By Mila Glodava My former students, especially Batch ‘73, at Mt. Carmel High School on Polillo Island in Quezon Provine, impress me very much. Although I taught them for only three years, they have always been close to me and kept in touch with me after I left for the United States in 1972. With…
By Mila Glodava On the feast day of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, I like to pay tribute to the Carmelites who left the comfort of their homes in 1947 not only to become priests a religious but also to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God, in the far flung…
By Mila Glodava In 2014, Metro Infanta Foundation (MIF) raised $25,000 to help the Diocese of Borongan after the Supertyphoon Haiyan. The youth of St. Thomas More Parish (STM) in Centennial, Colorado, not only helped raise the funds, but also spent their summer vacation in July 2014. They helped build a few of the 30…
The Foundation‘s IRS & Finance Report FY18-19 shows that Metro Infanta Foundation has enough donations to distribute grants. This year’s collection included donations for the first Asian Pacific Stewardship Conference in the Philippines, in cooperation with the International Catholic Stewardship Council and Socio Pastoral Institute. As usual since FY 1996-1997, Auditor Romy Coronacion submitted the IRS…
Puso sa Puso Edukasyon (Heart to Heart Education) can look forward to additional funding to serve the poor. To make this happen, Sister Frances Mangabat, SDS, is currently in Denver to speak at several parishes on a Mission Appeal. What is Puso sa Puso Edukasyon? Puso sa Puso Edukasyon is a project of the Sisters…
By Mila Glodava Metro Infanta Foundation has made a small grant to St. Anthony of Padua Parish to help a poor family upgrade their home. With less than $500, Helen and her three children will enjoy an upgraded dwelling. For years the family had lived in this shanty. The roof leaks when it rains. And…
One of the many causes Metro Infanta Foundation supports is the St. Joseph Formation House (SJFH) of the Prelature of Infanta! Several other dioceses send their seminarians to SJFH, whose fruits have now blessed the parishes to which they have been assigned. On August 29, 2019, Bishop Bernardino Cortez ordained two to the priesthood—Rev. Bernie…
By Mila Glodava Metro Infanta Foundation funded 42 students who had to add two more years of high school in 2016-17, because the Philippine government decided to bump up the school years to K-12 to upgrade their educational system and compete better globally, they claim. In June 2016, the DepEd launched Enhanced Basic Education Act,…
Over the years, Metro Infanta Foundation has helped renovate churches, or at least just refurbish the interior, such as the pews and the Eucharistic Chapel of the St. Mark’s Cathedral. At times it’s the exterior, such as the Bell Tower and facade of the Shrine of St. Joseph in Polillo, and St. Rafael’s Church in…
By Mila Glodava A recent Facebook post on Nelson Mandela reminded me of a short class essay I wrote about him and Roy Diaz, the protagonist of The Poem of El Cid. I thought it would be worth it to revisit that essay. The death of Nelson Mandela brought forth an outpouring of grief and…