2.

A Model for being a peacemaker

Concerns About by his complete abandonment of
his personal interest and to think
The National only for his country and people.
3. He was a towering figure in the

Hero propaganda campaign from

1882-1896.
4. He was a martyr at Bagumbayan
where he willingly died for our
country.
CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING A
NATIONAL HERO

1. The person must be a Filipino. WHAT IS A HERO?

2. The person is a peace lover and a
pacifist. ● A hero is a person admired for his
3. The person must have a great achievements and noble qualities
sense of patriotism. and a prominent or central
(Remember: there is a difference between personage taking an admirable
patriotism vs. nationalism) action.
➔ Patriotism - general love ○ TAKE NOTE!
for the country and fellow ■ The Philippines
countrymen. does not have an
➔ Nationalism - love for the OFFICIAL
nation. Patriotism except NATIONAL HERO!
egocentric in nature. (BY: NCCA)
4. The person must die for the ● According to the criteria of Dr.
country as a Martyr. Onofre D. Corpuz and Dr. Alfredo
Lagmay, (TechCon), these are the
- Dr. Otley Beyer - non-Filipino qualified candidates:
(American Anthropologist) who is ○ Jose Rizal - wrote Noli Mi
studying Filipinos from origin, how Tangere and El
they came to be, and etc. Also Filibusterismo and was a
known as “Father of Philippine martyr (reformist not a
Anthropology”. revolutionist).
○ Andres Bonifacio -
founder of Katipunan.
○ Emilio Aguinaldo - First
WHY RIZAL WAS A HERO? President of the
Philippines. Filipino
1. The 1st Filipino to unite and General. Is a Traitor. A
awaken the Filipino people to balimbing :D
peacefully rise for independence. ○ Apolinario Mabini - “utak
a. Woke the nationalistic spirit ng himagsikan” or “brain of
of the Filipinos. the revolution”. “Dakilang
Lumpo” o “Dakilang
Paralitiko”
 ○ Marcelo H. Del Pilar - Second Topic
father of Philippine
Journalism
○ Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat -
the most powerful Muslim
OBJECTIVES:
ruler in the Philippines
● To be able to know the childhood
○ Juan Luna - Filipino
years of Jose Rizal in Calamba.
painter, sculptor, and a
● To know what he achieved at a
political activist. Brother of
young age.
General Antonio Luna
● To be able to know what events in
○ Melchora Aquino - the
his life made him love his nation
Mother of the Katipunan
and fight for freedom.
○ Gabriela Silang - leader of
a revolt in the Ilocos Region
(people call her “Henerala”)

On March 28, 1993, President Fidel V.

Ramos (12th President of the Philippines)
● Jose Rizal grew up in a happy
issued Executive Order No. 85 entitled
home, ruled by good parents,
“Creating the National Heroes Committee
bubbling with joy, and sanctified by
Under the Office of the President”.
God’s blessings.
● His native town is Calamba. Its
scenic beauties and industrious,
hospitable, and friendly folks
impressed him during his
childhood and profoundly affected
his mind and character.

Calamba, the Hero’s Town

● Calamba was a hacienda

town which belonged to the
Dominican Order, which
also owned all the lands
around it.
 House of Jose Rizal in Calamba ● Another childhood memory was
the daily Angelus prayer. By
nightfall, his mother gathered all
the children at the house to pray
the Angelus.
● Another memory of his infancy
was the nocturnal walk in the town.
The maid took him for a walk in the
moonlight by the river.

The Hero’s First Sorrow

Earliest Childhood Memories

● Jose loved most the little Concha
(Concepcion), he was a year older
● The first memory of Rizal, in his
than Concha. He played with her
infancy, was his happy days in the
and from her he learned the
family garden when he was three
sweetness of a sisterly love.
years old. Because he was a sick
● Unfortunately, Concha died of
child, he was given the tenderest
sickness in 1865 when she was
care by his parents. His father
three years old. Jose, who was
built a little nipa cottage in the
very fond of her, cried bitterly at
garden for him to play in the day
losing her. “When I was four years
time.
old, I lost my little sister Concha,
and then for the first time I shed
tears caused by love and grief…”
 Devoted Son of the Church “All right, laugh at me now! Someday
when I die, people will make monuments
● At the age of three, he began to and images of me!”
take part in the family prayers. His
mother was a devout Catholic,
taught the Catholic prayers, when
he was five years old, he was able First Poem by Rizal
to read haltingly the Spanish family
Bible. ● Rizal possessed a God-given gift
● Father Leoncio Lopez - he is the for literature. Since early boyhood
town priest. Jose Rizal used to visit he had scribbled verses on loose
him and listen to his stimulating sheets of paper and on the
opinions on current events and textbooks of his sisters. His
sound philosophy of life. mother, who was a lover of
literature, noticed his poetic
inclination and encouraged him to
write poetry.
Pilgrimage to Antipolo ● At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his
first poem in the native language
● On June 6, 1868, Jose and his entitled Sa Aking mga Kababata
father left Calamba to go on a (To My Fellow Children).
pilgrimage to Antipolo, in order to
fulfill his mother’s vow which was
made when Jose was born.
● It was the first trip of Jose across To My Fellow Children
Laguna de Bay. After praying at
the shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo, Whenever people of a country truly love
Jose and his father went to Manila. The language which by heav’n they were
It was the first time Jose saw taught to use
Manila. They visited Saturnina, That country also surely liberty pursue
who was then a boarding student As does the bird which soars to freer
at La Concordia College in Sta. space above.
Ana.
For language is the final judge and referee
Upon the people in the land where it holds
sway;
Artistic Talents To make our human race resembles in this
way
● Since early childhood Rizal The other living beings born in liberty.
revealed his God-given talent for
art. At the age of five, he began
to make sketches with his pencil
and to mold in clay and wax
objects.
 First Drama by Rizal ● From his Chinese ancestors, he
got his elegance of bearing,
● Rizal, who was eight years old, sensitivity to insult, and gallantry to
wrote his first dramatic work which ladies.
was in Tagalog comedy. It is said ● From his father, he inherited a
that it was staged in a Calamba profound sense of self-respect, the
festival and was delightfully love for work, and the habit of
applauded by the audience. independent thinking.
● And from his mother, he inherited
his religious nature, the spirit of
self-sacrifice, and the passion for
Rizal as Boy Magician arts and literature.

● Since early manhood Rizal had

been interested in magic. With his
dexterous hands, he learned Environmental Influence
various tricks. He entertained his
town folks with magic-lantern ● The scenic beauties of Calamba
exhibitions. and the beautiful garden of Rizal
● In later years when he attained family stimulated the inborn artistic
manhood, he continued his keen and literary talents of Jose Rizal.
predilection for magic. He read ● The religious atmosphere at his
many books on magic and home fortified his religious nature.
attended the performances of the ● His brother, Paciano, instilled in
famous magicians of the world. his mind the love for freedom and
justice. From his sisters, he
learned to be courteous and kind
to women.
Influences on the Hero’s Boyhood ● His three uncles, inspired him to
develop his artistic ability, to
1. Hereditary Influence develop his frail body and
2. Environmental Influence intensified his voracious reading of
3. Aid of Divine Providence good books.
● Father Leoncio Lopez, fostered
Rizal’s love for scholarship and
intellectual honesty.
Hereditary Influence ● The death of his sister Concha
and the imprisonment of his
● From his Malayan ancestors, Rizal mother, contributed to strengthen
inherited his love for freedom, his his character, enabling him to
innate desire to travel, and his resist blows of adversity in later
indomitable courage. years.
 ● The Spanish cruelties and Concepcion - eight child
abuses awakened his spirit of - also known as “Concha”
patriotism and inspired him to - died at three years old
consecrate his life and talents to - Jose was very fond of her
redeem his oppressed people. because she kept calling him as
Pepe
Josefa - the Katipunera
- ninth child
Aid of Divine Providence Trinidad - tenth child
- feminists leader
● Rizal was providentially destined Soledad - eleventh and youngest child
to be the pride and glory of his
nation. God had endowed him with
the versatile gifts of a genius, the
vibrant spirit of a nationalist, and
the valiant heart to sacrifice for a
noble cause.

Dr. Jose Rizal Family

Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y

Alejandor - Jose’s father

Teodora Realonda y Quintos - Jose’s

mother

Saturnina - eldest sister

Manuel Hidalgo - husband of Saturnina

Paciano - second child of the Rizal family

- studied in San Jose College
- farmer
- general in the Philippine
Revolution
Narcisa - first to call Jose as Pepe
- Third child of the Rizal family

Olympia - fourth child

Lucia - fifth child
Maria - sixth child
Jose - seventh child