Foundation for Professional Training, Inc. (FPTI) Schools.

http://www.fptiphilippines.com/

The FPTI Schools in the Philippines are:

• Anihan Technical School
• Banilad Center for Professional Development
• Habihan School
• Maligaya Institute for Culinary Arts and Residential Services
• Punlaan School

The photo above is of Punlaan School. The benefit of sending girls for training in these FPTI Schools is chiefly the empowerment of women especially from the less privileged sectors to contribute to the efforts of nation-building through high-quality work (skills training both in industry and in households) and character-building founded on Christian values.

Click here to join the Punlaan School Facebook Group.

Would you like to follow Mrs. Brown's lead in enabling women to contribute to nation-building, especially in helping out in the moral recovery program of the country? You might want to help send people to these FPTI Schools :-)

*The FPTI story was covered in a Spanish-language blog:

http://www.opusdeialdia.org/201003113122/convirtiendo-a-la-mujer-en-algo-mas-filipinas.html

**PUNLAAN Grand Alumnae Reunion - 25 October 2010! :-)

Click here for the Facebook EVENT page.

Annabelle P. Brown Centennial Professorial Chair (UP Diliman)

Annabelle Pizarro-Brown Centennial Professorial Chair (College of Business Administration, UP Diliman)

On 7 October 2008, the Annabelle Pizarro-Brown Centennial Professorial Chair was launched in an affair held at the Executive House, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Q.C. The occasion was graced by the presence of U.P. President Emerlinda

Román and U.P. Diliman Chancellor Sergio Cao. The event was organized by College of Business Administration Dean Dr. Erlinda Echanis, who combined the launch of the new Chair with the presentation of the upgrading of (additional endowment for) the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Professorial Chairs and the Philippines Stock Exchange (PSE) Professorial Chairs.

BSP Governor Amando Tetangco gave the response for the BSP Chairs. In his response for the presentation of the Annabelle Pizarro-Brown Centennial Professorial Chair, Mr. Walter Brown said, among other things, that he thought the funding of the Chair in behalf of his wife was a bright idea for the following reasons: (1) that it was a perfect tribute to a wife while she is still living [the naming of streets or buildings after a specific person can happen only when that person is already deceased]; (2) it’s a great way to “pay back” to the University that has nurtured us and trained us for leadership positions in society; (3) it has the direct benefit of funding the research of the U.P. Faculty members [to whom the Chair will be assigned].

*My ulterior motive for writing out this blog is that I’m personally hoping that the Annabelle Pizarro-Brown Centennial Professorial Chair could be assigned to me, for my research in the area of Business Ethics :-) Please help me pray for this intention. [I was so lucky to have been asked by Dean Echanis to emcee that event!]

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What are “Professorial Chairs”?

http://www.upd.edu.ph/~cba/admin_BRF.htm

http://fupfa.com/professorial-chairs-and-faculty-grants/

Professorial chairs and faculty grants help advance education and research by providing supplemental resources to faculty members in their teaching and research endeavors. A chair may be established with an endowment fund to be managed by a given Foundation (in the case of the Brown Chair, the endowment is lodged with the UP Foundation). The income from the fund shall provide financial support to a deserving faculty member of the University. Professorial Chairs may be named in honor of illustrious alumni or prominent representatives of private business and public management sectors. The chairs may also carry the name of the company sponsor.

Are you an illustrious alumnus/-a of the U.P.? Would you like to make a donation toward the endowment of a given Professorial Chair?

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NSTP (CWTS) at APBF

NSTP (CWTS) tying up with "Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan"

College/University Professors handling "Civic Welfare Training Service" (CWTS) under the National Service Training Program (NSTP) are hereby invited to tie up with "Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan Foundation, Inc." (APBF) for the implementation of their CWTS classes. Credits could be given to CWTS students for volunteer teaching work in the various public schools covered by APBF. The course instructor will have to set up an evaluation system to standardize across all students and with his/her fellow CWTS professors the grading/crediting system to be applied to the students.

College professors may coordinate with the volunteer collaborators of APBF for the development of teaching modules for NSTP-specific programs. They may likewise coordinate with me, via aliza.racelis@up.edu.ph (Accounting & Finance professor, College of Business Administration, U.P., Diliman).

NSTP website:

http://www.stetvip.org/nstp.html

On January 23, 2002 the National Service Training Program was signed by President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo into law. Republic Act 9163, the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001is aimed at
enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by developing the ethics of
service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three program components: the Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps, the Civic Welfare Training Service, and the Literacy Training Service. According
to RA 9163, these three components are specially designed to enhance the youth’s active contribution to
the general welfare.

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Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan poetry

Poetry by John B. Juat

John has been so prolific in writing poems in Filipino and English on various themes, foremost among them pro-life and pro-family themes. I share here first the poetry he composed on the spot while listening to our Trainors' Training session last February 2010, to kick off activities for the then-future "Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan" [Support to the Family and the Nation] Foundation:

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Pagiging Isang Apostol
gawa ni : John B. Juat

Nais ko maging apostol ng Panginoong Hesukristo
Ikalat ang mabuting balita sa lahat ng tao
Itatag natin ang Kanyang kaharian sa bawat sulok ng mundo
Dahil tayo ay iniligtas ng Kanyang banal na dugo

Ating seryosohin at pahalagahan ang ating pananampalataya
Dahil ito ay ang ating gabay sa bawat pag-iisip at salita
Alang-alang sa pagmamahal kay Kristo, tayo ay magtiwala
Na kaya natin abutin ang langit dito sa lupa

Tayong lahat ay tinawag na may misyon
Kaya halina, huwag matakot na walang humpay na umaksyon
Ang ngalan at utos ng Diyos, ating ipagtanggol
Sa ganitong paraan, sumusunod tayo sa Banal na Pastol.

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Next is his very moving piece "Buhayin Mo Ako...Mahalin Mo Ako", which is a very pro-life poem, from the perspective of the baby in the womb (!) I was telling John during APBF launch night that the poem's theme resonates well with the pro-life activity of the late Ruth Pakaluk, the 'most pro-life woman in Boston', whose motto was "PRO-LIFE, PRO-LOVE", which means to "generate life is to love".

Buhayin Ninyo Ako… Mahalin Ninyo Ako
by: John B. Juat


Ano ba talaga ang balak ninyo?
Karapatan ko ang mabuhay sa mundo!
Inay, itay, pakinggan niyo ako
Nais ko makisalamuha sa mundong ito!

Hindi ko naman nais ang maging pasaway
Ayaw ko rin ang maraming kaaway
Kung ang pagmamahal niyo ay sadyang tunay
Pagbigyan niyo ako; hayaan niyo akong mabuhay

Maraming tao ang hindi napagbigyan
Sana… ibigay sa akin ang mga karapatan
Ama, ina, isama niyo ako sa inyong tahanan
Kung saan mararanasan ang pagmamahalan

Ako ay pinili ng Poong Maykapal
Kahit hindi pa isinilang, ako na ay may dangal
Sige na, ipakita sa akin ang inyong pagmamahal
At palakihin ako na may dunong at moral

Pakinggan ninyo ang aking sigaw
Ang puso ko naman ay hindi maalingasaw
Ang kagandahan ng mundo, nais ko matanaw
Pati na rin sa baybayin ay magtampisaw

Pakinggan ninyo ako, aking magulang
Gusto ko harapin ang buhay na may lakas at tapang
Gusto ko lumaking maging mabuti at magalang
Kahit mahirap, sana ako’y pagbigyan na lang

Mahal na magulang, ako’y hindi pahirap
Ako’y musmos na may magandang hinaharap
Totoo, upang palakihin ako, kailangan ninyo magsikap
Subalit buhayin ninyo ako at aabutin ko ang alapaap!

Ang buhay ko ba ay isa lamang pamahiin?
Kailan kaya, kailan kaya ako diringgin?
Mula sa panaginip, gisingin mo ako, gisingin
Ang tanging hiling ko ngayon ay ako’y mahalin!!!

Intindihin ninyo na ako’y may diwa’t puso
May kakayahan ako maging mabuting tao
Buhayin ninyo ako...buhayin ninyo ako
Mahalin ninyo ako…mahalin ninyo ako

Mahal na magulang, huwag na kayong magdusa
Gawin ninyo akong dahilan ng inyong ligaya
Ako’y magiging mabuti, huwag kayo mag-alala
Bigyan ako ng pagkakataon, susundin ko ang inyong panata

Pakinggan ninyo ako sa inyong puso
At maririnig ninyo ang sigaw ko
Tuparin sana ang hiling ko at ako’y mabuhay sa mundo
Alang-alang sa pagmamahal ni Kristo.

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Here's John's own translation to English of the "Life=Love" poem above:

Give me life… Give me love
By John B. Juat


What do you really intend to do?
I have a right to live in this world!
Mother, father, please hear me
I want to be a part of this world!

I do not want to disobey your commands
I also do not want to have a lot of enemies
If your love for me is true
Give me a chance; Allow me to live

There are so many people not given a chance
I wish….I will be given all my rights
Mother, Father, take me into your home
Where I will surely experience love

I was chosen by the Almighty God
Even though I’m not yet born, I already have dignity
Please, show me your unconditional love
And let me grow in knowledge and character

Listen carefully to my plea
My heart is not dirty and filthy
The beauty of the world, I want to see
I also want to experience wading in the beach

Please hear me, my dear parents
I want to face life with strength and courage
I want to grow up to be a good and respectful person
Even if you have to sacrifice, I wish I’ll be given a chance

Dear parents, I am not a cause for suffering
I’m only young and I have a good future ahead.
True, to raise me, you will have to exert effort
But let me live and I will soar beyond the sky

Is my life only a dream, a fantasy?
I wonder when, when will I be heard?
Wake me up from this terrible nightmare
My only wish for now is that I’ll be loved!

Understand that I have a mind and a heart
I have the capability to be a good and responsible person
Let me live, let me live
Love me, love me

My dear parents, please no longer suffer
Make me the reason for your joy and peace
Do not worry; I will grow up to be a good and responsible individual
Give me this chance, and I will follow what you teach me

Listen to me carefully in your heart
And you will surely hear my cry.
I hope my wish will be granted, that I be given a chance to live
Do this because of Jesus’ love for you and me.

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*Will open another page for his other poems...

Launch of Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan Foundation, Inc.

Launch of Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan Foundation, Inc.

16 June 2010

Anabel's Restaurant, T. Morato, Q.C.

MISSION

To assist the public school communities (pupils, parents & teachers) in enhancing the faith and moral fiber of their lives through formation in character and faith, leading them to become productive, responsible and God-loving people;

To support the moral recovery program of the country;

To open horizons for volunteers to discover the tremendous challenges, excitement, joy & fulfillment to be found in volunteerism.

VISION

A revival of the high moral and cultural values of the Filipino and of all people; thereby empowering YOUTH, TEACHERS & PARENTS to be HAPPY, GODLY, UPRIGHT, SELF-RELIANT and PRODUCTIVE members of society.

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The creation of Alalay sa Pamilya at Bayan Foundation, Inc. (APBF) is an offshoot of the sought-after Character Education program that was being offered to several public schools in Metro Manila, previously under the auspices of PCDW of Mrs. Brown. Up to 16 June 2010, these schools were:

1. 9 de Febrero Elementary School, Mandaluyong City
2. Pleasant Hills Elementary School, Mandaluyong City
3. Ramon Magsaysay High School, Cubao

The components of the Program are: Character Education (Values formation), Catechism, extra-curricular Seminars, and Livelihood, in addition to Academic tutorials.

On the event photos above: (L-R, then down) A short program hosted by Dr. Antonio Torralba (UA&P) to explain the Vision and Mission of the new Foundation; A song number rendition by the constituents of one of the beneficiary schools; Certificate of Appreciated being presented to Mr. and Mrs. Brown for the effort and magnanimous services rendered to 9 de Pebrero Elementary School; and a Response from Mrs. Annabelle P. Brown. It was also her birthday :-)

During the launch, it was announced that another school has been added to the roster of schools that need to be attended to, as well as more year levels for R. Magsaysay High School. So APBF is calling on YOU to help out and volunteer! :-) Teaching is held every Saturday. You may choose the school and the schedule of your preference .

You may contact:

Mrs Yollie Leon: yolliemleon@yahoo.com.ph

Ms Marievic Maala: marievicmaala@yahoo.com

You may likewise contact me at: alizaracelis@gmail.com and I shall transmit to the personnel at APBF your info or concerns. To the VOLUNTEERS: please send in your stories and photos, so I can publish them here. Web presence is of the essence to give publicity to this important initiative.

:-)