The Cassandra Martyrs of Charity were a group of twelve Catholic and Protestant religious workers who perished in the sinking of the M/V Doña Cassandra off the coast of Surigao on November 21, 1983.[1][2][3]
They were involved in charity work to serve communities impoverished and marginalized under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, and were on their way to a retreat and planning meeting in a Cebu city when their vessel began to capsize after being battered by Typhoon Warling (International name: Orchid).[4] As a group, they were last seen "praying, distributing life vests, helping children put theirs on, instructing other passengers to hasten towards the life rafts and to be ready to abandon ship,"[1] but perished when emergency supplies ran out and the boat finally sank.[5][6]
Some of the group's members were later honored by having their names inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, which honors the heroes and martyrs whose actions eventually helped bring down the authoritarian regime.[7]
Individuals honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayaniedit
Details of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, showing the names of two separate batches of Bantayog Honorees (1999 and 2013 respectively), including that of the following martyrs: Remedios Chuidian, Lourdes Conti, Mary Virginia Gonzaga, and Mary Catherine Loreto (left/top), and Inocencio Ipong (right/bottom).
Inocencio Ipong of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) and Sisters Remedios Chuidian, Lourdes Conti, Mary Catherine Loreto, and Mary Virginia Gonzaga of the Religious of the Good Shepherd (RGS) were later nominated to be honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, with the sisters honored in 1999, and Ipong honored in 2013. Their names are now engraved on the Bantayog's Wall of Remembrance.[1]
Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, showing names from the 2015 batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Ester Resabal-Kintanar.
Also enshrined at the Bantayog is Ester Resabal-Kintanar, a teacher and activist who was also on board the M/V Doña Cassandra, but is generally not included as one of the Martyrs of Charity. She was honored in 2015.
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^"Wall honors sisters among modern heroes who helped restore justice in Philippines". Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd. December 11, 2017.
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