Philippines-Japan Friendship Park Marks 40th Anniversary on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017

Lord Takayama, Symbol of Philippine-Japanese Friendship, Guarding the DMCI Equipment Yard

But Will Plaza Dilao Still Be There?

►Plaza Dilao Is Now the Equipment Dump of DMCI, Builder of Skyway-3.

The Plaza Dilao Project, funded by popular subscriptions from Japanese cities, chambers of commerce, breakfast prayer-groups, and Catholic and Protestant churches in Japan — with land and labor donated by the City of Manila — was inaugurated as “The Philippines-Japan Friendship Park” on Nov. 17, 1977.
In brief, Nov. 17, 2017 marks:
►FORTIETH (40th) anniversary of the establishment of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Park at Plaza Dilao in 1977.
►25th (Silver) Anniversary of the proclamation of the Takayama Memorial as a National Monument by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on Nov. 17, 1992.
►425th year of the founding of the “Dilao” settlement in 1592 as the first Japantown (“nihon-machi”) in the Philippines. The Japantown was resettled in its fourth and present site (in front of the Paco Railway Station) only in 1762. Plaza Dilao has been located in its present spot for 255 years!
►ELEVENTH (11th) year of Plaza Dilao as ONE of Manila’s five Freedom Parks.
All these are great milestones in the history of the Philippines and Japan!

At 10:00 AM (Friday) – Laying of Flowers at the Pedestal of the Takayama Memorial. ◘

Prayer for Blessed Takayama’s Intercession

The final condition for Ukon Takayama’s canonization is that miracles be obtained through his intercession.

Let us therefore address ourselves to our saintly brother and ask Divine Providence to grant us through his intercessions what is impossible to man, be it a miraculous cure or something else which God Almighty alone is able to do. Let us have great confidence in the powerful intercession of this distinguished Servant of God, who will not fail to reward the heroic deeds in His Service by granting us our request, even if it would call for a great miracle. Favors obtained through Blessed Ukon Takayama’s intercession should be reported to the Bishop of your diocese so as to be presented to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

The following prayer may properly serve the purpose and ought to be addressed to the Lord by as many as possible, whenever human means fail to help us in our needs.

PRAYER

God, in Your Wonderful Providence, You have chosen Justus Ukon Takayama to be a singular promoter of Your Kingdom, and an undaunted witness to the Catholic Faith -- Reward, we beseech you, his zeal for Your Glory, and graciously grant us what we humbly ask through his intervention.

Grant us also that following his example, we may bravely bear all trials for the sake of our holy Catholic Faith. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

But Will Plaza Dilao Still Be There?

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