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Surrexit Dominius Vere Alleluia Alleluia.From the Stations of the Cross by Vice...

Surrexit Dominius Vere Alleluia Alleluia.
From the Stations of the Cross by Vicente Manansala and Ang Kiukok in the UP chapel.


Travel

A few years ago we went on Visita Iglesia through the beautiful Jesuit churches...

A few years ago we went on Visita Iglesia through the beautiful Jesuit churches of Cavite. This one had a complete 18thC pulpit that made me imagine what it was like to deliver a sermon in an age before sound systems and video walls.


History

One of the treasures in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is a whole set of Statio...

One of the treasures in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is a whole set of Stations of the Cross made by an unnamed 18thC artist who is now known as the "Bohol Master."


History

Veronica's Veil. Detail from one of the Stations of the Cross painted by Vicente...

Veronica's Veil. Detail from one of the Stations of the Cross painted by Vicente Manansala (assisted by Ang Kiukok) for the UP Chapel.


History

For a week I have been waiting for the buds on the sakura trees near the univers...

For a week I have been waiting for the buds on the sakura trees near the university to bloom. Last Sunday I came across one that beat everyone else. This afternoon Tokyo has a storm and we have been advised to go home. I hope the winds don't blow the sakura away.


Travel

This is a page from Rizal's notebook during his stay in japan in 1888. He is lea...

This is a page from Rizal's notebook during his stay in japan in 1888. He is learning to write Japanese characters like the one on the lower right mean "Nippon" or Japan. The original is preserved in the Lopez Memorial Museum.


Heroes

Its April Fools Day and also Palm Sunday. This week many Pinoys will do Visita I...

Its April Fools Day and also Palm Sunday. This week many Pinoys will do Visita Iglesia and Stations of the Cross so Im posting pictures of the Stations made for the UP Chapel by Vicente Manansala who was assisted by Ang Kiukok. Both of them were later declared National Artists.

Tokyo isn't a place to be homesick, barely a week since I arrived in Sophia Univ...

Tokyo isn't a place to be homesick, barely a week since I arrived in Sophia University I have had the pleasure of seeing friends visiting from Manila. Historians Lydia Yu-Jose (Ateneo) and Rico Jose (UP) went over my photos of Artemio Ricarte (Vibora) who will be the topic for a future lecture.

Meeting friends for lunch at the Imperial Hotel tomorrow. If they want to burn s...

Meeting friends for lunch at the Imperial Hotel tomorrow. If they want to burn some calories afterwards we will cross the street to Hibiya Park and pay our respects by the Rizal statue that commemorates his visit to Japan in 1888.


History

"Room with a view" is a novel by E.M. Forster. My office in Sophia University, i...

"Room with a view" is a novel by E.M. Forster. My office in Sophia University, in the center of Tokyo, looks out into St. Ignatius church where Filipinos gather for mass on Sundays. Its a room with a view that will make my sabbatical very productive.