"DEO GRATIAS"

"... thanks be to God!"

I am grateful for the following persons who pledge support to the DATAG PARISH CHURCH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

I -  POST/COLUMN
      The Church construction is needing 30 posts/columns.
From Supang:
1. Aladino Ereso & Family  -  1 post
2. Ramon Icaranom & Fam. -  1 post
3. Crisencia Rubio & Family -  1 post
4. Meriam Yula Mayo          -  1 post

From Milaviga:
1. Danilo Del Barrio            -  1 post

From Datag:
1. Ernesto Aldave & Family -  1 post                                        
2. Benilda Fernandez  & Family - 1 post
3. Johnson Idanan                    -  1 post
4.  Merly Idanan                      -  1 post
5. Salvacion Isuela & Family    -  1 post
6. Teolina Oliveros & Family   -  1 post
7. Soledad Sabeniano & Fam. -  1 post
8. Jorge Tan & Family             -  1 post
9. Rina Tardecilla                    -  1 post
10. Antonio Ubalde & Family  -  1 post

From Manila Area:
1. Fatima Anon & Family        -  1 post
2.  Capt. Emeth &
     Guy Valencia Beloso         -  1 post
3.  Josefina Bustamante & Fam -  1 post
4. Celidonio Jr. Ceballo & Family -  1 post
5. Celidonio Sr. Ceballo               -  1 post
6. Leofoldo Ereso & Family         -  1 post
7. Nardz Ereso                            -  2 posts
8. Claire C. Inamarga & Family   -  1 post
9.  Leoncio Landong & Family    -  1 post
10. Remedios Sarmiento & Family -  1 post
11. Family of the Late
      Macario Valenzuela                  -  1 post

"... that in all things God may be  glorified!

ADDITIONAL DONATIONS
as of March 27, 2011
MANILA AREA
1.  Honesto S. Valenzuela (Datag)        -  1 post
2.  Nilo Valenzuela(Datag)                   -  1 post
3.  Juan Valenzuela (Datag)                  -  1 post
4.  Joey Valenzuela (Datag)                  -  1 post
5.  Mila Valenzuela (Datag)                  -  1 post
6.  Job Valenzuela (Datag)                   -  1 post
7.  Ted Concepcion(Datag)                  -  1 post
8.  Jose C. Siera (Supang)                    -  1 post
9.  Ghil Icaro (Supang)                         -  1 post
10.  Teresa D. Solero (Supang)            -  1 post
11.  Mr. & Mrs. Cabingan (Maui)         -  1 post
12.  Mr. & Mrs. Marina Solo(Maui)     - 1 post

DONATION FORM

I PLEDGE SUPPORT TO THE

DATAG PARISH CHURCH CONSTRUCTION

PROJECT

by giving donation for:

1.        CLASSIFICATION
Price covers one post and one beam. Kindly indicate in the blank corresponding to your choice the number of posts/columns and beams you wish to sponsor:
__  Post/Column -    Php       36,500.00
__  Beam             -                 29,000.00
Price covers one (1) square meter. Kindly indicate in the blank corresponding to your choice the number of square meters you wish to sponsor:
__  Roof               -   Php         5,000.00
__  Floor Area     -                  4,000.00
__  Wall                -                  3,000.00 

2.       FORM OF PAYMENT
Please check:
          ______     a. Lump-sum
          ______     b. Installment

3.       PREQUENCY OF PAYMENT
          (if installment)
Please check:
          ______    a. Monthly
          ______    b. Quarterly (every 3 months)
          ______    c. others, please specify:
               _____________________________
               _____________________________

4.       DATE/START OF PAYMENT

         ________________________________

5.       MODE OF PAYMENT
____   a.  Bank-to-Bank*
____   b.  Direct to Parish Office
____   c.  Through official collector/representative

* PARISH BANK ACCOUNT IS:
   BANCO DE ORO - VIRAC BRANCH
   RCBDVI FOR HOLY TRINITY PARISH
   S/A No.  6030010114

DONOR'S PERSONAL DATA

FULL NAME:

________________________________

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

OFFICE ADDRESS:

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

CONTACT NUMBERS:

    Landline : ______________________

    Mobile   : ______________________

    Fax        : ______________________

    E-mail    : ______________________

DATE:

_______________________________

Please inform and submit this form to:

REV. FR. JOEY R. TENDENILLA

The Most Holy Trinity Parish

Datag, Caramoran, Catanduanes

Philippines

Contact:

   Mobile :  09193351253

   E-mail :  datag_mostholytrinity@yahoo.com

For Update:

Facebook: datag_mostholytrinity@yahoo.com

Blog: http://themostholytrinityparishdatag.blogspot.com/

Glorify God, Build His Church!

  

A Call for a Benefactor. An Appeal for a Donation.

Dear Beloved of Christ,

This is to kindly solicit your financial assitance to the Most Holy Trinity Parish Church Construction Project in Datag, Caramoran, Catanduanes.

Tha Datag Prish Church Construction Project - for a new, bigger, aesthetically and structurally-sound parish church - which had been shelved for sometimes, gained fresh attention and renewed interest for all of us parishioners. Our then barangay chapel, now used as parish church is very small and already dilapidated. the building of a new parish church really becomes the challenge of our faith and the to our action, since it has been 11 years now that we aimed to build a truly parish church, but many thing hinders us.

with all honesty, having exerting all our efforts, we come to realize that this project goes beyond our financial capacity; adding also into consideration the economic status of our parishioners, we are really humbled to ask and solicit your financial help. Having known your good heart and generosity, we did not hesitate to write you and ask your benevolent help. We are getting you to be our benefactor and/or sponsors for: post/column, beam, roof, floor area, wall, foundation. 

Our hope and prayers gor with this "solicitation" that such plead may merit your favorable response. We would like you to be part of this great "Edifice of Faith". With the assurance of our gratitude for your generosity, we pray to the TRIUNE GOD to continue shower his blessing to you and your family. Thanking you in advance, we remain

Sincerely yours in Christ

SGND. MRS. CORAZON S. ALINO
President
Holy Trinity Federated Centro Catolico

SGND. MRS. SALLY C. TAN
Fiance Committee - Datag Area

SGND. MRS. MERIAM V. ERESO
Finance Committee - Manila  Area

SGND. MRS. CLAIRE C. INAMARGA
Finance Committee - Manila Area

Noted by:

SGND. REV. FR. JOEY R. TENDENILLA
Parish Priest
The Most Holy Trinity Parish
Datag, Caramoran, Catanduanes

The Datag Parish Church Construction Project: A Challenge of Faith. A Call to Action.

The DATAG PARISH CHURCH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT rests on the following principles:

THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL is itself the Church. The parishioners are the living stones that make the Lord's holy temple. Hence, the project is basically a DATAGNON endeavor. While donations from anybody will be most welcome, it is greatly desired the Datagnons spearhead the raising of funds for the project. Everyone must contribute his share, no matter how modest, for the realization of this dream.

THE DATAG PARISH CHURCH is not solely for the residents of Barangay Datag. It belongs to all parishioners residing in every barangay within its pastoral jurisdiction. A certain portion of the proposed edifice is allotted for every barangay to work on until its completion.

Like bricks in the making of the wall, each donation shall correspond to a particular portion of the whole edifice. there will be donors for the floor area, walls, post and roof with their costs estimated per square meter.

While projects are supposed to have a certain time-frame with a specific target date of completion, we leave this element upon the unseen hand of God who alone disposes everything on earth according to his will. donors have the prerogative either to give their share as alump sum or in an installment basis.

PRAISE GOD, BUILD HIS CHURCH.

AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM!

The Parish of the Most Holy Trinity

Every beginning, through replete with difficulties, is always marked with optimism. Its vision, still etched with streaks of darkness like the breaking of the dawn, nevertheless carries a lot of promise. the hope for the revelation of a fuller day is marked with courage, determination is at its best.

Such is the case of the Most Holy Trinity Parish in Datag, Caramoran, Catanduanes, Philippines; the pains and joys of its birth now comprising its unfolding history.

Its past goes back to the pioneering works of Franciscan Missionaries in the northwestern side of Catanduanes. while it is true that the first encounter of the natives with Christianity happened in Batalay in the southeastern town of Bato in 1576, actual works of evangelization in the island would start a little later in Caramoran.

Perhaps afraid that a fate similar to that of the Augustinians led by a certain Fray Diego de Herrera who were martyred in Batalay would be awaiting them, the Franciscan chose Caramoran as an alternative safe entry of missionary endeavors. Hence, the first parish to be ever created in Catanduanes is Caramoran, dating back to the year 1600.

Datag, one of the more progressive barangays of the town, naturally came under its jurisdiction. hence, it is safe to say that Christianity in this place and its environs is no longer young. it is a product of centuries of preaching under the spiritual tutelage of Caramoran. but the Spiritual care of the area was given more attention when assistant priests started to be assigned in Caramoran in 1995.

The first assistant priest to be assigned in Caramoran was Rev. Fr. Allan Pereyra who serve under Rev. Fr. Vicente III Borre from 1995 to 1997. At that time, Sunday Masses begun to be celebrated regularly in Tubli and Datag. Quenched of their long spiritual thirst, the people were inspired to renovate their chapels and construct rectories, "kumbento" in popular lingo, to ensure the regular celebration of the liturgy. The most Rev. Manolo A. delos Santos, Bishop of Virac, on his part, began to consider the possibility of creating a new parish in the area.

After Fr. Pereyra's pioneering works in the place, the following assistant priest took turns in caring for the would-be parish:
      1997 - 1998        -  Rev. Fr. Avelino O. Sualibio
      1998 - 1999        -  Rev. Fr. Joel S. Rama
      1999 - 2000        -  Rev. Fr. Arnel M. Barba

The pastor of Caramoran at that time was the Rev. Fr. Jose Tejada.

In 1999, to adequately lay down the foundation of the would-be parish, the Bishop commissioned group of Redemptorist priests, brothers and lay workers under Rev. Fr. Joey Echano, CSsR and Rev. Fr. Jun Adriano, CSsR to conduct popular missions in the area. prior to this assignment, the group also spent a year of missionary works in Tabugoc, a barangay in the neighboring town parish of Pandan and now a full-fledged parish. While in Datag, the Redemptorists organized Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC's), liturgical ministries and conducted catechetical apostolate.

On April 25, Great Jubilee Year 2000, the Bishop formally created barangays Bocon, Datag East, Datag West, Maui, Milaviga, Sabloyon and Supang into a quasi-parish with Datag as its seat. Placed under the heavenly protection of the MOST HOLY TRINITY, it was put under the pastoral care of Rev. Fr. Allan T. Pereyra as administrator. Fr. Pereyra, who first laid down the ground works in the area five (5) years back, would also see its eventual establishment into a full-fledge parish in 2005, and care for it until his transfer to the St. Lawrence Parish in Baras in 2010.

During his incumbency, Fr. Pereyra beautified the parish cemetery where he constructed a concrete chapel and a towering concrete cross, improved the parish church, erected an Easter "castillo" and constructed an imposing concrete two storey rectory. He also facilitated the improvement of the barangay Chapels within his jurisdiction.

Succeeding Fr. Pereyra is the Rev. Fr. Joey R. Tendenilla, the present parish priest. An expert in liturgy, having served as Director of the Diocesan Commission on Liturgy for many years, His immediate concern turned to the enhancement of the celebration of divine worship in the parish. He reinforced the liturgical ministries and made worship services, including the celebration of the sacraments, readily available not only in the seat of the parish but also in all barangays comprising it.

To ensure that the actual needs of his parishioners would be properly addressed, he held a parish pastoral consultation assembly in February 2010. With key persons representing the various sectors in each barangay present in the assembly, the new parish priest got an immediate grasp of the real situation prevailing in his post. It was then that the "WESTYN" (Worship, Education, Services, Temporalities, Youth, New Evangelization) model was adopted as the pastoral strategy of Fr. Tendenilla's tenure in the parish.

The pastoral assembly also proved to be a revelation of sorts. It revealed the readiness of the parishioners to give their best to the Lord in terms of boundless generosity of time, talent and treasure. in no time, a truly functional and efficient Parish Pastoral Council under the able leadership of businessman Johnson Idanan and Corazon Alino were in place. Soon after, parishioners now residing outside the parish also began to pledge support. Hence, the much-needed construction of new, bigger, aesthetically and structurally-sound parish church, which had been shelved for sometime, gained fresh attention and renewed interest.