Showing posts with label St. James the Apostle. Show all posts
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Friday, January 22, 2021

2021-004 | THE 2ND JACOBEAN CONGRESS OF CEBU

WHEN THE MUNICIPALITY OF COMPOSTELA, Cebu, through its then mayor, Hon. Joel Quiño, accepted the invitation to host the Second National Congress of St. James the Apostle Parishes and Devotees during the first congress held in Alabang, Muntinlupa City in 2018; it was the best thing to happen because it would expose our Camino de Santiago to more pilgrims and people; and it would also place Compostela in the center of the Jacobean Pilgrimage of the country instead of just another provincial backwater. 

Our own Compostela, the namesake of that famous city in Spain, hosts another namesake of a church from its mother country, the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela, established in 1866 by an Agustinian Recollect priest from Zaragoza, Spain who brought with him a statue of St. James that became a permanent fixture high above the parish door. Its parish priest then, Fr. Scipio Deligero, was all smile as his pet project would soon be demonstrated before a national congress.

The congress in Cebu was simply all about the Camino de Santiago. The devotion of St. James was and always been centered on how and why people came to know him better: the Camino. It was the Camino de Santiago that lured me closer to him for, without it, I barely knew the good saint. It was the Camino de Santiago in Spain that pushed Fr. Scipio to have one like this in Cebu, that is affordable to anybody but, at the same time, spiritually fulfilling. A poor man’s Camino. 

In the preparation leading to the event, a huge botafumeiro or censer, 11.5 feet tall and 150 kilograms in weight, was fabricated courtesy of a single donor; while a huge structure housing this botafumeiro was soon constructed infront of the parish, courtesy also of four other donors. The main thoroughfare was paved with thick earthen bricks where scallop images lined the edges. Then an FM radio station was installed to deliver the news of this event to the remotest areas. At short notice all proceeded to be available on the appointed date: February 5-6, 2019. 

Ten days before that date, I was leading ten pilgrims on January 27, 2019 from the St. James the Apostle Parish, in Poblacion, Badian to the Our Lady of Consolation Parish, in the mountains of Manlapay, Dalaguete. We were on our first day of the Camino Cebu, a 175-kilometer pilgrimage over the central backbones of Cebu that is walked for ten days. The first day is always the hardest for it is walked from near sea level to 780 meters of elevation and 18+ kilometers long.


The ten pilgrims were Fr. Wilfredo Genelazo of the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima of Basak, Mandaue City; adventure entrepreneur Randy Salazar; Big C survivor Renelyn Reynes; journalists Erl Durano and Grace Lina; ship electrician Rafael Gica; Jocelyn Baran and Jean Antipuesto of Compostela; an OFW from Abu Dhabi, Sheen Mark Deligero; and Raszil Zuasola, our photographer who has a bag that his brother had carried in the Camino Primitivo in Spain. 

The second day, January 28, was a long day, 20+ kilometers, and warm, as we trudged over the “Vegetable Highway” from Manlapay to the Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Parish in Colawin, Argao. The third day, January 29, was almost the same but longer, 26+ kilometers, warm, following the same “Vegetable Highway” from Colawin, passing by Sibonga and parts of Carcar City to the San Isidro Labrador Parish in Mantalongon, Barili. 

The fourth day, January 30, was 19+ kilometers long, also a warm day, from Mantalongon, passing by the San Isidro Labrador Parish in Calidngan, Carcar City, to the St. Augustine de Hippo Parish in Magsico, San Fernando. The fifth day, January 31, was the last of the long days, at 22+ kilometers, from Magsico, passing by the San Roque Parish in Uling, Naga City, to the San Pedro Calungsod Parish in Cantabaco, Toledo City.


 

This was now the turning point of the Camino Cebu when the pilgrims would experience shorter days and longer rests. The sixth day, February 1, is shorter than usual, at 14+ kilometers, from Cantabaco, passing by Minglanilla, to the St. John the Baptist Parish in Sudlon I, Cebu City. The seventh day, February 2, shortest at 8+ kilometers, starts late from Sudlon I and meander down to the Birhen sa Guadalupe Parish in Babag, Cebu City. 

Day Eight, February 3, is 16+ kilometers long, from Babag to the Sto. Niño Parish in Guba, Cebu City. It was here that we watched in Facebook Live, the arrival of relics of St. James in the Mactan Cebu International Airport from Compostela, Spain. Fr. Deligero, Fr. Gonzalo Candado and Mayor Quiño led the contingent to receive the sacred cargo brought by Msgr. Elizardo Temperan Villaverde, Chancellor of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, who was with Fr. Manny Domingo SDB. 

There was a motorcade from the airport to the Archbishop’s Palace, in Cebu City, for viewing, and then to its permanent home in the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela, where it will await of our arrival on February 5. That night, in our sleeping quarters of the multi-purpose hall of the Sto. Niño Parish, we celebrated the occasion with a small party, courtesy of then parish priest Fr. Peter Necesario. A pilgrim of the previous Camino of July 2017, Jonathan Apurado, joined us here to walk with us for the last two days.

 

On the ninth day, February 4, everybody were now excited as we were now on the threshold of Compostela. It is just 15+ kilometers away and, possibly, we would meet the first pilgrims doing another Camino de Santiago later in the day, who would be starting from the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela. We left Guba and passed by Consolacion where, at 2:00 PM, we met Xenon Walde, Angie Villanueva, Cleo Villanueva and Eric Cuisia of the St. James the Greater Parish of Alabang, at Mulao, Liloan. 

There were 78 pilgrims on this shorter Camino Cebu, plus the 11 of us, converging at Basak, Compostela. Most of the pilgrims were housed in the covered court, while the rest were distributed among private homes and the Gatubod Spring Resort. We were just fortunate to be accommodated in the humble home of Bro. Frank Catampatan and family. There was a barrio fiesta atmosphere in the covered court as utan bisayà (traditional Cebuano vegetable soup), inasal (roasted pig) and pusò (rice wrapped in coconut leaves) were served as dinner.    

The last day of the Camino de Santiago for both the 2 days and the 10 days, February 5, begins from Basak, going up to the peak where the “Cross of Triumph” is located, in Bagalnga, Compostela; and then going down to the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela. There, we were met by a cheerful crowd and the unceasing pealing of bells announcing our arrival. A Eucharistic Celebration was celebrated by the freshly-ordained Fr. Vhen Jesus Fernandez of Compostela.


After venerating the relics of St. James that I saw brought here two days ago in Facebook, I turned myself in to my host, Capt. Lito Ramon and family. I then proceeded to the parish where there was an evening program. Dances and songs from the best talents of Compostela were presented to the pilgrims. Amidst all that, a buffet dinner was served. Saw many familiar faces, especially of the contingent from Alabang, led by Bro. Benjie Bernardo and wife. 

Two pilgrims were selected to give their own personal testimonies of their experience of the Camino de Santiago: one was from the 2-day Camino which was beautifully expounded by Cris Evert Lato-Ruffulo and the other was from the 10-day Camino which that honor belonged to Randy Salazar, who equally dished out a good testimony. I shared a table with Fr. Deligero where a cold bottle of beer came my way. He seemed so peaceful as if a big needle was removed from his back. 

The last day of the congress, there was a separate presentation done by Bro. Benjie Bernardo of St. James Alabang and then by Msgr. Elizardo Temperan Villaverde, who was speaking in Spanish but translated by Fr. Manny Domingo SDB. Both speakers were extolling the virtues and the origins of St. James, who was also known as Jacob, Yago and Diago; with the latter explaining how the Camino de Santiago began; and how it changed the course of Spain’s history and its fortune.


 

Then the last program of the Jacobean Congress was the Concelebrated Eucharistic Celebration presided by His Excellency Jose Palma DD, the Archbishop of Cebu. Then the exchange of the "Spiritual Bond of Affinity" between the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela of Galicia, Spain by Msgr. Temperan and the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela, of Cebu, Philippines by Fr. Deligero were presented to all pilgrims and parishioners which elicit a loud response. The documents states "that you would receive the same spiritual rewards and plenary indulgences" in either the Camino in Spain or in Cebu. It is a good feeling to see this possibility coming through in my lifetime. GOD IS GOOD! 

I bid goodbye to Fr. Deligero, Fr. Candado, Fr. Fernandez, my fellow pilgrims and my good hosts of Compostela and settled in a Toyota Hilux, driven by Markus Immer who was with wife, Analyn, for home. The couple came just to give me support and to witness the most important program of this once-in-a-lifetime event that would soon change the way of life of Compostela. The 2nd National Congress was a success because of a very warm cooperation of government and church and the population that boasts of good charisma by its priests and local government officials. 

As I end this article, I would like to thank the following for their support of the 2nd National Congress that was jointly hosted by the Municipality of Compostela and the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela; and the Camino de Santiago that progressed forth along the way on January 27 to February 5, 2019; to include me. They were: 

My understanding wife and my family.

Fr. Marlon Mejia of St. James the Apostle Parish, Badian.

Mr. Tirso Cominghod of Barangay Tigbao, Badian.

Badian Municipal Police Station.

Fr. Elegio Almazol Jr. of Our Lady of Consolation Parish, Dalaguete.

Fr. Mario Villacastin of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Parish, Argao.

Fr. Benedict Into of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Parish, Argao.

Argao Municipal Police Station.

SPO3 Dante Estenzo of Sibonga Municipal Police Station.

PO3 Paul Baclay of Sibonga Municipal Police Station.

Fr. Dennis James Acedo of San Isidro Labrador Parish, Barili.

Fr. Lyle Carungay of San Isidro Labrador Parish, Barili.

Fr. Benjie Contapay of San Isidro Labrador Parish, Carcar City.

SPO1 Eduardo Bagol of Carcar City Police Station.

PO1 Chuck Dayuja of Carcar City Police Station.

Fr. Murphy Sarsua of St. Augustine de Hippo Parish, San Fernando.

Fr. Armando Orehuela of San Pedro Calungsod Parish, Toledo City.

Fr. Bernardo Oyao of St. John the Baptist Parish, Cebu City.

Fr. Mark Barneso of Birhen sa Guadalupe Parish, Cebu City.

Fr. Peter Necesario of Santo Niño Parish, Cebu City.

Mr. Markus Immer and Mrs. Analyn Pocong-Immer, Cebu City.

Bro. Frank Catampatan and Family of Basak, Compostela.

Bro. Cedee Neo and Sis. Julie Neo of Doneo Host Making, Cebu City.

Bro. Mizar Bacalla of Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela.

Sis. Mimi Montecino of Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela.

Capt. Lito Ramon and Family of Poblacion, Compostela.

Mr. Jose Neo of Camp Red Bushcraft and Survival Guild, Cebu City.

Mr. Jet Manuel of Ham Radio Cebu, Consolacion.

Mr. Ed Soronio of Versa 2-Way Radio, Mandaue City. 

But, most importantly, to all the nameless parish workers and volunteers who served us our food, our beddings and who attended to our comfort as we engaged on our pilgrimage of the soul. I am most indebted to them and may St. James intercede my prayers whispered for them at the foot of the Cross of Triumph, upon his relics and the Abrazado, which is located in the chapel of Doneo Host Making in Banawa, Cebu City.



 

Photos courtesy of Pilgrims and the Organizing Committee.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

THE 1ST PHILIPPINE CONGRESS OF ST. JAMES THE GREAT

THE ARCHDIOCESAN SHRINE OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA of Compostela, Cebu gets invited to the First National Congress of St. James the Great Parishes and Devotees. The date is February 6 and 7, 2018 and it would be held at the St. James the Great Parish, Alabang, Muntinlupa City. To date, the country has 46 such parishes dedicated to St. James the Apostle (the Great) spread throughout Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.

 
Cebu has three such parishes and the two others are in Badian and Sogod. The gathering is initiated by the Alabang-based Confraternity of St. James (CSJ) and would bring together these 46 parishes for the first time, introduce their parish priests and devotees to one another, create awareness on the life of St. James, be involved in developing local Caminos, be informed of the CSJ and its mission, and to become one evangelical community.

Fr. Scipio Deligero would lead the contingent from Compostela. Going with him are Hon. Joel Quiño – the incumbent municipal mayor of Compostela, Jem Montesclaros, Mizar Bacalla, Roger Montecino, Alvie Rey Ramirez, Jonathaniel Apurado and this blogger. We were the pilgrims that have completed Cebu’s first Camino de Santiago last July 2017. Another pilgrim – Roderick (Jem’s husband) – could not join us due to his job.

We leave Cebu early on February 6 by plane and touched down at the NAIA at 07:45. Bro. Francis Choi of the CSJ Transport Committee fetched us and we were billeted at the Bellevue Hotel in Alabang. We missed the opening Eucharistic Celebration of the Congress but timely enough to be seated on one of the tables and be recognized during the introductions. We found out that we were the only ones representing Cebu.

The Cardinal Sin Hall became the main venue for the full two days where the representatives of more than 35 parishes converged. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with morning and afternoon snacks, were served courtesy of the CSJ, led by its President, Bro. Benjamin Bernardo and by the event chairman, Sis. Conchita Arau. The hosts made it sure that everyone is comfortable as possible as the Congress unveiled the different programs and activities.

First to speak is Rev. Msgr. Pedro Gerardo Santos, Executive Secretary of the CBCP Episcopal Commission and concurrent Parish Priest of the St. Peter and St. Paul Parish of Makati City. Msgr. Santos talked about “St. James as Apostle, Pilgrim and Caballero”. Next to speak is Rev. Fr. Francis Eugene Fadul, Chancellor of the Diocese of San Pablo. Fr. Fadul talked about “Promoting Devotion of St. James and Making Him Known”.

Main speaker is Orlando Cardinal Quevedo. Cardinal Quevedo is the current Archbishop of Cotabato and he talked about “St. James and the New Evangelization”. Since there was still a surplus of time before the next program, I volunteered to do a presentation of Cebu’s own Camino de Santiago which the Cebuano contingent had walked for 10 days across 175 kilometers of rugged mountains from Badian to Compostela.

After noonbreak, the delegates were grouped by regions and each was given a checklist of fourteen activities that each believed should be most acceptable and worthy to be held in their own parishes. In this workshop, the majority opt to have a Pilgrim Walk, a Novena to St. James, and a Fiesta Translacion – all tied for number 1 – as their choice. Next came the (2) St. James Prayer and (3) the St. James Hymn.

When the workshop was finished, everyone settled down and the whole congress would have to choose from among them of who would host the next edition for next year. Cebu was chosen and Fr. Scipio accepted the challenge after conferring with Mayor Joel. Alabang has set a high standard when it came to organizing and hosting the 1st National Congress and we have to do our very best to, at least, replicate this.      

Everyone prepared for a Eucharistic Celebration at 17:00 which will be concelebrated by Bishop Jesse Mercado of the Diocese of Parañaque; Rev. Fr. Rolando Agustin, Parish Priest of St. James the Great Parish of Alabang; and the delegate priests of the other St. James the Apostle parishes of the Philippines. Homily was given by Bishop Mercado. All the priests were provided brand-new vestment with the red Cross of St. James embroidered on the back. Each parish received a third-class relic of St. James the Great, sent from Compostela, Spain for this occasion.

The hosts of this national congress – the Confraternity of St. James – treated the delegates to an evening of songs and dances, good dining and red wine. The hosts have successfully welded a community dedicated for St. James the Great (or the Greater and the Apostle) and their preparations and hard work turned out so well. We shall be bringing the goodwill of St. James the Great and the CSJ to the far provinces where we will focus from now on. The night ended on a high note but we will have to rise early the next day.

Scheduled for the second day – February 7 – is the Camino Walk in and around Ayala Alabang Village. Our delegation came late but it does not matter. We only have to quicken our pace to catch up. We finished all the ten stations designated by our hosts but we did not catch any early bird. We were that late and we suffered for that with more sun on our crowns. We all got our passports stamped and earned our scallops.

We were the last to arrive and some of the delegates were having a grand day on the facade of the St. James the Great Parish taking group pictures and individual selfies, both handsome and beautiful wearing the blue Camino t-shirts with a bold golden-yellow arrow print that forever point left. The Camino was the highlight of the first congress and it is this particular activity that the deeds and sacrifices of St. James are fully appreciated.

Gaining from the experience, appreciation, humility and the wisdom, we returned to our hotel knowing fully well that we would not be seeing again our new-found brethren until after another year. A community has been born from this congress and friendship and network has just been cemented. We are all pilgrims of life and we followed the Light that had been wrought for us by His Blood and St. James holding high the banner that we are in the right direction.

See you in the 2nd National Congress! ¡Buen Camino!  

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

DREAMS & THE EMERGING PUZZLE

DID YOU NOT KNOW that one my dreams is to walk the whole length of the Camino de Santiago from Irun to Compostela, Spain by way of the coastline of the Bay of Biscay and Cantabria? I know it is impossible. I do not have the means but I could walk my own Camino here and my eyes were trained then to the Municipality of Badian where the St. James the Apostle Parish is located. The journey would have started from either the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral or the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño. That was in 2012. Big dreams!

These dreams are but a by-product of imaginative minds aiming to surpass the limitations of a present disposition, of everyday ordinariness and of other people’s expectations of you. These dreams seem to defy the impossible and became spark plugs of your passions. But not all dreams are like that. They came from out of nowhere. Mysterious in origin. Just seeds of inspiration planted by some divine will. These kind take time to bear fruit but, once it does, there is no stopping that.

The Camino de Santiago does not need introduction. Everybody knows that but a few could afford the international travel, for it is in Spain, and you spend in euros (which would be roughly 58 pesos per 1) once you are there for food and lodgings. There are over 88 million Roman Catholics in the Philippines, majority of them poor, and why would they be deprived of that once-in-a-lifetime chance to practice their faith in the form of a long pilgrimage? Why not a Camino here?

That was what I was dreaming of to find an answer? But the answers are not mine to give. It is from somewhere else. Answers that answered a question to a question which is part of a big puzzle. This puzzle has many pieces and I am just the first piece, because I am the one telling you this story. But when one part of a puzzle fits in with mine, it cannot be stopped. It moves forward like opening a book, page after page. Or an overflowing stream where rivulets became mighty rivers. Unstoppable!

One day, a friend notified me if I am available for a meeting and he said the magic word:  CAMINO! It is the morning of March 27, 2017. I am standing on the corner of GL Lavilles Street and MJ Cuenco Avenue, Cebu City and a Toyota Grandia stopped infront of me. A glass window gets lowered and there is Jhurds Neo and Jonathaniel Apurado. A slide door opened for me and I am welcomed inside. More pieces of the puzzle. Sitting and smiling are Jhurds’ parents, Cedee and Julie Neo. We are going to the Municipality of Compostela.

The pious couple has a ministry – Doneo Host Making – baking altar bread or host. DHM distributes these for parishes and Eucharistic Celebrations within the Archdiocese of Cebu and outside. Bro Cedee told me of a conversation he had with the parish priest in our very own Compostela. The priest had somehow heard of people walking the whole length of Cebu recently and he would like to know who these people were because he is planning of introducing the Camino de Santiago here? The puzzle began to emerge here. Hmmm…?

The priest was asking that question to the right person and it was the first time they met. I was the one who hiked through Cebu from Santander to Daanbantayan and Jon was with me. It was walked in 27 days between January and February. Jhurds was handling communications for us. The puzzle begins to take shape. We all arrive at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela in the Municipality of Compostela and meet Fr. Scipio Deligero or Fr. Jojo. With him is Vice Mayor Fe Abing.

Fr. Jojo, wanted to establish the Camino de Santiago here in the Archdiocese of Cebu and asked me if it was feasible for anyone to do a pilgrimage from the Municipality of Badian to here. I informed the good priest that I had planned a pilgrimage route from Cebu City to Badian years ago but Fr. Jojo explained to me that, although the parish in Badian might be older, but the one in Compostela is bigger, being an archdiocesan shrine. And it is in the town with a namesake of the town in Spain. I could not disagree more.  

The church in our own Compostela was established on July 21, 1865 by Fr. Manuel Alonso, an Agustinian Recollect. He brought an image of St. James the Apostle from his native Spain when he came over to las Islas Filipinas and became its first parish priest and was the one who initiated the construction of this structure. On July 24, 2007, Ricardo Cardinal Vidal declared the church as an archdiocesan shrine in honor of Señor Santiago de Compostela. It just had its 150th founding celebration last 2016.

The original statue of St. James the Apostle that Fr. Alonso brought is housed inside a small attic of the church’s facade. It can be seen from a small round window from the pavement. It can be accessed from the roof which can only be reached by climbing a ladder. It had been visited by a church worker many years ago and Fr. Jojo wanted to know the condition of the image and what is its construction. I volunteered to do that task because, I believed, that being there in that tight hole with the relic would make my purpose meaningful.

I climbed first the wide awning that sheltered the front entrance of the church with the adjustable ladder. I walked on a ledge that connect to the main structure where there is another ledge that also led to another steep ledge. I held on to both edges of the ledge as I slowly climb up the angle to a small door. The door is closed with a 4-inch nail bent to keep it shut. I do not have a pair of pliers but I have a Victorinox Ranger. I will use its flat screwdriver as a pry bar, come what may.

Slowly, and without exerting too much pressure, I was able to unbend a little the nail. I tried many times until I could twist the nail away with my thumb and I got it opened. To go further inside where the statue is, I have to crawl down a very narrow hole and, once I was in, I found the attic just big enough for St. James and me. The apostle is riding a horse, left hand holding the bridle while the right is raised and held a sword. A classic image of the saint as depicted in legendary reconquista tales except that the sword has a missing blade. Saint and horse are made of plaster. It is in good condition except that it is dusty.

The glass window is thick with dust and needs cleaning. I could see the town the way St. James would have seen it every day, from this imposing vantage. Only few mortals saw it and I am very fortunate to have answered the call. The pieces of the puzzle begins to unravel beautifully as I returned to the convent where the rest were. Lunch gets served. Fr. Jojo not only wanted to have the Camino realized, he also wanted to take part on it. Bro Ced jest him about it but Fr. Jojo was serious. He admitted though that he found it hard to walk up and down the stairs of the pastoral office.

On the dining table, Fr. Jojo and Bro Ced talked seriously about this project. Bro Ced would even go voluntarily to Spain and Rome, on short notice, to have the Camino realized here. He would just have to ask permission from Bishop Jose Palma first. Now the puzzle is swaying and weaving to more possibilities and this was not mere circumstances but something unexplainable that is beyond understanding. The hand of God is upon us and I felt goose bumps.

Fr. Jojo mentions a well-to-do couple from the Municipality of Consolacion who made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The husband had an illness and, before he would leave this world, he would first cleanse his soul by going to the Holy Land. When they came back to Cebu the couple planned to dedicate their experience of their pilgrimage by building a huge cross in their own place. They were not able to do that and, finally, settled on a barren hill in the Municipality of Compostela.

Construction of the cross was stalled. In fact, it had even been abandoned for sometime when the wife suffered an illness instead and eventually died. To honor her memory, the husband brought all his energies, resources and time to erect the unfinished project. It became also a monument of love. I have not known the presence of the giant cross nor seen it until Fr. Jojo told us about it. It was amazing. Another piece of the puzzle.

The Camino from Badian to Compostela, from St. James Parish to the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santiago de Compostela, is perfect. I would see to it that the cross would be part of the route. I have read from a Cadoggan travel guide of Northern Spain, about a an iron cross on a pillar on the original Camino. Pilgrims would pick up a stone along the way and leave it on the foot of the cross. The stones piled up over a thousand years of the Camino’s existence and is now a few feet short of the horizontal bar. It became a hill.

The good priest further states that another church which is dedicated in honor of St. James the Apostle is found in the Municipality of Sogod. I cannot include this church in the Camino from the south but I could add another Camino coming in from the north. It would be better if there are two Caminos for Cebu. One long route over the mountains and one short route along the coast.

It is up to Fr. Jojo to make the Camino de Santiago in Cebu realized but it will also depend on the result of Bro Cedee’s pilgrimage to Spain on the Camino itself. My purpose is already set and determined. I will make the route and I will lead the first pilgrims should the Camino becomes ready. God gives favor to those whom he sees righteousness in their hearts. God chose Cebu since 1521 yet. It is long overdue.


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