Yesterday, Sunday, October 6, I was invited by my next door neighbor, Dorothy Mussey💚, to attend mass and celebration of the feast day Saint Lorenzo Ruiz at the Santa Maria Catholic Church in Orinda, Ca. Dorothy mentioned a special choir of Filipino-American musicians will be singing at the mass. At the end of the mass there will be sala-salo of Pinoy Dishes.
Without hesitation an opportunity to attend mass in person and taste Pancit, and Lumpia again, I accepted the invitation with lots of excitement. The afternoon of Mass and Pinoy Food exceeded my expectation. Another item that I did not expect was the news that Dorothy knows the Ibabao Family in Orinda💜- our Compadre/Comare in the early 1980's when we were still Resident of Pinole, Ca. Dr Tino Ibabao passed away in 2021. The Ibabaos were the witness/'sponsor of my late son confirmation, thus the term Compadre/Comare.
💜https://theorindanews.com/2021/10/26/long-time-orinda-resident-passes-away-at-age-98/
💚💙https://theorindanews.com/2022/05/26/lilia-ibabao-celebrates-95th-birthday-at-santa-maria-church/
santa maria catholic church orinda
I took photos of the occasion as follows:
So who is Lorenzo Ruiz? -Here's what Wikipedia says:
Lorenzo Ruiz (Filipino: Lorenzo Ruiz ng Maynila; Chinese: 李樂倫; Spanish: Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila; November 28, 1594 – September 29, 1637), also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, was a Filipino Catholic layman and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. A Chinese Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century. Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of, among others, the Philippines and the Filipino people. He is the first Filipino Saint.
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