+ Requiescat in Pace

Rev. Msgr. Fernando Garcia Gutierrez

January 30, 1939 - September 6, 2020

Anak Paring Hagonoy

"O Panginoon, nawa ay pagkalooban mo siya ng walang hanggang kapahingahan, at nawa ay masinagan siya ng panghabang-panahong liwanag. At mahimlay nawa siya sa kapayapaan.
Amen."

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Requiescat in Pace: REV. FR. NICANOR TRINIDAD VICTORINO (August 13, 2020)

DIOCESE OF IMUS

CHANCERY ADVISORY

The Diocese of Imus announces the demise of our brother priest, REV. FR. NICANOR T. VICTORINO, 95 years of age.

- Birth: November 20, 1924

- Sacerdotal Ordination: June 7, 1953

- Death August 13, 2020.    

- Wake: NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST. ANNE, HAGONOY, BULACAN.             

- Funeral Mass and Interment: Hagonoy, Bulacan on AUGUST 15, Saturday, 10:00am, Solemnity of the Assumption. 

Let us pray for his eternal repose.

Requiescat in Pace: REV. FR. SIMPLICIO SANGALANG SUNPAYCO, S.J. (December 13, 2019)

 

Official Statement from Sunpayco - Sangalang Families

To all who remember, FR SIMPLICIO SUNPAYCO, SJ, please include him in your prayers.

THANK YOU for all the love and blessings in the family through your prayers!

Almost all the twelve Guevarra children were baptized by Fr. Sim. 

He officiated in their weddings, too. Every year, he was with us on Christmas Day to celebrate the Mass with our Inang Julita.

You are happy now with Inang Dada, (Dionisia), your Inang and other siblings, PILAR, FELINA, JULITA, GENOVEVA, EFIPANIO, and HERMINIGILDO, in HEAVEN.

Please PRAY FOR US, still! 

Requiescat in Pace: REV. FR. BARTOLOME SAGUINSIN BERNABE (1936-2019)

Last January 19, 2019, Rev. Fr. Bartolome Saguinsin Bernabe, 82, died at Baliuag, Bulacan. Fr. Bernabe hails from Sto. Rosario, Hagonoy, Bulacan and was ordained a priest on March 30, 1963. 

He served the Diocese of Malolos, then the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines as a military chaplain. He also served as attached priest at San Jose de Navotas Parish under the Diocese of Kalookan. When he retired due to glaucoma, he came back as a priest of the Diocese of Malolos. 

Though he lived much of his retirement blind, he continued to say Mass for relatives and friends in his home in Plaridel, Bulacan with his sister whispering to him the necessary prayers and that he said the rites and prayer of the Mass from memory. He is truly an example of endurance and silent prayer as his life continues to inspire us in being faithful to the priestly calling.

He is to be interred at the Libingang Bantayog ng KAKATHA in Hagonoy, Bulacan

KAKATHA NEWS 2018:

KAKATHA NEWS 2018: 

ONE OF HAGONOY'S ELDEST JESUIT PRIESTS DIES

KAKATHA NEWS EVENTS 2018

Dated: October 16, 2018

HAGONOY, BULACAN – On October 16, Fr. Antonio Bartolome Bautista, S.J. died. Here is an official release from the Philippine Jesuits site.

FR. ANTONIO B. BAUTISTA, SJ (1924-2018)

October 16, 2018

This is to inform you that FR. ANTONIO B. BAUTISTA, S. J. died on 16 October 2018 at The Medical City.  

Wake:  Starting this evening till Thursday morning, 18 October in Loyola House of Studies. Daily wake Masses at 8 p.m.

Funeral Mass: At 8 a.m. on Thursday, 18 October in the Oratory of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola House of Studies, Quezon City. Interment follows in the Jesuit Cemetery at Sacred Heart Novitiate.

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BIOGRAPHY OF FR. Antonio B. Bautista, SJ (1924-2018)
By Sch. Amado T. Tumbali, S.J.
Assistant Province Archivist

Fr. Antonio Buencamino Bautista, S.J. was born on 13 June 1924 in Manila. He first studied in De la Salle Elementary School, Taft, Manila (1935-1937), then in San Juan de Letran High School, Intramuros, Manila (1937-1939), and finished secondary education in Immaculate Conception Institute, Vigan (1939-1942) as class valedictorian.

He entered the Jesuits on 30 July 1942. Some of his co-novices were Frs. Jose Blanco, Jose Martinez, Alfonso Flores, Vitaliano Gorospe, Miguel Varela, Luis Candelaria, Jose A. Cruz, Benigno Mayo, Teodoro Arvisu, and Enrique Victoriano, and Br. Luis Batin. However, due to the Second World War, the Sacred Heart Novitiate, where he spent his Noviceship (1942-1944) and Juniorate (1944-1946) moved about in Ateneo in Padre Faura, La Ignaciana in Sta. Ana, and Novaliches. He continued his Philosophy at St. Robert Bellarmine College in Novaliches (1946-1949) and got Bachelor and Masters degrees. During Regency, he was first assigned to Ateneo de Cagayan (1949-1951) as Instructor of Religion, English, and Latin; then in Ateneo de Naga (1951-1952) to teach Religion, English, and Latin. He studied Theology at Woodstock College, Maryland, USA (1952-1956) and received Licentiate in Sacred Theology. Then, back to the Philippines, he taught Religion in Ateneo de Manila (1956-57). A school year after, he was sent to do Tertianship in Palacio del Santo Duque, Gandia, Spain where he was also ordained to the Diaconate on 11 June 1958 and to the Presbyterate on 12 June 1958 by the Most Rev. Zenon Aramburu Urquiola, S.J., Bishop of Wuhu, China. He took his final vows on 15 August 1960 in Ateneo de Naga.

Fr. Tony’s first assignment as a priest was in Ateneo de Davao as Professor of Theology (1958-1960) and Moderator of ROTC and athletics in the College (1959-1960). His next assignment was in Ateneo de Naga where he served as Professor of Theology and Librarian both for the school and in the Jesuit Residence during his entire stay. He was also Chair of Philosophy Department (1966-1975). His next and longest assignment was in Loyola House of Studies (1977-2013) where he stayed while being Assistant Professor of Theology in Ateneo de Manila University (1978-1998), doing pastoral ministry (1998-2007), and retiring while praying for the Church and the Society of Jesus (2007-2013).

Declining with Dementia, Coronary Artery Disease, and Hypoxic Metabolic Encephalopathy, Fr Tony’s final years were spent in the Jesuit Residence Infirmary, Ateneo de Manila (2013-2016) and in the Jesuit Health and Wellness Center, Ateneo de Manila Campus since 2016 until he died of multi-organ failure due to sepsis or severe systemic infection as a consequence of aspiration pneumonia on 16 October 2018 at 7:05 AM at the Medical City, Ortigas ave, Quezon City.

Of his 94 years of age, Fr. Tony spent 76 as a Jesuit, and 44 as Professor of Theology.

KAKATHA News Admin.

KAKATHA NEWS 2018:

KAKATHA NEWS 2018: 

116TH PRIEST-SON CELEBRATES THANKSGIVING MASS IN HAGONOY

KAKATHA NEWS EVENTS 2018

Dated: May 24, 2018

Parishioners kiss the hand of Fr. Niño Jomel Halili De Leon, the town's 116th priest-son at a novena Mass in honor of Virgen delas Flores at the National Shrine and Parish of St. Anne. Photo Courtesy: Trisha Anne Vega

HAGONOY, BULACAN – Last Tuesday, a priest who has roots from this town celebrated his first Mass in thanksgiving for receiving the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Fr. Niño Jomel Halili De Leon, 26 led the Eucharistic celebration at the National Shrine of St. Anne at 6:00 in the evening coinciding with the novena in honor of Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Inmaculada Concepcion de la Asociada de Hagonoy (Our Lady of the Most Pure, Immaculate Conception of the Association of Hagonoy), a title of the Blessed Mother special to the hearts of the faithful in the town. 

Roots from his father

Fr. De Leon is the eldest son of Napoleon De Leon, who originally lived in Hagonoy and Susana Halili-De Leon of Sta. Maria, Bulacan. He finished his primary studies at St. Paul School of Sta Maria and had his secondary studies and priestly religious formation at the Immaculate Conception Seminary (Minor) and Immaculate Conception Major Seminary in Guiguinto, Bulacan. Despite being raised in a different town, his paternal lineage places him in a list of several priests who have been ordained with roots to what has been called as a "Levitical town". Also, Fr. De Leon has served the town during his assignment at the National Shrine and Parish of St. Anne and St. Anne's Catholic School during his pre-diaconal program late last year.

The blessing of vocations

Reflecting on the Gospel on Jesus' love for serving others,  Fr. De Leon said that, "Love must be expressed. It's not just about words. It's about (imitating Jesus) with one's actions." He reflected that in beginning his ministry as a priest, it has always been important to choose to love everyone as God has loved. He said, "God's love is not choosy. He loves everyone. The Holy Spirit comes in his special way (to each of us) because you are preciously loved." According to him, it is this grace in choosing to love everyone that brings meaning to the way of life a priest lives, in the service of the community, guided by the spirit of the Gospel.

Fr. Niño Jomel Halili De Leon was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Malolos by the late Bishop Jose F. Oliveros, D.D. last March 20, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Parish - Cathedral and Minor Basilica, Malolos City. Photo Courtesy: Ranz Joseph Villamil, Design Courtesy: DOMVS AVREA Ecclesiastical Designs.

A town's heritage

Priestly and religious vocations have been known to come from this town ever since the first known ordination of one of its townsfolk, Fr. Sebastian Dela Rosa De Lara in 1765. Research confirms Hagonoy town has produced 116 priest-sons, 68 of which are alive and assigned in different parishes and communities both in the Diocese of Malolos, other dioceses and in other parts of the world. According to Msgr. Sabino A. Vengco, Jr., "Despite the difficulties in producing priests in today's age, it has been such a blessing for the town of Hagonoy to continue having an abundance in such vocations." He further said, "This is a heritage this town has, an attribution of the townsfolk to the intercessory power of the local patroness, St. Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary." 

With Fr. De Leon's addition into the roster of the town's priest sons, he is automatically a member of the Kapatiran ng Kapariang Taga-Hagonoy, Inc., the priest-sons' association founded in 1971. KAKATHA News Admin.

KAKATHA NEWS 2017: HAGONOY PROUCES 115TH PRIEST-SON

KAKATHA NEWS 2017: HAGONOY PRODUCES 115TH PRIEST-SON

KAKATHA NEWS EVENTS 2017

Dated: March 21, 2017

Rev. Fr. Daniel Maniego Coronel (center) is Hagonoy's 115th priest-son who celebrated his thanksgiving Mass with members of KAKATHA and his priest batchmates at the National Shrine of St. Anne. (Photo by: Ranz Joseph Villamil)

HAGONOY, BULACAN – Last March 21, 2017, Rev. Fr. Daniel Maniego Coronel celebrated his first solemn Mass at the National Shrine of St. Anne, Hagonoy, Bulacan. It began through the procession, which began at Santiago Trillana Academy in barrio San Sebastian with devotees of St. Anne and Our Lady of Remedies following their respective carozzas to the shrine. The Mass begun at 5 o’clock in the afternoon with his priest batchmates, members of the Kapatiran ng Kapariang Taga-Hagonoy, Inc. (KAKATHA), members of the Malolos clergy and religious priests concelebrating.

In his homily, Rev. Fr. Federico Ramos III whose served as Fr. Coronel’s preacher thanked the Lord for the grace given to Fr. Coronel despite the many challenges he faced. He recognized that it is indeed the grace of God, which helped him throughout his journey to the priestly ministry. He also noted of the importance the people had been in Fr. Coronel’s life as it was in their generosity that sustained him in his years in seminary formation.

Fr. Vicente Lina, Jr., former president of KAKATHA spoke in behalf of his fellow Hagonoeño priests, thanking the Lord for the blessings given to the gracious town of Hagonoy for a continuous line of priest-sons, signs of God’s abundant love through the intercession of St. Anne, called by the locals as Apo Ana. He said that may Apo Ana’s further assistance to the people of Hagonoy allow for the increase of priestly and religious vocations for the formation of more faithful Catholics to service in the Church.

Fr. Coronel, a native of Mercado Hagonoy, Bulacan is noted as the 115^th priest to be ordained from the town. The record of the KAKATHA holds that town has 49 deceased priests beginning with Rev. Fr. Sebastian dela Rosa de Lara ordained in 1765, 67 active and retired priests and 5 priests who have chosen other callings to life in holiness. Fr. Coronel will be assigned as assisting priest at the Diocesan Shrine of Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa – St. Martin of Tours Parish in Bocaue, Bulacan up to June of this year before being enrolled in the diocesan neo-presbyteral program. KAKATHA News Admin.

KAKATHA NEWS 2016: HAGONOEÑO PRIESTS RETURN FOR SHRINE'S SILVER JUBILEE

KAKATHA NEWS 2016: HAGONOEÑO PRIESTS RETURN FOR SHRINE'S SILVER JUBILEE

KAKATHA NEWS EVENTS 2016

Dated: October 29, 2016

HAGONOY, BULCAN - Last October 29, the community of the town of Hagonoy, Bulacan rejoiced on the celebration of the 25^th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church of St. Anne as a national shrine.  In honor of this celebration, the Municipal Government of Hagonoy headed by Hon. Raulito Manlapaz, Jr., Municipal Mayor initiated the Civic Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Proclamation of St. Anne’s Parish as a national shrine. The said event was held at the Municipal Hall of Hagonoy attended by several of the original committee members who prepared the way to the declaration of St. Anne’s as a national shrine.

This commemoration comprised of a reminiscing of the events that occurred in 1991 when the proclamation from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) was given to the parish community of Hagonoy. The Municipal Special Events office mentioned that, “The whole town prepared for the event with offering time, effort and resources in order for the patroness of our town, Apo Ana may be given due respect and in thanksgiving to God for this special grace.” The ceremony commenced with a prayer, the singing of the Philippine National Anthem, the singing of the original hymn in honor of the 1991 event performed by Banda Santa Ana and followed by a traditional folk dance performance by the Sta. Monica National High School Folk Dance Troupe.

Called to speak on behalf of the clergy of Hagonoy, Rev. Msgr. Ranilo S. Trillana, P.C., President of the Kapatiran ng Kapariang Taga-Hagonoy, Inc. (KAKATHA), expressed his thanksgiving for the blessings received by Hagonoy. He said, “According to historians, the very important reason which made the CBCP decide for Hagonoy to be the national shrine was how in the span of time, the town has produced more than 100 priest-sons and several more religious brothers and sisters. Truly with such a grace, (the church of ) Hagonoy could not but receive this honorific title as a national shrine.” KAKATHA, the present organization of priests-sons in the country has a list of 114 priest-sons of Hagonoy, 66 of whom are still alive and actively serving in different dioceses and religious congregations, here and abroad.

After the words of gratitude, the Parish Pastoral Council of Sta. Ana, the guests of honor and the clergy went to St. Mary’s Academy of Hagonoy to pay respect to the priests who were arriving their for vesting.  From the academy, the Mass procession began led by the Most Rev. Jose F. Oliveros, D.D., Bishop of Malolos and Most Rev. Deogracias S. Iñiguez, Jr., D.D., Bishop Emeritus of Kalookan and the clergy of Malolos. (KAKATHA News Admin.)

KAKATHA NEWS 2016: HAGONOEÑO FROM MERCADO ORDAINED AS DEACON

KAKATHA NEWS EVENTS 2016

Dated: September 13, 2016

Rev. Daniel Maniego Coronel (Mercado) [At Center] together with his classmates (from L to R:) Reverends John Patrick G. Gumasing, Jonathan Paul G. Ventura, Arvin Ray C. Jimenez and Ritz Darwin P. Resuello were ordained as deacons by the Most Rev. Jose F. Oliveros, D.D., Bishop of Malolos at ICMAS Theologate Chapel. (Photo Courtesy: Rev. John Patrick G. Gumasing)

GUIGUINTO, BULACAN - Last September 13, five seminarians of the Diocese of Malolos were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons. Sem. Daniel Maniego Coronel, a recent graduate from the Immaculate Conception Major Seminary was ordained a deacon together with his four companions by the Most Rev. Jose F. Oliveros, D.D., Bishop of Malolos at the seminary Theologate Chapel at 9:00 in the morning. 

   In his homily, the Bishop instructed the deacons on the importance of their ministry - to be helpful to him and to the institutions of apostolate they were about to serve and to preach God's Word. The Bishop also pointed out the importance of their vow to celibacy, that they will no longer be saying during their presbyteral ordination since promising not to marry is already part of the Diaconal Ordination. 

   After the Mass, members of KAKATHA together with the clergy of Malolos, seminarians and guests had lunch at the seminary gymnasium. Some of those who attended from KAKATHA in the celebration were Rev. Fr. Vicente Burayag Lina, Jr. (Sto. Niño), President Emeritus of KAKATHA, Rev. Fr. Manuel Martin Manicad, (San Sebastian), Episcopal Vicar for Religious, Rev. Fr. Garry Medina Clemente (San Juan), Rev. Fr. Edward Cruz Pecson (Sta. Monica), Rev. Fr. Enrico Cruz Crisostomo (Sto. Rosario) and Rev. Fr. Elmer Roque Ignacio (Tampok).

   Rev. Daniel Maniego Coronel is the son of Danilo (+) and Soccoro Maniego Coronel from Mercado, Hagonoy, Bulacan. He is from the Parish of Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario, Sto. Rosario, Hagonoy, Bulacan. In the duration of their diaconal ministry, the five deacons are assigned monthly to different houses of apostolate and will be serving in several parishes in the Diocese.  KAKATHA News Admin.  

KAKATHA NEWS 2015: KAKATHA celebrates at the 24th Anniversary of Sta. Ana Shrine

KAKATHA NEWS EVENTS 2015

Dated: October 29, 2015

HAGONOY, BULACAN - Last October 29, the whole town of Hagonoy rejoiced that at the end of the flood caused by the Typhoon Lando, the Parish Church of St. Anne has celebrated its 24th anniversary of being a national shrine. During the said celebration, the priests of the Kapatiran ng Kapariang Taga-Hagonoy, Inc. (KAKATHA) gathered to be one in the celebration at the 9:00 am mass, considered the Misa Mayor of the day. The celebration was presided over by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Sabino Azurin Vengco, Jr., H.P. (San Jose), President Emeritus of the group who will be celebrating his 50 years as a priest come December 21 (Bodas de Oro). 


   In his homily, he said that he likened Hagonoy to the city of Jerusalem, full of splendor with the many graces it has received through the ages. Yet it also poses the challenge that in being the faithful of the shrine, we are called to do better with our lives as we aim to be with God through promoting more vocations. Before the Holy Eucharist ended, Rev. Msgr. Ranilo Santos Trillana, P.C. (Sta. Monica), President called on the faithful to give thanks to God for the five priests to be awarded for their celebration of Golden and Silver Presbyteral Jubilees and one who was newly ordained to the priesthood. Two of the said celebrators, Msgr. Vengco and Rev. Fr. Romulo Manocom Perez (San Sebastian) received their awards for the Golden and Silver Jubilees respectively during the celebration of the Mass. Rev. Fr. Virgilio Mangahas Cruz (San Jose), KAKATHA Treasurer and another Silver Jubilarians received his award when he came during the reception. Two other Silver Jubilarians, Rev. Fr. Elmer Roque Ignacio (Tampok) and Rev. Fr. Peter Ronald Saldaña Eugenio, O.F.M.Cap. were unable to attend due to ministerial commitments. The benjamin of the group, Rev. Fr. Ferdimagne Coronel Pascua, O.S.J. was also unable to attend due to adjustment to his new parish at Ibaan, Batangas.


   After the Mass, the members of KAKATHA dined and met at the reception for priests at the Knights of Columbus Hall at the shrine convent. There, a decision was made to extend the term of the present KAKATHA officers as well as to provide a monetary collection for the expenses during the event. Also, Msgr. Trillana had a private book launching of his new work on homilies for the seasons of Advent and Christmas entitled, "Halina, Hesus Halina."


   The members of KAKATHA present during the celebration were the following: Rev. Msgr. Ranilo Santos Trillana, P.C. (Sta. Monica), Rev. Fr. Anacleto Clemente Ignacio (Sta. Monica), Rev. Fr. Rolando Reyes Atienza (Sagrada Familia), Rev. Fr. Virgilio Mangahas Cruz (San Jose), Rev. Fr. Vicente Burayag Lina, Jr. (Sto. Niño), Rev. Fr. Manuel Martin Manicad (San Sebastian), Rev. Msgr. Sabino Azurin Vengco, Jr., H.P. (San Jose), Rev. Fr. Peter Eymard Cabrera Balatbat (Sto. Niño), Rev. Msgr. Vicente Amado Bernardo Manlapig, P.C. (Sta. Monica), Rev. Fr. Garry Medina Clemente (San Juan) and Rev. Fr. Romulo Manocom Perez (San Sebastian). KAKATHE News Admin.