Bishop Tirona in Denver for mission appeal
Bishop Rolando Tria Tirona, OCD, is currently in Denver to do a mission appeal on behalf of the Prelature of Infanta at St. Francis Cabrini Parish in Littleton, CO. During his visit the bishop met with the Stewardship Committee of St. Thomas More Parish which recently approved a $4,000 donation towards the purchase of much needed reference books for the St. Joseph Formation House of the prelature. Bishop Tirona will also meet with Denver's Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., whose diocese regularly support missionary efforts around the world. This is the second time the Prelature of Infanta was accepted to join the Mission Coop Appeal.
Bishop Tirona in Denver for mission appeal
Bishop Rolando Tria Tirona, OCD, is currently in Denver to do a mission appeal on behalf of the Prelature of Infanta at St. Francis Cabrini Parish in Littleton, CO. During his visit the bishop met with the Stewardship Committee of St. Thomas More Parish which recently approved a $4,000 donation towards the purchase of much needed reference books for the St. Joseph Formation House of the prelature. Bishop Tirona will also meet with Denver's Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., whose diocese regularly support missionary efforts around the world. This is the second time the Prelature of Infanta was accepted to join the Mission Coop Appeal.
With the devastation suffered by the prelature because of the typhoons of 2004, this mission appeal is a welcome activity for the bishop who has taken the leadership role in the emergency relief and the rehabilitation phase of the disaster in the prelature.
Bishop Tirona reports that he just blessed 400 homes in Barangay Agus-Agus in Infanta for those left homeless by the typhoons. The National Secretariat for Scoial Action of the Catholic Bishop's Catholic conference sponsored the above mentioned village for the typhoon victims. The housing project will be called John Paul II Village in memory of the late Holy Father John Paul II.The Prelature's Social Action Center has been coordinating all relief efforts and livelihood creation in the prelature. For more information on the rehabilitation efforts for click here.
Meanwhile, Bishop Tirona's predecessor, Bishop Julio X. Labayen, OCD, also visited Denver a couple of months ago (we were unable to report this in a timely manner because of some technical difficulties) to extend his thanks to the parishioners of St. Thomas More Parish for its mission to promote stewardship as a way of life in the Philippines. Bishop Labayen, along with Father Nonong Pili, presented the the Rev. Andrew Kemberling, pastor, and Mila Glodava, director of communications and stewardship, with a plaque of appreciation each, on behalf of the parish.
Mark and Mila Glodava and Sim and Vimin Rivera hosted the bishop while in Denver.
Posted; Oct. 1, 2005