Biography of father bing arellano 2015

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March 18, 2015

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The History of Oblate Apostles of the Hearts (OATH):
A Religious Congregation from San Jose City

Seminaries were the continuation in the church of the apostolic community 1. Therefore
seminary was the first and foremost of the basic organizing principle which served a learning
community. Seminary also was a community of charity and friendship, where fraternal bonds
were anchored in genuine relationship with the Lord. Finally, according to Malloy (2006) he also
defined the seminary in his study that seminary was a worshipping and praying community that
finds its source and submit in the celebration of the Eucharist. Governance in terms of religious
responsibility playing important role in a religious community. Inside the seminary, in order to
fulfil this seminary, governing bodies of the seminary must work in collaboration with the
seminary board/s and other religious ordinary delegate. As what Malloy (2006) also stated in his
study that the governing authority establishes the mission and exercise general oversight of the
seminary. The seminary should have a precise program also as it must be characterized by its
being organized and unified by its being in harmony a correspondence with one aim which
justifies the existence of the summary: preparation of future priest (Pasotres dabo vobis: 61). It
means that with the programs of seminary, through the span of time in planning, with the effort it
organize and unifies. It was supported by the Committee on Priestly Formation that the
governing authority does not normally enter directly into the day-to-day administration of the

1 Pastores dabo vobis: 60 retrieved December 9, 2014 from

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seminary, since such duties were the responsibility of the rector who was assigned accordingly to
the process stated above.
Seminarians are to be fully committed to the life of the seminary community and learn
how to contri

May 2020

Some Concerns About
Fr Edgardo Arellano
and the Alliance of the Holy Family

PEREGRINUS

I recently took part in a retreat or pious conference organised by the ‘Alliance of the Holy Family International’ (AHFI). This group was formerly known as the ‘Alliance of the Two Hearts’, and since it promotes that devotion, it is still sometimes given that name. Their founder and spiritual director is a Filipino priest called Fr Edgardo Arellano, who spoke several times at the conference. Probably over a hundred priests participated, from various countries, as well as a good number of lay people, including a distinct group called ‘youth’.

I knew little about the Alliance before going, though I had heard that they stressed the place of reparation in the spiritual life, and I had not seen anything of Fr Arellano, nor read any of his writings. The conference or retreat lasted almost a week, and by the end I was concerned about this movement and its founder.

Veil of obscurity

I’ll start with what may or may not be a matter for legitimate concern, namely, the difficulty of discovering what the Alliance of the Holy Family is. By this I mean, ‘what is its canonical status?’

Before taking part in the week’s events, I did not know whether it was a religious order, a society of apostolic life, a public association of the faithful, a merely informal grouping of like-minded people, or something else. I still do not know. I have been unable to find an official web-site for the Alliance. On their Facebook page, they describe themselves simply as a “global Catholic family movement”. I have sent a message to this page, to ask more precisely what they are, but have received no reply.

One can find videos produced by AHFI on YouTube, but they shed no more light on the question: they are devotional videos, and contain testimonies from people saying how their lives have been improved by their con

Mary Lou and Tommy – Mary Lou: So impressed with your narration of Fr Bing Arrelano’s little-known story how Pedro Calungsod shielded a spear intended for Diego Luis de San Vitores – a catechist who offered his life for his missionary priest! Stories like this more than likely enhanced and greatly promoted the cause of Blessed Pedro to Sainthood faster than that of Blessed Luis Diego himself – even though his own beatification came 15 years after the beatification of his beloved priest Fr Luis Diego. And the adulation and devotion of Blessed Pedro among his Filipino countrymen – and especially the leadership of the Filipino Hierarchy in promoting his cause – led to their beloved Pedro Calungsod, now St. Pedro Calungsod! Why couldn’t this happen in Guam to have our own St Diego Luis de San Vitores? And this bring me to Tommy Tanaka’s comment (1/1/15: 8:30am).

I didn’t know, Tommy, that you had served in the Committee for the Canonization of Blessed Diego, and that the last time the committee met was September 29, 2014. What was our local church leadership doing all this time? Busy with something else? (No need to answer what that “something else” was!)

It is so sad – Mary Lou and Tommy – that our local church leadership has not put this project at the top of the list, instead of putting all their energy on “something else”.

Unfortunately, the canonical process for the promotion of candidates to Blessedhood and Sainthood, rests squarely on our church hierarchy! And if our church hierarchy doesn’t seem to want to PRIORITIZE this (not just by composing a prayer for us to pray – and let it go at that), is there such a thing as a laity movement recognizable by Rome for the promotion of Blesseds and Saints?

Who is the Postulator for the cause of Blessed Diego? Shouldn’t he be out parish to parish, Mass after Mass, actively and vehemently pr