Filling the community with music

by Isabel
When my sisters and I joined the DEH youth choir years ago, the choir was led by two brothers — Pip (who I recently learned has passed away, bless him) and Ikel Gadi.
The brothers told stories and made us laugh, but they both loved music and were talented musicians as well (Pip played [...]

Election Day

Voting in Barangay Holy Spirit was generally peaceful. Luckily this is not — and probably never will be — an election hotspot. Aside from the lack of monobloc chairs and ballot secrecy folders, everything seemed to be order.
In the Philippines, you can tell which building is a voting precinct because of the concentration of [...]

DEH music ministry workshops

by Isabel
The DEH Music Ministry is inviting all residents of Don Enrique Heights, young and “the not-so-young” alike, to attend the music ministry workshops one Saturday afternoon per quarter.
The objectives of the workshop are as follows:
to teach new songs and vocal arrangements to members of the different choirs and to the congregation, and practice current [...]

Elections 2007

by Isabel

It’s looking a lot like fiesta season, but it’s not. It’s election season — nearing its frenzied end. What else would explain the posters and tarp banners of all colors, sizes, and shapes along Holy Spirit Drive?

With barely two weeks to go before the elections, do you know who your candidates are?
Until last [...]

Holy Week schedules

Just in case you miss the services at the Our Lady of Remedies Chapel, here are the schedules of the nearby churches:
Parish of St. Benedict
Holy Monday to Holy Wednesday

5:30pm
Way of the Cross

6:00pm
Mass

Holy Wednesday

7:00pm
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

7:45pm-12mn
Confession

Holy Thursday

5:30pm
Washing of the Feet

7-10pm
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Good Friday

7:00am
Way of the Cross

1:00pm
Seven Last Words

3:00pm
Veneration of the [...]

Holy Week in DEH

(The following was contributed by Naty Lapuz-Templo.)
By now, residents of Don Enrique Heights should have their copies of the Holy Week program distributed by the chapel committee. The program details the religious activities to be observed in the community from the afternoon of Saturday, 31 March, up to Easter Sunday, 8 April.
As tradition dictates, [...]

Thank you, Sir

by Isabel
The Don Enrique Heights community gathered yesterday at the chapel for the mass commemorating the 40th day of the passing of one of its long-time residents, retired Brig. Gen. Pascual Melivo.
Gen. Melivo passed away on 26 December due to an aneurysm. He was 78. His body was cremated on 28 December, following a mass [...]