The Oahu Council of Filipino Catholic Clubs will celebrate its annual fundraising campaign, coronation and pageant on Aug. 16 at St. Michael Church in Waialua.
This year’s Queen of Charity is Jacqueline Buted Medrano of St. Michael Parish.
The event begins with a procession at 4:30 p.m. and Mass at 5 p.m. followed by dinner and pageant activities.
Also honored will be nine princesses representing different virtues, each dressed in a different color. Queen of Charity Medrano will wear white.
Every year, parish Filipino Catholic Clubs under the umbrella of the Oahu Council sell products such as Portuguese sausage, macadamia nuts and smoked fish to raise funds for scholarships for children of FCC members who go to private high schools and colleges.
The coronation pageant is usually hosted by the winning church unit, this year St. Michael, honoring its representative queen.
This year St. Michael raised $18,719, $8,000 more than the next highest competing parish. Eleven parishes raised a total of $77,352.
The other princesses and their representative virtues are as follows:
- St. Anthony, Kalihi: Maricelle Heather Redona, hope
- St. Joseph, Waipahu: Normie Jean Galapon, faith
- Sacred Heart, Waianae: Teresa Jodar, justice
- Our Lady of the Mount, Kalihi: Kathleen Mones, prudence
- St. Elizabeth, Aiea: Angelika Lorraine Dayro, fortitude
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ewa Beach: Catherine Cuizon, temperance
- Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa: Shannon Ashley Domingsil, peace
- St. Jude, Kapolei: Karen Joy Embajador, freedom
- Our Lady of Sorrows, Wahiawa: Karina Orpiano, wisdom
Queen of Charity Jacqueline Medrano is the daughter of Aquilino and Jovelyn Medrano. She graduated from St. Michael School and this year Sacred Hearts Academy. She will attend California State University, Long Beach, and major in biology.
Active in her parish and school, she has been an altar server, Sunday school teacher, youth and young adult member, Confirmation retreat leader and a Living in Faith Experience (LIFE) team member.
At Sacred Hearts Academy she was the student council vice president and a recipient of several awards including the merit award for academic excellence.
