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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 160, September 25, 1987 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1987, TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1987, AS “LORENZO RUIZ MONTH”.

WHEREAS, the official decree for the beatification of Lorenzo Ruiz, Martyr, was promulgated on October 11, 1980 and September 28, 1987, designated as his feast day; and

WHEREAS, the Roman Catholic Church will officially canonize Lorenzo Ruiz as the first Filipino Saint, on October 18, 1987, a memorable event of national significance to a great number of the Filipino people;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from Monday, September 28, 1987, to Sunday, October 18, 1987, as “Lorenzo Ruiz Month”.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Acting Executive Secretary

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