SOMETHING TO REMEMBER

“GRASS GROWS QUICKLY OVER A BATTLEFIELD; OVER THE SCAFFOLD,

NEVER!” – WINSTON CHURCHILL
“HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE EVENTS OF 1872, RIZAL WOULD HAVE A
JESUIT….” – RIZAL
DEATH
CAVITE MUTINY – JANUARY 20, 1872
3 IMPORTANT EVENTS IN 1872
1. THE EXECUTION OF GOMBURZA
2. UNJUST IMPRISONMENT OF HIS MOTHER
3. FRUSTRATION OF PACIANO
THE 3 PRIESTS WERE REGARDED AS INSTIGATORS OF THE CAVITE MUTINY
TO OVERTHROW SPANISH DOMINATION
2 KINDS OF PRIESTS
1. REGULAR
2. SECULAR
REGULAR PRIESTS ARE MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS (AUGUSTINIANS,
FRANCISCANS, DOMINICANS, JESUITS AND RECOLLECTS)
SECULAR PRIESTS ARE NOT MEMBERS IN ANY RELIGIOUS ORDERS
REGULARS HAVE A MISSION TO FULFILL = SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY
CHURCH =
TO ADMINISTER THE CHURCH
16TH THERE WERE MANY FILIPINOS WHO WERE CONVERTED TO
CHRISTIANITY
SCARCITY IN NUMBER OF SECULAR PRIEST
HE RECOMMENDED TO THE POPE TO ALLOW REGULAR PRIESTS TO
ADMINISTER THE PARISHES
POPE PIUS V – HE ISSUED AN AUTHORIZATION CALLED EXPONI NOBIS TO
ALLOW REGULARS TO ADMINISTER THE PARISHES
BISHOPS AND ARCHBISHOPS
SUPERIORS
MASS RESIGNATION
16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES
18TH CENTURY – BASILIO STA. JUSTA
SECULARIZATION OF THE CHURCH
-MOVEMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE PARISHES
FROM REGULARS TO SECULARS – 1774
APPOINTMENT OF SEMINARIANS (ILL-TRAINED AND INCOMPETENT)
HE ORDAINED THE SEMINARIANS AND ASSIGNED THEM TO VACATED
PARISHES
IF YOU ARE A PRIEST, YOU ARE SOMEBODY
1776 – DESECULARIZATION
30-50 YEARS
CARLOS MARIA DELA TORRE – MOST LIBERAL MINDED GOVERNOR-GENERAL
IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. HE WALKED IN THE CITY-STREETS IN CIVILIAN ATTIRE WITHOUT ANY
BODYGUARD
2. HE TREATED BOTH FILIPINOS AND SPANIARDS EQUALLY
3. HE ALLOWED FILIPINOS TO ENTER THE PALACE FOR THE FIRST TIME
4. HE LIVED SIMPLY IN THE PALACE WITHOUT POMP AND EXTRAVAGANCE
 5. HE ABOLISHED STRICT CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS
6. HE ALLOWED FILIPINOS TO DISCUSS THEIR POLITICAL RIGHTS
COMMITTEE OF REFORMS
1, TO ADVOCATE REFORMS
2, TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE SECULARIZATION AND FILIPINIZATION OF THE
PARISHES
GOV-GEN RAFAEL DE IZQUIERDO = MOST AUTOCRATIC GOVERNOR-
GENERAL
HE ABOLISHED THE OLD-TIME PRIVILEGES OF SOLDIERS IN CAVITE
1. EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF TRIBUTE
2. EXEMPTED FROM RENDERING FORCED LABOR
JANUARY 20, 1872 = CAVITE MUTINY
FRANCISCO SALDUA WAS BRIBED TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE 3 PRIESTS
LA IBERIA – SPANISH NEWSPAPER THAT PUBLISHED THE THEORY OF
PROSECUTION. ACCORDING TO THE LA IBERIA
3 GROUPS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CAVITE MUTINY
1. MILITARY
2. NATIVE SECULARS
3. WEALTHY LIBERALS
THE SECULARIZATION CAMPAIGN WAS UTILIZED BY THE FRIARS AS AN
EXCUSE TO PERSECUTE THE THREE PRIESTS, NAMELY
1. FR. JOSE BURGOS
2. FR. JACINTO ZAMORA
3. FR. MARIANO GOMEZ
UNJUST IMPRISONMENT OF DONA TEODORA ALONZO
ALFEREZ (LIEUTENANT)
FODDER (FOOD FOR HORSES)
ANTONIO VIVENCIO DEL ROSARIO = FANATICAL MAYOR OF LAGUNA
SOLEDAD
MANUEL BLANCO DE VALDERAMA = ACTING GOV-GENERAL WHO RELEASED
DONYA TEODORA FROM PRISON.
SOLEDAD RENDERED A GRACEFUL DANCE THAT DELIGHTED THE GUESTS

3RD EVENT IN 1872 WAS THE FRUSTRATION OF PACIANO WHO WAS FORCED
TO QUIT SCHOLING SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS FRIEND OF FR.
JOSE BURGOS.

ALL THESE EVENTS INFLUENCED THE WHOLE LIFE OF RIZAL. HE PROMISED

TO DEDICATE HIMSELF TO WORD FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE FILIPINO
PEOPLE.