Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011

WHAT: Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011

WHEN: May 8 to 15 | 6 or 6:30 pm - onwards

WHERE: SMX Convention Center

SCHEDULE:

About Philippine Fashion Week

1987, Joey left freelance directing to start Runway Productions, an events company involved with the fashion and lifestyle industries. He continued in his role as model-maker, working for Ford Supermodel of the World Philippines from 1987 to 1993 and partnering with Asian modeling network giant Carrie Models to establish Cal Carrie’s International Models Philippines Inc, in 1994. Through CalCarrie’s Philippines, Asia’s brightest stars  to include Teresa Herrera, Sonia Couling, Sarah Meier were born.

  

Under Runway Productions, the Espino brothers not only produce Philippine Fashion Week but also reeled in Ford Models’ Supermodel of the World Philippines in 1999 as their modeling competition property. This enabled them to discover local talents who has the potential to be at par with the worlds best through the annual competition celebrating its 13th year this year. The Ford Models Supermodel of the World Philippines has discovered the like of Charo Ronquillo and Charlene “Chat” Almarvez who has appeared on the pages of Vogue US, Vogue China, V Magazine, Teen Vogue, Glamour Magazine, while gracing the runways of prestigious brands & designers Nanette Lepore, Halston, Diane Von Furstenberg, La Coste, Tracy Reese, Peter Som, and Port’s. Today Runway Productions vision of putting the Philippines on the global modeling map is now a reality. 

As a training ground to prepare more models for the advancement in the local fashion scene brought on by PFW, the Espino brothers created Master School for Models where local talents can learn the training skills needed to survive in the fast paced world of fashion, providing introductory, basic training and advanced programs for both aspiring and experienced models who would like to further excel their careers.

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love, now and always, 

Holy Week Special: Easter Sunday

Easter morning is marked with joyous celebration, the first being the dawn ceremony called the Salubong (Filipino: "meeting"). Images of the Resurrected Christ and the Virgin Mary, are brought in procession together to meet at a designated area called a "Galilea", usually located at the plaza fronting the church. It plays out the imagined reunion of Jesus and his mother Mary after the Resurrection. In some locales, statues of other saints involved in the Resurrection narrative accompany them, such as St. Peter and Mary Magdalene, as well as St. John the Evangelist.

The Virgin Mary is clothed or at least veiled in black to express bereavement. A girl dressed as an angel, positioned on a specially constructed high platform/scaffold or suspended in mid-air, sings the Regina Coeli in Latin or a local language and then dramatically removes the black veil, signifying the end of her grieving. This is accomplished by the "angel" simply pulling off the veil, or by tying it to balloons or doves and releasing these into the air. The Virgin is then transformed into the Nuestra Señora de Alegria, or Our Lady of Joy. The moment is marked by pealing bells and fireworks, followed by the Easter Mass that begins right after sunrise either at 6 or 7 in the morning. In some parishes however the pratice is done on midnight of Easter Sunday after the Easter Virgil the night before.

Easter Gospel:

Sunday, April 24, 2011  Easter Sunday (Solemnity)

First Reading: Psalm: Second Reading: Gospel: Acts 10:34, 37-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 John 20:1-9 Can the life of a good Christian be anything other than that of a man nailed to the Cross with Jesus Christ? -- St. John Vianney

love, now and always, 

Holy Week Special: Black Saturday

Black Saturday or Sabado de Gloria has the traditional silence and solemnity from the previous day spill over. Preparations are made for the Easter Vigil to be celebrated that evening.

Some parishes have a presentation where Judas hangs himself because of his treachery towards Jesus.

Black Saturday Gospel:

Saturday, April 23, 2011  Holy Saturday Night: The Easter Vigil

1) Genesis 1:1 - 2:2 or Genesis 1:1, 26-31 Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12-14, 24, 35 or Psalm 33:4-7, 12-13, 20-22 2) Genesis 22:1-18 or Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 Psalm 16:5, 8-11 3) Exodus 14:15 --15:1 (Ps) Exodus 15:1-6, 17-18 4) Isaiah 54:5-14 Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13 5) Isaiah 55:1-11 (Ps) Isaiah 12:2-6 6) Baruch 3:9-15, 32 - 4:4 Psalm 19:8-11 7) Ezekiel 36:16-28 Psalm 42:3, 5; Psalm 43:3-4 (Read when baptism is celebrated)  (Ps) Isaiah 12:2-6 or Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19 (Read when baptism is not celebrated) 8) Epistle: Romans 6:3-11 Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 9) Gospel: Mark 16:1-7 We confess that one and the same Christ, Lord, and only-begotten Son, is to be acknowledged in two natures without confusion, change, division or separation. The distinction between the natures was never abolished by their union, but rather the character proper to each of the two natures was preserved as they came together in one person (prosopon) and one hypostasis. -- Council of Chalcedon

love, now and always, 

Holy Week Special: Good Friday

Good Friday, or Biyernes Santo, is a public holiday, commemorated with solemn street processions, the Way of the Cross, the commemoration of Jesus' Seven Last Words or Siete Palabras, and a traditional Passion play called the Senákulo. 

In some communities, the processions include devotees who self-flagellate and sometimes even have themselves nailed to crosses as expressions of penance, in fulfillment of a vow, or in thanksgiving for a granted request.

After three o'clock in the afternoon (the time Jesus is traditionally believed to have died), all noise and merrymaking is discouraged, bathing is proscribed, and the faithful are urged to keep a solemn and prayerful disposition. Siete Palabras services, both on television and in parish churches, conclude at this moment. The Mass of the Passion of the Lord is held in all parish churches with the veneration of the cross for the closing.

Towards evening, there is a funeral procession of the deceased Christ known as "Prusisyon ng Sto. Entierro", similar to the procession of the epitaphios in Eastern Orthodoxy. The statue of the dead Christ, known as the Santo Entierro, is borne on a decorated "Calandra", funeral carriage , after which it brought around the community and back to the church to be venerated by the faithful and the "Pahalik sa Señor". Such a procession may involve images of other saints, but regardless of the number, tradition dictates that the last image in the procession is always the Mater Dolorosa. Other images in groups participating are those depicting the decent from the cross or burial.

Some places accord the statue of the Santo Entierro with proper funeral rites, such as laying the body in state or, as in some instances, by smoking the image over a fire in accordance with local, pre-Hispanic funerary customs. In the town of Pakil, Laguna,a tradition wherein the Santo Entierro is smoked several times along the procession, using lansones peelings for the fire while someone shouts "¡Señor, Misericordia, Señor!".

The marathon chanting or "pabasa" of the Pasyon, the epic narrative of Christ's Life, Passion, Death, and Resurrection, usually concludes on this day.

Good Friday Gospel:

Friday, April 22, 2011  Good Friday First Reading: Psalm: Second Reading: Gospel: Isaiah 52:13 -- 53:12 Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1 -- 19:42 Unless you strive after virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs. -- St. Theresa of Avila

love, now and always, 

Holy Week Special: Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday (Huwebes Santo) is the beginning of the Triduum (3 days leading up to Easter Sunday).

In the morning, the faithfuls (especially those living near the cathedral) join their parish priest in the usual morning mass in the cathedral. This time of the day is a very joyful celebration as this is considered by many priests in the country to be the day when they renew their sacerdotal vows. In most cases, banners saying 'WE LOVE YOU FATHER (name of the priest)' is seen outside the cathedral (or somewhere else appropriate) to signify their support their parish priests.

Also celebrated on this day is the last Mass before Easter (commonly called the Mass of the Institution of the Lord's Supper) usually including a reenactment of the Washing of the Feet of the Apostles; this Mass is followed by the procession of the Blessed Sacrament before it is taken to the Altar of Repose. A popular tradition is "Church Visit" or "Visita Iglesia", which usually involves going to 7 different churches to visit the exposed blessed sacrament after it is placed in the Altar of Repose.

Q: Why do people visit seven churches on Holy Thursday?

A: The custom goes back to the early Church when Christians would visit the seven great basilicas in Rome for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday. The sacramentary, the official altar book of the Church, says that after this Mass, "The faithful should be encouraged to continue adoration before the blessed sacrament for a suitable period of time during the night, according to local circumstances, but there should be no solemn adoration after midnight."

Visita Iglesia is a practice in cities, where there are many churches, in countries as diverse as Malta, Poland, Ireland and The Philippines. Filipinos have brought it to places in North America that never had it before.

Source: The Catholic Herald

Visita Iglesia can also be done online, click HERE. 

Maundy Thursday Gospel:

The Easter Triduum Thursday, April 21, 2011  Holy Thursday Evening – Mass of the Lord's Supper

First Reading: Psalm: Second Reading: Gospel: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15 After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan's temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he'll have an incentive to leave you alone. -- St. Ignatius of Loyola

love, now and always, 

Visita Iglesia Online

Catholics do not have to visit churches during the traditional “Visita Iglesia.’’ They can also do it online. By clicking the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Visita Iglesia website, visitaiglesia.net,  the faithful would be able to visit seven famous churches in the country.

These are the Manila Cathedral Basilica and San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila; Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila; San Lorenzo Ruiz Church and Santo Niño de Tondo Parish in Tondo, Manila; Nuestra Senora de Remedios in Malate, Manila; and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Shrine in Paranaque.

Aside from putting the picture of the church, the CBCP also included the 14 Stations of the Cross with the corresponding prayer. “This is to make the Visita Iglesia experience of the faithful complete,’’ the CBCP said.

But CBCP Media Director Msgr. Pedro Quitorio stressed that the portal should only serve as a substitute, especially those who cannot really go to church for some valid reasons.

source: Manila Bulletin

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Lady Gaga's New Song JUDAS

Lady Gaga faces new controversy again as she released her new single, ‘Judas’ on early Holy Monday. The songs was entitled, Judas and is being interpreted by some folks as an anti-religion message in the song in the days leading up to Easter.

MUSIC VIDEO

LYRICS

Ohohohoh

I'm in love with Judas

Ohohohoh

I'm in love with Judas

Judas! Judaas Judas! Judaas

Judas! Judaas Judas! GAGA

[Lady Gaga - Verse 1]

When he comes to me, I am ready

I’ll wash his feet with my hair if he needs

Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain

Even after three times, he betrays me

I’ll bring him down, bring him down, down

A king with no crown, king with no crown

[Chorus]

I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel

But I’m still in love with Judas, baby

I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel

But I’m still in love with Judas, baby

Ohohohoh

I'm in love with Judas

Ohohohoh

I'm in love with Judas

Judas! Judaas Judas! Judaas

Judas! Judaas Judas! GAGA

[Lady Gaga - Verse 2]

I couldn’t love a man so purely

Even darkness forgave his crooked way

I’ve learned our love is like a brick

Build a house or sink a dead body

I’ll bring him down, bring him down, down

A king with no crown, king with no crown

[Chorus]

I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel

But I’m still in love with Judas, baby

I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel

But I’m still in love with Judas, baby

Ohohohoh

I'm in love with Judas

Ohohohoh

I'm in love with Judas

[Bridge]

In the most Biblical sense,

I am beyond repentance

Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind

But in the cultural sense

I just speak in future tense

Judas kiss me if offenced,

Or wear an ear condom next time

I wanna love you,

But something’s pulling me away from you

Jesus is my virtue,

Judas is the demon I cling to

I cling to

[Chorus]

I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel

But I’m still in love with Judas, baby

I’m just a Holy Fool, oh baby he’s so cruel

But I’m still in love with Judas, baby

Ohohohoh

I'm in love with Judas

Ohohohoh

I'm in love with Judas

Judas! Judaas Judas! Judaas

Judas! Judaas Judas! GAGA

love, now and always,