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Colegio de San Pascual Baylon [1] or the College of St. Paschal Baylon (CSPB), formerly Escuela Catolica and St. Pascual Institution (SPI), is a collegiate school at Obando, Bulacan in the Philippines. The school started as a catechetical school on February 11, 1913, through the efforts of Rev. Fr. Juan Dilag, then parish priest of Obando. It ...
At the young age of 18, Paschal left home for Valencia, and became a Franciscan brother. Paschal Baylon was beatified by Pope Paul V and canonized a saint by Pope Alexander VIII, in 1690. He is the patron saint of chefs, cooks, and kitchens. St Paschal's Feast Day is on May 17, a weekend the parish hosts a Spring Fling Festival to honor him.
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Sept. 13, 1958: These three sophmores were among 400 Paschal High School students, teachers and parents who left on a special Fort Worth and Denver train to attend the Paschal-Monterey high school ...
Paschal Baylón was born on 16 May 1540 at Torrehermosa, in the Kingdom of Aragon, on the feast of the Pentecost to the poor but pious peasants Martin and Elizabeth Jubera Baylón. [4] He was named Paschal in honour of Pascua de Pentecosta, for local custom required that a child be called after the saint or feast day on which it was born. [5]
During the 18th century, the Franciscan missionaries built the town church and introduced the veneration of Saint Paschal Baylon. His surname, Baylon, was taken to mean "one who likes dancing", ultimately derived from the Spanish bailar ("to dance"). Like St. Clare, the saint also became a patron invoked for fertility, wealth, and abundance.
Founded by Franciscan missionaries, under the Spanish Empire, it is the venue of the three-day Obando Fertility Rites held annually in honor of three patron saints, namely: St. Pascual Baylon, St. Claire of Assisi and Our Lady of Salambao, [3] a celebration that was mentioned by Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero, in the pages of his ...
One of three teens arrested in the fatal shooting of a junior from Paschal High School pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 35 years in prison, the Tarrant County Criminal District ...