This is a letter I made for my sister, Jan, who will have her recollection/retreat next week. Paiiyakin lang sila ng mga madre. 
This is a letter I made for my sister, Jan, who will have her recollection/retreat next week. Paiiyakin lang sila ng mga madre.
This paper was written for TH131 under Mrs. Borja. She said it was hard to read.
This is a paper written for my Hi165 class, Rizal and the Emergence of the Filipino Nation.
In the olden days, those who committed suicide were not allowed to be given an ecclesiastical funeral. The people then were into the idea that since it was God who gave us life, it is He who has all the right to take it away. Although, this maxim still holds up to this day, the post-Conciliar Church, with the advancement made by the sciences, has become more lenient with their laws regarding people who committed suicide. The present Code of Canon Law which governs the whole Church of God, states in Canon 1184 §1:
Unless they gave some signs of repentance before death, the following must be deprived of ecclesiastical funerals:
1/ notorious apostates, heretics, and schismatics;
2/ those who chose the cremation of their bodies for reasons contrary to Christian faith;
3/ other manifest sinners who cannot be granted ecclesiastical funerals without public scandal of the faithful.
So how do we look at the case of the late Sec. Angelo Reyes? Should he be given an ecclesiastical funeral?
The 400 years of the University of Santo Tomas compelled me to read the book by Fr. John Schumacher, S.J., a renowned historian. It is entitled “Readings in Philippine Church History.” Well, i just wanted to read about the history of the institution, how it evolved, how it was possible for them to reach four centuries. I was struck by the seventh chapter. (I excerpted some part of the chapter for you to read:)
