Now showing in Ayala Mall Cinemas nationwide is “Poveda,” the inspiring true story of Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, a martyr of the Christian persecutions in Spain.
The movie was awarded best picture, best actor (Raul Escudero) and best director (Pablo Moreno) at the recent Buenos Aires Non Stop Arte Festival.
“Poveda” also received best picture in the International Catholic Film Festival Mirabile Dictu. It also received Outstanding International Award of Excellence in the International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration, and Equality in Jakarta.
Father Poveda (Linares, 1874 -Madrid, 1936), began his priestly work in the caves of Guadix (Granada) in 1901, a poor community. There he saw the problem of lack of education and builds a school for the gypsies. This unleashed both acclaim and suspicion and envy especially among the well-educated sectors of society and the clergy.
Poveda founded the Teresian Association, after St. Teresa of Avila, the first woman doctor (or teacher) of the Church, to foster the education of the poor, especially of marginalized women.
He was martyred during the Christian persecutions in Spain in the 1930s by the secularist and liberal Republican government, backed by the Russian communists. The persecutions triggered the Spanish civil war in which the Republicans and communists were defeated by Generalisimo Franco and nationalist forces.
“I am a priest of Christ,” he readily told the paramilitia that came to seize and kill him.
Tiples de Santo Domingo
Tiples de Santo Domingo, the famous boys choir of the Santo Domingo Church, will mount the Christmas concert, “Benedicere,” on Dec. 13, 8 p.m., at Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
The oldest existing choir in the Philippines, Tiples will be performing in connection with the Jubilee of the foundation of the Order of Preachers or Dominicans.
Tiples, under choral director Eugene de los Santos, will perform with the Dominican student-brothers and special guests such as pianist and CCP President and University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music dean Raul Sunico, soprano Thea Perez, tenor Ronan Ferrer, harpist Lourdes Gregorio and the UST Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets are available at Ticketworld.com.ph.
Novenas
Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City is holding every Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., the perpetual novena to Saint Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order.
It is also holding the perpetual novena to the Santissimo Rosario La Naval de Manila every Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Mass follows at 6 p.m.
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