Father Dave Capucao, CASPI (Catholic Association of Schools of the Prelature of Infanta) superintendent requested some financial support for their newest Catholic school, the St. Isidore Elementary School in Patnanungan, Quezon, Bishop Rolando Tria Tirona, OCD, then ordinary of the Prelature created the school. The school is struggling to survive with only 61 students from…
DetailsWe’re still in good standing with IRS! Our auditor, Romy Coronacion, completed our tax return for FY 2020-2021 and sent it to IRS yesterday! Thank you, Romy, for filing this fiscal year’s tax return and all tax returns the last 25 years! We are eternally grateful! Revenues: $62,083 Expenses: $53,132 Grants: $47,620 Other expenses: $5,512 Total:…
DetailsRev. Jose Francisco Talaban, Parish Priest, St. Anthony of Padua, Casiguran, Aurora, DIBICADI Vicariate, Prelature of Infanta Father Jose Francisco Talaban—known as Father Joefran, a parish priest, St. Anthony of Padua in Casiguran, Aurora—is Metro Infanta Foundation’s first recipient of the Bishop Julio X. Labayen Memorial Grant. Our grant is named for the late Bishop…
DetailsMetro Infanta Foundation’s 25 years addressed not only building projects, scholarships, or disaster reliefs. The Foundation also provided small grants that never really went unnoticed, or they are now gone or have been replaced. Nevertheless, they were part of the ongoing desire of the Foundation and its donors to reach out, even in some small…
DetailsBy 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,…
DetailsBy 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThank 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,…
DetailsAla-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…
Details(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…
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