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parishworks! 1 Vol. 08 No. 46 Mar 09, 2013 www.saaparish.com and www.facebook.com/saaparish turn to page 2 Pilgrims in Our Own Backyard (Lakbay Dalangin 1213) By Susan Amoroso All through the week before that Saturday morning of March 2, 2013, I and my co-members in the PREX and Media/ Education Ministry where I belong to felt a certain kind of excitement. The St. Andrew the Apostle Parish (SAAP) headed by our pastor Monsignor Dennis Odiver had lined up a list of seven beautiful and historical churches in Pampanga for Lakbay Dalangin, a Lenten activity of prayer and church pilgrimage conducted by the Parish. I was told that Sis Wina de Vera of the Liturgical Affairs Ministry and Sis Onnie Misa helped in the selection and routing of the Churches . Saturday morning came. Call time is between 5:30 to 6:30. We were told to be at the church grounds before 6:30 AM wearing green. After having breakfast at the nearest McDonald for my coffee and pancake I was heading for the church. I saw three bus loads of SAAP family members ready and eager to get going. I was told to register and get my Lakbay Dalangin booklet, my assigned bus and meal stubs. ``I am in Bus No. 2.’’ I saw Father Allan Dichoso and Sis Claire Padilla , Chapter Head of the Ministry on Greeters and Collectors. She called each our names and saw to it that we were in the correct assigned seats and rows. I was seated with Sis Leng Estacio,my batch mate of PREX 29-12. In our row too was Sis Chari Akogo. Sis Ellie Medina ,her sister and mother were with us in the bus too. So were Sis Lita Caasi, Sis Christie Vasquez , Sis Karen Tan, is Anne Lopez and Sis Armi Planada. I knew I was in good company. I saw PREX batch mate Sis Chai Lovendino whom I have not seen for months riding in the other bus. I could not mention everybody’s name but all three buses were filled with familiar and friendly faces of the Parish. Father Allan led the morning prayers . We prayed fifteen decades of the Holy Rosary and another five decades of the Luminous Rosary along the way. In between the prayers, bottled water,still hot empanada , tuna sandwiches and other pastries were passed around. Peanuts and champoy, candies and chippies were likewise passed around, much to our delight. Surely, the Lakbay Dalangin is filling us with spiritual and physical food. Brod Francis was assigned to carry and wave the blue banner to make it easier for all of us to find our way to the Church and back to the bus. Our first stop was the St. Andrew Parish Church in Candaba. Msgr. Dennis welcomed his flock with the celebration of the Holy Mass with Father Allan assisting. After the mass, we prayed the first and second Stations of the Cross. Before reaching the Church we were told that Candaba is famous for bird watching. Migratory wild ducks and wild birds from Siberia, New Zealand, Mongolia use the Candaba swamps as their yearly sanctuaries when the weather in their home habitat gets too cold for comfort. Rare bird species could be sighted there when you get lucky. That’s according to the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines. In each of the Church we visited a brief description of the church were read to us . As soon as all of us were inside the Church, two stations of the cross were said. Then we all posed in front of the altar / retablo for the
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parishworks! 1Vol. 08 No. 46 Mar 09, 2013
www.saaparish.com and www.facebook.com/saaparish
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Pilgrims in Our Own Backyard (Lakbay Dalangin 1213)By Susan Amoroso
All through the week before that Saturday morning of March 2, 2013, I and my co-members in the PREX and Media/ Education Ministry where I belong to felt a certain kind of excitement. The St. Andrew the Apostle Parish (SAAP) headed by our pastor Monsignor Dennis Odiver had lined up a list of seven beautiful and historical churches in Pampanga for Lakbay Dalangin, a Lenten activity of prayer and church pilgrimage conducted by the Parish. I was told that Sis Wina de Vera of the Liturgical Affairs Ministry and Sis Onnie Misa helped in the selection and routing of the Churches .
Saturday morning came. Call time is between 5:30 to 6:30. We were told to be at the church grounds before 6:30 AM wearing green. After having breakfast at the nearest McDonald for my coffee and pancake I was heading for the church. I saw three bus loads of SAAP family members ready and eager to get going.
I was told to register and get my Lakbay Dalangin booklet, my assigned bus and meal stubs. ``I am in Bus No. 2.’’ I saw Father Allan Dichoso and Sis Claire Padilla , Chapter Head of the Ministry on Greeters and Collectors. She called each our names and saw to it that we were in the correct assigned seats and rows. I was seated with Sis Leng Estacio,my batch mate of PREX 29-12. In our row too was Sis Chari Akogo. Sis Ellie Medina ,her sister and mother were with us in the bus too. So were Sis Lita Caasi, Sis Christie Vasquez , Sis Karen Tan, is Anne Lopez and Sis Armi Planada. I knew I was in good company. I saw PREX batch mate Sis Chai Lovendino whom I have not seen for months riding in the other bus. I could not mention everybody’s name but all three buses were filled with familiar and friendly faces of the Parish.
Father Allan led the morning prayers . We prayed fifteen decades of the Holy Rosary and another five decades of the Luminous Rosary along the way. In between the prayers, bottled water,still hot empanada , tuna sandwiches and other pastries were passed around. Peanuts and champoy, candies and chippies were likewise passed around, much to our delight. Surely, the Lakbay Dalangin is filling us with spiritual and physical food. Brod Francis was assigned to carry and wave the blue banner to make it easier for all of us to find our way to the Church and back to the bus.
Our first stop was the St. Andrew Parish Church in Candaba. Msgr. Dennis welcomed his flock with the celebration of the Holy Mass with Father Allan assisting. After the mass, we prayed the first and second Stations of the Cross. Before reaching the Church we were told that Candaba is famous for bird watching. Migratory wild ducks and wild birds from Siberia, New Zealand, Mongolia use the Candaba swamps as their yearly sanctuaries when the weather in their home habitat gets too cold for comfort. Rare bird species could be sighted there when you get lucky. That’s according to the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines.
In each of the Church we visited a brief description of the church were read to us . As soon as all of us were inside the Church, two stations of the cross were said. Then we all posed in front of the altar / retablo for the
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usual group picture with Msgr. Dennis and Father Allan. After which in the limited time possible, every one seems to be taking pictures forever, and admiring the works of art inside and around the churches.
The second stop is the Sta. Ana Church in Sta. Ana, Pampanga. This is the only church where a beautiful image of St. Anne, the mother of Mama Mary sits as titular patroness and standing beside her is the beautiful image of a very much younger Mary, barely in her teens. A relic of Sta. Ana (St. Anne) is also housed in the church.
The third church is the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando in the City of San Fernando. It is a massive structure with a magnificent round majestic dome which is reminiscent of the baroque style era. This is the church where President Emilio F. Aguinaldo and his cabinet camped out in 1898 and viewed the passing of the Philippine Revolutionary Army from the windows of its convent on October 9, 1898. The Church was burned by General Aguinaldo’s men on May 4, 1899 and destroyed by fire again in 1939. In 1948, renowned Pampango Architect Fernando H. Ocampo restored the Cathedral to its present majestic beauty usng neo-art noveaux style with faux columns. The current archbishop of San Fernando is the Most Reverend Paciano B. Aniceto,D.D. Pampanga.
Our next stop was at the farm of Sis Wena where a sumptuous lunch awaits us. Tables and chairs were set up beside the big and shady mango trees for those who want the fresh air ambience. The buffet tables were laden with lengua in mushroom and cream sauce and sautéed vegetables (both dishes courtesy of Sis Wena ) and the other catered dishes of pork barbecue, chicken, broiled eggplant with buro sauce, mango salad with bagoong, leche flan and other kakanin. Iced tea , coffee and hot tea capped the belly-filling buffet.
Across is the handsome air-conditioned bungalow house where there are tables and chairs for those who want to eat inside and on the veranda fronting the house.
After about an hour and a half, we were ready to leave. This time Monsignor Dennis rode with us. The Monsignor could pass as an accomplished tourist guide as he directs and informs along the way.
The fourth church was the Holy Rosary Cathedral located beside the Holy Angels University . It was constructed between 1877 to 1896 by means of forced labor during the colonial Spanish rule. Today it sits between two very busy streets , the intersection of Sto.
Rosario and Sto Interro Streets right in the middle of the highly urbanized Angeles City. Food chain giants like McDo, Goldilocks, retail outlets, malls and business offices are located along those streets.
The fifth church is the famous sunken San Guillermo Parish Church in Bacolor. It is a very old Baroque styled church built in 1576 by the Augustinian friars. In 1880, it was destroyed by an earthquake but was rebuilt in 1886. In 1995, lahar flows from the slopes of Mt.Pinatubo which erupted in June 15, 1991 buried the church to half its 12 meters height. Fifty thousand residents lost their homes during that same year. Lahar flows have buried their homes but the people did not let lahar completely buried their beloved church . They dug up the lahar and painstakingly excavated the ornately carved wooden main and side altars. The main altar was relocated under the dome in order to fit the high wooden retablo. The main and side retablos that house the main and side altars respectively as well as the pulpit are gilded with goldleaf.
The sixth church is the Santiago Apostol (St. James the Apostle Church) located in Betis, Guagua, a town famous for its rich heritage of sculpture and other crafts. Built in 1754, the Church is a baroque heritage and declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines and the NCCA in 2001. It houses according to the experts the most beautiful retablo in Central Luzon. The ornate carvings, the carved wooden images of saints are done in rococo style. The wooden floor and original wooden furnishings in the sacristy and in the convento are well maintained , adding to the ancient sacred ambience of a historic and sacred past.
It’s main attraction is the turn of the century original ceiling mural done by painter Simon Flores (1839-1904) as well as the painting of the Holy Family. In the Church patio is an artesian well dug in the 1800s and the nearby rare betis tree donated by Prof. Randy David, a sociologist and a Betis son. The town is home to the best craftsmen in the country: gold and silver smithing, gilding, wood carving, carpentry, furniture inlaying, drop-curtain and interior church painting.
The last and seventh Church we visited where we also had a light dinner snack of pancit palabok and puto was the San Agustin Parish Church in Lubao , Pampanga. Lubao is the hometown of two presidents, father and daughter Diosdado and Gloria Macapagal. This church is remarkable for its 17th century Philippine architecture characterized by classic solid lines. The church is very historical. It was occupied by revolutionary forces
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in 1898, used as a hospital in 1899 by the American forces, destroyed in 1942 by Japanese shelling and then repaired in 1949-1952. This is where the relics of St. Augustine and St. Monica are kept. Built in 1572, it is the oldest church in Pampanga and received the relics of St. Augustine and Sta. Monica on May 5, 2012 to marked its 440th Founding Anniversary
We finally headed home around nine in the evening and reached SAAP past 10 that night. Before we left each one was given a little round foldable fan as a souvenir. It was a day well spent in this time of Lent .
(References : Wikipedia; Pampanga Religious Tourist Attraction; Pampanga Churches)
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I. Way of the Cross Every Friday of Lent
Parish (Youth) - 7:15 p.m.
Sub-parishes - 8:00 p.m.
II. Lenten Recollectionc/o SARC – March 20, 2013
“Faith, a Gift Received, a Gift Shared”
March 21, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.,
March 22, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
March 23, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Parish Church
III. Kumpisalang BayanMarch 22, Friday, 5:00 p.m. onwards
IV. SenakuloA PYM Production
March 26, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
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