December 27, 2018
This is to inform you that FR. MAKAIROG R. REYES, S. J. died sometime this morning, December 27, 2018, in Mary the Queen Parish, San Juan. M.M. His body was found in his room early this afternoon. Fr. Reyes turned 80 on 18 December. He entered the Society in 1969 and was ordained to the presbyterate in 1976.
The wake starts today in the Andechaga Hall of Mary the Queen Parish, San Juan, M.M. Daily wake Masses at 8 p.m. in the Parish church.
The funeral Mass will be at 8 a.m. on Monday, 31 December in Mary the Queen Parish church. Interment in the cemetery at Sacred Heart Novitiate follows right after the funeral Mass.
Requiescat in pace.
BIOGRAPHY OF FR. MAKAIROG R. REYES, S.J.
by Sch. Amado T. Tumbali, S.J., Asst. Province Archivist
Fr. Makairog Ramos Reyes, S.J. was born on 18 December 1938 in Caloocan City. He took up his basic education at Jose Rizal Elementary School and Southeastern College, both in Pasay City. Before joining the Jesuits, he did some units in Refrigeration Engineering at FEATI University and finished with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at University of Sto. Tomas in 1963.
He entered Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches on 30 July 1969. His batchmates were Alexander Benedicto, Wilfredo Bobis, Alberto de la Cruz, Jose Teodoro Mallonga, Reynaldo Ocampo, Timoteo Ofrasio, Ruben Reyes, Leonel Sumpaico, Ramon Taroy, Wilfredo Capada, and Calixto Silverio. As a Scholastic, Fr. Mac (or Mak) got an M.A. in Philosophy at Ateneo de Manila University, then went directly to Theology at Loyola School of Theology. He was ordained a Deacon in December, 1975 in the Oratory of St. Ignatius, Loyola House of Studies by Most Rev. Gaudencio Rosales, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila. The presbyterate followed in the same chapel by Most Rev. Amado Paulino, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, on 13 March 1976. His co-ordinands were Frs. Rene Javellana and Pablo Cavan.
Fr. Mak spent his first years as a priest at Arvisu House Pre-Novitiate (1976-1982), along Katipunan Road in Loyola Heights. While there, he was Assistant Director (1976-78), Assistant Vocation Promoter of the Province (1977-82), Director of the Pre-Novitiate (1978-82), and a Guidance Counselor at Ateneo de Manila High School (1977-82).
He went briefly to the U.S.A. for Tertianship at Leo Martin House in Spokane, Washington (1982-83) under Frs. Joseph Conwell and Loren Houldson. He also did some counseling updating at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California and parish ministry (1983-84). He returned to Manila in 1985 for his longest assignment (18 years), in the Jesuit Residence as he worked in the Province Vocation Promotions Office (1985-91) and in AdMU’s High School Guidance Office (1985, 1997-2002) and Chaplaincy (1994-97). It was in the High School that he pronounced Final Vows in St. Stanislaus Kostka Chapel on 22 August 1990.
In 2003 Fr. Mak became Minister at Xavier House in Sta. Ana, Manila while serving as Assistant Chaplain at the Philippine General Hospital (2003-09). From 2009 till his death, he did parish ministry at Mary the Queen in San Juan. He died unexpectedly in his sleep at the parish rectory, on 27 December 2018, nine days after his 80th birthday. He would have celebrated his golden jubilee as a Jesuit in 2019.
Jay Lopez on December 29, 2018 AT 03 am
His birthdate is listed as 1938 so he turned 80 (not 79) this year.
Further, in the tags below, it says born 1939. Which is which? 1938 or 1939? 79 or 80?
Philippine Jesuits on December 29, 2018 AT 03 am
Thanks for the correction. We’ve already edited the post. God bless!
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