Siervas nuns honor new saint in Cebu

After years of silence, people are talking again about the so-called Asean lamppost anomaly. They’re still up and about? Many are asking about those involved in the massive anomaly.

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 “Tough nuts to crack, aren’t they?” asked one observer, pointing to the names in print of those supposedly found guilty in the lamppost case.

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 “Kulatado na ug napriso na si Ate Glo...sila gatikaw-tikaw pa gawas sa prisohan?” the same observer remarked.

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They have already been found guilty and are facing dismissal from the government service. The Ombuds says: “Only a TRO from the Supreme Court can stop them from being dismissed.”

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The same TRO that could have stopped the government from blocking GMA’s quick try at leaving at NAIA? Many people are asking one another.

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Phone call from Mrs. Lucia Marin: “Looking at former President GMA’s most recent picture in your paper (TF), I could hardly believe she has fallen that bad from her powerful perch. What do you think?”

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Well, yes. That’s an unexpected fall. Which reminds me of the question propounded in a recent Philam Life ad: “Are you prepared for the unexpected?” Always be prepared ...you might slip on a wet floor and come up looking like Ate Glo in her recent photos.

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An important church event took place in Cebu City recently with only a few people knowing about it. Distracted as they are by the many scandalous affairs taking part in the country.

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Members of the Congregation of the Siervas de San Jose (SSJ) gathered here in Cebu last Sunday, Nov. 20, to commemorate the canonization of Bonifacia Rodriguez, a nun from Salamanca, Spain.

Bonifacia Rodriguez, founder of the Siervas de San Jose, was canonized last October 23, 2011.

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The commemoration of that canonization was held at the Lourdes Parish Church in Punta Princesa with Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma celebrating the Mass.

Attending the event were Siervas nuns from different places in the Visayas including Negros, Panay and Cebu.

Sta. Bonifacia dedicated her life to poor, young ladies and women workers. She taught them skills and prepared them for dignified work where they encounter God as Christian workers. This is the advocacy today of the Siervas nuns.