FEEDBACK FROM LITO DOMAOAN

Hi Vic:

It was so refreshing reading your memories about the past when you, Philip and myself, were having fun in Asingan. Remember when we are doing those catechetical teaching for the elementary pupils in Asingan and we went go to the barrio school? Remember when we went to the river with Father Marcelino, Amading Romero, Philip, yourself and myself some guys (not our group ) were swimming in the river naked? I remember myself jumping into the river in my carsoncillo. Remember the centennial celebration of the appearance of Our Lady Lourdes in France? To commemorate that event there were two or three buses of people from Asingan. I could name a few of those people: Doctors Martinez, Fernandez and other Professionals from Asingan were on that pilgrimage to Our Lady Of Manaoag. We walked barefooted from Laoac to the Church of our Lady of Manaoag and as we approach the Church, the church bells started ringing. I have lots of beautiful memories in Asingan which I will never forget....LITO

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Yes, I remember that dawn pilgrimage to Manaoag..We left Asingan so early. The busses stopped in Laoac but not so far enough from the church. There was a mass in the Manaoag shrine and during the sermon, I could not help but doze off a little bit. Well, I woke up at 3:00 am that morning and did not have my coffee yet..

Another memory connected to the Lady of Fatima was her statue which we brought home after picking it up from Dagupan. There were four pieces and we used Fr. Ferrer's jeep ( it was a Thames passenger jeep at that time ). There was a story that he bought the jeep out of his insurance money when he had a vehicular accident here in the US..ThaT's why he had this small scar on his nose. Some gossip mongers in Asingan say that Fr. Ferrer's nose is artificial: just like Michael Jackson's!

Anyways, it was pouring buckets when we drove to Dagupan that afternoon and the visibility was so bad. Many men were in the jeep to help in the loading and unloading of the 4 concrete statues. Miraculously no accident happened inspite of the weather and the kind of motorists plying the mcArthur highway.I am not surprised. We were riding with the Mother of God!

The  statues are still in the Fatima shrine at the side of the priest's house in Asingan. Still beautiful ( at least the last time I saw it ) with flowers all around it...VIC