This is Henrietta. Today, marks the 10th year anniversary of her death. She died at 9 a.m. January 8m 2012. We treated her as a member of the Glodava Family since Kirsten and Kevin gave her as a birthday gift in 1995 to their father, who loved her just like one of his children. Below…
Salamat Po! Thank you!! Over the last 25 years, nearly 800 individuals and organziations hamve contributed to Metro Infanta Foundation. Whethere you donated pennies or are the anonymous donor who gave nearly $60,000, your gift mattered. If we inadvertently omitted your name fomr our donor list, please contackt us so we can add you to…
As a girl sleeping on my straw mat on the floor of my family’s home in Infanta, I never dreamed I would start a foundation that would accomplish so much, not only in the Metro Infanta but beyond – in South America, Africa, in the United States where I would emigrate to and raise my…
By Father Luciano Pili, Spiritual Director, St. Joseph Formation House & Vice-Chairman, Socio-Pastoral Institute Celebrating Metro Infanta Foundation’s 25th Anniversary: a personal witness on the role Metro Infanta Foundation played in the stewardship movement in the Philippines. Last January 28, 2021, the leadership of the 90 million Catholics in the Philippines, the Catholic Bishop’s Conference…
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…
by rudy a arizala. 16 october 2020 The Philippine National hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal in his book Footnote cited and quoted the following lines: “El mentir de las estrellas es un cómodo mentir”. Meaning to say: “To lie about the stars is a safe way of lying”. Speaking of stars in heaven, in my aloneness, loneliness,…
By Rudy ArizalaOn the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations this year allow me to recall what I observed before that at its inception in 1945, the 1945 UN Charter pompously declared that the United Nations has been established to prevent succeeding generations from the scourge of war which twice in our lifetime has brought…
By Rudy Arizala Ist Tale: General Antonio Luna General Luna died (assassinated) at age 32 . He courted Nellie Boustead with whom Rizal was also in love. He and Antonio Luna almost went to a duel. But did not push through because Luna apologized to Rizal for remarks against Nellie. Antonio Luna loved his country but has fiery…