I would like to comment on jp’s statement regarding the church not helping out…i will have to say that that is not true…the OAD that has a seminary in Talamban, Cebu have been receiving donations in cash and in kind from people in Manila, Visayas and Mindanao…from the cash donations they bought additional goods – food, water, tents/trapal, medicines, candles, etc…several priests already made their way to Ormoc to help out the other priests tend to the orphanage and the communities affected…another batch of priests will be heading to Ormoc friday night bringing with them additional supplies…i know because we have been coordinating and helping them with the donations and shipment of the supplies from manila to cebu then to ormoc…they might not visible on television since they will not be wearing their priestly garbs but in civilian clothing with only their collar to indicate their profession…

i understand jp’s comment that the church was very vocal when it came to the RH bill (which i am a supporter) since i was also frustrated and angry over the statements they made to those who are supporters of the bill…

the church, like all of us, in their own way is helping…and like us, they may be invisible to the media…

MM and family, thank you again for your generosity and effort…God bless you po…

We just donated to the effort using the Teen’s indiegogo website. But just a heads up, in case you are unaware – when we hit enter to proceed with the transaction the first time, the page refreshed saying there was a problem with our credit card details. (Note that we use Firefox as our browser and I had chosen “temporarily accept all on this page” on the scripts menu before putting in our details.)

So this time, I go back to the scripts menu and select “allow all on this page”. Then we went back to page two of the site, re-entered the credit card info, hit ‘continue’ and the same error message appeared.

Hmm.. odd.

Then just as we were about to do the whole thing again (third time’s the charm, hehe), we got a confirmation e-mail from indiegogo. One of those attempts went through after all.

Uh-oh. We may have donated twice.

Anyway, after 15 minutes of waiting, no other confirmation e-mail came. All is well.

So to all would-be donors using Firefox, please make sure to accept all of the page if you have the “NoScript” add-on and save yourself from potential fretting.

Maybe the reason why we don’t hear about priests or nuns during this time is because of their very nature. They’d rather work quietly and not draw too much attention to themselves.

I just want to share this post I read on twitter “Let’s not demoralize with our armchair rage all those tired, brave, dedicated people on the ground doing their best despite everything.”

Again, thanks!

At a time of great need, every little thing we do helps in a big way. Let us not make it an issue of responsibility, since this will open a Pandora’s box to more finger pointing.

Again, thank you MM and Family, Zubuchon staff and volunteers for all of your efforts. For sure, you all will be blessed a hundredfold. ;)

for the recent bohol earhquake fund drive , collection was at 190,000 pesos as announced during the mass.

other parishes and church affiliated organizations are doing the same.

Pari sa Samar, nagmotorsiklo pa-Maynila (priest motocycled from samar to manila)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adH8Nl0wKcs