Scenes from Farewell Mass for Bishop Claver

Bishop Claver's Itinerary

01 July, 8:00pm Mass at the Loyola House of Studies, Ateneo de Manila, QC
02 July, 8:00pm Mass at the Loyola House of Studies, Ateneo de Manila, QC
03 July, afternoon Arrival at St. Mary Magdalene, Lagawe, Ifugao
Mass in the evening
"Hudhud"
04 July, noontime Arrival at the Sta. Rita Cathedral, Bontoc, Mountain Province
05 July, 9:00 am Eucharistic Celebration, presided by Bishop Rudy Beltran
06 July, morning Start to Manila
06 July, evening Arrival at the Loyola House of Studies, Ateneo de Manila, QC
07 July, 2:30om Mass at the Loyola House of Studies, Ateneo de Manila, QC
Funeral follows at the Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, QC

Bishop Claver, 81

We are reprinting here the news item on Philippine Daily Inquirer, 02 July 2010:

MANILA, Philippines—Bishop Francisco Claver, one of the ardent civil rights defenders during the Marcos martial law years, died Thursday, according to a report on the website of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.

He was 81.

Claver, a Jesuit priest, succumbed to pulmonary embolism at 2:41 a.m. at the Cardinal Santos Memorial Center, the report said.

Former CBCP president and Cotabato archbishop Orlando B. Quevedo said of Claver: “Filipino prophet without peer, truest priest, innovative humble shepherd, a very dear friend. He is with Jesus whom he proclaimed with eloquent words, spoken and written, in all arena of human life. Who can take his place? My tears flow.”