Sunday, June 2, 2013

Some Anthologies that include Cecilia Brainard's writings

Some Anthologies that include Cecilia Brainard's writings:

Asian American Literature, Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2001
A Taste of Home, editors Ed Maranan and Len Maranan-Goldstein, Anvil, 2008
The AA Literary Realm, Asian American Literary Forum, 1991
Amerasia Journal, Asian American Studies Center, UCLA, 1986
An Anthology of Philippine Writing in America, Philippine American Press Club of LA, 1989
Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers, Aunt Lute, 2000
Behind the Walls: Life of Convent Girls, Anvil, 2005
The Beginning and Other Asian Folktales, PAWWA, 1994
Cherished: 21 Writers on Animals They Have Loved and Lost, Abrecrombie, New World Library, 2011
City Dialogues: Life During Wartime, ed. D. Hideo Maruyama, City Dialogues Project, 2003
Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, Brainard, Anvil, 1998
Dis-Orient Journalzine, Hong, 1994
Going Home to a Landscape, ed. Villanueva & Cerenio, Calyx Books, 2003
Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults, PALH, 2003
Linking the World Through English, Diwa Textbooks, 2006
Fast Food Fiction, Noelle Q. de Jesus, Anvil, 2003
Fiction by Filipinos in America, Brainard, New Day Publishers, 1993
Finding God: True Stories of Spiritual Encounters, Anvil, 2009
Forbidden Fruit, Anvil Publishing Inc., 1992
From America to Africa: Essays of Filipino Women Overseas, FAI, 2000
FIL-AM: The Filipino American Experience, Publico, 1999
Fern Garden, UP Press, 1999
Harvest I, Ed. Lina Espina Moore, New Day Publishers, 1992
Home to Stay: Asian American Women's Fiction, Ed. Bruchac & Watanabe, Greenfield Review Press, 1990
Journey of 100 Years; Reflections on the Centennial of Philippine Independence, PAWWA, 1999
Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings by and About Asian American Women, Ed. Asian Women United California, Beacon Press, 1989
New to North America, Burning Bush Publications, 1998
The Perimeter of Light:Writing About the Vietnam War, New Rivers Press, 1992
Philippine American Short Stories, Giraffe, 1997
Philippine Speculative Fiction, Alfar, Kestrel, forthcoming
Pinay: Autobiographical Narratives by Women Writers,1926-1998, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2000
On a Bed of Rice, Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1995
Our World of Reading Gr. 7, Anvil, 2010
Remembering Rizal: Voices from the Diaspora, Lozada, PAWA, 2011
Search, The Augustinian Journal of Cultural Excellence, Colegio San Agustin, 2005
Seven Stories From Seven Sisters: A Collection of Philippine Folktales, PAWWA 1992
Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images, Galang, Coffee House Press,2003
Sojourns, Mar Productions 1998
Songs of Ourselves, Anvil, 1994
St. Andrews Review, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, 1985
Tulikarpanen: Anthology of Filipina Writings, translated into Finnish, ed. Ritta Vartti 2001
The Quill: The Asian Writer's League Journal, 1991

Traces of Spanish Colonial Philippines - photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Traces of Spanish Colonial Philippines - photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

The Philippines was a colony of Spain for over three hundred years. Today, there is evidence of the Spanish Colonial days in the Philippines. Here are some pictures which I've taken. 
Top picture - detail of the Jesuit House in Cebu
Next - Detail San Agustin Church, Intramuros
Next - Intramuros courtyard
Next - Chapel de Argao, Cebu
Next - Exterior Cebu Fort
Next - Detail San Agustin, Intramuros







tags: travel, history, Philippines, Spanish Colonial

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Some Treasures of the Louvre, Paris France- photos by Cecilia Brainard

Some Treasures of The Louvre in Paris- photos by Cecilia Brainard
(I didn't take these Louvre pictures this visit but the last.)

For more information about The Louvre, click here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Louvre












tags: art, museum, tapestry, Mona Lisa, Paris, France, history, sculpture, paintings, Louvre

Friday, May 31, 2013

Random Pictures of Lyon, France, photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Random Pictures of Lyon, France, photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Reasons to visit Lyon, France:
- It is the third largest city in France;
- It is the Gourmet Capital of France;
- It was the capital of Gaul during the Roman times;
- It was the silk capital during the Renaissance;
- It costs less than Paris, France;
- St. Jean Marie Vianney lived here;
-  Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of the Little Prince, lived here.

Here's a Wikipedia link for more information about Lyon, France:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon










Pictures:
Top - Roman ruins in Lyon, France; amphitheater is still used;
Next - Picture of Dardilly;
Next - downtown building with mural of famous Lyonnaise
Next - That's Cecilia in front of a mural
Next - Atelier du Griffon (Wigmaker's Workshop)
Next - Church
Next - Church
Bottom - Restaurant

tags: Lyon, France, travel, Roman city, ruins, Antoine Saint Exupery, food, gourmet capital


Thursday, May 30, 2013

Food and Wine in France - photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Food and Wine in France, photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard







tags: France, Europe, Paris, food, wine, bread, pastries, meat, cuisine

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Sacred Places in France - photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Here are some pictures of Catholic Churches in France, which I took.

"Here God dwells for those who call on Him." ~ Cecilia Manguerra Brainard


Top: Chapel on Blomet St., Paris France
Next: Baune, France
Next: Dardilly, Lyon, France
Next: Basilica, Lyon, France


 






tags: Catholic churches, chapels, basilicas, religion,devotion, God, Jesus, Christianity

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Stain Glass Windows in Paris Chapel, photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Stain glass Windows in Paris Chapel, photos by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard





I took these pictures of stain glass in a small chapel in Paris, France. The bottom picture shows the exterior of this small chapel in a former nunnery on Blomet St., Paris. The place is now the Clinique Blomet, 136 bis rue Blomet, 75015, Paris.

Read also My Love Affair With France, by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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tags: Catholic, church, chapel, religion, stain glass windows, travel, France, Paris

Monday, May 27, 2013

St. Jean-Marie Vianney, Cure of Ars - pictures by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

 ST. JEAN-MARIE VIANNEY or THE CURE OF ARS

Do you remember St. Jean-Marie Vianney?  He's the patron saint of parish priests. The following information is from the site Sacred Destinations:

"During his lifetime, St. John Vianney founded an orphanage for girls and became internationally famous for his spiritual direction. He was known for his powerful sermons, personal example of holiness and his ability to perform miracles. He was said to be able to read souls in the confessional and predict future events.

Throughout France there was a saying, "There is a holy man in Ars; go and see him." And people did - between 1830 and 1845 an average of 300 people visited Ars every day to meet with St. John Vianney. He slept only two hours a night so he could serve all the pilgrims, and spent up to 17 hours a day hearing confessions.

The Curé of Ars also ate little, dressed in old clothes and slept on a hard bed. He was said to have been attacked by the Devil regularly, including one famous incident in which the Devil set the saint's bed on fire."

I had the privilege of visiting his home in Dardilly, Lyon, France and the church there. I also visited the Basilica in Ars with his preserved body.

St. Jean-Marie Vianney, pray for us!

Here are some pictures:
Top: Home of Jean-Marie Vianney;
Next: Altar in church near his home;
Next: Main Altar of the Basilica of Ars;
Bottom: The Incorrupt Body of St. Jean-Marie Vianney






 tags; Catholic, religion, saints, France, Dardilly, Ars, Lyon, St. Jean-Marie Vianney, St. John Vianney

Friday, May 24, 2013

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Paris, France - photos by Cecilia Brainard

Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Paris, France
I visited this chapel where Mary appeared to St. Catherine Laboure of the Daughters of Charity.
For more information, click on the site below:

http://www.chapellenotredamedelamedaillemiraculeuse.com/EN/a__Welcome.asp

tags: Paris, France, Catholic, Mary, Pilgrim Site, Marian, pilgrimage

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Notre Dame the Paris, and Details - Pictures by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Notre Dame the Paris, and Details - Pictures by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
I took these pictures of Notre Dame, showing the back, side, and front, and also close-up of two gargoyles in the back. The side shows the flying buttresses very well.

The building of Notre Dame began in 1160, although construction and reconstruction went on for hundreds of years.
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tags: churches, Notre Dame, France, Gothic, Catholic