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
