A  PORTRAIT OF FATHER “BOBBY” By: Nimia L. Lacebal

His ways were simple usually made alive with his smiles and intermittent controlled laughter.  His thoughts were modest and unassuming, occasionally peppered with brief pastoral humor  His spirits leaped with contagious sensitivity toward the needy,  the distressed , the un-enlightened. His heart was big, so big that it could hold all the cares that beset the Filipinos  in this ultra modern world of ours.  Most of all, his heart bulged with pride over his apostolate program, the Filipino Pastoral Ministry of Our Lady of Pompeii Church.

Father Bobby was pre-destined to become a priest. He was not aware of it.  He did receive a call,  he said… “from who, how, and when ”.. he didn’t know.  “All I could remember was… I  was doing  my task quietly….did what I have to do.”

Catbalogan, Samar

Church of San Bartholomew, Patron Saint of Catbalogan

He entered the Seminary at the age of 11. His high school years, under graduate and graduate  studies gave him much “joy and  satisfaction” . During  his seminary days, he could not bear to be away from his beloved Seminary for a long time and wanted to go right back even during his visits with his family and friends.

of his 16 Seminarian classmates, only Father Bobby made it to Ordination. In his early days  as a priest, he developed into becoming a priest of the people. He visited village after village in Samar. He loved to be with the barrio people and talked with them about their life and about God  to give them strength.

Father Bobby standing at right with Mom Soledad B. Sison,  sisters Linda, Ludy & Tony

Father Bobby's Ordination

Father Bobby's First Mass

Divine Providence again was said to have plucked Father Bobby out from his quiet hometown of Catbalogan, carried him across the Pacific and planted him in New York - for him to see the  thousands of  his kababayans  alone in a strange country, desperate for solace, in need of  God’s love.                                      Continued  CLICK HERE

Good Friday infront of San Bartholomew Church

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