Town History:
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Apalit | |
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Lubao | |
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Masantol | |
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Mexico | |
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Minalin | |
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San Fernando | |
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San Luis | |
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San Simon | |
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Santo Tomas |
Others:
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PASUDECO Compound | |
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Pampanga High School | |
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PHS Class of 1954 | |
Apalit Town Fiesta
The Apalit town fiesta is celebrated annually from June 28-30 highlighted by a Fluvial Festival in honor of St. Peter, the patron saint of Apalit.
The following photos showed the town fiesta Fluvial Parade on June 28, 1997.
Statue of St. Peter
New Alauli Shrine - Original Site
San Vicente, Apalit, Pampanga
The ivory image of St. Peter at the Capalangan Shrine acquired in 1844 from Spain by Don Pedro Armayan Espiritu.
Statue of St. Peter
New Alauli Shrine - Original Site
San Vicente, Apalit, Pampanga
The image of St. Peter at the Alauli Shrine. The acquisition of the image was made possible by the Knights of St. Peter. The construction of the shrine was initiated and coordinated by Edilberto S. Camiling with financial support from the Camiling families and friends in the USA.
About the Authors:
Andro and Tess Z. Camiling are conscientious researchers and writers of Kapampangan history, language and culture. They wrote “Pampanga: History and Culture", "Pampanga: Towns and Barangays", "The Province of Pampanga and Its People” and other articles including “Malay Relation With Kapampangan Language and Culture”, "Spanish Relation With Kapampangan Language and Culture", biographies of eighteen (18) famous Kapampangans and the history of the towns of Apalit, Lubao, Masantol, Mexico, Minalin, San Fernando, San Luis, San Simon and Santo Tomas of the Province of Pampanga, Philippines. Andro is a true-blue Kapampangan based in California USA where he was employed and retired as an accounting/financial director at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and practiced his CPA profession as a management and tax consultant. He is a Pampanga High School Centennial Awardee as an Outstanding Alumnus in the Field of Accountancy and a recipient of the City of San Fernando’s 2011 Outstanding Fernandino Award for Culture. His wife and co-author of the aforementioned articles, the former Teresita Manalansan Zuniga of Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines is a retired public school teacher in Pasadena, California. She was honored and awarded with Certificates of Recognition by the California State Assembly and the California State Senate for her outstanding dedication to teaching when she retired in 2003. Andro and Tess are dedicated socio-civic-religious leaders in their community and served as long-term presidents of their town non-profit charitable organizations in the USA.
