By: Sonny Belleza
WEST COVINA, Aug 11, 2009 / — A picnic for the yearly “salo-salo” brought together Cavintinians from California and from other parts of the U.S. to Furman Park in Downey, California on a sunny Saturday.
After the traditional praying of the novena, lunch was served and in this period of the Great Recession, the [...]
WEST COVINA, Aug 10, 2009 / — Last Saturday, August 8th, as lunch time neared, Cavintinians arrived en masse at Furman Park. Though most of us see each other regularly, there are also a lot whom the only time we socialize with is during the fiesta celebration.
Such is the bond that the Transfiguration holds among [...]
WEST COVINA, Aug 9, 2009 / — Saturday morning, Aug 8th, at Furman Park in Downey, California, Cavintinians and members of the organizing committee arrived early to have the place ready for the Cavinti Fiesta celebration in Southern California.
A yearly gathering for the past 20 years for the Cavinti community here, the event has never [...]
DALLAS, Aug 8, 2009 — Though we have been attending Sunday mass at the Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe (Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe), the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas for some time now, August 6th was the first time that we heard services at the Dallas cathedral during an [...]
By: Ismael J. Castillo
A day prior to the picnic Fiesta 2009 chairperson Chris and his charming wife Vanessa hosted a bespiras dinner which was attended by a considerable number of out of town visitors and locals alike at the residence of their gracious parents, Ed and Irma Avelino.
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Feast Date: August 6
Collect for the Feast of the Transfiguration (from the Mass of St. Pius V)
The feast of the Transfiguration of Christ celebrates the revelation of Christ’s divine glory on Mount Tabor in Galilee (Matthew 17:1-6; Mark 9:1-8; Luke 9:28-36). After revealing to His disciples that He would be put to death in [...]
By: Ismael J. Castillo
Awash with festive colours, Meadowvale Conservation Park in Mississauga, Ontario Canada provided a virtual setting for this year’s Cavinti Hawaiian Fiesta Picnic on August 1, 2009.
With fiesta revelers in colourful leis accentuating their Hawaiian dress, shirts and shorts, succulent lechons amid a variety of fruits and array of food trays on long [...]
By: Ismael J. Castillo
Organizers observed that this year’s attendance was not comparably high but not low either. While many faces were absent from the familiar crowd this year, others were back to grace the occasion such as Jessie and Miriam Mirasol from Virginia, Rodelito Benerayan and wife Myra from Maryland, Tessie Villiamin-Tuason and children JJ, [...]
The Cavinti fiesta in Southern California, once again, is in the air. The celebration is set for Saturday, August 8, 2009. Due to the economic hardship that we are experiencing at this time, we would only be having a picnic this year. As a gesture of our appreciation for your continued support, the committee has [...]
Did you ever experience weaving hats, bags or mats in Cavinti? I am sure many among us did, particularly the women, because weaving is an important cottage industry back home. And in weaving, when we are in the process of “naglulupi/paglulupi” we discern a feeling of satisfaction because we are bringing the hat to its finish.
Applying [...]
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora).
