Color portrait of Dona Catalina
At last, the first color portrait of Dona Catalina Santos (1655 - 1727) has been made. It was done by the daughter of my mom's friend. Dona Catalina stands as a forgotten, but unbowed heroine, who fought for Cebu, the Philippines, Spain and the Catholic Church. She may have fought Moro pirates in the past, but now fights alongside her husband Alejandro (1643 - 1701) and Fray Julian Bermejo (1777 - 1851) against the modernist and corrupt West which removed Christ and devotes itself to secularism. While the Disney Princesses have a hundred thousand fans here in my country, Catalina's fans are only a small remnant who are ready to defend the faith. Catalina's few fans remind me of the Catholic Church reduced to a remnant while the Novus Ordo is praised everywhere. Catalina was born in Mandawi (now Mandaue) on November 25, 1655 and was named in honor of Catheri...