Msgr. Aloysius Schwartz’s contributions and charitable deeds were remembered in a stage play held at the Sisters of Mary Girlstown complex in Silang, Cavite. In honor of Schwartz’s 25 death anniversary, Several talented students from both Boystown and Girlstown coalesced to enact the final moments of Schwartz’s life based on his personal diary.
If there’s one activity Vice President Jejomar Binay, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and Sen. Grace Poe—all of whom have expressed their plan to run for President—should have in common between now and the 2016 election, it should be to watch the movie “Heneral Luna.”
Thanks to the late Dr. Romeo Echauz, I developed a devotion to the Bambino de Aracoeli, who is much loved in Rome and in the Catholic world. When he was still alive, the good doctor would invite friends and family to the Holy Mass honoring the Holy Child in the Sto. Bambino Chapel in the Filipinas Paradise Complex in Naic, Cavite. It was on May 2, 1897, when Pope Leo XIII crowned the Holy Child in the chapel on Capitoline Hill in Rome.
These days, we truly need to pray more. The certainty of our younger years that things are all right is not true anymore. The 9/11 attacks, typhoon Ondoy, the Maguindanao massacre, parents losing their children through accidents or sickness give us a feeling of uncertainty. And the “culture of hatred” going around in the country is very unsettling. I find myself holding the Rosary and praying it to assure me of Mary’s protection.
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