How to start a branch of the House of Dela Pena

Each country will have a Governador General and other post of office.

Every clan will select from the Local areas a Lord/ Lady Mayor, and other post of the office.

The Governador General will represent the Central house of Dela Pena, he will do the duties of a governor. to over see the activities and events of the clan in all part of his governance.
He must be the source of balance on peace and unity. During the reunion he will represent the whole clan present in his place of origin.
The Governador General will also be present in all local clan family reunion and submit all documentations to the central office at HOUSE OF DELA PENA BLK. 18 LOT 4, NAZARETH HILL, BUENAVISTA, PAGADIAN CITY, 7016, PHILIPPINES.

The Lord Mayor also do as the governador general in is local are of responsibility

The Mission: To bring back the Family crest to the world and promote Mercy and peace, to evangelize the Faith by doing the Deeds of Mercy as said in the Bible. VISION: That as long as there is a Dela Pena, no one left in the world unattended by their needs. Goal: That the humanitarian charism of all the Dela Pena remains alive for all times, and that The Message of the Divine Mercy will be evangelized.

DELA PENA OF THE WORLD TAKE YOUR PART AND HELP MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME. NOW IS THE TIME.

The Founder of the Mercidarians

St. Peter Nolasco

Feastday: January 28
1189-1256

With St. Raymond of Penafort, founder of the Order of Mercedarians, the religious community which sent members as ransom for Christian prisoners in the hands of the Saracens. Details of his life are uncertain, but he was probably a native of Languedoc, France. After taking part in the crusade against the heretic Albigensians of southern France, he became a tutor of King James I of Aragon and then settled at Barcelona. There he became friends with St. Raymond of Penafort, and in 1218, with the support of James I, they laid the foundation for the Mercedarians, devoted to the ransoming of Christian captives. Twice Peter went to Africa to serve as a captive, and it was reported that during one journey to Granada and Valencia he won the release from Moorish jails of some four hundred captive Christians. Retiring in 1249, he was followed as head of the order by William of Bas. He was canonized by Pope Urban VIII in 1628. His feast day is now confined to local calendars.

THE ORDER OF Blessed Louis de la Pena, Priest, Martyr, Mercedario

As we have already said, at the beginning, one of the titles used to refer to the Institute founded by Saint Peter Nolasco was Order of Mercy or of the ‘misericordia’ of captives. Mary’s name was added very early to this title.

The first time that Mary’s name is found in a document in the title of the Order is in the bull Prout Scriptura testatur of Pope Alexander IV, issued on May 3, 1258, in Perugia. Writing to archbishops, bishops, abbots, etc., to inform them of the spiritual graces and the faculties granted to the Mercedarians because of their beneficent work for the sake of captives, the pope states: “Considering that the Master and the friars of Blessed Mary of Mercy, also called of Saint Eulalia… work with all their power…” As the pope joins the name of Mary to the term mercy, we have the denomination Blessed Mary of Mercy as part of the Order’s title. From the context of the bull, it can be inferred that the name of Mary of Mercy was already known. One should not assume that the pope would have used the name of Mary without any motive or that he imposed it by his authority. Furthermore, the pope did not send the bull directly to the friars of the Order. The logical explanation must be sought in the interdependence between the Blessed Virgin and the Order dedicated to the redemption of captives. Mercedarians were convinced that the Mother of God, the Virgin Mary, intervened directly in the Order’s foundation. Consequently, the legislators of the 1272 Constitutions made Mary’s name official in the title by calling the Order: Order of the Virgin Mary of Mercy of the Redemption of Captives of Saint Eulalia.

Because of this belief, the name of the first Master, Peter Nolasco, never appears in the Order’s title in thirteenth century documents so that the glory and honor of the foundation would be attributed to the celestial lady, the messenger of the Trinity, whom the Mercedarian Order considers as its Foundress and Mother. Since the Mercedarian historian, Nadal Gaver (1445), this presence of Mary has been concretized in the account of the Virgin Mary’s apparition to Saint Peter Nolasco, ordering him because it was God’s will, to establish in her honor an Order committed to the redemption of captives.

The Dela Pena humanitarian act is also Promoting the Mercy of the Lord

Prayer to all those who Do Humanitrarian projects to Our Lady Mother of Mercy]

O QUEEN AND MOTHER OF THE DIVINE MERCY,
WE GLORIFY YOUR SON BY FOLLOWING HIS CALL TO BE MERCIFUL.
HELP US TO BE MERCIFUL TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED.
SHOWING MERCY TO OTHER IS FOR US THE ONLY WAY TO RECEIVE HIS MERCY ON THE LAST DAY.
BE WITH US AS WE TOUCH THEM, THAT NOT OUR HANDS THEY WILL FEEL BUT YOUR HEALING AND MOTHERLY HANDS.

THIS WE ASK TO THE MOST HOLY TRINITY.

AMEN

Our very own Saint of the Eucharist

Blessed Louis dela Pena, November 24

Blessed Louis de la Pena, Priest, Martyr, Mercedario
+ November 24, 1599

Of Chilean origin, Blessed Louis dela Pena received his Mercedarian religious training in Chile, professing before the year 1578. Ordained a priest, he held various offices in his province, especially evangelize Araucans and was Commendatore of the convent of Valdivia. In an attack Araucans warriors who entered the night in the convent, Father Luig, awakened after the other men, went down in the church and ate the consecrated hosts, to prevent them from being desecrated. He still had the ciborium in his hand, when the warriors came to the church and killed him with blows of lance and looking for the Blessed Sacrament, they opened his chest and tore his heart out. It was November 24 1599, where his body was burned in the fire of the church and he is considered a Martyr of the Eucharist.

Prayer for the Canonization of Blessed Louise dela Pena:

Oh Lord Jesus. son of the Father,

We ask you to raise your humble servant Blessed Louise dela Pena, who has a great love of you in the Eucharist. grant our petition in his intercession (name your request) may you be honored and love as the Lord of the Eucharist, and may his example ever mold us to love you more in the Blessed Sacrament. AMEN

1 Our Father 1 Hail Mary 1 Glory be

For graces and miracles receive send it via postal mail to:

THE HOUSE OF DELA PENA

Blk. 18 Lot 4, Nazareth Hill, Buenvista, Pagadian City

7016, Philippines

Your letters will be gathered and sent to the religious order where Blessed Louis enter religious life. And will be sent to Rome.

de la Pena [Castille] Coat of Arms / de la Pena [Castille] Family Crest

The Dela Pena Family Crest explained.

The three stars represents equality to all the Dela Pena of the three Countries.
the Top star represents the Family origin in Castille. The second star on the right represents the early Dela Pena in Mexico, and the third star represent the new generation in all parts of the world.

The red shield unites all the blood line as you will see in the crest.

Other symbols of the stars represents the Most Holy Trinity, the Almighty Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. and the red shield is the Church.

Importrant symbol of the shield is the Holy Grail.

Fiesta Dela Pena

Ocotober 14, 2003 is a memorable day. It was the rebirth of the ancient Dela Pena family crest.
It was this date that Jeffrey Dela Pena Lumbay was crowned Sovereign majesty Ceriel I.

How to Celebrate 1. The celebration starts with a Holy Mass, a thanks giving and healing of the Family tree. 2. After the mass there is food to be shared. fellowship or feeding and medical outreach program. 3. Socialization program. singing dancing and feasting. 4. Prayer for the ancestors souls, headed by the priest. 5. To close the event is a fireworks display.
The Patron saint of the Dela Pena is: SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST also known as SAN JUAN DELA PENA. because he use to pray on the rocky side of the mountain facing the sea, and it was on that spot that he wrote the book of the REVELATION.
So statue of Saint John the Evangelist should be present also.

Since the Dela Pena has a close connection of the Holy Grail there should be a chalice placed in a table at the right side of the altar to represent the Holy Grail. This then will be for the Dela Pena the feast of the Holy Grail too. See picture of Saint John with the Holy Grail. which he left at the famous San Juan Dela Pena Monastery in Spain now enshrine at the cathedral of Valencia.

So to all the Dela Pena of the World be noble and love your surname.