2008 1st Novena: KNOW YOUR FRIENDLY HOST IN CARSON
June 29, 2008
KNOW YOUR HOST: GUILLY & BEBE ROBLE
1st Novena: Sponsored by Guilly and Bebe Roble
1807 East 218th Street
Carson, CA 90715
Tel. 310-385-8045 (Home)
310-518-6273 (Bahay Kainan)
Sunday, July 6 at 11:00 a.m.
Si Guilly Roble, ang nailhang batang buotan sa Suba, milangyaw aron manimpalad sa Davao human natapos ang pagtuon sa UV pagka accountant. Ulitawo si Guilly sa iyang pag-panimpalad sa Davao, ug daghang mga babaye nangindahay nga ilang maankon ang utukan ug kugihan nga batan-ong lumad sa Danao. Apan wala pa-balda ang ulitawo sa mga tukso sa iyang palibot.
Wala molungtad ug dugay si Guilly sa Davao. Niadtong panahona, tungod sa mga kagubot, walay maayong kahigayonan para sa mga batan-ong profesyonal ang Mindanao. Busa mibiya siya sa Davao, dayon larga padulong sa Manila. May mga taga Danao usab didto nga mitabang sa iyang pagpuyo ug naghatag kahigayonan aron siya mahimutang. Didto gikahibalag ni Guilly ug gipangasawa ang usa ka talagsaong Manilena, diin nakita sa ulitawo ang tanang hiyas sa babaye nga maoy tugon sa iyang inahan, buotan, kugihan ug may kaanyag. (Naa sa hulagway si Bebe, ang mahal nga kapikas ni Guilly, ug ang ilang duha ka anak dala ang rebolto sa Patron, Santo Tomas.)
Maayo ang dagan sa panginabuhi sa mga bag-ong magtiayon. Milambo ang ilang gamay nga negosyo ug nag trabaho usab si Guilly isip accountant sa usa ka dakong patigayon. Apan dili pa gyod hingpit ang ilang kinabuhi sa Manila, busa naningkamot nga maka-ari sila sa Amerika, pamasin dinhi ilang makab-ot ang ilang mga pangandoy.
Inubanan sa mga pag-ampo, natagaan sila ug visa, ug dayon larga uban ang usa ka anak diri sa Los Angeles niadtong miaging siyam ka tuig nga milabay. (Ang ika-duhang anak, made in U.S.A.)
Novena Schedule for 2008 (Updated 07/27/08)
May 28, 2008
Posted for Dr. Anita Cal-Jackson.
Here is the tentative Novena Schedule for the Fiesta of our Senor Santo Tomas de Villanueva for 2008.
| First Novena | July 6, 2008 | Guiley/Bebe Roble Family (Sunday) |
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| Second | July 12, 2008 | Barriga/Famor Family |
| Third | July 19, 2008 | Jojo/Monette Batucan |
| Fourth | July 26, 2008 |
Proceso/Marieta Hermoso Palos |
| Fifth | August 3, 2008, SUNDAY | Lavides/Roble/Ecarma/Escario Families15528 Blaine Ave., Bellflower, CA
Novena: 11:00 am; Mass: 11:30 |
| Sixth | August 9, 2008 |
Rey/Evelyn Espera Family, 23936 Old Pomegranate Rd.,Yorba Linda, CA, Novena: 5:00 pm; Mass: 5:30pm |
| Seventh | August 16, 2008 |
Cabahug & Montegrande Families, 24508 Mariposa Ave, Harbor City, CA, Novena: 4:30 pm; Mass: 5:00pm
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| Eight | August 23, 2008 |
Domingo & Jackson Families 41027 Burgess Ct., Temecula, CA, Novena: 4:30 pm; Mass: 5:00pm
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| Ninth | August 30, 2008 | “Cruise Group” |
| Fiesta Day | September 7, 2008 | Silverado Park, Long Beach |
A New Merylou is Back Home With Family
May 12, 2008
Merylou whose disfigured face made her unable to stay in school for long, underwent a series of cranio-facial surgery at the Children Hospital Los Angeles under the auspices of Mending Kids International, is back home to her family in Juan Luna, Danao City, arriving May 9, 2008.
A team of doctors of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, led by Dr. Mark Urata, seemed to have done some kind of surgical magic with Merylou’s amazing transformation.
She arrived in Los Angeles on May 27, 2007 with help from PAL Foundation, Inc. (for plane tickets) and some well meaning Danawanons who chipped in to pay for his visa fees and local transpo expenses.
Monching and Mariam Barriga hosted her stay in the U.S. for nearly a year, and taking her to numerous medical appointments. DAUSA Vice Presidnet Marieta Palos, who cared another Danao kid, Keith Montesu’s during his confinement for an open-heart surgery, also kept watch on Merylou at the Children’s Hospital relieving Mariam when unable.
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Suba Boy Arrives L.A. for Open Heart Surgery
November 16, 2007
Another DAUSA protégé, 9-year old Keith Casas Montesuso of Suba, Danao City, finally arrived Los Angeles on Friday, November 9, 2007, after over a year of waiting for a life saving and urgently needed open heart surgery.
On the last day of the DAUSA Medical Mission on September 2006, a father pushing a stroller carrying a frail and bluish 8-year old boy showed up at Danao District Hospital asking to see a DAUSA doctor. He was referred to Dr. Anita Cal-Jackson, Chief of Medical Mission.
Mr. Archie Montesuso showed to Dr. Jackons his son’s medical records indicating congenital heart defects known as pentalogy of fallot, as diagnosed by a pediatric cardiologist from Perpetual Succor Hospital in Cebu City.
(Keith (center) with host family in Los Angeles)
According to the boy’s dad, Keith was in and out of hospital due to heart failure caused by exertion or infection. He also said that the cardiologist at Perpetual Succor Hospital, had explained to him it would cost over a million peso for the hospital to perform the very delicate procedure.
Being unemployed at the time, it was impossible for Keith’s parents to come up with that amount. Their only hope was DAUSA, the father said.
Dr. Anita Jackson chosen as Reyna Elena 1 in Danao’s First Santa Cruzan
September 15, 2007
DAUSA President Dr. Anita-Cal Jackson, has been chosen among many participants as the Reyna Elena I in Danao’s first Santa Cruzan Celebration held in September.
The Santa Cruzan was held at the Danao City Parish Church starting with a concelebrated mass and a long procession along the city’s regular procession route with all participants wearing very elaborate and expensive gowns. Anita was escorted by Dr. Julian Banzon, another Danawanon residing in Chicago, Illinois.
Some of the participants include Rose Canga, Tita Meca, Jesusa Arsenal along with some balikbayans including Elsa Banzon (Sacramento), Kay Durano (San Jose), Georgina Villareal (San Francisco), Naomi Seigrist (Switzerland) and many others. (I will insert the names of others as soon as I get the list).
Danao Fiesta in Buena Park, CA this Saturday - COME JOIN THE FUN!
September 3, 2007
It’s another Luau this Saturday and everyone will have that Hawaiian look at the 14th DAUSA Anniversary and annual fiesta celebration honoring Danao City’s patron saint, Santo Tomas de Villanueva.
The 2007 DAUSA Luau will be held this Saturday, 5:30 p.m., September 8, 2007 at the Buena Park Recreation Center, Buena Park, California. (Address: Buena Park Recreation Center, 8150 Knott Ave., Buena Park, CA. 90620.)
The celebration will start with a con-celebrated mass officiated by two Danawanon priests, Msgr. Pascual Ypil and Msgr. Alfeo. Both priests served for many years in our Santo Tomas de Villanueva parish
According to DAUSA President Dr. Anita Cal-Jackson donation to the Luau Dinner-Dance is only $25.00, per person which will go to the DAUSA Medical Mission scheduled on September 18 – 20 at the Danao General Hospital, Danao City, Philippines.
“We expect around 250 Danawanons at the our patron saint’s fiesta celebration, some coming from out-of-state and visiting Dananawons”, Anita said.
Taga Danao ni Bay: Jundell Castardo, 5th Place in Nursing Board Exam - over 70,000 Examinees
August 29, 2007
(Jundell is the son of DAUSA Members Sixto and Mary Castardo of Long Beach, CA)
UC fetes nursing board topnotchers
By Jujemay G. Awit
Sun.Star Staff Reporter
THEY only wanted to prove that there was no cheating during the June 2006 nursing board examination by taking the entire exam last June.
But Jundell Castardo and Santonin Yu placed fifth and eighth, respectively. Both became P100,000 richer.
University of Cebu (UC) president Augusto Go handed a check worth P100,000 each to Castardo and Yu, in time for the inauguration of the nursing dormitory near the UC-Banilad Campus.
Go made true his promise to give P100,000 to anyone who gets anywhere between second and tenth place in the nursing board, and a brand new car to a UC graduate who places first.
In an interview with Sun.Star Cebu, Go said he couldn’t sleep after learning that two UC graduates made it to the top 10.
And it’s not because he owed them money.
“They give pride not only to UC but to the entire Cebu,” he said.
The reward is an incentive for other graduates to study hard, and Go will do anything to improve the school’s passing average.
UC-Banilad had a 92-percent passing rate, said Dean Helen Estrella of the nursing department.
Topping the nursing board, however, is not new for the Yu family. Santonin’s 22-year-old sister, Shiela, also topped the 1995 nursing board exams.
Santonin’s father, Henry, could not contain his pride for Santonin, who was born on Sinulog day in 1985 and was named after Sto. Niño.
His name is not the only thing religious about Santonin, who attended mass every night after his review, before taking the exam.
Santonin almost did not take the entire exam though, opting to just take the mandated tests 3 and 5. But a chance encounter with Castardo at the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) 7 last May changed that.
Castardo, 25, was there to return his PRC license in order to take the June 2007 board exams. He convinced Santonin to do the same.
Castardo wanted to prove that Cebu was leakage-free, and ended up proving more than that.
Tribu Dahunog Invites you to the 7th Saturday Novena
August 25, 2007
An All Nigth Barn Dance to Follow
You are all invited to the 7th novena of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva on Saturday, August 25, 2007. Novena will start at 5:30 pm, followed by a Mass at 6:00 pm.
Tribu DAHUNOG is hosting the 7th mass-novena and will be held at:
Bobon/Henie Castillo & Family’s Residence
1080 E. 67th St.,
Long Beach, CA 90805
Tribu Dahunog has announced that a highlight in the evening is a Barn Dance and has assured it will be fun for all. There is no dress code, but if you have something in your ‘Kaban or Baol’ - maybe your favorite dress from the ’50s - please wear it; or perhaps sometime ago you bought from the Salvation Army or Goodwill a dress/costume from the ‘Elvis or James Dean era’ but is too embarassed to wear, now is the time to display. Friends, it’s BOOGIE TIME , TWIST . . . CHA-CHA . . TANGO . . . KURATSA . . KURADANG . . .
If you need direction, please call: 562-728-4957. Please pass to other Danawanons who may not be in our mail-list.
4th-Saturday Santo Tomas Novena in Torrance, CA
August 2, 2007
The 4th-Saturday Santo Tomas Novena will be at the residence of Lelet Lao Wells this Saturday, August 4, 2007, located at:
708 W. 209th ST.
Torrance, CA 90502
Si Lelet, noong araw nagtrabaho sa Danao City Hall; siya anak ni kanhi Talino Lao, usa ka mekaniko nga dunay talyer sa Barrio Suba. She has two beatiful daughters.
Novena starts at 6:00 p.m. and immediately an anticipated Sunday Mass will follow to be officiated by Augustian Priest, Rev. Fr. Ramon Barriga, . ayy mali . . Pedroza, diay.
For direction, please call:
(310) 850-3173 (Lelet Lao)
(949) 338-4811 (Endai Roble)
The 4th Mass-Novena is sponsored by the following:
George Banzon
Winnie/Minda Banzon
Paeng/Bebe Mangubat
Endai/Danny Roble
Lelet Lao Wells
SANTO TOMAS NOVENA SCHEDULE
July 9, 2007
‘Know the 1st Novena Host: Dodong & Annalee Gorre-Famas
The first of the 9-Saturday Novena in honor of Danao City’s Patron Saint, Santo Tomas de Villanueva, will be held in Simi Valley, California at the residence of Adolfo and Annalee Famas-Gorre.
The first novena kicks off the fiesta season observed by Danawanons in Southern California, perhaps the longest in the world - from July to September. Nearly a hundred Santo Tomas devotees, mainly Danawanaons, are expected to attend the mass and novena to be officiated by Fr. Paul Mayor, SVD, chaplain of the St. Vincent Hospital.
The very active DAUSA couple, Adolfo and Annalee Gorre-Famas, both registered nurses at Cedars’ Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles, is hosting the first novena.
Dodong is originally from Oroquita, Misamis, but almost every year since DAUSA started the medical mission in 1998, has been a medical mission volunteer along with his wife Annalee.
Annalee is the daughter Crispina Gorre, and Anacleto “Quito” Gorre of Danao City, now U.S. permanent residents.
Invitation from Annalee:
Hi everyone!
You are all invited to the 1st novena of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva on Saturday, July 14, 2007. Novena will start at 5:30 pm, followed by Mass at 6:00 pm.
Our address is 3145 Anasazi Way, Simi Valley, CA 93063. Please call (805)306-0460
if you need further information. I don’t have everybody’s e-mail address so please pass the word. Thank You.
Directions: From Los Angeles
Take either Interstate 5 north or 405 north. Merge to 118 freeway west.
Exit Yosemite, then turn right. Turn right again on Tonopah Court. Press # 053 at the gate to enter community. Turn left on Anasazi . House is on the left side.
Hope to see you…
Annalee
DATE SPONSOR / VENUE
(1st) - JULY 14 - ADOLFO / ANNALEE FAMAS
3145 ANASAZI WAY
SIMI VALLEY, CA. 93063
(2nd) - JULY 21 - GUILLIE / BEBIE ROBLE
1807 E. 218th ST
CARSON, CA. 90745
(3rd) - JULY 28 - DOMING / AURING DOMINGO &
BEN / BEBE JACKSON
41027 BURGESS CT.
TEMECULA, CA. 92591-7912