From left Atty. Bong Sañez (B85) Fr. Rene Piñero (B89), and Richard Montaño (B89)
hehe si sañez parang hawig si philip salvador ano?
again, this was taken during fr. gerry's 50th bday party 
Good looking Sanos during Fr. Gerry's Bday party. From left is Fr. Rene Piñero (B89), Deedee Luzurriaga (B84), Fr. Gerry (B ), Richard Montaño (B89) and Bong Sañez (B85)
Deedee and Richard are IT managers while Bong is a Lawyer.
here's fr. gerry celebrating his 50th. the party was organized by his parishioners. Sanos Bong Sanez (B85), Adriel Luzuriaga (B85), Richard Montano (B89), Fr. Pinero (B89) came over to celebrate.
from fr. gerry:
an mga yaon na sano were: fr rj pinero, of course (now on a one-year break from his studies in rome, but working in st mary's parish in bayonne, new jersey and will pursue his doctoral studies next school year.) bong sanez, batch 84, now a new york lawyer, who came with his wife vilma cantuba (of manila and naga) minus daughter camille; adriel luzuriaga, batch 85, wo works as IT director of burberry in manhattan, with wife felice (sister of sanos john and edgar (+)) grafilo, of bulan, with daughters natalia and claudia, and richard montano (fr rj's classmate) who came with wife rowena deyto (from bacon, sorsogon) and daughter raissa.
fr ding caindec is with st anthony's parish in nanuet, upstate new york,and could not come because of saturday parish duties, fr pj alindogan who works in a parish in the diocese of metuchen in new jersey, was on a visit to his sister in winnipeg, canada. leo soliman (who is married to amy (another sano's - rudy dealca's sister) was invited but did not respond. mervs hael is four hours away in maryland, with adlai (adriel's younger brother who also stayed in the seminary for a year).
i'll be posting some more pix in the coming days. pa-diyo diyo lang ha para everyday me bago dito :-)
fr. gerry, ikaw na lang tabi an mag butang sin captions ha.
Our heartfelt condolences and prayers to the family of Luis Obsum whose baby girl passed away May 22, 2006
Fr. Gerry del Prado is currently on sabbatical leave in Staten Island, New York.
How was the golden celebration padre and nadagos ba an pagkirita nindo sa mga OLPS padi and sano dyan?
don't forget to post the pics :-)
Fr. Pax celebrates his bday today. He is currently assigned at the the Fatima Church
Nono's mom passed away last May 6 in Manila. Her body now lies at Arlington Funeral Homes in Araneta, Quezon City. It will be taken back to Irosin on Tuesday, May 9. The interment will be on May 14.
visit the Batch92 blog for some pics during their time at olps
Head on over also to Batch 83 blog and read bomick's hilarious b83 memories and discover why god loves gerry and why gerry loves his job!
gibbs has posted wonderful sketches of seminarista life down at the Batch87 blog
yehey! another batch went online-- none other than Batch 81!
cool pix ano, parang dead poets society an dating hehehe -- boarding schoolboys talaga ano.
nagulat ako kala ko si classmate kong si gojie yung nasa front row, brod pala niya.
siya go visit their blog na!
Batch 86 had a great time during the Black Sat Reunion. More pix at their blog
The up and coming handicraft tycoon, otherwise known as one of OLPS pingpong greats, Tony Co was one of the exhibitors in a handicraft trade show held this year at the World Trade Center. B87 guys Linus and Joseph visited his booth. Way to go Tony!
Batch 83 has set up their blog at http://olps-83.blogspot.com/ The blog is currently maintained by Gerry Arnedo.
Do pay them a visit!
Batch 80-83 visiting fr. doug's at his residence in olv, bibincahan. in the foto are batch '80-loy ocampo, tony deligero, sarge sarmiento, paco gonzalgo, & binoy1 deyto; batch '81-wowo fortes; & batch '83-gerrox pura, choy banaga, larry manda, haile frivaldo.
I was googling "sorsogon seminary" when i came across this news item which surprised me a bit.
Apparently, on March 19, 2006 an unidentified gunman shot and killed Cris Hugo, a 20-year old student leader at the Bicol University and a native of Irosin, Sorsogon.
The news article says that he spent about two years at OLPS Minor but then went out at the behest of his "father who didnt want him to be a priest."
I don't know this guy but from on his age he probably would have been a member of Batch 2002 and probably was in the seminary around 1998-2000
Anyway farewell Sano Cris. Your courage is admirable and you will be remembered.
Here's an excerpt from the article:
Seminarian
Cris came from a devout family. His parents were lectors, or scripture readers in their church. He also acted in theatre productions of their parish church.
“Ang gusto ‘nya talaga ay maging pari (He really wanted to be a priest),” her mother said. She revealed that he spent two years in high school at the Peñafrancia Seminary in Sorsogon City. He went out of the seminary on his third year because his father didn’t want him to become a priest.
“Para lang kaming magbabarkada niyan. (We’re just like friends),” his mother said as she stared at her son’s casket. “I even join his company of friends every time they are here. We would go out to a videoke bar and sing and have fun.”
“Napakabait ng anak ko. Hindi ko matanggap na agad siyang mawawala. Kahit sa mga kapatid niya, ang bait niya. Minsan pag-umuuwi iyan, may dala siyang pasalubong. Kahit ano, tulad ng scented candles. Napaka-thoughtful niya. (My son was very kind. I cannot accept that he would suddenly be gone. Even with his siblings, he was so kind. He even brought gifts for the family when he came home, even simple things like scented candles. He was very thoughtful),” she added....
read the full article here...
head on over to the Batch 87 blog fore more pix of their black sat reunion where they visited "antique themed" juban, casiguran, bulusan :-)
i dunno but bulusan lake sure looks creepy.
nano ina inkurumpulan nindo ha? hala kamo yada na si paquito! hahahahahaha
Wow! seems like B92 had tons of fun during black sat.
bagan mahayahay dida sa bacon ano?
nice pink shirts too.
lotsa pix at their blog . so head on there now already!
Mga Sano! The Black Sabado reunion is tuloy na tuloy na kaya pag tarawagi na an mga ka-batch niyo para sa hapi-hapi sa April 15. The more, the merrier di ba?
it will be a day of games, memories, laughter and fun!
hehe, pls. dont forget to bring your digital cameras and videocams so we can post the pics and videos here for the SANOs who wont make it there.
Contact Persons are Capt. Tato Marcial, Fr. Pax Monje, Totep Perez and the SANO Board Directors. You can also post messages here.
latest update from totep via b87 blog
A Black Saturday Alumni Homecoming at the Our Lady of Peñafrancia Minor Seminary on April 15, 2006....
Schedule of Activities :
8 AM - 10 AM - Registration (P100 only)
10 AM - General Assembly
> Formal Turnover from old Board of Trustees to New BOT
> Planning of activities for October alumni homecoming
> other matters
12 Noon > lunch break
1 PM to 4 PM - recreation/games/batch reunions
We will be happy to see you again !!!!
Dios mabalos !
Totep Perez
Outgoing Secretary
pagwarapuhan nanggayud an mga sano ano? :-)
Mga Sano! Tato Marcial (B87) is planning on organizing and setting up the manila chapter of the OLPS Alumni. Those interested to help in the setting up may contact Tato Marcial or may email olp s eminarista at yahoo dot com
Mga sano, mag prayer brigade man kita for the quick recovery and complete healing of sano Cho Coronel (b87), brother of Rino Coronel (b86) who underwent lymphoma excision a few hours ago and will also undergo treatment for frosted angitis (retina) this morning at the Medical City.
His batchmates and friends may visit him at Rm. 723, The Medical City.
get well soon cho!
(sms from rino)
(from mene d.)
como esta' paisano? Here is one of the picture taken last year of the reunion of sano in Texas. This was taken at the Maullons' house. Padre Maullon was busy inside the house entertaining the parishioner, that's why he was not included on the picture. Most of these sano are from Virac Can. in different batch.
The only person that I really know is Boyet Maullon batch '80. The 3rd guy from the right.The picture was taken the day you guys are doing the parade at the city of Sorsogon. We even have an open phone line on that day so that everybody can talked to their own classmates. It was fun..
our congratulations to aying ante who passed the recent 2005 bar exams. badaw, dako na harandaan ini ano aying hehehehe
Msgr. Augusto G. Laban celebrated his 50th Sacerdotal Anniversary last March 17, 2006 at the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Sorsogon
Wow, 50 years of priestly life!
lotsa sano congratulations Mamo and best wishes ahead!
(pix from b92 blog)
got this from the b92 blog. seems like president arroyo came to the seminary --she attended the "Thanksgiving Mass for the Golden Jubilee Sacerdotal Anniversary of "Mamo" Augusto G. Laban last March 17 at the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral... Karaon pakatapos sa OLPS Minor Seminary".
go visit the recently resurrected batch 92 blog for more pics. mayad man kay nadagdagan an posts hehehehe :-) tyaragaan lang talaga an pag-update sa blog.
siya we look forward to more news from batch 92.
Atty.A. Cubias address the assembly about the vision, the objectives and the dreams..nan an karaon..
fr. pax was our rector during the four years our batch (b86) was in olps minor. we probably drove him nuts sometimes hehehehe. but olps was better when he was there. hope he becomes rector again :-)
today he celebrates 30 years as a priest.
fr. pax, we wish you more meaningful years of priesthood ahead.
Sano Mayor Ding Ramos addressing the whole assembly. Ding Ramos has been instrumental in sustaining the alumni group and has been very active in alumni affairs
si tato marcial (b87) lang an nabayhunan ko didi
these are pix from mene dimaano. i'll be posting one pix a day so ya'll have something new to see everyday that u visit.
these pix were taken during the first SANO assembly yata. am not very familiar with the SANO story but i vaguely remember my brother jay telling me about it. but it was so long ago. jay said it was a good reunion and everybody had loads of fun!
these probably were the officers getting sworn in. those in the know kindly supply the correct captions for the pix ok?
thanks again sano mene for sending the these pix. mapangadyi kami na hatagan ka sin dagdag na kusog para ma-scan an intero na pix mo hehehe
this is new yata. seems like minor seminaries in luzon are now holding a yearly sportsfest. pero this is for third year semianrians only. its called Sangkan. and olps was among the particpants in Sangkan 3.
during my time, there was BAMS and olps hosted it. i dont remember if we were the champs but i think we won in a lot of games hehehe ;-)
this is the news article about Sangkan 3
and this is a blog of a seminarian from guadalupe minor semianary on his participation in Sangkan 4. interesting naman mga blogs niya. nakakaremind nung kapanuhan natin kaya lang wala pa internet at blogs nun.
once you go to his blog just search for "sangkan"
kitaa baya ha kay mayadonon man ano :P
search for ms. sorsogon 2005 daw ini.
more deets and pix here
the sorsogon update site is diligently maintained by a guy named manny ferrer.
on his main page right now is a feature about the old houses of sorsogon starring an balay nira Pads Monje, nira miles mella
he has also lots of pix about sorsogon
kaya kun napupung-aw na kamo sa sorsogon bisitaha lang an website niya
this is a lame post :D but i got nothing new to post. this list probably was generated from spam email - kinda like a school alumni list. its interesting nonetheless.
click here to view the list
here's an article mentioning fr. pedro who currently serves as a parochial vicar at St. Barnabas Church, Bayville, N.J., in the Diocese of Trenton.
hmm, i wonder whats with filipino priests serving abroad? hehehe maybe we have so many priests that we have send them abroad too. ano kaya tawag sa kanila? OFP? overseas filipino priests :D
here's a website of SOLT priests. i only know two guys here, saligumba and andre. wonder what happened to the others coz there were many of them who attended coke seminary when i was a freshman there. they were great guys btw, easy to get along with and really serious about pursuing the priestly life -hehehe
apologies for the blurry shot of the 2nd most important equipment/equipment in the seminary. the much loved study table we call "pupitre".
i learned during 3rd year that the best way to get the best pupitre is to come a day ahead of the seminary school year opening and scope out the best and drag it over to my assigned spot.
we also had fun covering and decorating the pupitres with pictures (cars, sports, women, saints, hehehe) and stickers
the bell pretty much governed seminary life. it was probably the most powerful object in the whole of seminary :D in that it dictates what you do at a certain time period hehehe. but now in olps they use a big electric buzzer. dekorasyon na lang yata itong bell.
i remember that being the timekeeper was one of the most envied work assignment back then
and on the bishop page, its weird coz it says "The Diocese of Sorsogon has two bishops. . ." ???
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fr. gerry del prado commented:
PADS is a boyband, sort of, hehe. it is actually composed of 6 priests (fr treb futol, alex jerus, jun elegado, edu fulay, totoy alcantara and ramil enteria).
It has already presented 2 concerts: PRIESTYLE - at the colegio de la milagrosa, several parishes in sorsogon, imus cathedral and a catholic school in paranaque.and PADS IN LOVE - a valentine concert presented ta the sorsogon gymnasium to raise funds for the diocese of sorsogon home for the clergy. We (i count myself in, as i have been drawm to the group to act as coordinator-manager, glorified alalay actually) have actually been featured in the philippine inquirer after pads in love.
PADS has come out with its eponymous CD, a collection of original compositions by alex j, treb and jun e. musical arrangement by sanni gargallo, at whose g cliff production studios in casiguran the recording was done. (hint: get a copy and help us market it. fr treb still has a lot of copies in sorsogon). PADS actually means Priest-Artists, Diocese of Sorsogon. We hope it's not a very ambitious name, building on a term of endearment (?) that sorsogon uses for priests.
About the two bishops, I suppose that was posted before Bishop Varela retired and the Nuncio appointed Bishop Bastes as auxiliary bishop with right of succession (upon Bp Varela's request in preparation for his retirement). Now, Bishop Varela is retired, and is Bishop Emeritus (with ministry outside the diocese, as he claims in the Corcuera article) and Bishop Bastes is the local ordinary. Incidentally, Bishop Varela is celebrating his Golden Priestly Anniversary this March.
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thanks padre gerry!
Fr. Treb, can u email me updates about the pads? also i'll ask my brod jay to buy a CD from you and mail it to me so that i can feature it here. dont worry coz i wont make mp3s :-P
with all these rules, its no wonder that seminarians are oftentimes wary of the rector's presence.
the different fonts though kinda takes away the "seriousness" of the rules although it may be intentional on the rector's part hehehe (subterfuge baga), the better to mete out those "kneel down" punishments to the unlucky seminarista
sano ronny who maintains the batch 82 blog has some nice pictures posted. as in the old ones pa so head on there now!
here is shown a skit presented during the intrams awards night 1978 (!)
mga sano email us pictures during your time in olps so we can post them here and enjoy (or cringe at) the memories
I also got this about Fr. Corcuera - celebrating his 35th year of priesthood.
news article here
i'm turning to google to post stuff here. and i found out the fr. jureck fernandez is now a priest with the Easter Rite. seems like he went out and now is based in nebraska.
read the news article here abhout the movement to establish the jury system in the philippines
click here for the news article
this is a pic of their seminary. cool ano
this is completely OT, but since i've got nothing interesting to post this will do for the meantime ;D
i accidentally found this while googling about seminaries in the philippines. i never knew that there is an association for married priests. interesting ano?
visit their website here http://www.marriedpriests.com.ph/ . there's an interesting article there entitled "Towards A Clergy-Less Non-Church"
sa olps kaya how many priests na ba went out and got married? hmm
