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For the San Lorenzo Ruiz Global Hour of The Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz
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NEW YORK– It will be a night of sumptuous dinner and delightful standard & contemporary songs with live band and back-up artists, featuring multi-awarded singer/songwriter Jose Mari Chan. Performing with Mr. Chan is international lyric soprano and soloist originally from the UP Concert Chorus, Ms Deeda Barretto.
Sidelights are religious painting exhibit by artist extraordinaire Pancho Piano and book signing of Fr. Erno Diaz's "On the Road with San Lorenzo." Fr. Erno is the head of the Filipino Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New York. Chance to win some raffle prizes courtesy of sponsors/ donors is an added treat.
This benefit dinner-concert on July 11, 2008 at the Fiesta Pavilion of Manila Hotel is for the benefit of the planned SAN LORENZO RUIZ GLOBAL HOUR, a cable TV program which will feature among others the Sunday masses and popular Filipino devotions, like novenas and fiestas, from the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz, New York. This will be beamed to Filipino communities, migrants or OFWs in the USA and other parts of the world. The program is a global pastoral outreach of the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz New York in pursuit of the apostolate of San Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino Saint and the Patron Saint of Migrants.
Supporting the dinner-concert are luminaries in philanthropy, spiritual & moral formation advocates, and, simply, lovers of nice-and-easy music who understand the need to strengthen the spiritual and moral formation of Filipinos living and working in foreign countries.
Moonlight & Love Songs is organized by the Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz New York Advisory Council in Manila and the Rotary Club of Chinatown Manila.
Moonlight & Love Songs is brought in part by media partners – Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Philippine Star. Other supporters include Bank of Commerce, Philippine Women's University, and Manila Manor Hotel.
For reservation, call 02 687-4930; 0918-9267189 Or visit ww.chapelofsanlorenzoruiz.org
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ANCHORAGE– The Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) will host its 12th Biennial National Conference, "Lure of the Salmon Song," at the Hilton Anchorage, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, July 3 through 5, 2008.
FANHS will also celebrate its 25th anniversary and honor three-term FANHS National President and former Alaska State Representative Thelma Buchholdt who recently passed away.
The FANHS National Conference is open to those interested in learning and preserving Filipino American history. Registration and payment are required to attend.
The FANHS National Conference will highlight the stories of the Alaskeros, Filipino immigrants who have worked in the Alaskan canneries in the early to mid-1900s. The Alaskeros have faced harsh winters, discrimination, long hours and low wages; however, they have worked hard to earn a decent living and to support their families. Over the years, Alaska's Filipino American community has rapidly grown. Hence, FANHS Alaska Chapter Conference Coordinator Dr. Aurora Hovland has organized the panel, "Alaska: Roots Beyond the Canneries," that focuses on experiences of more recent immigrants.
On July 2, pre-registered conference attendees will tour the Kenai Canneries. Workshops and plenaries will be held July 3 through 5; topics include "Double Identities: Alaska Native/Filipinos," "Alaskero Experiences," and "Pin@y Educational Partnerships," to name a few.
Already scheduled are more than 100 presentations on historical and regional research, educational curriculum, "how-to" workshops, identity, advocacy for Filipino World War II veterans and more. An Authors' Reception will take place on the evening of July 3, and a banquet and silent auction are planned for July 5.
In 1982, Drs. Fred and Dorothy Cordova founded the Filipino American National Historical Society, a community- based organization, "to preserve, document, and present Filipino American history and to support scholarly research and artistic works which reflect that rich past." Housed in Seattle, Wash., the national office and archives lend expertise and support to 28 chapters across the United States and is the primary resource on Filipino Americans.
All are welcome to join FANHS in Anchorage, Alaska. For questions regarding the FANHS National Conference, e-mail Dr. Joan May T. Cordova at forourcommunities@gmail.com.
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