Edmund Rice Philippine Mission

1/ Carl outside the great Manila Cathedral 2/ The City Wall (Intramuros) and notice the Flag on the green just outside the wall; believe me golf is only for the rich here 3/ Carl at the gate of the Manila City 4-6/ The Ordination Photos 7/ The great Philippino Eagle 8/ The Crock and quite big too 9/ A pair of Sea Eagles A lot of breeding is done here 10/ The most favoured personal transport of the middle class, the humble motor bike. One bike had a whole family on it (6). 11/ The Provincial of the MJs (dark blue) arrived last week to visit his Mindanao priests. This was the party to farewell him. Fr Ben is on the Provincial’s right and is the community leader and our host. 12/ Liturgical dance put on by the local School children. The Church generally would be regarded as quite conservative reflecting the Spanish influence. Things are changing slowly. The performance was put on for the ordination. (More photos also on - www.peterthrupp.com)