Chubi del rosario biography of william hill
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Malate &#; Ermita District: Part 1
Before I begin this retreat to the past, I must first apologize for using the old street names. It’s what I remember and those memories die hard. I have tried to reference the “new” names in parenthesis but I may have missed one or two. Please forgive.
Living in Manila in the Fifties and early Sixties was an adventure as well as a treat for me. Manila was still rebuilding itself from the damages of war. I still can recall seeing sunken ships out on Manila Bay when they were slowly being removed or perhaps made part of the reclamation of more land around Dewey Boulevard (Roxas Blvd.) The wide boulevard was not choked with traffic as today nor decorated with garishly colored bright lights.
Dewey Boulevard in the Forties
Backlit by the fabulous Manila sunsets, food vendors would sell kropek, warm chestnuts, and grilled corn from their small kiosks, lit at night only by the warm glow of kerosene lanterns&#;
&#; the sorbetes or ice cream sellers would push their brightly colored carts that may have had little bells attached to the metal lids. Not to be confused with sorbets, this particular style of homemade concoction was referred to &#;dirty ice cream&#; &#; I never wanted to find out why.
Dewey Boulevard in the
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In the progressive city of Mandaue, a few kilometers form Cebu City known for its sceneries and its fast economic growth. It can be missed out by many faithful that it was in this city were the center of devotion to St. Joseph in the Philippines is located &#; the National Shrine of St. Joseph.
The image
The venerated image of San Jose de Mandaue is an image of St. Joseph standing with the Child Jesus. St. Joseph is holding his staff with a sheaf of lilies on his left hand which is diagnostic to the iconography of St. Joseph where according to tradition, when the men from the house of David were summoned to the temple to ask for the hand of the Blessed Virgin Mary for marriage, lilies began to grow on the staff of St. Joseph &#; a sign that he was chosen by God to be Mary&#;s pure spouse.
St. Joseph – Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Foster Father of Jesus
Saint Joseph is an important figure in Christianity as the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ (in distinction to God, his &#;heavenly father&#;). The gospels describe Joseph as a &#;tekton&#; (τέκτων); traditionally the word has been taken to mean &#;carpenter&#;, though the Greek term evokes an artisan with wood in general, or an artisan in iron or stone.
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