1974 Sacred Heart Novitiate raid

The August 24, 1974 military raid on the Sacred Heart Novitiate in the Novaliches district of Quezon City in the PhilippinesEsmaquel Paterno R. II https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/124969-ateneo-presidents-marcos-statement-signatures/ Ateneo presidents slam Bongbong Marcos 'revision of history' Rappler 2016-03-07The Fall of the Dictatorship https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/the-fall-of-the-dictatorship/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20170903153904/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph:80/featured/the-fall-of-the-dictatorship/ 2017-09-03 Government of the Philippines Official Gazette is considered an important turning point in the Philippine Catholic Church's resistance to the Marcos dictatorship.1974-09-02 Catholics Hold Vigil In Manila to Protest Raid on a Novitiate en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/02/archives/catholics-hold-vigil-in-manila-to-protest-raid-on-a-novitiate.html 2020-10-04 0362-4331 It was one of the key contributors to the emergence of the "middle force" of the opposition to Ferdinand Marcos, which were willing to work towards the dictator's ouster but were not part of the leftist opposition which had led the movement against Marcos up until that point.Yabes Criselda http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/marcos-legacy-and-the-philippine-military Marcos’ Legacy And The Philippine Military Positively FilipinoGonzales Nikolo 2021-09-01 A Sign of the Times: The Raid of the Sacred Heart Novitiate Signalling a Shift in Marcos-Church Dynamic https://hrvvmemcom.gov.ph/sign-of-the-times-raid-on-sacred-heart-novitiate/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20230928232923/https://hrvvmemcom.gov.ph/sign-of-the-times-raid-on-sacred-heart-novitiate/ 2023-09-28 2025-05-31 Human Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission en-US A Jesuit seminary, the Novitiate had become the subject of the raid because the regime's forces had mistakenly thought that a communist leader was holding a meeting there.Youngblood Robert L. May 1978 Church Opposition to Martial Law in the Philippines https://online.ucpress.edu/as/article/18/5/505/21362/Church-Opposition-to-Martial-Law-in-the Asian Survey en 18 5 505–520 10.2307/2643463 0004-4687 subscription When the 150 soldiers who conducted the raid found that the communist leader they were looking for was not at the seminary, they arrested a priest, Jose Blanco, and accused him of being the "secretary general of an allegedly anti-government organization."Jimenez-David Rina 2017-11-10 Reaching a turning point https://opinion.inquirer.net/108600/reaching-turning-point 2020-10-04 INQUIRER.net en They also arrested the head of the Jesuit order in the Philippines at the time, Benigno "Benny" Mayo, and 21 leaders of a youth group called Student Catholic Action (SCA), who were at the seminary to attend a workshop.Youngblood Robert L. 1978-05-01 Church Opposition to Martial Law in the Philippines https://online.ucpress.edu/as/article/18/5/505/21362/Church-Opposition-to-Martial-Law-in-the Asian Survey en 18 5 505–520 10.2307/2643463 2643463 0004-4687 subscription The raid took place mere months after the appointment of Cardinal Jaime Sin as the new Archbishop of Manila, and it resulted in Sin's first act of dissent against the Marcos dictatorship - issuing a pastoral letter which would be read aloud in all the churches of the Archdiocese of Manila, which covered the whole of the Philippines' capital region. Various leaders of the Catholic Church in the Philippines would continue to criticize and sometimes actively resist Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship for the next fourteen years, culminating with Sin calling on Filipinos to rally in the streets in late February 1986 - the beginning of the People Power Revolution which finally ousted Marcos.Esmaquel II Paterno 2016-02-27 Church after EDSA: Beyond ‘Cardinal Sin power’ https://www.rappler.com/philippines/123917-catholic-church-edsa-politics-cardinal-sin/ 2025-05-31 Rappler en-US See also Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos References expanded Category:History of the Philippines (1986–present) Category:1984 in the Philippines Category:Manila during the Marcos dictatorship Category:Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos