Nagasaki: Why San Lorenzo Ruiz is revered like a rock star
It was astounding to hear that the first Filipino saint, Lorenzo Ruiz, is revered like a rock star in Japan, particularly in Nagasaki, where he was martyred in 1637 at
It was astounding to hear that the first Filipino saint, Lorenzo Ruiz, is revered like a rock star in Japan, particularly in Nagasaki, where he was martyred in 1637 at
Spanish Dominican friar Fr. Fidel Villarroel, O.P., whose historical spadework led to the canonization of Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, the first Philippine saint, died Sunday (Oct. 23) at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Hospital. He was 87.
Kneeling in a pew flanked by relics and memorabilia of the late Pope John Paul II, a young mother scribbled a prayer on a small envelope, pleading that her child grow up to be smart and be accepted by its estranged father.
In an interview months ago, director Nonon Padilla said he would challenge any member of the audience to have a dry eye once “Lorenzo,” a rock opera on the indio Lorenzo Ruiz who died for his faith in 17th-century Japan, closes its curtain.
While a Filipino worker languishes in an Arab jail, awaiting execution, he decides to spend his days doing a play about another Filipino from a different century who also left the Philippines and suffered in another country: Lorenzo Ruiz.
This September, a new rock opera by Ryan Cayabyab opens at the College of St. Benilde. “Lorenzo”—about an OFW awaiting execution in the Middle East who, while in prison, creates a theater production based on the life of the first Filipino saint, San Lorenzo Ruiz—has music by Cayabyab, book and lyrics by Paul Dumol and Christian Vallez, production design by Gino Gonzales, and direction by Nonon Padilla.
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