The Fiesta of PCF 2007

Theme: “Pilipino sa Mundo, Sugo ng Ebanghelyo”

Events Before Collegio Day:

Triduum:

May 3 – First Day of the Triduum Mass,
Main Celebrant/Preacher: Archbp. Adolfo Tito Yllana (Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan)
Invited Pilgrims: Migrant workers in Rome
The two Phil. Ambassadors were present

Before the Mass at 2 pm: there was the regional elimination (Rome)
of the First International Family Bible Quiz. The winner was the Bacay Family of “El Shaddai” – Rome Chapter; closely followed by the Bentulan Family from Pundok ni Beato Pedro Calungsod sa Roma.

May 4 - Second Day of the Triduum, sponsored by the PCF Kapatiran Batch
Main Celebrant: Fr. Mel Braga, Licentiate Student Priest in Philosophy
Preacher: Mons. Ruperto Santos, Rector of the PCF
Inivited Pilgrims: Fil. Business Establishments in Rome

May 5 - Last Day of the Triduum, sponsored by the First Year Student Priests
Main Celebrant: Fr. Bong Fuentes, Licentiate Student in Dogmatic Theology
Preacher: Fr. Samuel Galias, First Year Student at Biblicum
Pilgrims: Religious Sisters, Seminarians, Priests

Events During the Fiesta:

10: 30 A.M. – Concelebrated Mass
Main Celebrant: His Emin. Ricardo Card. Vidal, Arch. of Cebu
Homilist: His Emin. Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, Arch. of Manila
50 concelebrating priests – Fil and Italian priests
The main chapel and the lobby was filled with worshippers
There were monitors put up at the lobby so that the people outside could still participate and see what’s going inside the chapel.

12: 15 P.M. – Procession of the Sagalas ( aged 8 – 12 years old this year) and Our Lady of Antipolo and Good Voyage, the patroness of the PCF from the chapel to the front ground to the back ground of the PCF where the meals and programs where held.

As has been the tradition, Fil. Communities that participated in the Collegio Day set up their own tents the day before. This year, there were 50 Filipino Communities (last year was only 45 Fil. Com.) attending, 6 of which were outside Rome – Lecce, Bari, Caserta, Pissa, Terni, Ferenzi. And there were 14 Filipino Establishments, mostly Fil. Banks that promoted their “services”.
The program, conceptualized by Fr. Lito Jopson, a Licentiate Student of Social Communicate at the University of Santa Croce, aims at projecting what is “Filipino” among us, and the atmosphere of the fiesta was really felt like we were in the Philippines. The program consisted of the following:

Barrio Fiesta: A Competition who among the migrant workers the best cook when it comes to Filipino Dishes in the different categories: meat, fish, chicken, barbecue, rice cake, etc.
Religious-Cultural Dance Contest: Participants were: Sacre Cuore Fil. Community with its Modern/relgious /mixed dance; El Shaddai – Rome Chapter with its “Aba Ginoong Maria!”, Our Lady of Penafrancia with their dance for the Lady; and the winner was the San Raffaela Filipino Community with its “Ati-atihan” – from children up to old members of the community were the participants.
Palarong Pinoy: Different games which can be found only in the Philippines during fiesta. The Filipino Communities themselves facilitated the games mostly for children. Also, they themselves gave the prize to the winners.


The parking ground of the PCF was filled with more than 200 cars, owned by the Filipinos

The program ended at 5:00 p.m.