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Born Maria Remedios Marcos, Sr. Violeta originally studied Chemistry, and after graduating, took up a teaching position at La Consolacion college before entering the convent. |
Born Maria Remedios Marcos, Sr. Violeta originally studied Chemistry, and after graduating, took up a teaching position at La Consolacion college before entering the convent. In 1966, she became the director of the La Consolacion College in Manila.<ref name="BantayogProfile"/> |
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== Assignment to Negros island == |
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Ma. Violeta Marcos, AMP (Born Maria Remedios Marcos), July 18, 1937 - April 30, 2001 was a Filipino Roman Catholic Nun who was best known as the co-founder and first director of the Augustinian Missionaries of the Philippines (AMP)[1], and for her contributions to the resistance in opposition to the Martial Law dicatorship of Ferdinand Marcos - first through her diocesan social action involvements in Negros Occidental,[2] and later as part of the human rights organization Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP).[3]
The Sr. Ma. Violeta Marcos Wholistic Healing Center of the Augustinian Missionaries of the Philippines in Infanta, Quezon is named after her.[4] Her name is inscribed at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani as one of the heroes who fought for justice and democracy during the Martial Law era.[5]
Education and early career
Born Maria Remedios Marcos, Sr. Violeta originally studied Chemistry, and after graduating, took up a teaching position at La Consolacion college before entering the convent. In 1966, she became the director of the La Consolacion College in Manila.[3]
Assignment to Negros island
Work with Bishop Fortich
Sr. Violeta was instrumental in convincing Bishop Antonio Fortich of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod to become a voice for justice for the people of Negros, who were often victims of various Human Rights violations of the Marcos administration. She worked with a priest who had made an extensive collection of photographs of human rights abuses in Negros island, organizing them into collections and making copies. They gave these collections to the Bishop as documentation of the maltreatment of the people of Negros, persuading the Bishop that the congregation in Negros needed to take the side of poor people.[3]
Founding of the Augustinian Missionaries of the Philippines
Sr. Violeta and a group of other sisters from the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation in 1989, and when the request was granted in 1989, she became co-founder and first superior general of the the Augustinian Missionaries of the Philippines.[3]
References
- ^ "group of augustinian nuns to become diocesan missionary congregation". ucanews.com.
- ^ Doyo, Ma Ceres P. (December 7, 2017). "Wall honors sisters among modern heroes who helped restore justice in Philippines". Global Sisters Report.
- ^ a b c d "MARCOS, Ma. Violeta". July 7, 2015.
- ^ "Our Services". Augustinian Missionaries of the Philippines.
- ^ Doyo, Ma Ceres P. "Priests and religious fought Marcos tyranny". opinion.inquirer.net.
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