VISIT FROM THE PHILIPPINES, RUDY ABAO MSC

Recently, Rudy Abao from the Philippines Province paid a visit to Australia.

Visiting Daramalan College, Canberra

From 1958 to the end of the 1960s, Filippino students came from the Phlippines for their theological studies at Croydon.  One of them died here, Demetrio Sepe, and is buried in the cemetery at Croydon.

Rudy Abao, Jose Pascual and Pedro Arguillas (who died some years ago) came to Croydon in 1962, almost 60 years ago.

From the Archives,  Pedro Arguillas, Rudy and Philip Malone.

Rudy was a man of social justice and suffered during the Marcos regime.  Later he became Provincial Superior and head of the MSC Media Centre, Communication Foundation for Asia, in Santa Mesa, Manila.

He was able to renew memories and meet many friends and contacts, especially in Melbourne and Sydney.  He joined the Victoria/Tasmania community at a meal.