SAGRADA FAMILIA - DIOCESE OF MALOLOS' NEWEST PARISH

Rev. Fr. Virgilio 'Verge' Ramos [Sto. Rosario Parish present Rector], a priest from a nearby parish, Bishop Jose Oliveros of Malolos, Rev. Fr. Josefino 'Jovi' Victor Sebastian [our beloved former parish priest] and Fr. Abe.

Last Easter Sunday [April 12, 2009] at 4:00pm Fr. Verge and I attended the inauguration of the newest parish in Sapang Palay, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan.

Our presence is a must because the new parish was formerly part of our own Sto. Rosario Parish [Holy Rosary Parish] so that the presence of the former parish priest is required. On my part, it is important for me because I used to celebrate Mass for that parish since I was ordained because the people there had adopted me as their own since we belong to one parish when I was ordained. Being the first Sapang Palay born Ordained Priest I am specially loved by all the chapels of the entire parish then, now subdivided into 3 parishes with one satellite sub parish.

I have taken a lot of shots during the celebration unfortunately the USB device where I stored the photos have been corrupted. The corruption occurred the day after I blessed CEU with exorcised Holy Water. The malignant spirits must have been very angry with me so that when I reached home I was quivering with fever and stayed on bed for two days and when I tried to open my files almost all documents, including the apologetic files I collected for years have been corrupted. Please help me pray for some experts to be able to recover the files.

These three photos are all that remained out of the shots I've taken during the Inauguration. It's a pity because being a minister of the Church I was in the best position then to take shots. I really wanted you to see the facade and the interior of the Church, the face of the new parish priest, the seminarians during the celebrations, the thousands of people who attended the historic event and the Bishop delivering his heart warming and very relevant homily for the occasion.

Some seminarians from the Diocesan Seminary in Guiginto, Bulacan preparing for the Solemn Mass during the new Parish Inauguration.

I think the reason why these photos have been preserved because I was not able to erase them from the camera. Since this is the first time that our former parish priest, Fr. Jovi appeared in Sapang Palay again in a public gathering after leaving for Bocaue, Bulacan almost 9 years ago. And this is also the first time that he is united with his successor, Fr. Verge in a public event in Sapang Palay. These two Cura Paroco have done a lot for our Parish and for our people for that reason they are both greatly loved and esteemed by our faithful. God bless them both.

My two beloved parish priests again with Bishop Oliveros and a guest priest.