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Pila Museum Restoration

Photo from Cora Relova

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Trisha Martinez biography: 13 things about Bb. Pilipinas 2024 candidate

Trisha Ocfemia Martinez is a Filipino doctor and beauty queen from Pila, Laguna, Philippines. Trisha Martinez’s profile

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Tuason Connection

The Tuasons were the only Chinese family in the Philippines granted with patents of nobility by a Spanish monarch. 

Doña Teresa de la Paz de Legarda (born October 15, 1841 in Marikina, Manila, Philippines, died April 22, 1890 at 48 in Marikina, Manila, Philippines of Pneumonia) once owned the largest private hacienda in the Philippines in the 1800s and is the ancestor of the Tuason-Legarda-Prieto-Valdes Clan of Manila, Philippines. She was first married to Don Jose Severo Tuason, the son of Don Jose Maria Tuason and Doña Maria Jose Patiño y Tuason.

Doña Teresa’s second husband was Don Benito Legarda y Tuason, a third cousin of Don Jose Severo. The Tuasons descended from an 18th-century Chinese trader, Son Tua (later changed to Tuason). During the British occupation, Son Tua aided the Spaniards in fighting off the British and was awarded land and a noble title.

-The Last Hacendera: Doña Teresa de la Paz, 1841-1890 Luciano P. R. Santiago of Pila, Laguna

-Teresa de la Paz: Feminine Wiles and Family Trees, Filipino Geneology Project. Spanish-Filipino (Mestiza) Ancestry

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Santuario Nacional de San Antonio de Padua, Pila, Laguna, Philippines

Saint Anthony of Padua Doctor of the Church 1195-1231 Feast Day: June 13 Patronage: American Indians, animals, barrenness, Brazil

St.  Anthony is typically depicted with a book and the Infant Child Jesus, to whom He miraculously appeared, and is commonly referred to today as the “finder of lost articles.” Upon exhumation, some 336 years after his death, his body was found to be corrupted, yet his tongue was totally incorrupt, so perfect were the teachings that had been formed upon it. 

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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Streets of Pila, Laguna, Philippines

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Pila, officially the Municipality of Pila, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,613 people. Pila is a third class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines.Wikipedia

Cinema in Pila

Pietro Donzelli, 1954

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next day delivery cavite , rizal , bulacan & laguna area.

We do not have provincial delivery during Sunday. All packages are delivered by LBC delivery services in provincial area.

Orders being shipped to Provincial cities will be shipped next day and it would take additional 24 hours to arrived. Shipping address far from the city proper may take additional time. it means provincial area far from manila usally took 48-72 hours to deliver any items after you place order.it would take more additional time on occasion like valentines day, mother's day & christmas.

sunday no delivery in provincial except cavite , rizal , bulacan & laguna area.

We don't promise any time on delivery day

You must provide complete delivery address. Failure to provide complete address may cause unexpected delayed of your gifts.

If the recipient is not around we may leave the gift to someone who may related to recipient.

We are unable to process orders for delivery to P.O. Boxes or APOs.

Hospital deliveries: please make sure the recipient is still in the hospital before scheduling the delivery.

There is some area where we can't deliver on saunday.kindly inquire before you place order.

blue roses is spread blue color to white roses.it might look different from original picture in the website.picture in the websiet is a sample only.

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Life in the Corazon Rivera Ancestral House

From Cora Relova of the Pila Historical Society Foundation and granddaughter of Corazon Rivera:

Lola’s house (Corazon Rivera Ancestral House) is considered ancestral because it is more than 50 years old and still belongs to the fourth generation of the family. It is a heritage house because the architecture belongs to a certain period and it is inside the declared (Philippine National) heritage zone. It is “taga-gitna” (people with houses in the center of the town surrounding the main plaza are elite).

It was built around 1929-1930. Lola Loring said she was 12 years old when they - Lola Azon (Corazon Rivera), Lolo Ato (Renato Del Mundo, son of Corazon Rivera) and Lola Loring (Loreto Del Mundo, daughter of Corazon Rivera) started living there. The old municipal hall (municipio) used to be located in the property. Lola Azon’s property was where the main municipal hall is located now. Lola Loring said that Lola Azon did not want to build the house directly in front of the church because she felt that the sins being confessed will "boomerang" back to the house or something like that. Can you imagine if she did not exchange her property….we will be in the center of the town plaza.

Anyway, there was no architect hired and Lola Azon was assisted by her nephew Felimon Rebong ("Lolo Imon") who was an engineer, or still an engineering student at that time. The house was built during the American period so it is called a chalet. It had plumbing and electricity. For better air flow the  windows were big and surrounded the house. The lower portion of the windows had “ventanillas” (little windows) covered with wooden sliding doors which can be opened too. The upper portion of the walls had open wood carvings. 

On the landing of the main stairs is the “balcon” (balcony) where one can sit to view the plaza. Aside from the main door there is also a door that leads to the first room. There were three rooms before with small doors leading to each room (the word “privacy” did not exist). The first one that opens to the balcon was occupied by Tita Jovit (Jovita, Cora's sister) and myself. The second one that opens to the sala/living area was occupied by Lola Azon and Tio Ato and family when they visited and the third one which opens to the comedor/dining area was occupied by Lolo Judge (Ramiro Relova, Loreto's husband) and Lola Loring. The 3rd room has a door that connects to the toilet/bath. (I recently had a division made to make the toilet separate from the bath during the renovation of the house).

There is no partition between the sala and comedor. When we were young a cabinet was used as partition. The front of the cabinet faced the dining room. The back of the cabinet faced the living room and the old piano was placed there. Actually the furniture pieces were moved around. The location of the living room set now is the best placement. 

There was a sliding door that was the partition between the dining room and the kitchen. The kitchen was smaller until Lola had it renovated. We had no gas or electric stove. We had a “Kalan” (clay stove) that was made of ash. Charcoal, firewood and “bunot” (coconut husk) were used as fire. I remember that there were three parts so three dishes can be cooked at the same time. Can you imagine how hard it was then? Often there was a lot of smoke but there was a continuous flow of air then so it was not so bad. It is said that the food taste better with this method of cooking.There was also a storage room  in the kitchen for (rice) “bigas”, salt etc. and I think a motor to pump water up the house. The pipes of the house was connected to free flow water fountain in the plaza. There was a stair in front of the toilet/bath used to go down to the first floor “silong” (basement).

The “silong” was where the "katulong" (household help) stayed, where the “sampayan” (clothes line when it rains) was, and the “bodega” - storage for the newly harvested and unmilled rice” palay”. Large blocks of ice were also stored there, covered by palay husks (and they never melted!) Lola Loring also had pens for hens that laid eggs and chickens for our food. I hardly went down because the flooring was not yet cemented and it was a bit dark. 

Lola Azon planted a number of fruit trees. We had macopa (java apple), suha (grapefruit), lanzones (similar to lychee), balimbing (star fruit), duhat (java plum), santol (cotton fruit) and yambo (plum apple). Only the macopa (as old as the house) and the balimbing survives. The duhat in front of the house (by the gate) is only around 20 years old.  

There was a “labahan” wash area for clothes at the back of the house. There was a continuous flow of water because of the pipe that was connected to the free flow fountain. There was a huge “kawa” or cauldron where the water fell and we (Tita Jovit and Tito Vic - Vic Del Mundo, Cora's first cousin and son of Renato Del Mundo) used to pretend “swim” or just fooled around and bothered the lavandera (washer woman) . Sadly, I do not know what happened to the “kawa”.

General cleaning of the house was done twice a year, certainly before the Flores de Mayo and I think after the New Year.  Wives of tenants would come (around 4 ladies) and would work for free but they are fed very well and given travel fare and rice to bring home. It is called “panunulungan”. The ladies used “is-is” (ficus leaves) to scour the “pasamano” (window sill) and the floor before waxing. They used “walis na tingting” (broomstick) for the ceiling, walls, iron works followed by “basahan” (rag) soaked in water with soap in “palangana” (basin). I think it took them 2 days to clean everything. Then a male "katulong" (hired help) would wax the floor manually (very labor-intensive), then used “bunot” (coconut husk) to make it shine “lampaso”. I loved the smell of floor wax and the super clean house. One of the ladies was Aling Dulay who loved to bring Michael (Cora's son) fresh eggs.

I also remember that there was a carpet for the sala set. For cleaning the help would hang it on two chairs on the sidewalk in front of the house and beat it with a walis na tingting (broomstick). The lavandera (washerwoman) would also use the sidewalk to sun-dry clothes before rinsing. 

Lola Azon would sweep the leaves on the ground with “walis tingting” everyday at around 4pm and I loved helping her. The leaves were piled up and burned because it drove the mosquitoes away. Every household did it. But in modern times, due to global warming and fumes, the municipal government forbade the burning of anything.

The wood used for the building of the house was mainly narra. Lola Loring (Loreto Del Mundo, daughter of Corazon Rivera) said that the panels with carvings that divides the rooms from the sala and comedor were made in Paete, Laguna. The windows in the rooms are made of wood with capiz shells. The flooring is also made of narra planks and the ceiling is made of wide solid narra. I remember that the materials used for the lower portion were not sturdy so it was cemented to better support the house. 

After lunchtime and cleaning the kitchen was done, the help would iron clothes in the kitchen area with a plantsadora (iron). I remember that before the electric iron a heavy metal contraption with wood handle filled with burning charcoal was used (now considered an antique). The help would also listen to telenovelas on the radio. We were required to have an afternoon nap “siesta”, and we laid on banigs (woven mast) spread out in the living room.

Capiz Shell Window

Plantsadora (Iron), image from Cora Relova

Image of a Kawa, uncredited photo

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Legarda Lineage

Doña Clarita Tambunting Legarda’s father was Don Vicente Lucio Flores Legarda, born Dec. 13, 1873.

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Don Vicente was a naval architect, marine engineer, and teacher. He was a Glasgow, Scotland-educated architect who trained under Daniel Hudson Burnham who drew up the city planning maps for Manila and Baguio City, Philippines. In 1902, he taught in San Francisco, USA, and went home on Manila in 1909 to become one of Manila's prominent architects. He died Feb 24, 1956, in Manila, Philippines at age 82. He is buried in Manila, Philippines. His parents were Don Miguel Legarda and Doña Genoveva Flores-Legarda. Don Miguel Legarda was born July 2, 1852 in Binondo, Manila, Philippines.

Don Miguel is the son of Don Benito Pablo Legarda y Lerma and Doña Cirila Tuason de Legarda.

Don Miguel had a brother, Don Cosme Benito Legarda y Tuason, born September 26, 1853 in Binondo, Manila, (died August 15, 1915 at 61 years old in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, and buried in Manila, Philippines). Don Cosme Benito was married to Teresa de la Paz de Legarda. He earned a law degree from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, in 1874. He was a politician and lawyer and member of President Emilio Aguinaldo's cabinet at Malolos and vice president of the Filipino Congress 1896-1898. He was Resident Commissioner for the US Congress 1907 – 1913, representing State/Territory: Philippine Islands. (Legarda, Benito, 1853-1915, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress).

From wikipedia:

Benito Cosme Legarda y Tuason (September 27, 1853 – August 27, 1915) was a Filipino legislator who was a member of the Philippine Commission of the American colonial Insular Government, the government's legislature, and later a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress.

Benito Legarda died on August 27, 1915, in Evian-les-Bains, France. He is buried at the Manila North Cemetery.

The Legardas are considered one of Manila’s oldest families:

Manila’s Original 400 Old Family Names

Doña Teresa de la Paz de Legarda (born October 15, 1841 in Marikina, Manila, Philippines, died April 22, 1890 at 48 in Marikina, Manila, Philippines of Pneumonia) once owned the largest private hacienda in the Philippines in the 1800s and is the ancestor of the Tuason-Legarda-Prieto-Valdes Clan of Manila, Philippines. She was first married to Don Jose Severo Tuason, the son of Don Jose Maria Tuason and Doña Maria Jose Patiño y Tuason.

Don Benito Pablo was born on January 12, 1822 in Zubielqui, Navarra, Navarra, Spain, and died January 15, 1873 at age 51 in Binondo, Manila, Philippines.

Don Benito Pablo is the son of Don Juan Domingo Pablo Legarda Alcaine, born August 12, 1798, in Allín, Navarre, Spain, and Doña Juana Lerma.

Sources:

-The Last Hacendera: Doña Teresa de la Paz, 1841-1890 Luciano P. R. Santiago of Pila, Laguna

-Teresa de la Paz: Feminine Wiles and Family Trees, Filipino Geneology Project. Spanish-Filipino (Mestiza) Ancestry

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Photowalk // Pila, Laguna

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Gov’t to build housing projects for ISFs in Laguna

#PHnews: Gov’t to build housing projects for ISFs in Laguna

MANILA – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is set to build two housing projects for local informal settler families (ISFs) in Laguna province, housing czar Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said Thursday.

“Based on statistics conducted in 2015, 81 percent of Filipino families would like to have a dream house of their own. ‘Yun po ang sector na ina-address ng DHSUD (That is the sector being addressed by the DHSUD),” del Rosario said in a statement.

The department and the local government units (LGUs) of Pila and Bay in Laguna have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide safe, resilient, and affordable housing projects for "informal settlers and (the) poorest of poor" residing in the province.

"The focus of our department is to address the concerns of the informal settler families and the poorest of the poor in our society. ‘Yan po ang mandato ng batas, sa (that is the mandate of the law, our mandate in the) Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development," he told partner-developers.

Following the groundbreaking and signing ceremonies on Wednesday, del Rosario described the agreement as a "beacon of hope" for those who wish to have their own home at an affordable cost.

"Yung sector na walang kakayahan na magkaroon ng sariling bahay ay matugunan ang kanilang pangangailangan (To address the needs of the sector that could not afford to have their own house), we give them the capability, the opportunity to have decent and affordable housing units,” he said.

Under the Building Adequate, Livable, Affordable, and Inclusive Filipino Communities Program (BALAI) housing project, the government will closely collaborate with the LGUs and its private partner-developers to ensure the provision of decent and adequate homes to the Filipino people.

Some ISFs will benefit from the two housing projects, which would involve several private developers in the construction, among them ACM Landholding, Inc.; Cathay Land, Inc.; and Belle Corp.

Meanwhile, del Rosario pledged to continue promoting a vibrant housing sector under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.

"Hangad ng DHSUD, katuwang ang mga LGU, na matulungan ang poorest of the poor, yung mga informal settlers na walang lupa, na ang mga bahay ay nakatayo sa danger zones, or yung lupa na pag-aari ng gobyerno o private sector (The DHSUD, in partnership with the LGUs, targets to assist the poorest of the poor, informal settlers who do not own land or those who have houses built on danger zones or properties owned by the government or private sector,” he said.

The housing department, alongside the LGUs of Pila and Bay, is also slated to finalize another agreement on the construction of common facilities, such as a public auditorium and sports complexes. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "Gov’t to build housing projects for ISFs in Laguna." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1124402 (accessed December 11, 2020 at 03:22AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "Gov’t to build housing projects for ISFs in Laguna." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1124402 (archived).

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LA NOBLE VILLA DE PILA After Taal and Vigan, my third favorite heritage town in the Philippines is Pila, Laguna. The beautiful, colorful heritage houses surrounding the plaza made me feel like I truly trekked back in time. I first visited Pila back in 2016 as part of a visita iglesia with JB Tahum around the lakeshore towns of Laguna de Ba-i. JB and I were there for a really short period of time as we had other churches to visit. Fortunately, I got a second chance to visit Pila when Mr. John Silva and the Ortigas Foundation Library invited me to join them in a company tour a year later. Ms. Cora Relova, a resident of Pila and its most staunch heritage advocate, served as our guide. She is one of the founders of the Pila Historical Society Foundation, which fights hard to conserve the town as a National Historical Landmark. The Laguna Copperplate Inscription, which is believed to have been made around 900 CE, mentioned "Pailah." Pailah is said to refer to Pila. The oldest crematorium in the country was also excavated in Pinagbayanan, Pila. These show that Pila is one of the oldest settlements around Laguna de Ba-i. #lagunalakwatsa #thetimetrekker https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfEcUTBUnq/?igshid=ysufm3g0zymt

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ST ANTHONY’S BRIEF

“Behold the Cross of the

Lord!

Fly, ye powers of

darkness!

The Lion of the tribe of

Judah,

the Root of David,

has conquered,

Alleluia!”

THE STORY OF THE BRIEF

[‘Brief’, German for ‘letter’.]

"We call St Anthony the Saint of Padua. Really, he was born in Portugal. And it was in Portugal that the practice of his ‘BRIEF’ commenced.

FEELING OVERPOWERED BY DISAPPOINTMENT AND HARDSHIPS, SHE MEANT TO KILL HERSELF

One day a woman, broken by disappointment and hardships, decided to end everything by throwing herself into the River Tagus. She set off for the River, and on the way had to pass a shrine of St Anthony.

Thinking that it would be the last prayer she would ever say, the poor woman threw herself on her knees before the shrine and reminded the Saint that although everyone loved him and prayed to him, he should do something special for his own people of Portugal.

ST ANTHONY WARNED HER THAT SHE WAS BEING DECEIVED BY SATAN

Praying longer than she intended, the woman fell asleep before the statue. She had a dream in which St Anthony came and warned her that she was being deceived by Satan. He told her to say the prayer that we find on the BRIEF. On awaking, the woman found a copy of the words the Saint had prayed with her. Her temptation had vanished.

PROTECTIVE PRAYER AGAINST TEMPTATION AND ILLNESS

The rumour of the “Saint’s Letter” went all over the countryside. The King sent messengers to bring it to him from the woman. As soon as she parted with it she felt weak again. When she told this to the King, he had a copy of it made for her.

The original did not leave the palace; it has been preserved with the crown jewels of Portugal. The ‘Brief’ is also engraved on the obelisk in the piazza before St Peter’s in Rome.

Ever since its propagation, people have been praying the prayer and wearing the ‘BRIEF’, as a protection against temptation and [physical, emotional and mental problems and] illness. It is usually printed, for this purpose, on linen or some other kind of cloth. It can also be done in metal and worn as a medal. There is no enrolment necessary.”

@NationalShrineOfSanAntoniodePadua, Pila Laguna Philippines FB

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Same day flower and gift delivery service throughout the Philippines by leading Flower Delivery Philippines. Your One Stop for Flower Bouquet, Online Flower Shop with Fast Delivery.

Flowers Philippines is an Online flower shop that makes sending flowers to Philippines to the ones you love for days like Valentine's Day, the Day of Love and Friendship, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, Women's Day, birthdays, anniversaries, condolences or any other occasion easy, safe and fast. You don't have to be in Philippines to let your loved ones know you care. Just go Online, choose your favorite arrangement, bouquet, flowers, and gift. Send the beauty of Philippines to your loved ones when you are far away.

All occasions are worth a celebration. Mark all occasions with a special arrangement of flowers specially put together by our team of expert florists. Birthdays, Anniversaries, Successes and Failures – a flower have the power to make them all very special. Pick up a date and time of your choice and let us manage the rest for you. Just like flower blooms, make your loved ones gloom with happiness and joy by sending them some fresh flowers online. Our one-stop best online flower shop. Buy online flowers today from our wide variety of beautifully arranged flowers for your loved ones. We are the best place to buy flowers online because happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.

We deliver flowers bouquets. In each city, we work with reliable local florists as is the case with metro manila. Working with this network of local florists, we are able to ensure that we deliver top quality bouquets and that your flowers will stay fresh. We can take care of your last minute flower orders or you can reserve a beautiful bouquet of flowers, months in advance.

All foods,balloons & cake delivery is available for Metro Manila, Cavite area, Rizal area, Bulacan area, specific laguna area , Cebu city.,outside cebu city & davao city.

*Laguna: (Bay,binan,starosa,sanpedro ,cabuayo ,calamba,Victoria,pila,stacruz,canlubang,calauan ,las bonos laguna).same day delivery available for metro manila .( Cutt-off 9am philippine time)

next day delivery cavite , rizal , bulacan & laguna area.

We do not have provincial delivery during Sunday. All packages are delivered by LBC delivery services in provincial area.

Orders being shipped to Provincial cities will be shipped next day and it would take additional 24 hours to arrived. Shipping address far from the city proper may take additional time. it means provincial area far from manila usally took 48-72 hours to deliver any items after you place order.it would take more additional time on occasion like valentines day, mother's day & christmas.

sunday no delivery in provincial except cavite , rizal , bulacan & laguna area.

We don't promise any time on delivery day

You must provide complete delivery address. Failure to provide complete address may cause unexpected delayed of your gifts.

If the recipient is not around we may leave the gift to someone who may related to recipient.

We are unable to process orders for delivery to P.O. Boxes or APOs.

Hospital deliveries: please make sure the recipient is still in the hospital before scheduling the delivery.

There is some area where we can't deliver on saunday.kindly inquire before you place order.

blue roses is spread blue color to white roses.it might look different from original picture in the website.picture in the websiet is a sample only.

For provincial area The package is going to be delivered by our trusted courier, LBC. 2. Your flowers will arrive hand-wrapped with care ...

Specific Times:

We don't promise any time on delivery day. Our commitment is to deliver your gift within the day .

but we are normally able to deliver within a time frame of a few hours. Please inform us your requested time frame and your messages, you can use our contact us page when ordering. Our normal delivery times are 10am - 8pm daily for orders to a residence, going to a business, hotel, or hospital, 10 am - 6 pm. During major holidays such as Valentine's Day and Mother's Day our florists operate extended hours and as well as delivery times as it needed.

Visit For more Information:- https://www.flowerdeliveryphilippines.com.ph

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Don Felizardo de Rivera, Founder of Pila

Don Felizardo de Rivera y Evangelista (1755-1810) was the eldest of the three Rivera brothers, Don Felizardo, Don Miguel and Don Rafael. They were the owners of the estate Hacienda de Sta. Clara. They were the sons of Don Juan de Rivera, who had inherited the estate from the Spanish noble family, the Thenorios, and passed it on to his sons.

In the 18th century, due to flooding from its original location near the Laguna de Bay, the original town of Pila and its Church needed to be located to higher ground. So the Riveras planned to move it, just like their ancestor the Datu of Pila, Datu Maguinto, did in the 13th century.

However, a long, heated and controversial dispute rose between two prominent families at the time: The Riveras and the Relovas ("Pros" and "Antis". Don Regino Relova y San Antonio wanted the relocation on his land. Don Felizardo Rivera insisted that the town and church be moved to his hacienda in Sta. Clara.

Don Felizardo won after a long battle (starting October 14, 1794 and ending on July 13, 1803) after made an agreement with the parish priest: If the church was relocated to his estate, he pledged "the spiritual and material support of the Riveras to the church of St. Anthony in perpetuum up to the last of their line." The parish priest agreed.

Don Felizardo donated his lands to the church and to the municipal government but he also retained ownership of the lots surrounding what was to be the town plaza. He became the architect of the town's design, following Spanish colonial layout. He even built a kiln for manufacturing bricks and tiles for rebuilding the church, which was "transferred stone by stone" from its old location. The the ancestral houses were built around the plaza and the town municipio (municipal hall) was built opposite the church. With the assistance of the prominent families of Oca, Ruiz, and de Castro, he rebuilt the town of Pila ("Nuevo Pila") as it is to this day.

Don Felizardo served as gobernadorcillo in 1805, 1807, and 1809. He died on October 13, 1810 at the age of 55. He asked that "he be robed in the Franciscan habit upon his death and that a funeral mass be celebrated with him facing the altar of the newly-built church prior to his burial in the church crypt." His will (currently in the possession of the Rivera Family) was notarized by the town mayor at the time. At the time of his death, both pros and antis came to pay their respects and drop the long feud (the families later intermarried.) Don Felizardo's son Jose de Rivera later took over the gobernadorcillo post in 1811.

Don Felizardo de Rivera is the recognized founder of (Nuevo Pila) present-day Pila, Laguna, and the ancestor of the four main prominent families in Pila: Rivera, Relova, Agra and Alava.

WHEN A TOWN HAS TO MOVE: HOW PILA (LAGUNA) TRANSFERRED TO ITS PRESENT SITE (1794-1811) Luciano P.R. Santiago Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society, Vol. 11, No. 2/3 (June/September 1983), pp. 93-106 (14 pages) https://www.jstor.org/stable/29791789

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During the 16th and 17th centuries, one of the earliest known leaders of Pila under Spanish Colonial Period was Don Antonio Maglilo (1696-1712), who governed Pila like his father Don Francisco Maglilo (1599), (Santiago, Ancient Pila, pg 11), the descendant of datu Maguinto.

In 1728, Don Maglilo’s descendant, Don Juan de Rivera, the founder of one of Pila’s most prominent families, the Rivera clan, became mayor of Pila. The Rivera’s were a “major branch of the Maglilo(s)” and changed their surname to “Rivera”, the “Taga-ilog”, or “People of the River”. (Santiago, Ancient Pila, pg 17).

Don Juan de Rivera married Doña Josepha Thenorio, who descended from Spanish nobility from Extremadura, Spain. The Thenorio family matriarch was Doña Maria Cortés de Monroy, the sister of Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés (1485-1547). (Santiago, Ancient Pila, pg 16). (Writer’s Note: Cortes had relations and a child with the Aztec princess Doña Isabel Moctezuma (born Tecuichpoch Ixcaxochitzin; 1509/1510 – 1550/1551), a daughter of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, and Cortes’s sister Doña Maria’s descendants married the descendants of a Philippine Pre-Hispanic king.)

Don Juan's descendant, Don Felizardo de Rivera (1755-1810), was at first a town executive from 1792 to 1793. He was governor of Pila in 1792. During the town move, he had drawn up grid plans (Cuadricula) in 1790 for the new site (where Pila was to be moved) based on the classical Spanish system of 'church-plaza-town hall complex' as originally prescribed by the 'Laws of the Indies (1573)' (laws issued by the Spanish Crown for town planning). He had become a self-taught architect. When the transfer was officially sanctioned (approved), he implemented his plans by serving as gobernadorcillo (governor) in 1805, 1807, and 1809 (he died in 1810). Because of his orderly design (of the town), Don Felizardo is considered the founder of 'Nuevo Pila (New Pila).' Don Felizardo retained all the residential lots around the rectangular plaza between the church and the town hall for the ancestral houses. The principal street is christened 'Rivera', which connects (the town) 'like a long umbilical cord' (back to) Pagalangan. (Santiago, Ancient Pila, pg 25). All the lots around the town plaza were given by Don Felizardo to his heirs, and the ancestral houses now stand on those lots.

Pila was moved again due to flooding from the lake, to Don Felizardo’s Hacienda in Santa Clara, Laguna. (Santiago, The Roots of Pila, Laguna, pgs 9, 10). On May 20, 1804, Pila Church was also moved to land at the hacienda. (Santiago, The Roots of Pila, Laguna, pgs 10, 11, 13) Today, the 200-plus year-old church is now called the San Antonio de Padua church, which was declared the National Shrine of San Antonio de Padua, contains a relic of the saint and is one of the oldest churches in the Philippines. The ruins of the original church are still standing at Pagalangan and have a historical marker as the site of the original church of Pila.

Don Felizardo is considered the founder of the present-day town of "Nueva Pila" ("New Pila") and the town’s designer and architect in the Spanish colonial grid style of city planning. (Santiago, The Roots of Pila, Laguna, pg 12). The Pila Municipal Hall was later built in June 1931, across from the Church, on land previously owned by Doña Corazon Rivera de Del Mundo, daughter of Don Luis Rivera. (Santiago, The Roots of Pila, Laguna, pg 20).

In his 1810 Last Will and Testament, Don Felizardo identifies himself as “Taong Tunai at Maguinoo” (a true maginoo). The document is with the Rivera family of Pila, Laguna.

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26th April >> (@VaticanNews By Robin Gomes) #PopeFrancis #Pope Francis As the new National Shrine of San Antonio de Padua of the #Philippines was inaugurated this week, #PopeFrancis sent his greetings, hoping it will continue to be ‘a centre of constant missionary outreach’.

Pope Francis urges new Philippine shrine be center of missionary outreach

The San Antonio de Padua Church in Pila, Laguna, was declared a national shrine during a Mass on April 23. Pope Francis sent a message for the occasion.

By Robin Gomes

As the new National Shrine of San Antonio de Padua of the Philippines was inaugurated this week, Pope Francis sent his greetings to the faithful hoping it will continue to be ‘a centre of constant missionary outreach’.

As San Pablo Diocese welcomed its first national shrine in the heritage town of Pila, in the Province of Laguna, the Holy Father said he was praying that devotees may all be renewed in the love of Christ”.

Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), presided over the Mass for the declaration of the National Shrine of San Antonio de Padua on April 23.

“May the shrine truly be a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey and the centre of constant missionary outreach,” said the message of Pope Francis, read out during the Mass by Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia.

The CBCP had approved the petition to elevate the church’s status during its plenary assembly last January.

The declaration came 17 years after St. Anthony’s Church was declared a diocesan shrine in 2002.

Popular saint

St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most popular saints in the Catholic Church with novenas celebrations organized in numerous parishes across the world ahead of and on his June 13 feast. Traditionally, bread is blessed and distributed among the faithful on this day.

However, few know that St. Anthony was a native of Lisbon, Portugal, and not of the Italian city of Padua, where he died on June 13, 1231, and by which name he is known.

One of the best-known disciples of the great St. Francis of Assisi, Anthony was born on August 15, 1195, and baptized Fernando Martins de Bulhoes. His parents apparently belonged to one of the prominent families of the city.

Renowned for his powerful preaching, knowledge of scripture and love for the poor and the sick, the Franciscan priest and friar was one of the most quickly canonized saints in church history. He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church and is regarded as the patron saint of lost things. (Source: CBCPNews)

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