JesCom Telemovie: Maging Akin Muli on ABS-CBN 2 & TFC
Jesuit Communications invites you to watch a movie made for television by Ms. Marilou Diaz-Abaya which airs on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and TFC1 (North America) on December 18 at 10:30pm and 7:30pm (pacific time), respectively. This TV-movie will also air on TFC4 (Asia-Pacific & Australia) on December 17, at 10:40pm (Singapore time).The story revolves around the life of Junjun (Marvin Agustin), a newly ordained deacon. By tradition, he may now be addressed as “Reverend,” a title that sounds better with his full name, Christopher Santos, Jr. But he prefers to be simply Junjun—ordinary, simple, cool. Junjun entered the seminary at age 12, but he nevertheless enjoyed his childhood and teens, managed to have a couple of girlfriends in secret, earned good grades, and taught himself to sing pop songs as well. He has never doubted his vocation, but often wonders if there are ways to live it “outside the box.” Music is the language of his heart, the prayer of his soul.
After ordination as a deacon, he is sent to his hometown to assist in the parish and gain pastoral experience as a way of preparing for his ordination to the priesthood. There he meets Fr. Salvador Bautista (Noel Trinidad), 65, fluent in Latin and Italian, a product of the “old school.” Ordained just as the reforms of the Second Vatican Council were launched, Fr. Doy had served in several parishes before being assigned to the rural Parish of Santiago Apostol the past five years.
MAGING AKIN MULI accompanies Junjun on his journey to the priesthood. At Santiago
Apostol, he encounters the complexities of life for his fellow pilgrims in the parish —a generous but demanding benefactor, a young lady (Missy Maramara) in distress, a couple whose son (Ronnie Lazaro) is on death row. The lives of these people enrich his own, but also challenge his vocation to be good and holy, to belong to God. The film explores the tension between human freedom, what people decide to do with their lives, and divine wisdom, what God asks of each person.
MAGING AKIN MULI also stars Sandy Andolong as Rev. Junjun’s mother, Efren Reyes Jr., and Jaime Fabregas. Produced by Jesuit Communications under the direction of acclaimed director Marilou Diaz Abaya, with a musical score by Nonong Buencamino and the collaboration of many of Diaz Abaya’s colleagues and former students at the Ateneo de Manila, MAGING AKIN MULI is a unique event on Philippine television. It aims to help Filipinos reflect on the meaning of hope at Christmas time, and glimpse the story of Jesus in their own.
ABS-CBN Channel 2 (PHILIPPINES)DEC. 18 (Sun) 10:30pm
TFC1 (NORTH AMERICA)
DEC. 18 (Sun) 7:30pm (pacific time)
TFC4 (ASIA-PACIFIC & AUSTRALIA)
DEC. 17 (Sat) 10:40pm (Singapore time)
For inquiries, please call Jesuit Communications Foundation, Inc. (JesCom) at (632) 426-5971 to 72.
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Incidentally, Canto Cinco (C5) sang and recorded the songs you’ll hear in this telemovie… 
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Jesuit Communications invites you to watch a movie made for television by Ms. Marilou Diaz-Abaya which airs on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and TFC1 (North America) on December 18 at 10:30pm and 7:30pm (pacific time), respectively. This TV-movie will also air on TFC4 (Asia-Pacific & Australia) on December 17, at 10:40pm (Singapore time).
Apostol, he encounters the complexities of life for his fellow pilgrims in the parish —a generous but demanding benefactor, a young lady (Missy Maramara) in distress, a couple whose son (Ronnie Lazaro) is on death row. The lives of these people enrich his own, but also challenge his vocation to be good and holy, to belong to God. The film explores the tension between human freedom, what people decide to do with their lives, and divine wisdom, what God asks of each person.
ABS-CBN Channel 2 (PHILIPPINES)