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The Grey-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes griseigularis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open wooded habitats in the northern and eastern part of the Philippines. It is often considered a subspecies of the Brown-throated Sunbird, but the two differ consistently in measurements and plumage, and there is no evidence of intergradation between them.[1] It has not been rated by BirdLife International (and consequently IUCN), but is generally common and therefore unlikely to be threatened.
Heliconia blooms or inflorescence all dried up after long exposure from the plant during the process of making lumen print.
Flowers gathered from the foothills of the mystic Mt. Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. The three lumen prints were made at home from my 2013 summer vacation. A month before that I made my first lumen print with the help and inspiration from a Flickr friend Diane Kaye aka B&WPhotog. www.flickr.com/photos/fineartphotos/8726453803/in/datepos... Thank you so much, Diane.
From left to right: Left, Sexy Pink Heliconia, Kodak Ektacolor Supra II; middle, Sexy Pink Heliconia, Ilford MGIV FB and right; Falling Bird Heliconia, Ilford MG RC Cooltone.
Taken at the Jamboree Site, Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve, Los Banos, Laguna.
30 January 2013, 10:38 am
Adriane Tobias
Philippines
The Majestic Toog Trees in Makiling, UP Los Baños
(Philippines) The majestic Toog (Petersianthus quadrialatus Merr.) trees planted near the mouth of Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve years ago. The Toog trees are Philippine endemic specifically in the island of Mindanao. Toog trees are not native in Mt. Makiling. However, these trees were able to grow well in an unusual location. Habitually, Toog trees grow in primary rainforests, near riverbanks on hillsides, in swampy and cool places. These tree species can grow up to 60 meters. The largest Toog tree with a height of 318 feet can be found at the Barangay Alegria in Agusan del Sur.
Mount Makiling, also rarely Mount Maquiling, is located in the province of Laguna on the island of Luzon, Philippines. It is an inactive volcano, which rises to 1,090 m above sea level. Legends surround the mountain, many of which relate to Maria Makiling, said to be the 'guardian fairy' of the mountain. The contour of the mountain is said to be that of her in a reclining position. The University of the Philippines, Los Baños is designated as the official caretaker of the mountain.
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EXPLORE #475 JULY 29 2009
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Finally, my first water drop shot I have been longing. I no longer have my 100mm macro lens but thanks to my 24-70mm f/2.8 lens and macro extension tube I was able to take several macro shots during the meet up at UPLB Botanical Garden, Mt. Makiling, Laguna.
Toys
Canon 40D, Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L, Canon EF 12 Macro Extension Tube
Exposure
EV [ 0 ], f / 2.8, ISO 400
Processing
~Adobe Camera Raw~
Adjust recovery, fill, black, brightness, contrast, clarity, vibrance, saturation
Saturation and selective colour
Adjust luminance and colour (noise reduction)
~Photoshop~
Apply adjustment layer - curve
Slightly cropped
Borders
Thanks to Tedt for identifying this spider.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_spider
Photographed at the UPLB, Los Banos, Laguna.
Pentatomoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order, which are commonly referred to as shield bugs or stink bugs. Shield bugs have glands in their thorax between the first and second pair of legs which produce a foul smelling liquid. This liquid is used defensively to deter potential predators and is sometimes released when the bugs are handled carelessly. The distinctive smell comes from aldehydes such as CH3–(CH2)2–CH=CH–CHO, and is chemically similar to pheromones.
The nymphs, similar to adults except smaller and without wings, also have stink glands.
The nymphs and adults have piercing mouthparts which most use to suck sap from plants, although some eat other insects. When they group in large numbers they can become significant pests.
3rd Pinoy Macro EB/BS - Makiling Botanic Gardens Los Banos, Laguna
July 25-26, 2009
best viewed LARGE:
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The Grey-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes griseigularis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open wooded habitats in the northern and eastern part of the Philippines. It is often considered a subspecies of the Brown-throated Sunbird, but the two differ consistently in measurements and plumage, and there is no evidence of intergradation between them.[1] It has not been rated by BirdLife International (and consequently IUCN), but is generally common and therefore unlikely to be threatened.
Lumen print, photo, lumen print. Sun prints made in the Philippines in 2014.
Medinilla magnifica, the showy medinilla[1] or rose grape[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to the Philippines. This plant is also commonly known as the Philippine orchid,[citation needed] and it is an epiphyte. Various species and hybrids in this family are well known and popular with plant collectors with Medinilla speciosa being found almost identical.
In the Philippines M. magnifica grows in the forks of large trees. It is an epiphyte, which is a plant that grows on other trees but does not withdraw its food from those trees as parasites do. In the tropics, it is grown as a perennial. It is also a common house plant in cooler climes. King Boudewijn of Belgium was a big devotee of Medinilla. He grew them in the royal conservatories and they were depicted on the bank note of 10,000 Belgian francs. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medinilla_magnifica
taken at Makiling, Los Banos, Laguna
during the 3rd PM EB/BS 25July09
thanks to Sharpee for helping me with the settings.
The wheel bug has characteristic dorsal armor, shaped like a wheel or cog. It was compared by the Hilton Pond Center to a robot, due to this structure as well as its front legs, which extend in jerky motions. This insect is considered one of the largest true bugs in existence. It moves and flies slowly, and in flight produces a buzzing sound. It has one of the most developed mouth parts among true bugs. Its beak arises from the anterior end of its long, tubular head and unfolds forward. The bug plunges its beak into its victim, pinning its prey with its front legs. It then injects enzymes into the victim, paralyzing it and dissolving its insides, and proceeds to drain all of the victim's bodily fluids. The bite of a wheel bug is painful and may take months to heal (sometimes leaving a small scar), so caution is advised when handling them.
The wheel bug is also noted to be very vicious in the wild, and cannibalistic behaviors between them have been noted; for example, nymphs may prey on nymphs and the female may feed on the male after mating is concluded.
It possesses two scent sacs (red-orange in colour) that can be fired from its anus, usually in reaction to being disturbed. The scent produced by it is not as powerful as that produced by the Stink Bug, but is still strong enough to be detected by human noses.
*Special thanks to Dr. Roland Perez and Dr. Alfred Tan
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Lumen print of Mussaenda using expired 8x10 expired Bergger Prestige. Exposed for three hours under the Philippine sun. Dona Luz Pink Mussaenda (Source: almostedenplants.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=9562)
Mussaenda x 'Dona Luz', M. phillipica 'Dona Luz', M. erythrophylla
Masses of large peachy pink bracts subtend the clusters of yellow star-shaped upward facing tubular blooms from spring to fall on this beautiful tropical shrub. The flower-like clusters can be 12" or more across and last for weeks. This rare and unusual tropical typically grows as a small shrub and is excellent in containers. Mussaenda's are considered by many to be a good Poinsettia replacement with a much longer flowering time and better pest and disease resistance.
This is one of the many beautiful cultivars developed by Phillipine horticulture and were and are so prized that they were named after the Phillipine first ladies or the 'Dona's. This beautiful cultivar is considered to be a selected hybrid of M. erythrophylla x M. phillipica.
I WAS SO EARLY FOR THE CITY FIESTA SO I DID SOME CRAZY THINGS. FIRST I WENT UP THE MT. MAKILING THE MOUNTAIN AHEAD, THEN I WENT DOWN AGAIN AND TOOK A BOAT RIDE ALONG ITS LENGTH. I WAS SEATED BEHIND THIS YOUNG LADY ON THE BOAT. I TOOK HER PHOTO WITH MY CANON 7D AND 24-105MM F/4 EF IS LENS. I THANK EVERYONE WHO VIEW, COMMENT AND FAVE MY PHOTOS.
This caterpillar was taken during the PKPM EBBS in Makiling Botanic Gardens, Los Banos, Laguna.
Thanks to Tedt.
KASAYSAYAN NG BAYAN NG LOS BAÑOS, 1613 – 1898
(Ang Bayan ng Los Baños noong Panahon ng Kastila)
Lalawigan ng Laguna, Republika ng Pilipinas)
N.B. Ang mga datos pangkasaysayan na ditoý natutunghayan ay hango sa mga pinagsangguniang ito: a) ang aklat ni Felix de Huerta, Franciscano, na nalimbag noong 1865 tungkol sa Provincia de San Gregorio Magno ng mga Franciscano (sumasakop sa laht ng mga parokya sa buong Pilipinas na nasa ilalim ng panganalaga ng mga Franciscano) pahina 152-155; b) ang aklat ni Eusebio Gomez Platero, Franciscano rin, na nalimbag noong 1880 na may pamagat ng “Catalogo Biografico de los Religiosos Franciscanos de la Provinica de San Gregorio Magno de Filipinas.” Manila, Imprenta del Real Cloegio de Santo Tomas. Ang ikatlong pinagsanggunian ay ang masusing pag-aaral na ginawa ni Bruce Cruikshank noong mga taong 1970s, ukol sa kasaysayan ng mga Franciscano sa Pilipinas noong panahon ng mga Kastila, at naging isang doctoral dissertation. Ang mga itoý matatagpuan sa Franciscan Archives sa parokya ng San Pedro Bautista, San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City sa ilalim ng pangangasiwa ng kasalukuyang Archivist na si Rev. Fr. Jose Femilou Gutay, OFM.
Nagmula sa mga paliguan ng maligamgam na tubig na hanggang ngayon ay marami pa sa lugar na ito, ang pangalang “Los Baños” ng bayang ito sa lalawigan na kung tawagin noong panahon ng Kastila ay “La Laguna.” Noong nagsisimula pa lamang ang pangangaral ng Ebanghelyo sa Pilipinas, ang Los Baños ay isang visita lamang (walang sariling pari bilang kura paroko na nakatira mismo sa lugar na ito, bagkus ay “dinadalaw” lamang o “visita”ng mga paring buhat sa ibang lugar). Ang visita ay may patrong San Nicolas de Tolentino, sakop ng bayan ng Bay, na nooý nasa mga paring Agustino. Samakatuwid ay hindi kataka-taka na ang patron ay si San Nicolas de Tolentino, isang santong Agustino. Hanggang ngayon, si San Agustin pa rin ang santong patron sa bayan ng Bay. Ipinaubaya ng mga Agustino sa mga Franciscano ang pangangasiwa ng visita na ito, at ang pagsasalin na ito ay pinagtitibay ng isang escribano na nagngangalang Don Luis Vela noong ika 17 ng Septiembre 1613. Noong panahong iyon ay may nakatalang 40 tributos lamang ang lugar na ito, samakatuwid baga’y may apatnapung mamamayan at kanilang pamilya na naghahandog ng tributo o ang buwis sa pamahalaang kolonyal. Kaya naman sa mga Franciscano napapunta ang pangangasiwa ay sa dahilang sila ay may Ospital nang nakatatag (taong 1602 ng matatag) sa lugar na ito, matapos matuklasan noong taong 1590 ang pambihirang katangian ng mga maligamgam na bukal ng tubig na lubhang nakatutulong sa paggaling sa ilang uri na ito at napansin ang kaaya-ayang mga bukal ng mainit-init na tubig rito. Si San Pedro Bautista ay isa sa mga martir na Franciscano sa bansang Hapon noong 1597 (kasama nag Heswitang pari na si San Pablo Miki) at ang kapistahan ng mga martir na ito ay ipinagdiriwang sa buong Simbahan tuwing ika-6 ng Febrero. Si San Pedro Bautista marahil and kauna-unahang Santo na tumira at naglagi sa bansang Pilipinas at nakarating pa nga dito sa bayan ng Los Baños.
Hindi naging isang ganap na bayan o municipio ang Los Baños hanggang noong taong 1640. Noong taong, iyon, hinirang si Don Juan Castañeda bilang kauna-unahang capitan o gobernadorcillo ng bayan (ngayon ay alcalde o mayor ang katumbas nito). Ang lugar na ito ay nasa hilagang bahagi ng paanan ng bundok Maquiling (Makiling) at nasa timog na bahagi naman ng baybayin ng malawak na Laguna de Bay. Nasa direksyong pahilag-hilagang silangan ang bayan ng Bay, may isa’t kalaharing IleguaI ang layo samantalang sa direksyong pakanluran-hilagang kanluran naman ang bayan ng Calamba, na may layong isang legua. Maalinsangan at mainit ang klima na may hangin na umiihip mula sa dakong timog na sinasalungat naman ng mula sa hilaga-kanluran. Ayon kay Padre Felix de Huerta, sumusulat noong 1865, ang malimit na nagiging sakit ng tao rito ay ang tinatawag na tercianas. Dumadaloy sa sakop ng bayang ito ang isang ilog na ang ngala’y Dampalic (Dampalit) na may isa sa pinakamabubuting tubig na kilala sa bansa. May daan o lansangan patungong bayan ng Bay, at isa rin patungong bayan ng Calamba. Itong ikalawang nabanggit na daan patungong Calamba ay utang na loob natin sa kaalaman at kasipagan ni Padre Juan de Carillo, kura ng Los Baños noong 1849, na sa pamamagitan ng pagpapasabog ng mga eksplosibo ay nabuksan ang tinaguriang bundok ng Lalacay upang bigyang daan ang kalsada patungong Calamba. Ang bahagi ng bundok na pinasabog upang makagawa ng kalsado noon 1849 ay sinasabing purong bato na matiga talaga. Dumarating ang mga sulat na hatid ng kartero tuwing Huwebes ng umaga at Lunes ng hapon at umaalis din sa mga araw na tio.
Mula ng taong 1613 hanggang 1727 (mahigit isandaang taon), hindi nagkaroon ng gusaling-simbahan ang Los Baños. Ang mga parokyano ay nagsisimba sa simbahan ng Ospital ng mga Franciscano at ang patrona mula’t saput ay ang Inmaculada Concepcion ng ating Mahal na Birhen at may titulong Nuestra Señora de Aguas Santas. Nasunog ang simbahan ng ospital noong 1727, at minabuting magpatayo ng bagong simbahan sa karangalan pa rin ng Inmaculad Concepcion ng Mahal na Birhen de Aguas Santas, na sa simula ay yari sa kawayan at nipa. Ang simbahan na patuloy pa ring natutunghayan ngayon ay unang ginawa na yari sa bato noong 1790 sa ilalim ng pangangasiwa ni Padre Domingo Mateo. Nanatiling nipa ang atip ng simbahang ito na yari sa bato hanggan noong taong 1851, kung saan ipinaayos ni Padre Manuel Amat ang lahat ng bahaging kahoy ng simbahan at ang atip naman ay ginawang “de teja”(tiles sa wikang Ingles). Ipinagawa din ni Padre Manuel Amat ang tore ng simbahan na may dalawang kampana, ang sacristia at ipinapinta ng maganda at kawili-wili ang simbahan. Nagpagawa din ang nabanggit na Padre Amat ng kumbento o casa parroquial na yari sa bato at maginhawa naman. Noong panahon ni Padre Amat ay mayroong na ring tribunal ang bayan na maayos at matibay ang pagkakagawa, may carcel, may paaralan para sa primera enseñanza (primary education o primary school), may municipio at mga 250 bahay na gawa sa kawayan ayon sa katutubong estilo sa lugar.
Para sa binabalak na pagtatalaga ng Simbahan ng Los Baños bilang Dambana ng Mahal na Birhen sa pamagat ng Inmaculada Concepcion, maaring pagnilayan ang mga sumusunod na mga inpormasyon mula sa masusing pagtanaw sa nakalipas na kasaysayan ng bayan:
__________________________________________________________________ _ Mahalagang bigyan-pansin na mula’t sapul ng mga kauna-unahang taon ng paglilingkod ng mga paring Franciscano sa Los Baños, naging Mahal na Patrona na ang Inmaculada Concepcion ng Mahal na Birhen sa ilalaim ng pamagat ng Nuestra Señora de Aguas Santas. Ang debosyon na ito ay nagmula sa simbahang itinayo malapit sa ospital. Ang simbahan ay para sa mga may sakit na nagnanais maligo sa mga mainit-init na tubig na bumubukal at itinuturing na may katangian nakakaigi sa kalusugan ng tao. Ang debosyon, alalaong baga, ay nakaugnay marahil sa kahilingan ng mga taong nagtutungo sa mga paliguan ng Los Baños upang gumaling sa samu’t saring mga sakit o karamdaman. Sa kasalukuyan ay wala nang dumadayong turistang taga-Maynila tuwing tag-init. Maituturing na mula pa noong 1600 (itinatag ang opsital noong taong 160-2), ang Mahal na Birhen o sa wikang Ingles, “The Purest One, The Sinless One”ay ang mahal na patrona na ang lahat ng mga bukal (hot springs) o paliguan (resort-swimming pool) sa Los Baños, at ang mga bukal na ito ay mga “aguas santas”. Sa may bundok ng Lalakay, na ibinuka upang magkaroon ng daan patungong Calamba noong panahon ni Padre Juan de Carrillo, taong 1849, na ngayon ay Splas Island Resort na, makikita ang isang ginawang yungib ng Mahal na Birhen. Makikita ang kahalintulad na pangyayari sa bayan ng Lourdes, Francia kung saan ang debosyon sa Mahal na Birhen ay nakaugnay sa pagligo sa mga tubig na mahimala o nagpapagaling. Ang Birhen ng Lourdes ay nagpakilala din kay Santa Bernardita Soubirous bilang Birhen ng Inmaculada Concepcion. Subali’t ang debosyon sa Los Baños ay nagmula pa noong mga unang dekada ng 1600 samantalang ang aparisyon sa Lourdes ay noon lamang 1858.
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May mga dakong sakop ng bayang ito na masasabing bulubundukin , lalo ng ang gawing timog sa paanan ng bundok Maquiling. Dito rin mula sa bundok nagbubuhat ang mga bukal ng mainit na tubig na lubhang mainam sa mga nahihirapan. Sinsabing isang dating bulkan ang bundok na ito. May mga mas mabababang bundok na nakapalibot sa Maquiling. Natatagpuan sa mga bundok na ito ang ilang uri ng mahuhusay na kayoy na materiales fuertes, mainam gamitin sa pagtatayo ng gusali at paggawa ng mga kasangkapan or muebles ng bahay tulad ng molave, banaba, tindalo, manggachapus, dungon, calamansanay, visac, at iba pa. May mga mina din ng mahuhusay na bato para sa pagtatayo ng mga gusali, at may nagsasabing nakatagpo din sila ng ginto at piedra iman o batubalani.
Ang mga ilog na dumadaloy sa bayang ito ay: ang pinanganlang Maytin (Maitim), na siyang hangganan ng bayan ng Bay sa dakong silangan; ang Molauin (Mulawin), na mas malapit sa bayan (ang kasalukuyang barangay ng Maahas at San Antonio); ang Dampalit sa dakong kanluran ng bayan na mainit-init ang tubig at ang buhangin din ay mainit-init. May mga dako na halos hindi na makayanan anginit ng tubig (nakalalapnos) para sa paliligo. Hindi nagagamit ang mga ilog na tio para sa patubig ng mga pananim. Kapra-kapraso lamang ang lupang maaring pagtanman at ang palay na inaani ay para lamang sa mga taga-Los Baños. Mayroon din munggo, niyog, bunga at saging. Ang mga taga-Los Baños ay abala sa pagtatanim, sa pagtotroso, sa pangingisda sa Laguna de Bay at ang kanilang mga produkto ay nakakarating sa Maynila sa pamamagitan ng mga casco na dumadaong sa pantalan ng isang barrion ng Los Baños na tinatawag na Mayondon.
HOSPITAL DE LOS BAÑOS
Pagkagaling ni Fray Pedro Bautista (ngayoý San Pedro Bautista na) mula sa pagdalaw niya sa lahat ng mga Franciscanong nakakalat na sa iba’t ibang dako ng Pilipinas noong 1590, natuklasan niya ang mga maiinit na tubig sa paanan ng Bundok Maquiling sa may baybayin ng Laguna de Bay. Dhail sa matinding pagmamalasakit ni Fray Pedro Bautista sa mga nahihirapan, agad niyang nakilala ang husay at galing na maaring idulot ng mga tubig na ito, pinapunta niya da dakong ito si Fray Franciso de Gata, isang Franciscanong lego o lay vrother, noong patapos na ang taong 1590 upang masusing suriin at pag-aralan ang mga maiinit na bukal na ito. Nakarating nga si de Gata sa Los Baños, nguni’t sa kasamaang palad ay hindi nagawa ang dapat gawin dahil sa nagkasakit ito. Kinailangang bumalik sa Maynila kung saan namatay si de Gata.
Kasunod nito ay pinapunta ni Fray Pablo de Jesus na nooý provincial ng mga Franciscano sa Pilipinas ang isa pang lego rin noong 1593, si Fray Diego de Santa Maria. Sa kanyang pagsusuring ginawa, natuklasan niyang tunay ngang may katangiang medicinal and tubig. Nanatili si Fray Santa Maria sa Los Baños ng ilang taon at tumulong sa mga maysakit na dumarating sa lugar na iyon upang maligo sa mga bukal ng tubig. Nang mapansin ito ng provincial na si Fray Pablo de Jesus, ipinasya niyang magpatayo na ng isang ospital. Nakamit nila ang pagsang-ayon ng Cabildo sa Maynila (cathedral chapter) na tumatayong autoridad habang sed vacante pa o walang Arzobispo noong panahong iyon. Ang pagsang-ayon ng Cabildo ay may petsang 29 Julio 1602, samantalang ang pagsang-ayon naman ng Superior Gobierno sa Pilipinas ay nakamit noong 13 Octubre 1002. Agad sinimulang ipatayo ang ospital na may patron ng Purisima Concepcion, sa ilalim ng titulo ng Mahal na Birhen na Nuestra Señora de Aguas Santas. Noong 108, inihandog ng mga pangunahing mamamayan ng Bay (principales) ang isang pirasong lupa sa pagitan ng Dampalit at ng ilog Quinacapatlan. Noong 1610, tumulong ang bayan ng Pila sa ospital ng Los Baños sa pamamagitan ng paghandog ng malalawak na lupain sa bayan ng Jalajala. Ang mga inaani ng mga lupaing ito at ang limos ng mga tao ang siyang tumusots ng mga ginastos sa pagpapagawa ng isang matibay at maalwang ospital na yari sa bato, at may karugotng pang simbahan at kumbento.
Malaking pakinabang ang naidulot ng opsital sa lahat ng mga maysakit na nagtutungo rito hanggang noong taong 1640, kung kailan ipinasya ng Señor Don Sebastial Hurtado de Corcuera na itigil na ng mga Franciscano ang pangangasiwa sa ospital. Bunga nito, unti-unti nang nalaos ang ospital hanggang sa taong 1676 na itinigil na ito.
(Halaw sa isinulat ni Felix de Huerta, nilimbag noong 1865, pp. 575-576)
Sa mga makakabasa:
Hindi ko na po idinugtong ang talaan ng mga nadestinong kura paroko sa Los Baños, mula 1613-1898
Kaya sa ating Kasaysayan ay nawawala po mula taong 1898, kung meron pong pagkukunan, mangyari lamang pong ibigay sa amin ang mga pagkukunang dokumento. Malaki po ang inyong maitutulong. Maraming Salamat Po.
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This is a National Arts Center structure designed by National Artist Leandro V. Locsin located in the slopes of Mount Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Arts_Center#Tanghalang_Mar...
btw, this photo has been added to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tanghalang_Maria_Makiling.jpg
Happy 241st Anniversary to the church of Cabuyao, built by the first Filipino parish priest, Fray Blas de Sta. Rosa in honor of our beloved patron, St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr...
1771-January 26-2012
Our Beloved Church will undergo yet another major and ridiculously awful renovation. It was already approved that a 'right wing' adjacent to the already existing left wing(former Sacristy) of the church will soon be constructed.This will mean making a hole at the side of the ancient Church, destroying the structure and its massive buttress which supports the walls. Worst, the Cursillo House, who has retained its original adobe walls will also be damaged by this un-necessary expansion. The construction of the second church of Cabuyao was initiated by the First Filipino Parish priest, Fray Blas de Sta. Rosa, a native pampango (kapampangan). Materials for its construction was personally hand picked by the priest himself, meaning to say, the church is truly historic not just in structure but in its components as well. He died soon before the church is completed, but he donated his lifetime savings just to continue its construction. The second church was inaugurated on January 26, 1771. Our church had suffered so much. I hope many will realize the value of loosing another part of our heritage.
isa lang poh ang nakikita kong dahilan nito kaya urgent ang construction... recently poh ksi nagkaroon ng dispute between cursillo and church... sabihin na poh nating 'revenge' itoh ng pari sa cabuyao...
How important is the church of cabuyao?
TERCENTENARY OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST
FILIPINO PARISH PRIEST: Bachiller Don Blás de Sta. Rosa (1703)
Dr. Luciano P.R. Santiago
The surname of Padre Blás was very typical of those of early Filipinos who adopted saint’s names as patronymics. This practice would later wreak havoc on colonial records and impel the Governor General Don Narciso Clavería to prohibit the assumption of saints’ names in his decree on the systemization of Filipino patronymics in 1849. (It should be noted that Spanish friars also carried saints’ names, but these they took only upon investiture.)
Sta.Rosa de Lima, the first saint of the New World, became very popular in the Islands after her canonization in 1671 when she was declared patron saint of the Americas and the Philippines. Henceforth, her name was used extensively both as first name for girls and as surname. This is borne out by examining any 18th century baptismal book of a Philippine parish. Available records indicate that Blás de Sta. Rosa was most probably born on February 3, 1678 (Feast of San Blás), or a few years after the canonization of Sta. Rosa. (1)
The Bachiller Sta. Rosa graduated from the University of Sto. Tomás in 1692 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was one of the earliest native graduates of the venerable institution. Since the first Indios to be admitted to the Manila colleges, except Letrán, were Pampangos, it is very likely that Sta. Rosa originated from Pampanga. Sta. Rosa was also apparently a relative of another Pampango priest, Bachiller Don Gregorio de Sta. Rosa y Ramos, one of the Filipino priests ordained by Archbishop Cuesta in 1723. (2)
Manila Archbishop Diego Camacho y Ávila (1697-1706), founder of the Filipino clergy, ordained Sta. Rosa together with Br. Don Alfonzo Baluio y Garzía, another Pampango, on the ember days after Pentecost in May or June of 1703. On September 7, the same day that Baluio was proclaimed missionary of Abra de Vigan, Sta. Rosa was appointed proprietary parish priest of San Policarpio de Tabuco (now Cabuyao, Laguna). Thus, he became the first Filipino Indio pastor not only in the archdiocese of Manila but in the entire Philippines. The extensive parish of Tabuco had just been divided by the archbishop on December 9, 1702 into two curacies: that of Tabuco proper, which included the Dominican Hacienda of San Juán Bautista de Calamba, and the new parish of San Pedro de Tunazán which encompassed the town of Biñán. By competitive examinations, Sta. Rosa had won the now somewhat reduced parish of Tabuco, while the Spanish Maestro Don Protazio Cabezas later obtained the curacy of Tunazán on May 2, 1704. The latter was to become vicar general (1717-1741) and then bishop of Cebú (1741-1752) and a staunch supporter of Filipino priests. (3)
A few months after the arrival of Archbishop Francisco de la Cuesta of the Order of St. Hieronymus, Camacho’s successor, Sta. Rosa fell ill and was still convalescing in November 1707 according to a report of Mro. Cabezas, who had been appointed vicar forane of Laguna. The following year, in line with Cuesta’s notion that indio priests ordained by Camacho were incompetent and unworthy, the suspicious prelate through his secretary ordered Cabezas to conduct a secret investigation on the life and labors of the first brown pastor of the archdiocese. There were reports, apparently coming from friars of surrounding estancias (ranches), that he was negligent in celebrating The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and that he lived outside his parish. Without waiting, however, for the results of the inquiry, Cuesta, evidently assuming the charges to be true, went ahead and wrote his now famous letter to the king dated June 20, 1708 denouncing the incompetence and unworthiness of his predecessor’s native ordinees. Four days later, his vicar forane, Mro. Cabezas, filed a glowing report on Sta. Rosa to the archdiocesan secretary vouching for the Indio priest’s integrity and diligence! Citing witnesses, including Don Juán Ruiz Ximenes, the Spanish administrator of the Hacienda of Calamba, Cabezas affirmed that Sta. Rosa said Masses regularly for his parishioners, including on feasts marked with “two crosses” and Saturdays, which even his Spanish predecessors were not wont to do for many years before him. The only exception was when he was incapacitated by illness. He had a house on his farm, which was, however, no farther from his church than Binondo is from Malate. But he stayed there mostly at harvest time and for convalescence. (4)
He seemed to have been in frail health most of his life. In the middle of 1710, he applied for a sick leave and asked for another priest to replace him in his post. However, the Spanish presbyter who was sent to Tabuco, Licenciado Don Joseph de Alfaro, turned out to be unable to speak a word of Tagalog so that Sta. Rosa refused to turn the parish over to him. A month later, he was still begging for a sick leave and this time it was apparently granted. (5)
Despite his delicate health, it was he who built the parish church of Tabuco (Cabuyao). This is recorded in another extant letter of his, dated November 15, 1716, addressed to Archbishop Cuesta regarding the progress of the church construction. He recounted that since the town had transferred to a higher site fifty-one years earlier (1665), it had not had a permanent house of worship. He had personally gone up to the mountain (he was probably referring to Mount Makiling) to select the best timber for it. Now he was asking the archbishop and through him, the governor-general, to exempt the community from paying tributes for the duration of the work. (6) He was the first Filipino priest to build a church.
After a lifetime of service to his parish, he died in the middle of 1733 in the thirtieth year of his priesthood, when he was in his mid-50s. In his last will and testament, he bequeathed the then munificent sum of 998 pesos as a pious endowment (obra pía) for the maintenance of the church he had built during his long term. The church still stands today. He was replaced in the interim by his coadjutor, Br. Don Matheo Graña, another Indio Pampango. On September 15, 1733, the proprietary pastorship of Tabuco was won through synodal examinations by a more experienced Indio Pampango presbyter, Br. Don Joseph Nuñes. The parish remained in the hands of native priests to the end of the Spanish regime. (7)
Note: The principal reference for this article is: Luciano P.R. Santiago. The Hidden Light. The First Filipino Priests. (Quezon City: New Day, 1987) pp. 80-83.
ENDNOTES
1.Archives of the Archdiocese of Manila (AAM). “Letter of Mro. Don Protazio Cabezas, San Pedro de Tunazán, June 24, 1708.” Cartas escriptas al Mro. Don Phelipe de Molina (CPM) (1707-24); Narciso Clavería. Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos. (Manila: 1849) Reprinted by the National Archives (Manila: 1973); BR 37: 145; 54-5 (Index): passim.
2.Archives of the University of Sto. Tomás (AUST). Asientos de Grados, Facultad de Philosophía. (1663-1713); USTAA. UST Graduate Listing. 1611-1971. (Manila: UST, 1972) p. 2-A; Horacio de la Costa, S.J. Readings in Philippine History (Manila: Bookmark, 1965) p.85; Evergisto Bazaco, O.P. Historia Documentada del Real Colegio de San Juán de Letrán. (Manila: UST, 1933); AAM. Libro de Gobierno Ecclesiástico (LGE) (1707-1723). folios 178-8vuelto.
3.AAM. LGE (1697-1706). ff. 255v, 257 and 277v; Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. vol. 6 (1730-1799). p. 313.
4.AAM. “Letter of Cabezas, Tunazán, June 24, 1708.” CPM. Feasts marked with two crosses (daggers) in the liturgical calendar are feasts of lower rank.
5.AAM. “Letters of Sta. Rosa, Tabuco, May 22 & June 23, 1710.” CPM.
6.AAM. “Letter of Sta. Rosa, Tabuco, Nov. 15, 1716.” Cartas Escriptas al Dr. Don Francisco de la Cuesta, Arzobispo de Manila (1707-23).
7.AAM. Capellanías de Misas. (1910-15) D. (There is a 1748 list of capellanías and obras pías here which is misplaced.); Exámenes para Provisión de Curatos (1729-34); Catálogos del Clero Secular (18th and 19th centuries) passim.
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