Posts Tagged ‘Fr. Timoteo Ofrasio S.J.’
Fr. Timoteo Ofrasio SJ, Theological Hour on Jan. 11, 2012: The New English Translation of the Roman Missal
Fr. Tim Ofrasio SJ to give a talk on the New Translation of the Roman Missal
The Loyola School of Theology wishes to invite everyone to its Theological
Hour on the New English Translation of the Third Edition of the Roman
Missal with Fr. Timoteo Ofrasio SJ, Assistant Professor of Systematic and
Sacramental Theology, as speaker. It will be held on January 11, 2012,
Wednesday, 10:30 am to 12 noon, at the Cardinal Sin Center of LST.
In its Plenary Assembly held in January 2011, the Catholic Bishops?
Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) decreed that the New English
Translation of the Third Edition of the Roman Missal will be implemented in
the Philippines on December 2, 2012, the First Sunday of Advent.
For logistical purposes, non-LST students (individuals or groups) who wish
to attend the lecture should please send an email to dean@lst.edu by
January 7, 2011 at the latest, indicating the number of persons who will
attend the event. Admission is free.
Fr. Eric Eusebio SJ
Dean, Loyola School of Theology
Latin Mass at Ateneo High School Chapel postponed to June 2011 due to chapel renovation
Fr. Tim Ofrasio, S.J. celebrating the Ateneo Latin Mass Society's Inaugural Mass at the Ateneo de Manila University High School Chapel last March 3, 2011
Letter to the ALMS: Traditional Latin Mass at the Church of the Gesu
Hi,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Nearly a year ago, the ALMS was founded to have the Traditional Latin Mass said in Ateneo de Manila University. So far, we have not succeeded. Our main problem is we cannot find a suitable chapel. I think the Church of the Gesu is good enough for TLM. The problem may be the cost: it is about P 3500 per mass. If this cost is the only thing that keeps us from having a TLM in Ateneo, then I propose the following solution:
I shall pay the P 3500.
We can have one Sunday mass per month. The mass collections can go to the presiding priest. Fifty (50) persons giving P 20 each is already P 1000. If we can have an attendance of 300 persons, the mass collection would be enough to pay for both the priest and the rental of the Church of the Gesu.
I can only give financial support, but this is not enough:
- We need somebody who can be the overall coordinator of ALMS, preferably a student, because we wish the ALMS to be an Ateneo student organization recognized by Ateneo de Manila University. I already have my hands full as undergraduate committee head of the Physics Department and SERC Subcenter coordinator of the Manila Observatory.
- We need volunteers for the choir. Mr. Nikko Vitug, faculty of the English Department, is already offering his services as choir master. Mr. Vitug has a syllabus ready for the Gregorian chant training.
- We need volunteers for the sacristan. Dennis Maturan, Founding Chairman of Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph (EDSSJ), is already offering the services of his group for sacristan training. We only need but ask them. EDSSJ is based in Parish of Our Lord of Divine Mercy in Sikatuna, Quezon City. I could not be around during Saturdays because I have a offshore class in Angeles University, Pampanga for our M.S. Physics Program. We need a sacristan coordinator for Ateneo.
- We need volunteers who will make sure that the altar vessels and linens are available, and that the sacristans and priests have their vestments. Frank Chow’s TLM community in Canada can help us procure the vestments and linens which we can buy from the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate in Novaliches.
- We need volunteers for the promotions. Fr. Lester Maramara, SJ, the Director of the Ateneo College Campus Ministry Office, has given us permission to post TLM announcements in Bulletin Board of the College Chapel.
- We need to find a priest who can say TLM for us. Fr. Tim Ofrasio SJ is now assigned in a parish in Novaliches.
- We need to schedule our first general assembly, preferably mid January. We need to have our first TLM at the Church of the Gesu by February. We need to recruit more students and faculty to join the yahoo group.
I would appreciate your thoughts on these matters. I hope and pray that we can now finally move forward.
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Quirino Sugon Jr.
Coordinator
Ateneo Latin Mass Society
Call for the formation of the Ateneo Latin Mass Society (ALMS) core group
A Letter to the ALMS: Meeting of the ALMS core group
Hi,
It is nearly a year since the Ateneo Latin Mass Society (ALMS) was established and we still have not moved forward. I am partly to be blamed because I tried to carry the burden of ALMS alone, when there are many ALMS members who are more competent in making things happen. I am very sorry.
In this regard, I think it is high time to form an ALMS core group who shall select its Chair and Secretary. The members of the core group can be either from Ateneo or outside, as long as the Chair is from Ateneo (otherwise it won’t be ALMS), and as long as each member is committed to attend the weekly one-hour meetings. The Chair of the ALMS core group shall be the over-all coordinator of ALMS.
The function of the ALMS core group is to formulate the direction and activities of ALMS, especially now that we have difficulty finding a chapel for the Traditional Latin Mass and Fr. Tim Ofrasio, S.J. was assigned in a parish in Novaliches where he spends most of his time.
There are many things that the core group can discuss in its weekly meetings:
1. Use of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite in Latin
2. Training program for the Altar Servers
3. Training program for the Choir
4. Lecture series on the Traditional Latin Mass
5. Tours to Traditional Latin Mass Chapels in Metro Manila
6. Date and agenda of the next ALMS General Assembly
7. Chapel and priest for the regular ALMS Traditional Latin Mass
7. Other things that would help move ALMS forward
If you wish to be part of the ALMS core group, please post your weekly schedule in the ALMS yahoo group as a reply to this mail and add a line to describe yourself–full name, school, department, and position–so that everybody in ALMS would know you. We can then find a common time for the group to meet. As a reminder, each member of the ALMS core group is committed to join and participate in the weekly one-hour core group meetings in Ateneo.
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Quirino Sugon Jr.
Coordinator
Ateneo Latin Mass Society
P.S. Today, November 15, is the Feast of St. Albert the Great, Doctor of the Church, patron of scientists, and teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus
Ateneo physics/computer engineering student is now an FSSP seminarian
Sat 27 Feb 2010 19:15:11 -0800
Pax Tecum!
AM+DG
Dear Dr. Sugon,
Praised be Jesus Christ! I saw the TLM group at Ateneo, and I am very happy to see it. I studied at the Ateneo from 2000 to 2002, and my course was BS-PsCE. I was also a member of the ACMG in the choir. I had to leave the University because my family migrated to Canada. There I found the Latin Mass, through Providence. In 2006, I entered the Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, NE. I am currently in my 4th year of studies with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
I am hoping to visit my family over the summer break (perhaps at some point in July or August). I am willing to assist the Latin Mass Society there. I am quite excited that there in Ateneo, there is the Traditional Mass being celebrated. Would I also be able to meet Fr. Ofrasio? I have never heard of him when I was there. I knew a number of the Jesuits as well, and of course, a number of the Physics Faculty. I don’t know how many of them are still there and how many will recognize me (and vice versa!).
May God increase your work and bless you! I am looking forward to hearing from you. I am,
Yours in Christ,
Anthony Uy, FSSP
Theologates at Loyola House of Studies interested in Traditional Latin Mass
hi Mr Sugon,
I’m Mark a student from Loyola School of Theology. We are organizing a TLM here in the Theologate. We have a circle of seminarians interested in the extraordinary form. Fr Tim Ofrasio, our liturgy professor will give a series of talks about the TLM. Hope we can meet one day.
Mark
Ateneo Latin Mass Society (ALMS): Proceedings of the First General Assembly
Dear ALMS members and friends,
We had the General Assembly last Friday, 22 January 2010 at 5:30-7:00 p.m. The venue was Faura 116. These are the members present:
1. Miguel Franco Dimayacyac– Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) ARSA
2. Enrico A. Villacorta– AdMU Student
3. Jesson G. Allerite–Universit y of the Philippines (UP) Student
4. Maricel Obieta–AdMU ASF
5. Joanna Ruiz– AdMU Loyola Schools
6. Bobing Venida–AdMU Economics
7. Mikki Hornilla– AdMU Student
8. Emmanuel Hernandez–AdMU Student
9. R. R. Raneses–AdMU Political Science
10. Niccolo Vitug–AdMU English
11. Moy Timbayan–AdMU Student
12. Quirino Sugon Jr.–AdMU Physics
Fr. Tim Ofrasio, S.J. talked about his life and his experiences in the Traditional Latin Mass. I took notes of his edifying talk. I shall transcribe my notes and try to recall everything that he said. I shall send you the polished form next week.
Fr. Tim asked us if we want we adopt Novus Ordo Lectionary or stick with the lectionary of the Extraordinary Form. (He also asked whether we wish all Latin hymns or mix them with English hymns.) The group decided that we stick with that of the extraordinary form. The readings will be in Latin. Latin-English missals will be provided for the unchanging parts of the mass. The Introit, Propers, and Readings will be provided in Latin and English on adjacent columns, as done in Parish of Our Lord of Divine Mercy (PLDM) in Sikatuna, Quezon City. (The question on hymns will be answered by the Choir coordinator.)
The proposed date for our first mass will be on Feb 3 (Wed) at 6:00 p.m. It will be a low mass. This is pedagogically sound, since we are still learning the ropes. I shall reserve the Manila Observatory Chapel for us. We can invite friends, but we cannot yet announce it in Ateneo Blueboard. Our first announced mass should be a sung mass with vested servers.
The members were asked to which committee they wish to be part of.
For the Choir, we have Niccolo Vitug as our music director. He is a faculty in the Ateneo English Department. He once played the organ for Missa Cantata. He was also the music director in a Catholic church in California. With Niccolo are R. R. Raneses, Moy Timbayan, Maricel Orieta, Jesson Allerite, and Miguel Dimayacyac. Maricel and Jesson are members of the PLDM choir. Miguel has stacks of Gregorian chant song sheets, his grandmother’ s collection.
For the Sacristan, no one wants to become sacristan. So I volunteered myself to learn the rubrics. But I wish another faculty shall commit himself to do this, so that I could have more time for writing and coordinating.
For Finance, no faculty volunteered, so I shall handle this in the meantime. With me are two students: Enrico Villacorta and Moy Timbayan.
For Publications, the Coordinator is Emmanuel Hernandez, a student. He usually goes to mass with Fr. Tim Ofrasio, S.J. every morning, so he is familiar with the 1962 Missal Lectionary. With him is Joanna Ruiz and Mikki Hornilla. Joanna can help us with the photocopying. Mikki has a camera. The camera is important. The first Traditional Latin Mass in Ateneo de Manila will be a news in the TLM blogosphere. R. R. Raneses said that he will give us his Ateneo Latin Mass Society blog, http://ateneo- latin-mass- society.blogspot .com, as our official blog. But we do not yet have someone to manage it. So I’ll start the ball rolling. I shall ask Mr. Raneses to make me a contributor to his blog.
We have made a good start. Please remember the Ateneo Latin Mass Society (ALMS) in your prayers. Almsgiving would also be good. Since we are begging for recognition as an organization, we must also give alms to those who need it most, for the measure with which we measure will in return be measured out to us (c.f. Lk 6:38). And who are the ultimate beggars but the Poor Souls in Purgatory? Please give alms to the Poor Souls by having a mass said for them or remembering them in your prayers, especially the souls of the Jesuit priests who once worked in Ateneo. They repay a hundredfold.
In Christ,
Dr. Quirino M. Sugon Jr.
Coordinator
Ateneo Latin Mass Society
Conversations with Fr. Daniel J. McNamara, S.J.: Traditional Latin Mass, Religious Life, and Sodality of Our Lady
I. Traditional Latin Mass
Yesterday, we had a supper with Fr. Daniel J. McNamara, S.J. ; he left for Davao City today. With me are Genie and Dr. Celine Vicente from the Observatory. There are three others more from the Companions on a Journey, a group who organizes retreats at the Ateneo. Beside me is Fr. Dan.
“Father”, I said. “Fr. Tim Ofrasio is having a check up this week for his allergies. He asked me to contact him again next week, so that we can schedule a general assembly for the Ateneo Latin Mass Society. We already have 24 members.”
“There are also other Jesuits getting sick.” He mentioned two names. They are not familiar to me.
“A general assembly?” Gwen asked. “Why don’t you meet as a core group first?”
“A general assembly,” I said and nodded my head. Many already sent me their schedules; I just need to find a common time when I get Fr. Tim’s schedule.
“You may find it hard to find a chapel that is suited for the Latin Mass,” Fr. Dan said.
I told him that MO chapel is fine, because the altar is movable to the wall. There is an large old altar at the back of the chapel. We can use that.
He agreed.
II. Religious Life
Fr. Dan and Anna’s order came. Fr. Dan has his favorite plate-size pancake and green mango shake. They started to eat.
“So how is your friend in Cebu,” Fr. Dan asked me.
“Her mom texted me that she was able to call her at the convent. She said Roxanne was happy and well there.”
“I am surprised he mom was permitted to call.” Fr. Dan said. “Normally they don’t allow communications for two years.”
“I am also more surprised that her mom sounds supportive of her. Her mom was not really happy even the night before Roxanne entered.”
“That is really what mothers do when they see that their children are firm in their decision to enter.”
Our orders arrived. Mine is pork tocino, rice, and egg fried sunny-side up. I sliced the liquid yolk and mixed it with my rice. This is the only thing I ordered whenever we come to this same restaurant for dinner with Fr. Dan.
“The Jesuits will now change the vocation promotions directors in schools from Jesuit brothers to priests,” Fr. Dan said. “It is realized that a priest is a better judge of vocations. He can also hear students’ confessions, which a Jesuit brother cannot do.”
“We also need priests in organizations, Father,” Gwen said. “The ACIL (Ateneo Catechetical Instruction League) is still looking for a Jesuit priest moderator. They were given a Korean and an Indian. But they have language difficulties.”
III. Sodality of Our Lady
Ma’m Celine’s and Gwen’s orders arrived. I already finished my food. And so is Fr. Dan and Anna. Geniee is still eating her pancakes poured with honey.
Raqs arrived. She is a member of the Companions.
Genie (or was it Gwen still) said: “The students in Ateneo do not anymore join the socially oriented orgs. (Religious orgs are classified as socially oriented orgs in Ateneo). They prefer to go to parties. That is why many go to business and management orgs.”
I turned to Fr. Dan. “Father,” I said. “Maybe it is time to revive the Sodality of Our Lady.”
I saw a quizzical look on their faces. So I said to them: “The Sodality used to be the largest organization in Ateneo. You can never be a President of the Student Council if you are not a member of the Sodality of Our Lady.”
“That’s the Christian Life Community,” Raqs said.
But I told her that the Sodality and the CLC have different spiritualities: the CLC is more socially oriented; the Sodality has a stronger Marian character.
“Yes, that’s true,” Fr. Dan said.
Raqs said that she joined the CLC. She is now an observer. There are three levels: observer, then two more. She was glad that I mentioned the Sodality. She will ask about it.
When I finally get the Ateneo Latin Mass Society going smoothly, I shall work for the revival of the Sodality of Our Lady in Ateneo de Manila University. As Fr. Z always say: “Brick by brick.”
Letter to the Ateneo Latin Mass Society (ALMS): We have a stable group
29 December 2009
Feast of St. Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
Dear Ateneo Latin Mass Society Members,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The Lord is gracious. We now have a stable group for the Traditional Latin Mass in Ateneo de Manila University.
In this letter, I would like to share with you two things: (1) a short history of our group and (2) what lies ahead for us at the start of year 2010.
I. SOME BITS OF HISTORY
17 Dec 2008. Mr. Rene Raneses Jr. of the Political Science Department launched the Ateneo Latin Mass Society (ALMS) blog, http://ateneo-latin-mass-society.blogspot.com/ . He made two posts. The first is a call to join the ALMS. The second is a series of statements under the following headings: Who we are, why do we exist, what is the basis of our existence, what are our goals, does one need to learn Latin in order to assist in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass? There was not much response.
27 Jul 2009. My friend and I went to a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) at the Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy (PLDM) in Sikatuna, Quezon City. The presiding priest is Fr. Michell Joe Zerrudo. In his homily, he announced that on the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 31 July 2009, Fr. Timoteo Ofrasio, S.J. shall celebrate a TLM at PLDM at 8:30 a.m.
31 Jul 2009. The Feast of St. Ignatius. After the mass, I was able to meet Fr. Tim Ofrasio, S.J. I e-mailed him after and asked for a copy of his homily.
3 Aug 2009. Fr. Tim sent me his homily and I published it in my Monk’s Hobbit blog, http://monkshobbit.wordpress.com/.
28 Aug 2009. The Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo. In my blog I made a call to form the TLM stable group in Ateneo de Manila University. There was still not much response.
4 Nov 2009. The Feast of St. Charles Borromeo. I was asked by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate to ask Fr. Tim if he wants to say a TLM in their convent in Novaliches. During our conversation in Loyola House of Studies lobby, Fr. Tim asked me if I have formed the stable group for the TLM. I told him I have about seven (7) who are interested to hear the Latin mass. I asked him if I can use his name in the Blueboard invitation for the TLM. He gave me his permission. But there was a problem with my Ateneo e-mail account. I was not able to make the announcement.
19 Nov 2009. I submitted a design proposal for the short-term renovation of the Manila Observatory Chapel to Mrs. Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, the Director of the Manila Observatory. She asked me to lead the renovation committee a few months before. This chapel is 9.3 m x 4.8 m, which can accommodate only about 30-35 people. The design simply transfers the Tabernacle at the center on top of a platform where candlesticks may also be placed on the sides. The altar is movable so that it can be free standing for the New Mass or pushed to the wall for the TLM. The committee’s problem is to determine the costs—labor, varnish, pews, etc. Mrs. Loyzaga would still look for the money for the renovation. But she already gave me her permission to use the chapel for TLM.
23 Nov 2009. The Ateneo Latin Mass Society Yahoo group was launched:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ateneolatinmass/ . There were seven members in the group, mostly Ateneo students who are recruits of Enrico Villacorta (IV BS Physics). The group was not able to meet.
15 Dec 2009. My Ateneo e-mail account was finally fixed. I sent an invitation to form the TLM stable group in the Ateneo Blueboard.
29 Dec 2009. The Feast of St. Thomas of Canterbury. Our Yahoo group now has 19 members, with about 13 from the Ateneo. Four (4) members of the choir of the Parish of Our Lord of Divine Mercy (PLDM) are with us and they are students from UST and UP. Some of our members may not be able to join our meetings or our masses, yet they support us in many ways. So even if we come from different schools, even if we come from different countries, we all share one thing in common: we want to restore the Traditional Latin Mass in Ateneo de Manila University.
There are others who are not officially members of our group, but are interested to join us during a TLM at the Ateneo. I think we can reach 30 for each mass, or even more. Let us spread the word.
II. WHAT LIES AHEAD
A. Long-Term Goals
We need to organize ourselves and create an institution that shall outlive us. We need to create a Constitution that shall define our Mission and Vision, our Organizational Structure, and our Laws and Regulations. We need to make a clear and transparent accounting system, because we will soon be handling money from mass collections and donations. We need to provide a continuous training program for the choir and altar servers who shall set the standard for solemn pontifical masses in the Philippines. We need to have a Center for Latin Language Studies. We need to have a stable group of Jesuit priests who can celebrate solemn pontifical masses. We need to increase the number of our members from our tiny group of nineteen (19) to the whole population of the Ateneo de Manila University.
We need to extend our vision farther. We need to establish ALMS chapters in all Ateneo schools in the country and help other schools establish their own Latin Mass Societies. The more universal is our mission, the more we give greater glory to God.
B. Short-Term Goals
We need to meet as a group and divide ourselves into committees: choir, altar servers, publications, and finance. Please email me your free times for the second week of classes (11-16 January 2010); the deadline for submission is 6 January 2010. In this way, I would have sufficient time to reserve a venue for us at the Ateneo de Manila University. Fr. Timoteo Ofrasio, S.J. will be back at the Loyola House of Studies on 3 January 2009. I shall also ask his free time, so that I can formally present you to him as the Ateneo Latin Mass Society.
Agenda for the Meeting:
1.Introduction of Fr. Timoteo Ofrasio, S.J.
2.Introduction of each member of the Ateneo Latin Mass Society
3.Target date for the first TLM in Ateneo de Manila University
4.Break-up into committees
These are the tasks of the committees:
Choir
1. Determine the capabilities of each member
2. Choose a music director, vice- music director, and secretary
3. Decide on the Gregorian chant pieces for the mass
4. Decide on the days and times of practice
5. Determine the availability of an organ for the practice and for the mass
Altar Servers
1. Determine the capabilities of each member
2. Choose a head sacristan, vice- head sacristan, and secretary
3. Choose a manual for altar servers and determine its purchase or reproduction cost
4. Decide on the days and times of practice
5. Determine the complete set of vestments for each sacristan and the cost to purchase each set.
Publications
1. Determine the capabilities of each member
2. Choose a head writer, assistant. head writer, and secretary
3. Choose a photographer and blog manager
4. Decide if Mr. Rene Raneses Jr.’s blog,
http://ateneo-latin-mass-society.blogspot.com/, will remain as his personal blog or will be adopted as the ALMS official blog/website.
5. Decide on a blog/website layout.
6. Determine the purchase/reproduction cost of 50 missalettes that contain the unchanging parts of the mass.
Finance
1. Determine the capabilities of each member
2. Choose a treasurer, accountant/bookkeeper, and secretary
3. Decide on a bank where the Ateneo Latin Mass Society can open its bank account
4. Determine the signatories required for withdrawing money from the bank account
5. Describe protocols for counting the mass collections and depositing them in the bank account.
6. Describe protocols for fund or refund requests from choir, altar servers, and publications committees
7. Determine how the Acknowledgment Receipt (for mass collections and donations) and Payment Receipt (for priests) will be made with Ateneo Latin Mass Society’s name.
Please choose a committee that you want to be part of and prepare for the meeting. Our meetings would accomplish much in a short time if we have our notes and materials on hand. I would like also to ask the committee secretaries to send me the minutes of their meetings within a week after our general assembly, so that I can write a summary of our proceedings.
PRAYER
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May the holy Lord, almighty Father, and eternal God vouchsafe to send His holy Angel from heaven to guard, cherish, protect, visit, and defend the Ateneo Latin Mass Society. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Mary for you! For your white and blue!
We pray you’ll keep us, Mary, constantly true!
We pray you’ll keep us, Mary, faithful to you!
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us.
St. Ignatius of Loyola, pray for us.
St. Thomas a Becket, pray for us.
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In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Dr. Quirino M. Sugon Jr.
Coordinator
Ateneo Latin Mass Society
Blueboard: Traditional Latin Mass at the Ateneo: an Invitation to Form a Stable Group
Dominus Vobiscum!
If you say “Et cum spiritu tuo,” then you know the Traditional Latin Mass.
The Traditional Latin Mass was codified during the Council of Trent (1545-1563) and became the mass of the Latin Rite Catholics all over the world for five centuries. Even the Church Fathers during the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass. In 1969 Pope Paul VI replaced the Traditional Latin Mass with the New Mass, which is the same mass that we know today at the Ateneo de Manila University. But because of the continued request of many bishops, priests, and faithful around the world, Pope Benedict XVI, through his encyclical Summorum Pontificum of 2007, liberalized the use of the Traditional Latin Mass. He calls it the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite and Pope Paul VI’s New Mass as the ordinary form. Pope Benedict XVI decreed that a Traditional Latin Mass may be celebrated in any parish if there is a stable group of faithful who requests it and if there is a priest who is willing to say it.
In Ateneo de Manila University, there is one priest who knows how to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass. His name is Fr. Timoteo Ofrasio, S.J., a professor of Liturgy at the Loyola House of Studies. In his private chapel he celebrates the Traditional Latin Mass everyday. He is willing to celebrate it regularly in public if there is a stable group who requests it. If you wish to be part of this stable group, please email Dr. Quirino M. Sugon Jr. at qsugon@ateneo.edu or qsugon@observatory.ph. In your email please state if you know how to serve at mass or sing in Gregorian chant.
As Ateneo de Manila University celebrates its 150th founding anniversary, it is worthwhile to look back and recover Ateneo’s lost Latin heritage. Let us restore the ancient mass that molded many generations of Ateneans from Jose Rizal to Ninoy Aquino, the ancient mass that strengthened many Jesuit missionaries in the Philippines and other countries, the ancient mass that St. Ignatius himself lived. Let us restore the Traditional Latin Mass.
Deo gratias.
Monk’s Hobbit Notes: I sent this email to the Ateneo de Manila University’s Blueboard last Tuesday afternoon, 15 December 2009. The Blueboard is the mailing list for Ateneo’s administrators, faculty, and staff. So far seven (8) has shown interest. I invited them to the Ateneo Latin Mass Society Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ateneolatinmass/. I shall post their email responses in the comment section. I shall remove their surnames but retain their affiliations. Since there are five original (5) students in the group, then the stable group is now 14 (including me).
Update 12/18/2009: The invitation to the TLM at the Ateneo was featured in the Ateneo de Manila website: Traditional Latin Mass still celebrated at Ateneo.
