Today's Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday. Starting today the PCF seemed empty, for a good number of student-priests left either for Holy Week/Easter vacation or for pastoral work outside Rome. Some went to Vienna, Austria to spend the Holy Week with FIlipino families. They were Frs. Abet Uy, Arlou Buslon, and Ramon Oncog. Others went to the Holy Land, part of their biblical studies - Fr. Jess Layug and Fr. Rolly Garcia. Heading North for Germany was Fr. Wagner Nalitan. Still others started to pack their things to go somewhere else. Fr. Venus Suarez was set to leave for Austria to give a recollection to a Filipino Community. Fr. Joselito Jopson would be on religous pilgrimages in Europe. A good number chose to stick around to experience the Holy Week very close to the Pope. Only a few freely went to Italian parishes to answer the call of Fr. Rector to help parish priests in hearing confessions: Fr. Melchor Braga, Fr. Richard Tan, Fr. Rodel San Juan and Fr. Oscar Cadayona. This was also a way to practice their Italian. Let's pray for them!
Last week, Sr. Daisy left the Collegio Filippino for another assignment in the Philippines. Replacing her was Sr. Evangeline who arrived in ROme last March 31, 2006, together with Fr. Marvin Mejia coming from vacation in the Philippines. THe Fr. Rector himself and Mother Ann Egar, OP fetched them at the airport. Fr. Nick Revilla also left Collegio Filippino for the U.S. to visit his parents, before going back to the Philippines.
Last Wednesday, April 4, Fr. Jimel Varela organized a kind of barbecue party at 7:30 pm at the third floor to usher in the Spring time, to welcome Sr. Evangeline, and to say boun viaggio to Fr. Rey Adalid, OP, the Spiritual Director of the PCF who would be home for a short vacation.
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