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The first picture that replaced the actual "Most..." photo. What you would have seen in here if I would have folled the instructions stricktly, would have been a Picture of my Jeans Basics ITB
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The Next Icon - Theme One - "Girl's Night Out" - Meral Özer
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBIE!!!
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To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of this picture at all... It actually was more of a last minute photoshoot as a tribute for Babs' Birthday. I think most pf the oufits looked rather simple and lacked of accessories. I really don't understand why the shot received so many faves by you guys. But thank you so much though ;-)
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Don’t you, don’t you wanna see me FLAUNT what I got? ♫
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I absolutely love how this photo turned out in general (minus the Basic accessories of course) - I think these three models work so well together. I think I might upload the blank version of the shot sometime later on ;-)
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Tiger print dress - this might be the last time this year for this dress, as it is starting to get a lot cooler, and the dress does nothing to keep me warm, lol!
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Stanford University on a rainy night. I put the camera upside down on the tripod to get a very low POV. The focus is on the wet asphalt.
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- Matthias! Quel bon vent vous amène? Vous me manquiez, savez-vous?
- C'est vrai?
- Bien sûr, vous êtes toujours mon facteur-tromboniste chouchou...Ca ne s'oublie jamais!
Alors que me vaut le plaisir de votre visite?
- Eh bien justement, je...je suis porteur d'une lettre.
- Une lettre? De qui? De Stephan?
- Eh bien disons que...oui...et non.
- Oui et non? Euh...vous pourriez être plus précis?
- Lisez, je crois que ce sera mieux.
- Vous m'intriguez mais d'accord. C'est curieux, il y a deux écritures différentes...
" Ma chère Françoise,
Mon auteure adorée..."
Non...je rêve!!! Mais comment c'est possible? Ne me dites pas que le fantôme a migré en Suisse!
- Si! En fait, c'est la faute de Stephan. Il a tellement aimé se produire en 1954 qu'il a repris la formule magique pour rappeler Mr de Saillant auprès de lui. Et vous connaissez l'empire que peut avoir ce fantôme par moment. Il l'a persuadé de monter un festival en son honneur!
- Oh mon Dieu! Ne me dites pas que Stephan a accepté!
- Eh bien...si! Et nous aussi.
- Noooooooooooon!
- Siiiiiiiiiiiii...mais c'est pour deux dates et c'est sans danger, je vous rassure.
- Sans danger dites-vous?
Mais est-ce que Stephan a conscience que ça peut provoquer des interférences spacio-temporelo-galactiques?
Sans compter que si le fantôme déteint sur lui et lui sur le fantôme...on ne saura bientôt plus qui est qui. Vous imaginez?
- Vous êtes sûre?
- Si je vous le dis...Oooooooh mais comment vais-je faire pour le récupérer à présent? J'aurais dû me douter depuis quinze jours qu'il était silencieux après son coup de blues, qu'il ne resterait pas sage chez lui à Beauregard. A quand remonte sa présence en Suisse?
- Laissez-moi réfléchir...nous avons eu une lune bleue le 7...ça doit correspondre à son arrivée. Parce que Stephan m'a téléphoné la veille pour me dire qu'il avait une idée abracadabrante et que je me tienne prêt à convoquer la fanfare. J'ai trouvé ça un peu bizarre mais je n'ai pas bataillé. Stephan est du genre créatif excentrique, alors je me suis dit qu'il devait avoir trouvé un moyen...
- Je vois. Ce qui veut dire que François lui a raconté notre entretien. Pétard, ayez une intimité avec un fantôme, et il va jouer derechef les concierges en Suisse. Non mais, franchement, à qui se fier de nos jours?
- Mais, c'est pour la bonne cause, Françoise! Un festival fantôme, c'est toujours ça de pris pour la culture et la musique!
- Certes, je suis bien d'accord avec vous! Mais avec François de Saillant à la baguette et à l'origine du projet, j'ai peur.
- Pourtant le programme est des plus alléchant, je vous assure.
Nous serons 1200 artistes, de quoi monter une belle chorale, non?
Et tout est sur le thème marin.
- Comme de juste! Je vais finir par croire que c'est François qui a mis ça en tête à votre compère musicien.
- C'est fort possible! Vous savez qu'ils se sont vus à l'automne, alors je ne sais pas ce qu'ils se sont dit à cette occasion mais...c'est depuis octobre que Stephan nous parle de tournée en bateau.
- Oh misère...C'est encore pire que ce que je pensais! Je comprends mieux pourquoi il a monté cette usine à gaz.
- En tout cas, il me charge d'un message musical pour vous convaincre du bien-fondé de sa démarche. Enregistré avec la même équipe que chez Garcimore. Ils se sont tellement amusés avec Rossini qu'ils ont récidivé. Et comme m'a dit Stephan, dans le thème imposé:
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- Il ne manquait plus que ce genre de fantaisie à son répertoire! Non mais, il ne compte pas chanter ça lors du festival?
- Et pourquoi pas? Avec 1200 choristes derrière, ça devrait le faire pas mal, non?
- Mais bien sûr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9kHYoFviU
Et vous comptez vous produire quand?
- Le 27 février, pourquoi?
- Le 27 février? C'est une blague! Vous savez que cette date a déjà provoqué des effets plus que particuliers il y a deux ans. Chez moi il y a eu un coucher de soleil plus qu'étrange. Et chez vous, le même soir...je ne sais pas ce que vous lui aviez fait boire ou fumer mais alors...Stephan s'était plus que lâché, ce soir-là.
- Ouuuuuuuups! J'avais pas du tout réalisé.Heuuuuuuuuu...oui c'est vrai que c'était le même soir où il...ah oui...mais...justement!
- Justement quoi?
- Stephan a dit que cette date nous porterait sûrement bonheur! Il n'y a pas de hasard, vous le savez bien!
- Oui, mais là, ça fait quand même beaucoup en terme de synchronicités, vous ne croyez pas? D'abord le fantôme s'invite chez Stephan. Je n'ai même pas compris comment ni pourquoi. Ensuite, il lui donne l'idée du thème marin. Je n'en savais même rien, en plus c'est mon thème d'expo d'élèves depuis 2020, mais passons. Après, le même fantôme revient me voir pour des beignets puis perturber le conte de Nounou Rose et récupérer de quoi voyager dans le temps. Il me fait la grande scène de la déprime du début d'année 2021 et qu'est-ce que j'apprends aujourd'hui? Qu'il se fait tailler un festival sur mesure en Suisse, à une date ô combien mémorable à plus d'un titre. Saperlipopette!
- Ah mais c'est aussi François de Saillant qui a décidé la date.
Il a dit...attendez que je me rappelle...que ce serait "le mariage des complémentaires." L'eau et le feu, vous voyez?
- Et le yin et le yang aussi...non mais qu'est-ce qu'il ne faut pas entendre!!!
-Au contraire, il faudra nous écouter avec attention. Stephan et François y tiennent. D'ailleurs pour vous convaincre, ils ont joué de concert ce petit morceau, spécialement à votre intention...Avec quelques arrangements. Ils ont dit que vous comprendriez l'allusion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9J_8JXisj4
- Les voyous! Ah ils n'en loupent pas une, décidément!
Bon, Matthias, si l'affaire est sérieuse, ça veut dire qu'il va falloir vous chauffer les uns comme les autres pour vous préparer à ce grand évènement.
Sinon, le jour J, vous serez dans la tension maximum. Et je n'ai pas envie de vous voir débarquer chez moi, en grande panique comme à l'automne 2019.
Donc, je vais vous passer un petit entraînement physique à partager avec la fanfare. C'est pas plus compliqué que la dernière fois et c'est sans les haches et avec plus de filles.
Ca devrait vous motiver, non?
- Ah c'est sûr que s'il y a des filles...
- De 6.30 à 8 minutes, c'est votre entraînement. Mais vous pourrez faire le reste avec vos copines et compagnes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzB6fUpiM7k
- Oh merci! C'est encore plus détaillé que la dernière fois! Je sens que les gars vont apprécier. Et en plus les costumes, vous avez vu? Ils sont bleus et oranges. Complémentaires! Quand je vous dis qu'il n'y a pas de hasard...
- Ah oui...vous avez raison. Et le fond bleu devrait plaire à...Non, mieux ne vaut ne pas lui montrer ça. Après, je vais encore me faire charrier et me faire traiter de sorcière. Déjà que ma réputation est passablement écornée en la matière. Donc gardez ça pour vous! Et faites des étirements avant. Ca évitera les déplacements de vertèbres.
- D'accord, c'est promis!
Ah! Dernière chose! François de Saillant vous fait dire qu'il a de nouvelles idées pour le spectacle de Stephan...un truc de ce genre-là:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7aWIninqyA
- Ah! Bravo! Si je comprends bien, il n'est pas prêt de rentrer chez lui en 1840. Il a trouvé plus réjouissant à faire!
- En même temps, c'est stimulant pour nous tous, vous ne trouvez pas?
- Je le reconnais. Il a été ma muse durant tellement d'années que je peux bien vous le prêter un moment. Mais vous me le rendrez en bon état, d'accord?
Je n'en ai pas de rechange.
- Je vous le promets.
Bon ben, je vous laisse lire tranquille votre lettre. Maintenant vous savez l'essentiel! On se revoit au festival?
- Vu le contexte, vu que ça concerne que la confédération et vu qu'il n'aura pas lieu, ça me paraît difficile mais...embrassez très fort vos camarades pour moi et dites-leur que je vous enverrai pour faire une belle cagnotte, des énergies elfiques positives. J'ai cru comprendre qu'elles marchaient plutôt bien, même à grande distance, pas vrai?
Matthias a rougi, plein de confusion, avant de s'éclipser dans un nuage de confettis.
Un facteur musicien décidément pas ordinaire et toujours aussi obligeant.
Et aujourd'hui, l'ambassadeur de la culture suisse:
www.rts.ch/info/culture/11888905-un-festival-fantome-a-la...
Merci, Matthias!
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Not much to say about these - just another evening in at home.
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Some anxiety issues going on with me right now!
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A lady bug does whatever lady bugs do on an unopened sunflower at Beaver Dam Farm near Buchanan, Va. ©2019 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
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Photos from back at home in Hull again. An old favourite, this dress.
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Day 2 of our gastronomy weekend, we went to Wings International which has an all-you-can-eat menu. And my god we did! First time here but we liked it a lot.
Then n across the road to Propaganda, but with the new COVID restrictions, it was soulless and rubbish. So we stayed for one drink then headed home.
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'Eyes down look in'. a Short Eared Owl, quartering the meadow, hunting in Swillington Ings.
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There is something almost magical about Short-eared Owls, a sense of otherworldliness that comes from their nomadic nature. For many birdwatchers it is the winter months that provide the best opportunities to catch up with this species. Wintering ‘shorties’ make use of lowland grazing marshes, areas of early-stage plantation and rough grassland - habitats that in previous decades might once have supported breeding pairs.
Better up north
The three Breeding Bird Atlases show how the breeding range of the Short-eared Owl has contracted northwards within Britain. The species is becoming increasingly restricted to our northern uplands, the Hebrides and Orkney. Short-eared Owls are nomads, turning up to breed wherever their favoured small mammal prey are abundant. Historically, large numbers turned up to exploit the plagues of Field Voles that once occurred in parts of Scotland and northern England, their populations changing dramatically from one year to the next. The northwards retreat has virtually seen the disappearance of the population that once bred around the East Anglian coast, south to the north shore of Kent, and the loss of the species from the brecklands of the Norfolk/Suffolk borderlands. It is thought that our breeding population now stands at between 750 and 3,500 pairs but, like many things about the species, there is uncertainty around these figures because of our wider lack of knowledge about them.
Small mammal specialist
The Short-eared Owl is a specialist predator of small mammals, predominantly voles and the Field Vole forms c.90% of the prey taken. Short-eared Owls can be seen quartering an area of suitable habitat, hunting on the wing and listening and looking for signs of prey in the grass below. Quartering flight involves a mixture of flapping and gliding, the bird sometimes hovering before dropping down onto an unsuspecting small mammal or bird.
Bird prey can be important at some sites and at some times of the year, with pipits, small waders and other species taken more often during the winter months. It is not unusual to see several Short-eared Owls hunting over the same area, sometimes hunting alongside Barn Owls and even Kestrels. These hunting ‘shorties’ will often roost on the ground using taller cover, typically close to the sites where they have spent time hunting.
On the wing
While many Short-eared Owl populations are nomadic, some live a more settled existence. Information from Short-eared Owls ringed as young at the nest, reveals that our birds undertake long-distance movements, dispersing away from the area in which they were born. A wider examination of movements, looking across Europe, reveals that the average distance moved after ringing has declined since the 1970s. This may reflect the pattern of less pronounced vole cycles and the amelioration of the climate, both of which may see these birds remaining further north than they did just a few decades ago. This would also explain the contraction that we have seen in the UK breeding range. As with a number of other species, there is good evidence that northerly populations are more migratory than southern ones.
The business of breeding
Short-eared Owls are early breeders and many pairs will be back on their breeding territories by late March. Strongly territorial, the birds may be seen advertising ownership of their breeding territory or chasing away intruders. Individuals utilise a number of different display postures and rely more on these than on vocalisations, something that reflects their association with open rather than wooded habitats. These birds have a reputation for defending their nest and young, attacking predators, dogs and human observers with some ferocity.
Increasing our understanding
Researchers based at BTO Scotland have been carrying out work to improve our understanding of this charismatic species. Some of this work has been directed to improving fieldwork methods for detecting and censusing this species, while other work has looked at ranging behaviour and longer distance movements. Knowledge of where Short-eared Owls occur during the winter months comes from periodic atlas surveys and, importantly, from the records of birdwatchers collected through BirdTrack, meaning that anyone can contribute to our knowledge of this enigmatic species. BTO Notes.
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I was casting about for which dress to wear and found this one. It was a charity shop bargain I picked up a while ago for only £2.00!
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The Cupid in My Dream It is not in the oil of your selfish desire where I dip my arrow, It’s in the pain you have caused. Is with my whisper that I show you the soul of your life’s witness, the one to find grace in your moves, and multiply the verses of your story. My arrow is the dagger that tears you when you realize that you have found it because you feel it now that is taken away. Let me blow you a final whisper: “Love is everything around you”, Everything you had, have or will, when you finally realize that you are not a miracle and he is not a saint, stop darkening your life with the veil of perfection. Your hate was just a show. Sadness but the mirror of your soul longing for my whisper. Now that you have it again, go back and say “Sorry”. Don’t let insanity cover the cost of the stain that could have been love. Draw the line on the edge of his lips and then cross it, be stronger than weeping alone. Written by my Love. From the project "Boys will be Boys"
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History of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Retiro Quezon City Philippines
compilled by: Marylew Marcos
May 8, 1892 – first chapel opened by the Capuchins to the public.
The chapel was actually devoted to Divina Pastora.
1892 – Rev. Fr. Berardo de Cieza (Superior of the Central House) requested Mr. Manuel Flores to sculpt an image of Our Lady of Lourdes.
The statue was meant to be placed in the grotto of the garden, however because of its exquisite beauty the people felt that it would be a pity to leave it exposed to the elements of nature, thus, Fr. Berardo of Cieza prepared a side altar within the chapel to place the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes.
February 1893 – First Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes
D. Regino Garcia – great devotee of the Virgin of Lourdes and founder of the Archonfraternity; initatiated the idea of the cult to the Virgin of Lourdes in Manila.
May 23, 1893 – Superior Rev. Fr. Berardo de Cieza asked His Excellency Mons. Bernardino Nozaleda, OP, Archbishop of Manila, to establish a confraternity.
September 15, 1893 – Archbishop gave out a decree declaring canonically erected and founded the chapel of Capuchins the confraternity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes, approved as well all the graces corresponding such religious society.
1894 – a second image was sculpted by Mr. Manuel Flores, a famous Filipino Sculptor with the guidance and cooperation of Fr. Antonio of Valencia. Carmen Macam paid Mr. Flores for the image. This second statue was even more beautiful and was placed in the side altar of the chapel on February 10, 1896.
November 1896 – Martina Azucena was miraculously cured from her incurable illness in front of the statue.
September 1897 – the primitive chapel of the Capuchins was to enlarge for the growing pious exigencies of the devout people (Engr. D. Jose Garcia Moron, Doña Pelagia Velasquez, Doña Carmen Macam) and their enthusiasm for the Virgin of Lourdes.
September 1897 – enlargement of the chapel was started by Architect D. Federico Soler and the donation of Mr. Moron for the love and devotion to the Virgin of Lourdes.
1898- Outbreak of the Spanish-American War, moments of anguish waiting of the deadline for surrender was already at hand. Rev. Fr. Alfonso of Morentin, the present Superior of the Capuchin Fathers during that time, prostrated before the venerated image of Lourdes in the name of the whole capuchin community, gathered at the chapel for the pious exercise of flowers of May, promised solemnly to the Virgin of Lourdes to dedicate to her the new church that they were building if she would save the house and the city of Manila from the terrible destruction of the announced bombing by the Americans.
- Deadline of surrender came, May passes away, war was over, Manila did not suffer the fearful effects of the bombs of the Military Fleet of Dewey. Indeed the help and powerful protection from Mary was attained. Fr. Morentin, being faithful to his promise, consecrated to the Virgin of Lourdes the new church. The image of the Virgin of Lourdes was venerated at the main altar and “Te Deum” was solemnly sung at the same time. The Virgin of Lourdes was officially proclaimed the Titular of the Church of the Capuchins, obtained from Rome on February 3, 1897.
September 24, 1898 – due to the increasing devotion and alms of the faithful, the energetic Fr. Alfonso of Morentin, put in the high altar the image of Our Lady of Lourdes.
October 13, 1905 – arrival of visitor general, Fr. Daniel of Arbacegui gave the solicited permit to Fr. Morentin the authorization to begin the works of extension and embellishment of the church
January 1908 – First Procession of the Virgin of Lourdes
-Fr. Rector during the time asked for suggestions to do something extraordinary on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Apparitions. An illustrious catholic writer, Mr. Manuel Ravago stood up and in brilliant exposition defended that it is most opportune extraordinary thing would be to organize a big procession on the last day of the novena. This has been done every year with multitude of people joining up to this time.
February 3, 1910- the new church dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, exclusively built with the contribution of the faithful was inaugurated. The new church was the glorious coronation of the efforts and aspiration of the devout people of the Philippines to the Virgin of Lourdes.
Alfonso of Morentin – the soul and life of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
The Crown of the Virgin of Lourdes
Some ladies began to campaign for funds to make a wonderful crown for the Virgin of Lourdes. Great enthusiasm supported the campaign. Jewels, diamonds and big sum of money were voluntarily offered to pay the cost of the new crown. The artistic work of the crown was entrusted to the famous artists Pablo and Ventura D. Gabriel. It was done with great love and care, wholly of pure gold. The starts that surrounded the crown are all diamonds and jewels, all of it legitimate and of great value. During the Japanese-American War, this crown was saved together with the treasure of the Virgin of Lourdes. It was deposited in the Agencia de Empeños of Raimundo Samlonga in Binondo. However, at the end of the war, the Sacred Congregation authorized the selling of the treasure to build the new Lourdes Church in Quezon City.
The Tragedy of Intramuros
It was during the Novena at Our Lady of Lourdes when the Japanese ordered all residents of Intramuros to go out of their houses and gather together at the four (4) main places of Intramuros: the Hollywood Theater, the San Agustin Church, the San Francisco Church and the Cathedral. Our Virgin of Lourdes and all the most necessary things were transferred from to altar to the receiving room of the convent of San Agustin Church. On February 11, the Feast of the Virgin of Lourdes, the capuchins and devotees appealed to the Japanese for permission to say 3 masses in the sacristy. The permit was granted, allowing 3 Superiors celebrating 3 masses for the feast: Franciscans, Augustinians and the Capuchins.
How was the image of Lourdes was saved during the war?
Many people especially the devotees of Lourdes cried out to the capuchins to see the beautiful Virgin of Lourdes wondering how it was saved. According to history, when the capuchin brothers abandoned the church of Lourdes, Intramuros and the central house, they carried with them the image of Lourdes. Some days later, the Capuchin Custos, ,Fr. Florencio of Lezaun, gathered all religious articles: chalices, ciboriums, monstrances, relics and the treasure of the Virgin of Lourdes: crowns, rosaries and jewels. All together they put in iron box at the bank of D. Raimundo Salonga in Binondo.
For the refuge of the Capuchin brothers, they were ordered by their superior to go to San Agustin and placed the images of Lourdes in the wide sacristy of the church. They continued on the daily novena exercises together with the religious of other orders and devotees including Doña Martina Azucena who was miraculously cured in 1896 before the image of Our Lady of Lourdes.
On February 23 of the same year, the image of Lourdes was abandoned in the sacristy of St. Augustine. Men young and old and the religious were horribly massacred by the Japanese sometime between
January 5-19. Around 3500 women and children and all other refugees of St. Augustine were ordered to abandon the building.
March of the same year, the capuchins with the help of Fr. Mc Carthy, an Augustinian priest, brought the image of Lourdes to the University of Santo Tomas. During Palm Sunday of the same year, the image of saints are covered with veils by the Dominicans including the image of Lourdes and handed it over to the Capuchins and carried it to the chapel of Santa Teresita for the celebration of Flores de Mayo. It was from this small church that Fr. Bienvenido of Arbeiza started all over again: reorganizing the Archonfraternity, contacting the different sodalities scattered all over the Philippines, continuing to honor Our Lady and solemnly celebrating her novena and her feast, and, in 1946, reviving in her honor the beautiful procession which had not been held since 1910.
February 9, 1946, the Capuchins obtained the official authorization from the government to restore the church of Lourdes in Intramuros. An official letter indicating the approval of the church and its condition, a plan of the church building was approved and signed on February 17, 1946. However, the Capuchins decided to build a beautiful and wide church in Quezon City, Retiro St. because Intramuros was a deserted place, abandoned by people and nobody’s land. The property of Intramuros where the Church of Lourdes and the Central House was sold to support the building of the new church at Quezon City.
Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes 1946 (Sta. Teresita Parish)
Pontifical Mass of Mons. Olano. Before the mass, Father Superior of the Capuchins gave a fervent talk and exactly 12:00 noon, Angelus was prayed followed by the Holy Mass. The wife of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, Doña Trinidad de Roxas assisted at the Novena and one of the days even the President himself attended the mass.
January 30, 1950
Laying of the cornerstone and solemnly blessed by Mons. Olano. Immediately the work of construction under the direct supervision of Engineer and contractor, Mr. Marquez. The works of the front altars and walls are advanced already and it looks very similar to the convent of San Antonio in Zaragoza Spain. The construction was under the administration of Fr. Bienvenido of Arbeiza as Custos.
February 10, 1951
The newly built church of Our Lady of Lourdes received and sheltered the two statues. At 4:00 pm, the surroundings of Sta. Teresita were filled with a huge crowd. The procession from Sta. Teresita Parish to the newly constructed Our Lady of Lourdes Church lasted for one hour and a half.
In the procession we could see distributed in a beautiful order the different Catholic associations with their respective banners and colorful dresses (Legion of Mary, the members of the Confraternity of Lourdes, students of Belgian sisters, representations of the different parishes and religious institutes) before and after the Virgin like a sea of burning hearts.
As the “carroza” of silver could not go in through the main door, they were forced to get down the image from its throne of flowers and at the shoulders of 10 strong Filipinos was carried across the long central aisle of the church of the altar.
When Mons. Olano arrived at the altar and the image was placed in the provincial throne, the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament took place and Fr. Fernardo of Erasun addressed his prophetic word of fire to the crowd. Afterwards the blessing with the Blessed Sacrament followed and then the crowd sung the solemn “SALVE”
That night, Fr. Pastor of Arroyoz addressed his word to the Filipino people. Following day feast day of Lourdes, Fr. Custos blessed privately the new church in order to say mass from that day on.
August 15, 1951 – solemn inauguration
The archbishop of Manila, Mons Reyes was one who officiated in so solemn an occasion. The inauguration was attended by piles of people, among were many important people from Manila, the “ninongs”, sponsors and benefactors, President of the Philippine Senate, Don Mariano Jesus Cuenco, a representative from the Spanish Embassy and Miss Gullon, the daughter of the Ambasssador.
Immediately after, they proceeded to the blessing and the solemn ceremony ended with the exposition of His Divine Majesty and the Eucharistic Blessing. Then, they opened the marble stone where the names of the illustrious benefactors are written, located at the back of the altar. Diplomas of the Benefactors were distributed, among which the first to receive was the old and venerable Doña Natividad de Tuazon, who generously donated to the Capuchin Order the beautiful lot of La Loma.