Marciano Malvar Guzman was a Filipino
poet
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,
philosopher and
certified public accountant. He is also a best-selling author of Catholic books, a winner of the Catholic Mass Media Award. He was also a member of the governing body of Opus Dei in the Philippines from 1992 until his death on 28 May 2009.
He has a doctorate in Journalism and Philosophy from universities in Spain and Italy. ''Breaking into Light'', his collection of 100 selected poems, was published by the
University of Asia and the Pacific
The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P; Filipino: ''Pamantasan ng Asya at Pasipiko'') is a private university in the Philippines. It traces its beginnings to the Center for Research and Communication (CRC), which was established on August 1 ...
in Manila. His poetry has appeared mostly in Philippine national print publications like
Philippines Free Press
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, Solidarity and Philippine Graphic, among others. More recent credits include U.S. online magazines like
Flutter Poetry Journal,
Static Movement
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,
The Monongahela Review, and
Slow Trains Literary Journal.
He used his literary talents most by writing some best-selling Catechisms, the most popular of which was ''Guide to Christian Living''. He wrote many columns for newspapers on Catholic doctrine in language understandable to the ordinary person in the street. Many of these columns found their ways into books used in Religion classes in schools. He was the first chaplain of the
PAREF Woodrose School
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, the first school of Parents for Education Foundation.
Bishop
Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei, appointed him on 2 November 1992 as Regional Vice Priest Secretary of Opus Dei in the Philippines, a leading member of the governing body in the entire country, in charge of the apostolate with women.
He is the great grandnephew of the Philippine national hero,
Jose Rizal
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* Jose ben Abin
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, because the mother of his maternal grandmother was Soledad, a sister of Rizal. His full name is Marciano Malvar Guzman, since he is also a descendant of General
Miguel Malvar
Miguel Malvar y Carpio (September 27, 1865 – October 13, 1911) was a Filipino general who served during the Philippine Revolution and, subsequently, during the Philippine–American War. He assumed command of the Philippine revolutionary forc ...
, the last Filipino general to surrender to the American forces during the Philippine–American War. His mother is Josefina Malvar Guzman, daughter of Bernabe Malvar, son of the general. He wrote papers, articles and a book about Jose Rizal, specially dealing with Rizal's Retraction, entitled
Hard Facts About Rizal's Conversion'.
Guzman, Marciano, Hard Facts About Rizal's Conversion, Sinagtala 1988
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Works
*Breaking into Light
*Question and Answer Catechism
*Guide to Christian Belief
*Guide to Christian Sanctification
*Transforming hearts and structures : current and perennial issues on social ethics
*Light for Lives: Current Issues on Moral Values Queries and Replies on Love, Life, and Religion
*Hard Facts About Rizal's Conversion
References
Serving the Church as it wants
- article about Marciano Guzman in Manila Bulletin
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Poems in the Houston Literary Review
Hard Facts About Rizal's Conversion
Opus Dei prelature in the Philippines
Appointment as Regional Vice Priest Secretary
Footnotes
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2009 deaths
Filipino writers
Roman Catholic writers
English-language poets
Year of birth missing