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Photo Courtesy of Our Lady of Most Holy Rosary Parish<\/a> Facebook Page<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Main News Article \/ Blog \/ Content” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Aranzazu Parish is set to welcome Rev. Fr. Rodrigo \u201cRic\u201d Eguia on his arrival as the new parish priest on Monday, August 2, 2021.<\/p>\n Fr. Ric, who is already in his 29th year in the vocation, was the previous parish priest of Our Lady of The Most Holy Rosary Parish in Montalban, Rizal.<\/p>\n His first mass as the parish priest will be broadcasted live on the Aranzazu Shrine\u2019s Facebook Page<\/a> and Youtube Channel<\/a> on Wednesday, August 4, 6:00 PM.<\/p>\n On his personal Facebook account, Fr. Ric shared the whole story on how he was called in the priesthood journey. He admitted that he always wanted to have a married life and family until he had not one but four dreams to make him act towards the calling.<\/p>\n Fr. Ric was 25 years old when he started having dreams about a man who seemed like a shepherd and was looking for more men to join him in the mission. Fr. Ric tried to ignore those dreams but it bothered him so much that he felt the need to ask for God\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n God seemed to have answered Fr. Ric\u2019s prayers when an acquaintance whom he hadn’t talked to for a long time called him and asked him to accompany him to a seminary.<\/p>\n The young Ric broke up with his then girlfriend and left his dream job as an engineer to follow God\u2019s will even when his mother was against it in the beginning.<\/p>\n Interestingly enough, Fr. Ric\u2019s mother revealed to him that he was a menopause baby and the people around her mother suggested not to continue conceiving him since it would be risky for her and for the baby.<\/p>\n Fr. Ric\u2019s God-fearing mother decided to continue conceiving him and said that if she followed the suggestion to abort the baby, she could have aborted a priest.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.20.1″] \n<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_post_nav prev_text=”PREVIOUS ARTICLE” next_text=”NEXT ARTICLE” _builder_version=”3.20.1″ background_color=”rgba(12,113,195,0.55)”] \n<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_post_nav][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n