1. RIZAL – A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Rizal’s Birth
June 19, 1861 – Wednesday between
eleven and twelve o’clock at midnight
Jose Rizal was born.
June 22 – he was baptized at a Catholic
Church of Calamba by a priest Rev.
Rufino Collantes.
November 8, 1826. She died at the age
of 85.
Rafael Palma – he said that Rizal
inherited “from his father a profound
sense of dignity and self-respect,
seriousness and self possession: and
from his mother the temperament of the
poet and dreamer bravery for sacrifice.
Jose – this name was chosen by his
mother.
Rizal Family – was a respected and
considered one of the riches families in
Calamba during that time.
Calamba : “The Cradle of a Genuis”
The Children of Rizal
Calamba – is a town named after a
native big jar.
Paciano (1851-1930) – the hero’s only
brother. He was the filosopo Tasio in
Noli Me Tangere. In 1930 he died
almost “unwept, unhonored and unsung”
and buried in Manila.
Francisco Mercado (1818-1898) – the
hero’s father born in Biñan, Laguna. Dr.
Rizal called him “a model of fathers”. He
died at the age of 80, a year after hero’s
execution.
Domingo Lamco – his great, great
grandfather was Christian Chinese.
Mercado – original family name of Don
Francisco.
June 28, 1848 – Don Francisco married
Teodora Alonzo Realonda.
Doña Teodora Alonzo (1826-1911) –
Rizal’s mother, born in Manila on
Rizal Sisters
Saturnina(1850-1913),
Narcisca(1852-1939),
Olimpia(1855-1887),
Lucia(1857-1919),
Maria(1859-1945),
Concepcion(1862-1865),
Josefa(1865-1919),
Trinidad(1868-1951) , and
Solidad (1870-1929)
 All of them got married except
Josefa and Trinidad, who were
spinsters, and Concepcion who
died at the age of 3.
Rizal’s Ancestry
Lakan-Dula (The Last King of Tondo) –
Rizal’s maternal ancestor.
Eugenio Ursua – his maternal greatgreat-grandfather.
The Name Rizal
Mercado – means “market” in Spanish.
1849 – Governor Claveria issued a
decree.
Cruz, Diaz, Guzman, Luna, Ramos,
Reyes, Rivera, Santos, and Trinidad –
the list of surnames sent to Calamba.
Rizal – originated from the word racial
w/c signifies “green field”.
The Rizal House
1st Floor – bounded with thick walls of
lime and store.
2nd Floor – was made entirely of hard
wood except for the roof which was of
red tile.
Azotea – located at the back.
Tropical fruit bearing trees – located
behind the house.
CHRISTLER GALABO
Reporter

2. CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
IN CALAMBA
 He grew up in a
environment characterized
and contentment.
 Ideal place for artist,
budding writer and lovers
who traveled from Manila.
home
by joy
poets,
of art
Rizal 15 years old
 He is a student in Ateneo de
Manila, he reminisced a poem of
Calamba (Un Recuerdo A. Mi
Pueblo) which means In Memory
of My Town by Dr. Frank C.
Laubach.
Boyhood Memories
 Characterized by playing in the
garden watching the marveled
birds.
 Listening music at the branch of a
tree.
 At night they us to pray Angelus
with Jose and children, sharing
stories about fairytales.
 He was pious and devoted son of
the Catholic Church.
Rizal 3 years old
 His life began to bitter when little
Concha (Concepcion) whom he
fondly called died, and that’s the
first time he use to cried a lot and
intense grief.
 He learned Alphabet from his
mother.
 He was the younger brother.
I learned to write in my own town – a
poem wrote by a young hero.
Rizal 9 years old
 He was sent by his father to
Biñan to continue his studying of
latin lesson on December 7,
1871.
Rizal in Biñan School
 He excelled in all subjects.
 Stay for one and half years in
Biñan.
Paciano, Jose – one of the reasons
why fathersnwas executed.
Rizal 11 years old
 Experience when Gom-Bur-Za
was
extremely
mournful
execution happened.
The Parable of Moth
 The poem reveals Rizal t0 being
nationalistic
sentiments
and
ideals even at an early age.
8 years old
 Revealed him talent given by
God into literacy by writing
poems.
 Sa aking mga Kabata (To my
fellow Children).
Rizal’s Mother: A Victim of Injustice
 Doña Teodora arbitrary arrested
on a malicious charge.
 She immediately thrown to the
provincial jail in Sta. Cruz.
 She was force to scorching at the
heat of sun from Calamba to Sta.
Cruz.
GOM – BUR – ZA’S Martyrdom
February 17, 1872 - at Cavite GomBur-Za accused of Conspiracy.
CHRIS JOHN LOCABERTE
Reporter

3. SCHOOL LIFE AT ATENEO AND
THE UNIVERSITY OF STO. TOMAS
Ateneo Municipal – a college under the
supervision of Spanish Jesuits.
Escuela Pia (Charity School) – a
college was a rival of the Dominicanowned college of San Juan de Letran.
College of San Juan de Letran – Jose
took the entrance examinations on
Christian doctrine, arithmetic, and
reading. And passed then all.
Rizal’s First Day in Ateneo
He was dressed like the others with coat
and tie. He went to his class, where he
saw a great number of boys, Spaniards,
mestizos, & Filipinos, and a Jesuit who
was the professor.
Rizal’s Poem on Education
Rizal wrote this poem when he was only
fifteen years old.
Artistic Skill in Sculpture
The Council of the Gods
Young Rizal impressed his professors
and classmates when he curved the
image of the Virgin Mary on a piece of
Philippine hard wood-batikuling with a
pocket-knife.
His prize-winning poem, “A La Juventud
Filipina” whom Rizal emplored urgently
the Filipino youth to “rise from lethargy,
to let his genius fly swifter than the wind.
Education under the Jesuits
The students were trained by rigid
discipline and character development.
Rizal’s First Day at the
Pontifical University
Rizal who was sixteen years old enroll in
the university taking Philosophy and
letters.
Rizal’s Days at Sto. Tomas
The academic climate at the University
of Sto. Tomas was quite different from
the Ateneo.
Rizal’s First Love
The girl who captured his heart was the
fourteen-years old Segundiwa Katigbak,
who was a boarder at La Concordia
College where his elder sisters were
studying.
LYZA SHEEN ANIB
Reporter