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Ordination of Fr. Albarina in the Philippines
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Fr. Albarina Moises Rellon was ordained priest on Monday,10 March 2014, in his hometown: Roxas (Zamboanga del Nord). Fr. Albarina is the second Comboni missionary coming from the Diocese of Dipolog, in the North-West part of Mindanao, after Fr. Raul Tabaranza, also ordained priest by Mgr. Jose Manguiran in 2004. In the picture: Deacon Albarina Moises Rellon and the Bishop Jose Manguiran before the ordination.
Fr. Albarina Moises (in the middle) with a group of Comboni confreres and family members
after the thanksgiving Mass.
Fr. Albarina was accompanied by almost all the Comboni Missionaries working in the Philippines, by a good number of diocesan priests, by his family, friends and hundreds of people from Fr. Albarina’s town and neighbouring towns.
During his homily, Bishop Manguiran underlined the blessing of missionary vocations for the diocese and for Asia, where Fr. Albarina will be working during his first missionary assignment. The same day, in the afternoon, Fr. Albarina presided over a thanksgiving Eucharist in his own parish and, the following day, in the cathedral of Dipolog city, in a celebration attended by relatives and a number of students from a nearby college.
Fr. Albarina with a group of acolytes before the celebration in the cathedral on 11 March.