By Mila Glodava US missionaries offered their expertise in stewardship over the last 20 years, from 2003 through 2019. They are often seen on Facebook in group photos (like our featured image above), which do not give justice to their missionary spirit and the sacrifices they made to share their expertise in stewardship and evangelization.…
The year 2022 was definitely a busy year for Metro Infanta Foundation with a brand-new chairman, Fr. Francis Lucas, replacing Apolinar Derilo who served the board for 25 years. Meanwhile, Noemie Garcia Cam, Ria de Dios, and Mike Franka replaced Salvacion Derilo, Kirsten Franka, Melecia Garcia, and Joanne Horne. Colleen Smith agreed to continue serving…
By Mila GlodavaEditor’s Note: This writer posted the article in 2008. She met Joey Velasco during her mission trip to the Philippines in preparation for the 2009 Buhay-Katiwala Conference which would feature Joey’s paintings of the renowned late painter and sculptor Joey also did a sculpture of a bust of his deceased friend, the Rev.…
With the new school year now in high gear, Mt. Carmel School Infanta and Mt. Carmel School Polillo have reported the MIF scholars for SY 2022-2023. Mt. Carmel School InfantaContinuing his scholarship:1. Raymond Turgo, Grades 7, 8, 9 New MIF Scholars1. Maria Lyn Sol, Grade 112. Erica Rutagines, Grade 73. Kiel Supremo, Grade 74. Elton…
“This is the new look of SPA-Casiguran annex building at Sitio Disigisaw,” said Fr. Joefran Talaban, parish priest of St. Anthony of Padua Parish that administers the Sentrong Paaralan ng mga Agta (Central School for the Agta). The school is supported by DKA, an Austrian Catholic Organization, providing the bulk of at least a budget…
Romy Coronacion, Metro Infanta Foundation auditor, reported that the IRS accepted the MIF tax return August 2. 2022. Below is a summary of the report. Income Total Revenues: $80,374 Balance Forwarded: $20,619 TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS: $101,089 Expenses: Grants: $74,370 Administrative: $6,524 (This expense includes the publication of the Silver Jubilee Journal of Metro Infanta Foundation.)…
Inspired by the vision and spirituality of the late Carmelite Bishop Julio X. Labayen, the Reverend Father Jose Francisco Talaban, fondly known as Father Joefran, received the first Bishop Julio X. Labayen Memorial Award in 2021. Although Fr. Joefran received the grant associated with the award (see below), he did not have a public recognition,…
Embodying the vision and spirituality of the late Carmelite Bishop Julio X. Labayen, the Reverend Father Luciano Pili, fondly known as Father Nonong, will receive the Bishop Julio X. Labayen Memorial Award on Saturday, August 27, 2022, 10:00 – 11:00 AM at the Saint Joseph Formation House, 36 Matatag Street, Barangay Pinyahan, Diliman, Quezon City.…
With schools now in progress in the Philippines, Metro Infanta Foundation is proud to announce sponsoring a very small elementary school in the Prelature of Infanta—the St.Isidore Diocesan School in Patnanungan, Quezon. The small school only has 61 students from Kindergarten to 6th grade. Mr. Rey S. Villamor, school head wrote that Patnanungan is a…
By Mila GlodavaThe restoration of Infanta Central School’s Gabaldon, in ruins for nearly four decades, would not have been possible without the collaboration of many. A simple question, posed by this writer in 1995, why it has not been rebuilt, has turned the school, town and church officials as well as local citizens in Infanta…