MANILA (Paranaque): 1 April 2013
-- FIN, Seminaryo ng Don Bosco, Paranaque City – Before
the lull
of the Holy Week set in, 12 deacons were ordained in a solemn
ceremony
on 23 March, in the National Shrine of Mary, Help of
Christians in
Better Living Paranaque City by Bishop Broderick Pabillo,
Auxiliary
Bishop of Manila.
This ordination has become more relevant especially for the
FIN
province since it is the first time after recent years that it
has had
as many ordinands to the deaconate.
The following are our newly ordained deacons:
FIN
Eugenio Inocentes III
Jake Adrian Lopez
Jeffrey Mangubat
Nelson Munar
Paul Michael Suarez
Erasto Dizon
ITM-INA
Dominggus Telupun
Joao da Costa Boavida
Inocencio D. Da Silva
CIN
Joseph Do Quoc Vu
VIE-MONG
Arnoldus Pattyona
MYM
Raphael Thu Rein Oo
Our new deacons took up the Scriptural theme “Remain in my
Love,” taken
from John 15:9, to manifest their devotion to the Father who
called
each of them to follow the trail blazed by St. John
Bosco.
Bishop Broderick, the ordaining prelate, was a former
professor of our
new deacons in the nearby Don Bosco Center of Studies and
himself a
former rector of the Seminaryo Don Bosco.
In his homily, he underlined the importance of the ministry to
the
order of the deaconate and inspired the deacons to welcome
each
opportunity to preach the Good News to the people. Their
many
years in formation ought to have equipped them in effectively
proclaiming the Gospel.
Also, Bishop Pabillo reminded the deacons of the significance
of their
duty to pray. He called for each one to be mindful of this
apostolate
which is one important apostolate of a deacon.
Fr. Eligio Cruz, SDB and Fr. Joseph Tran Hoa Hung, SDB
provincial
superiors of FIN and VIE provinces respectively, concelebrated
along
with the other confreres from various nearby provinces who
came for the
event.
The liturgy of the newly canonized Filipino martyr saint Pedro
Calungsod was used for this event, since his feast this year
would fall
in the Easter Octave.
