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Fr. Edgar S. Saguinsin

Memories of Serge

By Fr. Edgar S. Saguinsin

Could I be one of them? As I watched Serge laid in his grace, I have to say, I felt a level of pride. It was I who recruited him to join the labor union! Serge stood head the shoulder over the crowd of union members and officers as the most inspiring of them all! His story hints that this man might be a saint even though a controversial one.

Looking back I recall my conversation with Serge in 1973 at the Catholic Church rectory of La Carlota City where I was the parish priest. We talked about the plight of the sugar workers. It was not hard to convince Serge that one of the most effective ways of helping to improve the economic and social conditions of the sugar workers in Negros was to organize even under Martial Law. But we needed qualified labor union organizers, I told him, “I wonder if I could be one” Serge said. That remark started the history of Serge’s involvement with the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW). We agreed that he would apply as an organizers and I would sponsor him.

Fostering Faith in Honolulu

By: Rev. Fr. Edgar S. Saguinsin
Pastor, St. John’s Church (Honolulu)

Fr. Edgar Saguinsin was born in Victorias, Negros Occidental in the year 1935. He was ordained in ’63 for the diocese of Bacolod. After being rector of the Seminary and Pastor, he took up justice work for the Sugar Workers. When his life was endangered during Martial Law, he went to work in Hawaii where he eventually became Pastor of St. John’s Church, Honolulu. There he developed the RCIA Approach to evangelization that he explains below.