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Today, Lapu-lapu City celebrates its fiesta. How much do you know about the Virgen de la Regla, the city’s patroness?

Posted by Fr. Stephen, MSC

http://stephencuyos.com/?p=225

The image of the Nuestra Señora Virgen de Regla at the Shrine dedicated to her honor in Lapu-lapu City. I can still distinctly remember that in my childhood my whole family would visit Lapu-lapu City (a.k.a. Opon) once every November to kiss the Virgen de la Regla. Of course the best part of the yearly pilgrimage was the barge ride from the Ouano wharf in Mandaue City to the island. One thing that really struck my attention was the incalculable number of people lining up and waiting patiently for their turn to kiss and/or touch the Virgen. It was explained to me then that people did this because of their panaad (promise) to the Blessed Virgin. What was so special about her? Why do people keep on coming?

When I was assigned as assistant parish priest of Virgen de la Regla a few years ago, I made a brief research on the history of the island in general and of the Virgen de la Regla parish in particular. My desire to make this research was prompted by such questions as: how old is the Virgen de Regla church? What does Regla mean? Does it refer to a woman’s regular period? Why is the Virgen de la Regla image dark? Who was the first parish priest of Opon? My search for answers brought me to the Cebuano Studies Center in the University of San Carlos and deep into our very own parish archives. And I would like to share with you the fruits of my labor.

The Nickname of Lapu-lapu? Let us begin with the name of the island. As a kid I used to ask older guys to explain to me the meaning of the names of places, people, or just about anything that sounds alien to me. One of those names I inquired about was “Opon”. I received varied answers and explanations. The one explanation that made a deep impression on me was that Opon is the nickname of Lapu-lapu, the local hero who killed Ferdinand Magellan in the 16th century. It made sense to my childhood mind. However, in my research I found out that this was not true. Opon is not the nickname of Lapu-lapu. As a matter of fact, Lapu-lapu has nothing to do with the original name of the island. Opon or opong was the local word for cogon grass that used to teem in the island. And that is where the island got its name – from that lowly cogon grass called opon.

Today the island is a bustling city of more than 200,000 people. Although the island was officially named the City of Lapu-lapu in 1961 through R.A. 3134, people still call it Opon up to this very day. The island today – with its international airport, its five-star hotels, its industrial parks, its two notable bridges, its world-famous beach resorts, and other business and tourist attractions – is integrally deviant from its humble past. Historians consistently describe the island of old as topographically unattractive and uninviting because of its flat landscape, its rugged coral rocks, its unproductive limestone soil, its craggy shoreline and its wide mantle of cogon grass locally known as opon. Early settlements in the island were chiefly coastal. Its coral rocks and limestone soil made it unsuitable for agriculture. It seems that next to the opon grasses, only coconut trees flourished in the island. As in today, there was no forest to speak of. But despite all these, Opon was still the seventh of the first ten parishes founded by the Augustinian friars who first arrived in the country together with Miguel Lopez de Legaspi in 1565.

From Visita to Parochia Historical records show that the first parish to have been created by the Augustinians in mainland Cebu was the San Nicolas parish in 1584. From the early 1600’s up to the beginnings of the eighteenth century, roughly more than a hundred years, Opon was a visita of San Nicolas. As a visita, Opon was both civilly and ecclesiastically under the administration of San Nicolas. Together with Opon, the visitas of San Nicolas included Naghalin, Cotcot, Olango and Lilo-an. Opon was elevated to parish status only in the 1730â??s. It was also on that year that the church building was erected. Since cement as we use it now was not yet available at that time, big stones in square blocks from the nearby sea were used in the construction of the old Opon church. However the original Opon church was demolished and was replaced with a fairly modern concrete church in 1960 to accommodate the ever-increasing number of local churchgoers and pilgrims from different parts of the country.

The first parish priest of Opon was Fr. Francisco Avalle, an Augustinian friar from Spain. He officially began his term in 1735. A baptismal book that can still be found in the parish archives bears his signature and notes that he was the “Prior y Ministro del Convento de Nuestra Señora de Opon”. It was the Augustinian fathers who governed the parish since its founding until 1898, except for three short intervening years (from 1739 up to 1742) when the Jesuit fathers took over. From 1898 up to 1906, the parish was under the administration of a Filipino diocesan priest named Fr. Vicente Roa. In 1906 the administration was handed to the Redemptorist fathers who are credited for founding the present-day Saint Alphonsus Catholic School. The Redemptorist fathers stayed in the parish until 1929. Since 1929 up to the present, the parish has been under the administration of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC). The first MSC who became a parish priest in Opon was Fr. Johannes Jansen, a Dutch father. The current parish priest is Fr. Rey Maldo, MSC.

Our Lady of Menstruation? I have heard that many women pray for the intercession of the Virgen de la Regla whenever they experience irregularities in their menstrual cycle. This is because they think that the Virgen de la Regla means the “Virgin of Menstruation”, since the word “regla” in local parlance refers to a woman’s monthly period. Strictly speaking, the word “regla” does not refer to menstruation. It actually means “rule” or “discipline”, as in the Rule of the Order of St. Augustine. The origin of the devotion to the Virgen de la Regla can be traced back to St. Augustine.

It was this great saint who hand-carved the first image of the Virgen de Regla and made her the patroness of the Rule of what is the present-day Order of St. Augustine. As a founder, St. Augustine made reglas or rules for the members of his Order to follow. He dedicated these reglas or rules to the Virgin, thus making her the Virgin of the Rule of St. Augustine.

Why is the image of the Virgen de la Regla dark? Contrary to what many people presume, the image of the Virgin is dark not simply because its original statue is made of wood but because its devotion developed in Africa. St. Augustine, who died in the year 430, was from Hippo in north Africa. Since the setting was Africa, the original image was probably made by St. Augustine to harmonize with the color of the people who would be its first devotees. Since most Africans were dark-skinned, a dark-skinned patroness would give them a sense of familiarity and closeness. It is because of its dusky color that both in Africa and in Spain the Virgen de la Regla is also known as La Virgen Morena (The Brown Virgin).

The first image of Virgen de la Regla brought to Opon was a painting. It was brought by Fr. Francisco Avalle when he was installed as its first parish priest in 1735. The painting was originally from the Monastery of Nuestra Señora de la Regla in Chipiona, Andalucia, Spain, where Fr. Avalle lived and received religious education for ten years. In Opon, he made use of the painting to introduce to the islanders the devotion to the Virgen de la Regla. This lovely painting of the Virgin, which was retouched in 1873, has survived the passage of time and is currently displayed for veneration at the hagkanan, a special room set apart for the Virgin at the back of the Opon church, above the sacristy.

The traditional statue that is encased in glass and can be viewed by the faithful inside the hagkanan is the first copy of that lovely painting. The finely-chiseled statue was carved sometime in 1735 as ordered by Cruz Lauron, a prominent native of the island. He had the statue carved to thank the Virgin for curing him from a terminal affliction. If my calculation is correct, both the painting and the statue of the Virgin we see in the hagkanan are at least 264 years old. In 1954, the patroness of Opon was put in the limelight.

The year was declared as a Marian Year and the Shrine of the Virgen de la Regla was designated as the Official Pilgrimage Place for the Archdiocese of Cebu. On that year, the church of Opon became the single most visited place in the whole of Visayas. According to statistics, at least 200,000 pilgrims flocked to Opon to pay homage to the Virgin. The Archdiocese of Cebu held the first Archdiocesan Marian Congress on that same year. At the conclusion of the congress, on November 27,1954, the Virgen de la Regla was canonically crowned by the late Julio Cardinal Rosales in the presence of an estimated 300,000 people at the Capitol Site. The crowns for the Virgin and for the child Jesus used in the canonical coronation were earlier blessed by His Holiness Pope Pius XII in Rome. Today the Virgen de la Regla stands as a symbol and pride of the island.

Opon is synonymous with Virgen de la Regla. Everyday hundreds of pilgrims from different parts of the country come to Opon to offer candles, flowers, letters and even their precious jewelry to thank the Virgin for favors received. Some come to kiss or simply touch the Virgin and pray for her intercession. There are also those donate clothes for the Virgin. The reservation for the clothes already goes beyond the year 2,000. The Saturday morning votive mass offered in her honor is always well-attended rain or shine. The multitude of people who attend the celebration of the Virgin’s fiesta, which happens every 21st of November, is a revelation of the number of her devotees. Well, the devotees are countless. Why is the Virgin so dear to many? Because to many of her devotees she is their unfailing mother and their hope. Our Inahan, Our Hope The Virgen de la Regla has touched many people’s lives. I have read and heard numerous personal testimonies from the faithful describing how the Virgen de la Regla made a difference in their lives.

Aside from those who pray in front of her image in the hagkanan, many send her letters of petition and thanksgiving. Some of these letters are kept in the parish archives. They write: “unta tangtangan nimo ang akong amahan sa iyang balatian”, “please help me with my financial difficulty”, “salamat nga imong gidungog ang akong mga pag-ampo kanimo”, “you know what I long for and I am sure you will help me.” The letters all speak of their unwavering trust in the Virgen de la Regla.

There is this certainty that the Virgin will never ever fail them. I am convinced that this certainty that the Virgen de la Regla will never forsake those who ask for her intercession springs from the devotee’s personal image of the Virgin. She is invariably seen as atong Inahan (our Mother) who is always compassionate and ever ready to help anyone in his/her need. This certainty of response from a compassionate Inahan is empowering to those who pray to her, especially to those are burdened with emotional problems and those suffering from physical afflictions.

Many swear that when they pray to the Virgin she seems to be so close, so concerned, so personal. And this is very empowering indeed. This makes the faithful feel that s/he is never alone, that somebody understands him/her, that there is an Inahan who really cares for him/her. I am led to believe that the Virgen de la Regla, our Inahan and the Inahan of Jesus, symbolizes God’s intimate presence in our lives.

That through her we experience God’s closeness in our personal life. And this experience of closeness is what, I believe, makes the Virgen de la Regla so popular and the reason why people keep on coming. The Virgen de la Regla is the mother of the spiritual family to which we all belong. And this should make us reflect that we are a blessed people. For while she is with us there is always hope.

In an amazing, violent fight, Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) stopped WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) in round twelve to win another world title in an unprecedented seventh weight division on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Both fighters were on the attack from the opening bell. Pacman dropped Cotto with a right hook in round three. Cotto dominated round four, but was dropped by a left uppercut at the end of the round. Cotto fought courageously but was rocked again in the sixth by Pacman’s hurtful shots coming in from all angles. Cotto began to box from the outside in the seventh with some success. However, Pacquiao continued to stalk him and break him down. Cotto was in survival mode down the stretch. Referee Kenny Bayless finally waved in off in round twelve. Time was :55.

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'Michael Jackson's This Is It' Banks $100 Million Around The Globe

By Gil Kaufman (MTV.com)

As expected, Michael Jackson's This Is It was the box-office champion over the Halloween weekend, taking in an estimated $21.3 million in the United States. The bigger news was that the documentary chronicling the King of Pop's final rehearsals for his planned 50-show comeback residency in London banked more than $101 million worldwide.

The totals easily made This Is It the #1 movie in America, beating out the still-strong thriller Paranormal Activity, which was second with $16.5 million. Fans who didn't wait in line or rush out to see This Is It during its first few days in theaters also got a reprieve, as Sony Pictures - the studio that paid $60 million for the rights to release the film - announced that the planned two-week-only engagement will now be extended through Thanksgiving.

According to The Associated Press, This Is It had a strong debut all across the globe, taking in $10.4 million in Japan, $6.3 million in Germany, $7.6 million in Great Britain, $5.8 million in France and $3.2 million in China.

Experts predicted that This Is It has a very good shot at surpassing the $65.3 million take of last year's Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, which currently holds the all-time record for music documentaries.

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Site Superintendent      10 years Depending on skill/experience

Welding Inspector          5 years 1500 Engg Graduate w/ AWS &/or ASWIP cert

Site Engineer                  5 years 1500 Engineering Graduate

QC Engineer                   5 years 1500 Engineering Graduate

Material Controller         5 years 1000 Must be familiar w/ piping types & materials

Document Controller    5 years 1000 Must have piping experience

Coating Inspector          5 years 1500 Engg Grad w/ international cert on BGAS or NACE

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Foreman                         10 years 1000 Must have piping fabrication experience

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Steel Structure Erector  600 Must be knowledgeable in drawings & steel structures exp

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I can't end this review without mentioning the short wonderful Pixar movie that was shown right before Up, PARTLY CLOUDY.

Pixar never ceases to amaze me. In just a few minutes they make you fall in love with characters, who don't even say a word throughout the whole short.

Partly Cloudy tells the story of a cloud who creates babies for stork to deliver. Now unlike other clouds, the specific cloud we are introduced to creates "dangerous" babies, like crocodiles, porcupines, rams, and more, which his poor stork partner has to deliver.

That poor stork is such a trooper that you cannot help but adore him. As for the story itself, I think you'll find the premise quite funny and inspiring, as well as beautiful.

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UP (5 out of 5 stars)

Over the weekend I went to see Pixar's new movie UP. And I have to agree with the consensus about the movie, it was quite an amazing ride. I will go as far as saying that Up is the best movie Pixar has ever made.

I was originally excited to see Up, but I didn't expect it to blow me away the way it did. I don't think the trailer does it justice.

I'm sure you've been hearing lots of praise for Up, but what makes the movie so special?

The story.

I repeat it over and over again, if there isn't a good story, you might as well forget it. No amount of visual effects or crazy action sequences will make up for the fact that there isn't a well-developed story and characters worth caring about.

Up had it all, a good story and fully-fleshed out characters. The movie spends just the right amount of time telling us about the main character Mr. Fredricksen, and why we should care about him. We see his life up to the point the movie takes place through a beautiful editing sequence of him and his wife growing old together. This sequence has been mentioned by many people because I think it is one of the most beautiful and touching sequences of the movie, and it provided such a great set up for Up. Through the use of music alone, we feel what the characters are feeling and as a result end up loving the character of Carl Fredricksen.

But of course, that's only the beginning. We are then introduced to the character of Russell, a young Wilderness scout trying to get his last merit badge for assisting the elderly. Through some funny circumstances, Russell ends up going on a trip with Carl to Paradise Falls during which a really wonderful friendship begins between the two and grows throughout the movie.

When the pair of them gets to Paradise Fall, we also meet Dug, a talking dog, who is one of the sweetest, most loyal and loving dog. But the genius behind Dug is that he has a very monotone voice, but the dialogue being so effective, you can't help but adore him. He is definitely one of the reasons the movie is so funny.

But it doesn't stop there of course, the movie is full of more characters we meet during Carl and Russell's adventure, but I don't want to give away too much, so I'll let you discover who they are once you see the movie.

And finally, the house itself is a character and symbol representing Carl's longing for his departed wife. Which is why the audience is rooting for him to achieve his dream. Plus how great is it for them to have come up with a house that is pulled up by hundreds of helium balloons. It's such a beautiful image.

The ending definitely brings a sense of closure to the movie, which is not an easy thing to do. I was very happy that they were able to wrap things up in a way that felt right and true, and not rushed.

As you can tell, I loved Up. In fact, it blew me away so much, that I ended up taking one of my friends, who had sort of sworn off animated films, to see it with me for a second time. And he really loved it. He told me that it was his favorite animated film along with The Incredibles, which is a huge compliment coming from him.

So I urge you to go and see Up if you haven't yet. I promise you a really great adventure if you do.

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How to achieve good vision while driving during a heavy downpour.

We are not sure why it is so effective just try this method when it rains heavily.

This method was told by a Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it.

It is useful...even driving at night.

Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windscreen is still bad......

In the event you face such a situation, just try your SUN GLASSES (any model will do), and miracle! All of a sudden, your visibility in front of your windscreen is perfectly clear, as if there is no rain.

Make sure you always have a pair of SUN GLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also might save your friend's life by giving them this idea..

Try it yourself and share it with your friends! Amazing, you still see the drops on the windshield, but not the sheet of rain falling. You can see where the rain bounces off the road. It works to eliminate the "blindness" from passing semi's spraying you too. Or the "kickup" if you are following a semi or car in the rain.

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Agaws,

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The Jeremias P. Tumulak and  Rosita Monterona Family Tree

we are 4 siblings...3 girls and a boy, thats me.

we children, have our own families now, with me having more children of 4 while my sisters have it by 2s.

My father used to work at Philippine Airlines, Passenger Relation Officer  at Mabuhay Lounge Mactan Airport, maybe alot of you here have already met him coz he's the one taking charge at the lounge where only passengers of business class are permitted to enter.

My mother is just a plain housewife who takes care of us in our daily routines like going to school and work, she is from Pitalo, San Fernando Cebu of also known Monterona Clan.

Me and my sisters already have our own family, 3 of us works at MEZ Mactan Export Zone of the same company Lear Corp..

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and R.A The Rugged Man go at it on Sirius Eminem’s Shade 45 Showrecorded on October 29th.  R.A The Rugged man calls Floyd out on why hedoesn’t fight the best and his handpicking of opponents.  The interviewgets heated and the two go back and forth.  R.A The Rugged Man holdsnothing back and tells Floyd Mayweather Jr. how he and many boxing fansfeel why he hasn’t fought Pacquiao, Cotto, Mosley, Paul Williams andothers.

I have to say this R.A really knows his boxing,  he had FloydMayweather Jr. frustrated many times, Floyd could only respond with howmuch money he made or that he was undefeated and everyone else has aloss on their record.

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By Oscar C. Pineda

MAYORS of Mandaue City and Cosolacion town are both happy for Lapu-Lapu City residents, as the people will benefit much from its lone district status.

The senate has passed on third reading last Monday the bill converting Lapu-Lapu City into a lone district.

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Their reactions are different though as to its benefits their constituents will get.

Consolacion Mayor Avelino Gungob sees a bigger share of congressional allotment since it will only be the three local government units in the 6th District who will be dividing it.

Gain

Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes, whose city is also eyeing the lone district status, views the city’s potential gain had it become a lone district.

He said Mandauehanons could have solely benefited from the P1.05 Billion priority development assistance fund (PDAF), at P70 million a year for 15 years, instead of sharing it with other local government units had the city become a lone district after it was declared highly urbanized in 1992.

With the recent declaration, Lapu-Lapu City will be the 7th District, and the 6th District where it once belonged will soon be composed of only the towns of Cordova and Consolacion and Mandaue City.

With Lapu-Lapu City out, Gungob sees an increase in their internal revenue allotment share (IRA), as only three LGUs will have shares.

Cortes has mixed reactions.

He is happy for the “Oponganons” as they will solely benefit from their district fund.

“It’s just sad to say that our sixth district representative has not done anything,” said Cortes considering that 6th District Nerisa Soon-Ruiz who is the author of the lone district bill is from Mandaue City.

He said Mandaue City was declared a highly-urbanized city in 1992 and yet “our” representative, in her 15-year term as congresswoman with two years out of position, failed to elevate the city into a lone district status.

Answerable

“Niay taga Mandaue, lumad nga taga Mandaue, way nahimo, dako ang iyang tulubagon sa katawhan (Here’s someone from Mandaue, a native of Mandaue, who has not done anything, she has a lot to answer to the people),” said Cortes referring to Ruiz as he labeled her as the district’s “misrepresentative.”

Sad to note, according to the mayor, that it was only former congressman Efren Herrera, when he filed the bill, who saw the importance of making Mandaue a lone district.

Ruiz’s chief of staff lawyer Gonzalo Malig-on earlier explained that making Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu cities separate districts will leave Cordova and Consolacion towns an isolated district, and some congressmen will disagree as some of them have 15 municipalities in their districts