Disputes with Tiwi Our Lady of Salvation

1 disputes tiwi

1.1 traslación
1.2 disputes ricardo sayson
1.3 creation of joroan parish
1.4 episcopal decree of 1919
1.5 rising tensions
1.6 august riot
1.7 final settlement

disputes tiwi

the church in tiwi image enshrined 1895 1919.


traslación

after church finished, image translated mountain chapel new shrine, beginning annual custom of image s traslación tiwi.

the people of tiwi ardent devotees of our lady of salvation. tradition gives account whenever fiesta in tiwi approaching, parish priest retrieve image joroan. arrival of image in tiwi moment of great rejoicing, , band accompany entry town.

the practice cut short typhoon devastated joroan in 1895. chapel destroyed, image miraculously still standing intact on pedestal. people of joroan reconstructed half of chapel debris, later on deteriorated. long , bitter rift between peoples of joroan , tiwi began, , since former under rule of latter, rev francisco borondia took image tiwi until proper chapel built in joroan.

this meant direction of traslación reversed, , people of joroan borrowed image during fiestas— arrangement resented. lost right it; why had spent lot of time, effort, , money recover it, , had inevitably incur ire of people of tiwi.

disputes ricardo sayson

most rev. john bernard mcginley, bishop of nueva cáceres , arbiter of dispute between tiwi , joroan on image.

in 1917, joroan planned hold grand celebration beginning of novena honouring image few days after fiesta. on ninth day, people of joroan requested of rev ricardo sayson, tiwi parish priest, image allowed stay little longer in joroan might make further homage virgin. sayson refused, , arrogantly taunted people, daring them file complaint @ court.

the people of joroan drafted letter rev john bernard mcginley, bishop of nueva cáceres, requesting designation of separate pastor joroan. pedro colar , lino clutario tasked deliver request, , set out see in naga, turned since mcginley visiting albay. emissaries overtook mcginley in iriga, bishop refused discuss matter there, suggesting talk in malinao on 17 november 1917. on appointed date, joroan again sent clutario, time miguel diolata, , brothers felipe , lorenzo clutario.

lino clutario group s spokesman, had best command of english. during audience, clutario told bishop mcginley joroan wanted separate pastor barrio, , image of our lady of salvation ordered returned them. bishop declined first request due lack of priests in diocese, contemplated on second order of verification of origin of image. audience set 2 days later, time tiwi venue, nothing favourable people of joroan resulted conference. issue brought court, narciso cultivo spearheading case of real owner of image, , domingo imperial lawyer. civil court deemed ecclesiastical matter , dropped it, endorsing case bishop mcginley.

creation of joroan parish

in 1918, rev. tomás bernales succeeded sayson pastor of tiwi. bishop mcginley authorised him settle dispute joroan. in may of year, councilor alfajara , lieutenant cultivo of joroan met bernales, , both sides agreed joroan become separate parish covering sogod, matalibong, bariis, maynonong, misibis, dapdap, , mayong. bishop mcginley informed of agreement, , named rev. lamberto s. fulay first parish priest. parish of joroan canonically erected on 18 september 1919, fulay assuming duties curé on 8 october.

the image of lady of salvation still in tiwi, in accordance 1918 agreement, traslación scheduled 20 november 1919. joroan church had no proper paraphernalia time being, bernales lent of things, while donations began pour in on albay newly established parish.

the images greeted fireworks boat docked @ joroan, , there great jubilation among townsfolk. next morning, solemn high mass celebrated huge number of pilgrims on bicolandia in attendance. present vicar forane; pastors of tiwi, tabaco, , nabua; governor of albay; board members of provincial government; municipal president; municipal council; , other prominent people.

episcopal decree of 1919

among terms of agreement made when joroan raised status of parish episcopal decree constandoonos of 18 september 1919. decree states that:

menos qué por el espacio de quince días continuos cada año pueda estar (la imagen) en la iglesia de tiwi, bajo instrucción del parroco de tiwi, para el debido culto de los fieles. y se ordena que la transferancia y conducción annual tiwi sean hechos con todo decoro y solemnidad convenientes.

(“except space of fifteen consecutive days, image can stay in church of tiwi under disposition of parish priest due cult of faithful. ordained annual transfer , conduction tiwi made proper decorum , solemnity.”)

although parish now, joroan still had several issues. decree no guarantee image in joroan s possession, committee organised purpose of appealing bishop mcginley decree s revision , removal of clause “except span of fifteen days”. mcginley rejected request further stating decree part of terms of agreement elevation of joroan status of parish, , representatives signed it.

rising tensions

in 1920, joroan reminded comply decree. people however, still adamant fear unfavourable might happen , majority of people, women, no longer favoured idea of lending image of lady of salvation tiwi. prompted bishop mcginley dispatch joroan fr. luis dimaruba, priest vested ecclesiastical authority, advise people regarding insolence, , persuade them urgency of lending image tiwi since fiesta approaching. however, after encouragement , assurance of image’s return parish priest led people reluctantly lend tiwi image.

on 6 august 1920, cohort bernales leading them, arrived in joroan take image. before image taken, bernales reassured people image shall returned after fifteen days. absence of image in altar of church made people of joroan anxious never lost track of fifteen-day promise. however, realizing tiwi had not yet returned image though fifteen-day agreement had expired, people dispatched big boat tiwi remind bernales agreement had expired , image.

the august riot

when fulay greeted bernales, later compelled return image. huge number of people tiwi present in church bid image farewell. however, when image handed on fulay, 1 of onlookers screamed , seized image bernales. visitors joroan cried foul , rioting ensued.

the message clear: people of tiwi refused give image violently declaring image theirs. claim backed alleged testimony of elders of tiwi image in question copy of original: copy belonged tiwi, while original joroan’s. folklore held in days there antique image of our lady of salvation, , image’s hermana mayor mitay. when still in condition used brought down chapel whenever image in tiwi, has been deteriorated age. people of joroan abandoned it, , title of our lady of salvation present image bears originated antique image.

final settlement

fulay, seeing brawl no good, advised parishioners go home instead. wrote letter bishop mcginley heightened tensions between peoples of joroan , tiwi. in response, mcginley reassured joroan image returned them. owing previous rioting, image kept in house of vicente vera more month, , on 28 september of year image returned joroan.

to prevent future violence, bishop mcginley on 18 august 1920 declared that:

to keep ardour of same marian devotion in tiwi , prevent further tensions, mcginley permitted creation of replica tiwi. original image has been permanently enshrined in joroan since 1920.

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