Eduardo Hontiveros
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| Fr. Eduardo Hontiveros, SJ | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Eduardo Pardo Hontiveros |
| Also known as | Fr. Honti |
| Born | December 20, 1923 Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines |
| Died | January 15, 2008 (aged 84) Quezon City, Philippines |
| Genre(s) | Inspirational music, liturgical music |
| Occupation(s) | Jesuit Priest Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, accordion |
| Label(s) | Jesuit Music Ministry (JMM) |
| Associated acts | Tinig Barangka, Himig Heswita, Bukas Palad Music Ministry, Hangad and other JMM artists (as composer) |
Eduardo Pardo "Fr. Honti" Hontiveros (20 December 1923 – 15 January 2008) was a Filipino Jesuit composer and musician, best-known as an innovative creator of Philippine liturgical music.
He was born in Molo, Iloilo City, one of eight siblings, to Jose Hontiveros and Vicenta Pardo. He studied at the Capiz Elementary School and transferred at the Ateneo de Manila High School, graduating in 1939. He entered the San Jose Seminary from 1939 to 1945, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1945; he made his first vows as a novice in 1947. He studied theology in the United States in 1951, and was ordained by Cardinal Francis Spellman in 1954.
With the Vatican II mandate of localization of the Holy Mass, Fr. Honti began to write liturgical hymns in the 1960's, where the mission of his first hymn was to provide a song that local people could easily learn and sing at worship, for the Jesuit-administered parish at Barangka in Marikina. This brought about the tradition of religious music in the country which would later come to be known simply as "Jesuit Music".[1]
His works include "Papuri sa Diyos", "Magnificat (Ang Puso Ko'y Nagpupuri)", "Maria, Bukang-Liwayway" (lit. "Mary, Star of the Morning"), "Pananagutan" (lit. "Responsibility"), among many others. His works have been published and sung in many parishes in the Philippines and in other countries as well; his "Papuri sa Diyos" has been sung at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.[2]. His publisher is the Ateneo de Manila University-based Jesuit Music Ministry.
Fr. Hontiveros suffered a stroke in 1991, affecting his mobility and his ability to communicate. On January 4, 2008, he was found sprawled and unconscious along the corridors of the Loyola House of Studies in Ateneo and it was later determined that he suffered another stroke[3]. He was pronounced dead on January 15, 2008. His funeral on January 19, 2008, was attended by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who presented a posthumous award for his contributions.[4]
[edit] Awards
- 1976 - Tanglaw ng Lahi Awards (Ateneo de Manila University)
- 1992 - Asian Catholic Publisher’s Outstanding Catholic Author Award
- 2000 - Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
- 2008 - Presidential Medal of Merit (posthumous)
[edit] See also
- Jesuit Music Ministry - Fr. Hontiveros's publisher
- Bukas Palad Music Ministry
- Hangad
[edit] Sources and References
- ^ http://www.jesuits.ph/New%20Web/jmm_about.html Go S.J., Johnny. About JMM.
- ^ http://www.adnu-alum.org/archive/apos1003.asp Seeing Christ in the Word: The Ministry of Jesuit Communications
- ^ http://www.jesuits.ph/articles/frhonti3 Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ, "Fr. Honti: A Most Sublime Song to God".
- ^ http://www.news.ops.gov.ph/photos-jan2008/photo1-011908.htm Office of the President-Office of the Press Secretary
- Eduardo Hontiveros (1923-2008) - Fr. Hontiveros' obituary and biography from the official Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus website
- President Arroyo pays tribute to Fr. Hontiveros - News report from ABS-CBN Interactive
- Message of Condolence - eulogy of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Fr. Hontivero's funeral mass
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