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Musica Chiesa at the Take and Receive Concert

jboygonzalessj — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:20:11 +0000

7 December 2008. Musica Chiesa, the musicians at the 11:00 AM Sunday Student mass, played the Eddie Hontiveros SJ overture, The Jesuit Music Ministry medley, the Take and Receive medley and Adeste Fideles, all orchestrations arranged by UP College of Music Michael Bulaong. The Take and Receive concert was at the Church of the Gesu. Mr. Ryan Cayabyab, who arranged the chorale of Take and Receive Medley attended the concert which was participated by famous Ateneo groups such as BukasPalad, Blue Symphony, Ateneo Boys Choir, Ateneo High School’s Glee Club and Dulaang Sibol, Ateneo College Glee Club and the The Ateneo Chamber Singers.

Musica Chiesa and Blue Symphony with Fr. Bienvenido Nebres SJ, president of the Ateneo de Manila University.

Musica Chiesa with Fr. Jboy Gonzales SJ and Mr. Ryan Cayabyab.

Fr. Jboy Gonzales SJ, Mr. Ryan Cayabyab and violinist Carlo Tuazon of Musica Chiesa

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Blue Symphony plays at the 11 o’clock Sunday mass

jboygonzalessj — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:28:05 +0000

16 November 2008. Ateneo de Manila’s orchestra, Blue Symphony, played at the Church of the Holy Sacrifice in UP Diliman. They played with Musica Chiesa as part of their service. Both Blue Symphony and Musica Chiesa are under the Jesuit Music Ministry. Fr. Jboy Gonzales SJ presided at the Sunday mass where two Jesuits, Roy Ragas SJ and Side Lizio SJ (East Timor) renovated their vows.

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Fr. Jboy SJ @ 30th Catholic Mass Media Awards

jboygonzalessj — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:27:36 +0000

29 October 2008. The Jesuits won 7 awards total:

For Jescom- Jesuit Music Ministry:

1. BukasPalad’s Hindi Kita Malilimutan (Best Album-Religious)

2. Jesus on the Cross (Special Citation for Best Music Video): Here are stills from the video.

3. Simbanggabi @ ABC 5 (Best Event Coverage),

4. Habilin: Ang Pitong Huling Wika ni Jesus @ ABS CBN (Best TV Special)

5. Formative Spirituality/Ignatian Spirituality of Fr. Venancio Calpotura SJ (Cardinal Sin Catholic Book Awards): 2 Volumes

6. Fr. Joaquin Bernas SJ (Lifetime Achievement Award), and

7. Fr. Nono Alfonso SJ (Best Opinion Column PDI “Her Father’s Business”).

CMMA at the GSIS Theater, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. BukasPalad had two numbers: Humayo’t Ihayag and Sa Batong Ito for the finale.

More pictures? click here.

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Phase 3 World Youth Day 2008

jboygonzalessj — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:32:57 +0000

11-21 July 2008. The Magis08 Program brought together young adults from all over the world who appreciate and share the Ignatian Spirituality. We were the single largest group in World Youth Day. We were around 12,000 and were housed at the Jesuit’s St. Ignatius College, Riverview. This consists of three major phases: the Experiments, the Ignatian Gathering and the World Youth Day Events. The video does not include the Experiments (The Georgetown, Fairfield and Taiwan Delegation had theirs in Manila). It begins with the Ignatian Gathering when all those who went on experiments come together to share their experiences.

Phase 2: Ignatian Gathering in Sydney, Australia

jboygonzalessj — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:47:08 +0000

Magis08 Pilgrims from different experiments arrive and gather at St. Ignatius College in Riverview, NSW. It is a time for the 12,000 Magis08 pilgrims to gather as one community, sharing their varied experiences and celebrate them in liturgies, workshops, concerts, talks, catechesis, and fun parties with a lot of food and dancing. More pictures? Find photo album Phase 2 Ignatian Gathering by clicking here.

An excerpt from my journal:

12 July 2008. We arrived at 9:30 AM, Australian time, which is two hours ahead of the Philippines. We left at 8:30 PM at the Centennial Airport, boarded Philippine Airlines, took a brief stopover at Melbourne, and proceeded to Sydney. Tom SJ and the staff of Magis met us at the airport and brought us to the bus that took us to St. Ignatius College in Riverview. The campus is lovely with a panoramic view of the Lane Cove River.

At Riverview, we were brought to the school dormitories with central heating and hot water in showers and lavatories, a true comfort from Australia’s nippy winter. Dormitories had recreation rooms where we congregate and socialize. Breakfast food like cereals, milk, fruit preserves, bread, and Meadowlea low-fat butter lie in abundance. An internet room was available and a laundry area with washing machine and dryer was open for us to use. Divided into two groups (not necessarily male and female), we were billeted at Kevin Fagan Hall and at St. John’s. Confessors were regularly available. There were spaces for mass for groups who wish to celebrate the Eucharist together. And a canteen was open for extra snacks and basic necessities.

Once settled, I went to a short meeting for group leaders. The schedule was light because many groups from different countries were still arriving. He World Youth Day cross and icon arrived at 4PM, and the pilgrims brought the cross to the Gartlan Center with a liturgy with Australian indigenous welcome. This was the first time we gathered as a big group. It was unbelievable to be with other people who may be strangers to us, but share our own spirituality. At the Second field overlooking the River, dinner was a “barbie”: an outdoor steak barbecue with a lot of dancing and entertainment. Dancing was almost a necessity — or else you would freeze. It culminated with an experiment concert at Ramsay Hall: a short presentation of experiment groups from different continents. The pilgrims were able to know the experiments of the other groups.

Phase 1: Magis08 of World Youth Day 2008, The Philippine Experiments

jboygonzalessj — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:00:08 +0000

4-11 July 2008. In the experience of World Youth Day in Germany in 2005, there was a clamor to offer an Ignatian program to young adults. With World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, the Jesuits and congregations with Ignatian spirituality such as the Sisters of Charity (RSC), Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ), Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ), and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM), collaborated to develop a program that reflects the diversity of both Asia and Australia. Thus, the Magis08 Program accompanies young adults into their own spiritual journey that takes inspiration from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Magis has three components, or you can call it, three experiences in one’s pilgrimage. After all, people who join World Youth Day are called pilgrims.

The first component is called the Experiments. In the formation of Jesuits, the novitiate involves Experiments. The experiments for Filipino novices will include the 30-Day Retreat (the Experience of the full Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius), the Mission Trials (living in a remote mission of Jesuits in Mindanao and Culion), the Hospital Trials (Orthopedic, Mental, Tala, or PGH), Urban Poor, and finally, the Factory Trials. In the Magis08 Philippine Experiment, there were three basic areas: the GK Batangas Site, the Payatas community of the FCJ sisters, and the Philippine Jesuit Prison Service at the Maximum Security in Muntinlupa. It ended with a cultural experience of a mass with BukasPalad, the Ateneo Dormers, Musica Chiesa and the UP Filipiniana Dance Group at the Church of the Gesu, and a Filipino feast with cultural dances. The groups from Georgetown and Fairfield University in the US and the Taiwan Youth delegation enjoyed learning the steps of the Tinikling, the Philippine national dance.

The Experiments is a test, more like a diagnostic exam. Ignatius wanted us to put ourselves in different and unfamiliar situations to understand clearly the truth about other people’s situations, to see how intense our love for others has become, and to discover how far we have reached in our following of Jesus. The idea is not to condemn but to assess so that one could further better oneself towards becoming like Jesus. And thus, the experiments inspire and motivate us to give ourselves more. The “more” here is the Ignatian magis.

We had 46 different Experiments across Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia. In Australia, the pilgrim discovers an indigenous culture and spirituality. Every Experiment involves young people from all over the world: they build friendships, as they also experience the lives of others. They widen their horizons, enrich their lives with the diversity of cultures, discover common aspirations, and experience God more deeply.

Every day in the duration of the Experiment, each pilgrim goes through a process: the Magis Core Elements. It begins with a Morning Prayer, a daily prayer with scripture and points for reflection that gives focus and direction for the day. A mass in small settings: it celebrates the Eucharist with people who share the same significant experiences as the pilgrim. In the Philippine experiment, the mass was said at the venue of the Experiments, in GK’s Batangas site, Payatas, or Muntinlupa. When the day ends, the pilgrims gather for the Magis Circle, a venue for reflection, learning and sharing the Experiment activity. It ends with an Examen. St. Ignatius believes that God works in our lives every single moment. The examen is based on this certainty, so this prayer is done about 10-15 minutes per day (for a Jesuit, twice per day), to see the inner workings of God in our lives.

The Experiments initiates a pilgrim into Ignatian spirituality. It gives a pilgrim a starting point by providing a closer and more personal encounter with a smaller group, a specific cultural community, and a process that is accessible to a young adult.

The second component is a larger Ignatian Gathering at St. Ignatius College in Riverview, Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia.

More pictures at jboygonzalessj.multiply.com. Homily of Final Mass at faithofacenturion.blogspot.com.