Tugon at 10

VOL. I X NO. II

In this issue:

HINU LUGAN TAKTAK RO AD, FAI RM O U N T H IL L S S U B D . A N T IP O L O C IT Y

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Inside the issue

Pulso ng PIHM - Parish News Updates

Pagtahak tungo sa Mabuting

There is Hope “Sana pagkatapos nito, wais na ko.”

Ang Pinaka- the Padre List Horizons in Flight Teach & Be Taught The Joy of the Gospel

Kinabukasan

Pambansang Status: Pde na!

Mass Prepared, Mass Masaya!

Give me the Simple Life Mass Schedule Dates to Remember

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

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CHURCH CONSTRUCTION UPDATES With the main church already finished and with our community continually growing, here are some updates regarding the completion of our parish church facilities.

• Architect Dom Galicia has submitted the schematic architectural plans for the Sacristy with restrooms, and the Baptistry, which will be located near the right and left exits of our Church, respectively. The plans are currently being reviewed by the Construction Committee and the estimated cost for the construction of these facilities will be confirmed when drawings are finalized.

• The roofing of our Archbishop’s Walk still has to be completed.

We are awaiting funds from generous donors. The estimated amount to complete the roofing is Php380,000.

Indeed, a growing church is also an ongoing journey of a community!

Tugon at 10!

Tugon’s pilot issue - a mere folded long bond paper

Message from the editor A milestone can be an indicator of where a person can be now. It can also help define where one wants to go and how far or near away a person can be from his/her goal.

One mile to go means you are almost there. 10 miles away might mean that you still need to move on further to get where you want to be.

For Tugon, the 10 years have been filled with new experiences, new friends and lots of opportunities. This means that we’ve released 40 or more issues so far with content ranging from simple topics like how we revere saints to something controversial like pornography. There have been a lot of challenges along the way, but with it comes the support that we get from God and Tugon’s readers.

Tugon being published with color for the first time in this issue is testament to

We continue to ask for your generosity.

TO HELP,

call 696-4387 (Parish office)

(top) 2011. Tugon writers during a writing workshop (bottom) 2013. the Media Ministry members getting wacky.

that. We have long way to go because with God, the journey is never over. He is the ultimate taskmaster who will keep on giving. In the meantime, celebrate this milestone with us as we continue to journey further with you!

ONGOING CONSTRUCTION FUNDRAISERS

CONSTRUCTION FINANCIAL REPORT

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For inquiries, call 696-4387

Sundays 10am-12nn Magnificat Hall, Parish Grounds

niches sold as of Sept. 4 463 remaining

funds raised from April’13- August’14

DID YOU KNOW..

The money we give during Offertory goes to our Parish fund which is used to pay for parish water & electric bills, salaries of our hardworking parish staff, parish repairs, maintenance and more!

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We Dare! We Care!

We Share!

Help bring JOY and HOPE to our surrounding parish communities!

The Evangelization Ministry is calling on generous souls to help sustain their ongoing and future projects.

• Community Outreach Program • Community Upliftment Projects • Children’s Catechism & Feeding Programs • Education & Livelihood Programs

Regular Saturday outreach at Sitio Mabato, (across Hinulugan Taktak)

(right) Mike Estrada, head of the Evangelization Ministry, leads the Bible study.

DONATE or VOLUNTEER!

text 0927.396.4189

The MINISTRY OF LECTORS goes WIRELESS!

By Bing Montes

We all know what “Wi-Fi” is for. If you pronounce it as ‘Y-Fee’, the husbands are reminded of their ‘wife’. Likewise, the meaning of WiFi, which is ‘wireless fidelity’, comes as a reminder of that important ingredient in happy marriages: free or unbound, yet faithful; faithful, yet free or unbound.

Uplifting Our Falls

photo credit: Marj Estrada

With this note, Chit Perez started our workshop on the formation of Lectors. It is a series of topics which have been developed and applied in the Diocese of Antipolo and Beverly Chapel (since there was a time when Beverly was still considered part of the Parish of the Immaculate Concepcion Antipolo or familiarly known as Antipolo Cathedral).

The workshop is a comprehensive course on personal preparation and delivery of the Scriptural Readings and Psalms at Holy Mass. It

includes discussions for deeper understanding of the scriptures that we read; thereby giving a deeper meaning of the ‘Word of God’ in our own minds and hearts. Thus, undergoing these workshops are valuable to the new, as well as to those who have been Lectors for years.

The workshop shall be a regular activity in the Ministry of Lectors’ monthly meeting every last Saturday of the month at 8 am.

The better we understand, the stronger we love. The stronger we love, the more we stay faithful, even if unbound. Wireless fidelity.

photo: http://rizalprovince.ph

By Gabz Montes

rehabilitation of Hinulugang Taktak, which includes water cleaning, and accepting donations of seeds continued on page 3

photo: Ivan Rosal

Hinulugang Taktak is getting a makeup transformation and it is not like any of the memes that are going viral today. The Hinulugang Taktak Park is being redesigned and the Taktak falls is being rehabilitated.

Governor Rebecca A. Ynares, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), with the help of the Save Hinulugang Taktak Council, continue Taktak’s advocacy through continuous planning, and implementation of activities for the

Hotline: Website:

DID YOU KNOW?

The downstream of the Hinulugang Taktak Falls actually passes through some of our parish communites.

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By Min Arellano

HOPE!

Catholics?

Q- Tell me: Why do Catholics harp on the Year of the Laity?

A- Because we sense the urgency, the church is hurting - the nation is hurting. We are beset by moral decline, conflict, crime, poverty, and disease. We cannot sleepwalk through these dark times and not address our ills and pains, nor can we go on focusing on evils that we condemn more than the good we can do. The laity who form the bulk of the Church must be roused to help bring people back to God and build a better world.

Q- Formidable task! Do you really believe the laity will listen and respond?

A- We see this year also as an affirmation of HOPE. There is hope because the risen Lord assures us not only of the future but also of the present, like NOW. Amid the gloom surrounding us, we see glimmers of light in honest cab drivers, police and businessmen, tax-payers, ‘true’ public servants and many other upright citizens out there. In

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many parishes, hope galvanizes small moving forces for good, headed by dedicated and caring shepherds, assisted by ordinary men and women who evangelize, teach, heal and give - striving to live and share Christ. Too few, too few! Imagine the impact of thousands more of enlightened and enlivened laity who choose to join the Godly mission of social transformation! They will brighten first their own little corners then “venture beyond the altars and church yards” (Tugon March-May 2014), and on to the outer wider world. We need to hope. WE DO HOPE. Q- Admirable optimism. Is it for real?

A- It’s borne of our own experiences.

See, TUGON celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year. Recalling our initial, nervous steps a decade ago and seeing the distance we have come, we thank God. We hope to continue to record parish events and activities offer reading fare that would inform, form, transform, and help. Other ministries realize their own hopes and we trust that Tugon contributes

God changes the world in us, with us, and through us.

We are His mouth, His hands & feet, His agents for positive change.“

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to PIHM’s vibrant life and growth.

Praise God! The tutors of our EDUC grantees also celebrate ten years of hope expressed in their patience and willingness to raise funds, and use their abilities to benefit others.

These professionals, retirees, moms, youths and “angels” behind the scene, have mentored children, given them daily allowance, and seen them continued on page 4

ni Jonna Vercaza

Isa lang yan sa napakaraming kataga na naging parte ng dahilan ng pag-ngiti, pagluha at pagkatuto ng 925 na kabataan mula sa Diyosesis ng Antipolo na dumalo sa Live Pure Diocesan Conference noong nakaraang ika-2 ng Agosto, sa Assumption Antipolo.

Ang nasabing pagtitipon ay napuno ng mga talk na kahit sinong kabataan, single man o ‘in a relationship’, ay tiyak na makaka-relate. Pag-ibig

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the Padre

(1) jamming time!

(2) pose muna kasama ang ating kura paroko, Fr. Sandy Enhaynes.

sa atin ng Diyos: Mamuhay nang may pagmamahal - matalinong pagmamahal.

Kaya, “Kabataan, dapat live pure ka!”

I l l ust rat i on by Kayl e Ca nape

Pinaka-nakakatakot na experience while travelling:

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Pagkatapos ng 17 na taon bilang isang pari (6 na taon bilang ating kura paroko) alam mo na ba ang lahat tungkol sa kanya?

Malamang hindi pa! Ating kilalanin siya ng mas maigi!

Happy Sacerdotal Anniversary and Birthday Fr. Sandy Enhaynes! ( O c t . 23 & 24) Pinaka-memorable na Pilgrimage:

(love), relasyon (relationship), kalinisan (chastity), at kadalisayan (purity) ang mga paksa na binigyang diin.

Nagsilbing ‘wake-up call’ sa lahat ng mga dumalo ang mga talk.

Isang wake-up call na nagsasabing: hindi maling magmahal basta hindi ka lalagpas sa limitasyon, hindi cheap ang pag-ibig, at higit sa lahat, hindi ito minamadali - hayaan mong pag-ibig ang humanap sa’yo. Isang wake-up call na nagmulat sa maling pamumuhay ng karamihan sa mga kabataan ngayon.

Bilang isa sa mga nakadalo sa naturang pagtitipon, masasabi kong ngayon ay bukas na ang aking kamalayan sa bagay na gustong mangyari

photos: Charlotte Rafallo

“Sana pagkatapos nito, wais na ko.”

My pilgrimage to Lourdes, France. I have always been a devotee of our Blessed Virgin Mary; and a trip to that place of her famous apparition in a Grotto in Lourdes was the highlight of all my Pilgrimages. I celebrated Mass in the Grotto. I traced and prayed the Stations of the Cross. I went to Confession to a French priest and immersed myself in

the holy bath. It was, as a whole, a real God-experience. I encountered God, our Blessed mother and myself in that Pilgrimage.

Pinaka-mahalagang realization/ learning while traveling: That the faith is really alive! I was amazed by how the faith is lived and practiced in the different places I have been. Like during the WYD celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, I was kind of overwhelmed at how they were doing their celebrations. Through the way they practiced their faith one would think that Christ was Brazilian. I mean, the faith really found a profound expression in their very culture. I just realized just how alive the faith is — that it can be lived, realized, practiced everywhere and still not lose, but even enhance, the essence of Christianity.

During the overnight vigil with the Pope in the WYD festivities in Madrid, around midnight, a “tornado” suddenly developed near the place where a million and half pilgrims were holding vigil. We, the Antipolo delegation, just huddled together even as the wind and rain overturned some of the makeshift structures in the area. As a result we were not able to receive communion during the Mass of Pope Benedict because all the 1.5M hosts that were supposed to be consecrated got soaked.

Pinaka-favorite country visited: France, because of Lourdes and the other Pilgrimage sites there.

Pinaka-favorite place to unwind:

Very few people know this but I am really an introvert. So after a long and tiresome week, my favorite place to unwind is in my room, where I just read, browse the Net and watch TV. But then, if you mean a real place where I unwind, I go to Tagaytay--my home for 6 years during my Theological studies. continued on page 5

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PARISH CHURCH

MASS SCHEDULE M O N D AY - S AT U R D AY 7:00AM English Mass S U N D AY 9:00 A M Tagalog Mass 10:30AM Tagalog Mass 11:30AM Baptism 5:30PM English Mass

DATES TO REMEMBER S E P T 27 M inistry of Altar Servers

Formation (new members)

9am-11am Fiat Hall O C T 11-12 Parish Renewal Experience

(PREX) Sat, 7am-onwards

Sun, 7am-7pm; Fiat Hall

Open to ages 18 and above

For inquiries, text 0905-4071604 OCT 18-19 Ukay-Ukay of the Decade

Sat-Sun 8:30am- 12nn

Magnificat Hall, Parish grounds

For inquiries, text 0916-7733029 OCT 23 Sacerdotal Anniv. of our Parish

Priest, Fr. Sandy Enhaynes OCT 24 Birthday of Fr. Sandy Enhaynes

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY A PROJECT OF THE PIHM MEDIA MINISTRY

Publisher Parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary / House Printers Corp.

Editor in Chief Gabriel D. Montes Asst. Editor Cherry Lou Y. Geronimo Layout & Design Editor Natz V. Mendoza Artists & Photographers Marj C. Estrada Kayle T. Canape Alida D.P. Lejano

Joao P. Mapa Ivan O. Rosal Min C. Arellano Carina P. Salvador

Contributors Daxx F. Bondoc Jonna A. Vercaza Tess P. Mapa April M. Victoria Bing F. Montes

Advisers Rev. Fr. Alexander V. Enhaynes Parish Priest

Jess F. Pampellona PPC President

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