TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: MAGNIFICAT BOOK LAUNCH PICTURES

Saturday, June 30, 2012

MAGNIFICAT BOOK LAUNCH PICTURES

Magnificat: Mama Mary's Pilgrim Sites (Anvil 2012) was released yesterday, June 30 at Powerbooks, Greenbelt 4, Makati. Ten of the contributors were present: Angelita Cruz, Ma. Ceres Doyo, Tess Lopez, Guia Lim, Kris Sendin, Marsha Paras, Tessa Herrera-Tan, Lynley Ocampo, and Jaime Laya. The book's editor, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, was present with her son, Andrew Brainard. Karina Bolasco, Joyce Bersales, Gwenn Galvez and other Anvil staff were also present.

A number of the guests were from the Santa Ana Church Cofradia, guests of Jaime Laya who wrote about the Shrine of Our Lady of the Abandoned in Sta. Ana Church. Theresians also graced the event. Quite a number of contributors to the book are graduates of St. Theresa's College.

The book, Magnificat: Mama Mary's Pilgrim Sites, includes 24 articles focusing on Marian pilgrim sites, eight of which are Philippines sites. The book is published by Anvil and available in Powerbooks and National Bookstores. In the US, contact Linda Nietes of Philippine Expressions for copies.

Group photo, second from top, l-r: seated, Jaime Laya and Cecilia Brainard
Standing l-r: Kris Sendin, Marsha Paras, Lynley Ocampo, Tessa Tan,Tess Lopez, Guia Lim, Angelita Cruz, and Ceres Doyo

Group photo, third from top, l-r: seated, Mila Abola, Andrew Brainard, Cynthia Cervantes,
Standing l-r: Meng Sandico. Joy Damo, Maribel Paras, and Lynley Ocampo

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.