TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Archbishop Jose Ma. Cuenco and Spain's Generalissimo Franco

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Archbishop Jose Ma. Cuenco and Spain's Generalissimo Franco

THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE DICTATOR-GENERAL

I found this old picture of my grand-uncle, Archbishop Jose Ma. Cuenco of Jaro, Iloilo with General Francisco Franco of Spain. Jose Ma. Cuenco was the older brother of my maternal grandfather, Senator Mariano Cuenco. I'm guessing this black and white photo was taken in the 1960s but it could have been in the 1950s as well. They both had age then.

Here's a link with more information about Franco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco

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The Bachelors and Femina Days of Cebu - Memorabilia photos
Old Photographs and Memories
The Schools I attended, Part 1, St.Theresa's College
The Schools I attended, Part 2, UP & Maryknoll
The Schools I attended, Part 3, UCLA

Saying Goodbye to Papa
Where the Daydreaming Came From
Death of a Carnival Queen

All for now,
Cecilia Brainard
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tags: history, Spain, Philippines, Francisco Franco

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.