By Mila Glodava With Metro Infanta Foundation celebrating 25 years this year as a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization, it’s a great opportunity to look back on a few details about the Foundation. Let’s start with the Foundation logo and a recap of who created it and what it means. Colleen Smith, a friend for many years,…
By Mila Glodava Fr. Joefran Talaban, parish priest of the Prelature of Infanta’s St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Casiguran, Aurora, posted on Facebook recently that his parish would start the abolition of the arancel or the stipend for the sacraments beginning in January 2021. This is definitely a significant development in the Church in…
The Church in the Philippines is celebrating 500 years of Christianity this year with the theme “Gifted to Give.” To prepare for this milestone, the Philippine bishops embarked on a “nine-year of journey for the New Evangelization” which started in 2013 with the theme “Integral Faith Formation” through in 2021 with the theme Missio Ad…
Thank you to all our generous donors! Your generosity in these challenging times helped Metro Infanta Foundation to collect $59,199.58 in Year 2020. We know that many of you have made tremendous sacrifices to help us reach out to the poorest of the poor, even made poorer by the almost-nonstop calamities in the Philippines. Indeed,…
Ala-ala ni rudy a arizala Ika 21 ng disyembre 2020 Kung sakali man sa di inaasahang pagkakataon ako’y iyong na ala-ala At umusal ka ng panalangin alay sa akin Ako’y magiging maligaya sapagka’t ako’y iyong mahal. Subali’t kung ako’y lubos nawaglit na sa iyong ala-ala, Ako’y magiging maligaya pa rin Pagka’t ako’y waglit na sa iyong ala-ala At sa pagkawalang ala-ala, Di na dapat mag-ala-ala…
(Unchained Memories) by rudy a arizala 15 december 2020 Loud thunder from the hills Recalls to memory Tamala When we, pareng Soty, Eddie Potes And I went hunting for wild chickens Ended up in hunting sweet pineapples Donating our “baon”of rice and sardines And “carne norte” to a young mother Who just gave birth to a baby boy On the hills of Tamala, the cries of newly-born Become…
December 13, 2020 Editor’s note: Ambassador Rudy Arizala learned about Fr. Francis Lucas recent confinement at the Lung Cancer Center in Manila. Thank God, he tested negative of COVID-19 virus. Ambassador Arizala remembered his encounter with Fr. Francis and wrote the article below. By Rudy Arizala I remember that in February 1993, when buses plying the Manila-Infanta…
With more than $6,000 collected and a $6,000 matching gift, Metro Infanta Foundation is read to provide some disaster relief to those heavily affected by the multiple typhoons that hit the Philippines, especially those generally served by the Foundation. We have identified the following to receive a small grant. Special thanks to Fr. Nonong Pili…
By Rudy Arizala Editor’s Note: With Thanksgiving Day just around the corner, Ambassador Arizala recalls his first Thanksgiving Day in the United States. This year’s pandemic is putting a damper on this year’s celebration. How are you celebrating this year’s celebration? Would you like to share it with our readers? Perhaps you would like to…
The Gabaldon, in Infanta Central Elementary School, withstood the wrath of Typhoon Goni (Roly in the Philippines). One of its gazebos, however, could not stand the 195mph wind. The 9-year-old building is a replica of the original built in the early 1900 destroyed by a typhoon in the ‘70’s and remained in ruins for nearly…