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Muchas Gracias, Fr. Angel

By Jules L. Benitez

| January 8, 2023 - 5:05 pm

08angel11 — Fr. Angel Calvo, CMF receives a plaque of appreciation from the Katilingban sa Kalambuan in Zamboanga City on Saturday, 07 January 2023 during a farewell gathering held in his honor.[]

Fr. Angel bids farewell to his mission of 51 years as he goes back to Spain on January 20, leaving behind a legacy of peace and welfare services for the urban poor of Basilan and Zamboanga City.

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Fr. Angel arrived in Basilan for his first missionary assignment as a priest of the Claretian Fathers in 1972, five months before the declaration of Martial Law. The Philippines became his one and only mission in his entire priesthood.

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MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ