KAKATHA leads 22nd Shrine Anniversary, holds Preparatory Meeting

KAKATHA NEWS EVENTS 2013


Dated: October 29, 2013

Nine priests celebrated the Holy Mass during the 22nd anniversary of the Church of St. Anne as a national shrine, six of whom are KAKATHA members. The celebrants are (from left): Rev. Fr. Nicanor Trinidad Victorino (Sta. Monica), the oldest ordained Hagonoeño priest; Rev. Msgr. Luciano C. Balagtas, P.C., NSSA Parish Priest and Rector; Rev. Fr. Bartolome Saguinsin Bernabe (Sto. Rosario), a senior KAKATHA member; Rev. Msgr. Sabino Azurin Vengco, Jr., H.P. (San Jose), KAKATHA Consultant and former president who served as homilist; Rev. Fr. Anacleto Clemente Ignacio (Sta. Monica), KAKATHA Vice President who presided over the mass; Rev. Fr. Gino Carlo B. Herrera, NSSA Parochial Vicar; Rev. Fr. Rolando Reyes Atienza (Sagrada Familia), newly appointed KAKATHA Secretary; Rev. Msgr. Emmanuel Vengco Sunga, H.P., senior KAKATHA member and Rev. Fr. Juvenson C. Alarcon, NSSA attached priest.

HAGONOY, BULACAN - Last October 29, the National Shrine of St. Anne celebrated 22 years of its existence as a national shrine. The Kapatiran ng Kapariang Taga-Hagonoy, Inc. (KAKATHA) hosted the celebration by presiding over the mass of the shrine community at 9:00 am last Tuesday. Rev. Fr. Anacleto Clemente Ignacio (Sta. Monica), KAKATHA Vice President was the main presider and Rev. Msgr. Sabino Azurin Vengco, Jr., H.P. (San Jose), KAKATHA Consultant and former President was the homilist.

   Together with the two are four more Hagonoeño priests: Rev. Fr. Nicanor Trinidad Victorino, the oldest ordained Hagonoeño priest; Rev. Fr. Bartolome Saguinsin Bernabe (Sto. Rosario), a senior KAKATHA member who is already blinded by Glaucoma; Rev. Msgr. Emmanuel Vengco Sunga, H.P. (Sto. Niño), another senior KAKATHA member and Rev. Fr. Rolando Reyes Atienza (Sagrada Familia), a middle KAKATHA member. Among the priests in the parish who joined are Rev. Msgr. Luciano C. Balagtas, P.C., Parish Priest and Rector; Rev. Fr. Gino Carlo B. Herrera, Parochial Vicar and Rev. Fr. Juvenson C. Alarcon, Attached Priest.  

   In his homily, Msgr. Vengco stressed the importance of the devotion of the people that made the shrine was it is today. Further, placing the importance of the many priests from Hagonoy, whose number has deteriorated in years that passed, he said that the people should work for the increase in priestly vocations. In his thanksgiving speech, Msgr. Balagtas gave his great thanks to the Hagonoeño priests who came and attended the celebration. Before the mass ended, Rev. Fr. Vicente Burayag Lina, Jr. (Sto. Niño), former KAKATHA President also attended to be with the celebrants.

   After the celebration, the Hagonoeño priests together with the Shrine Rector had lunch and then had a meeting. Another Hagonoeño priest who attended the meeting was Rev. Fr. Virgilio Mangahas Cruz (San Jose), KAKATHA Treasurer. Because of the absence of the President, Fr. Ignacio presided over the meeting with Sem. Kendrick Ivan B. Panganiban as recording staff. The highlights of the meeting are the following:

• The Libingang Bantayog ng Kapatiran ng Kapariang Taga-Hagonoy, Inc. shall be renovated, with half of the funding from the members and the other from the National Shrine of St. Anne. There shall be a second floor which shall serve as a multi-purpose hall for the shrine and a museum for both the priests and the shrine. 

• There shall be a general assembly of the KAKATHA members to be held on February 18, Tuesday, near February 16, the foundation day of the brotherhood.

• The celebration of the anniversary of the National Shrine of St. Anne done on October 29 every year shall be the annual regular meeting day of the brotherhood instead of the Feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim on July 26 to accommodate time for the members to meet.

• Rev. Fr. Rolando Reyes Atienza has been nominated and appointed by the officers present as the new KAKATHA secretary with Sem. Kendrick Ivan B. Panganiban assisting him in records and filing.

   The KAKATHA shall make preparations between the period of the meeting and the date of the general assembly for the different needs for the renovation of the Libingang Bantayog. KAKATHA News Admin