Anscar Chupungco
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Anscar Chupungco,
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, STD (10 November 1939 - 9 January 2013) was a
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, who was a noted liturgist,
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and a mentor to all Filipino liturgists and countless students of the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in
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in
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. He was known for integrating local customs and traditions into the Catholic Mass.


Biography

Chupungco was born Herminio Javier Chupungco in
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, to Estanislao Santo Tomas Chupungco and Dominga Javier. He became a monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat in Manila in 1958 at the age of 19, at which time he was given the religious name of Anscar (
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) after a great Benedictine missionary saint of the 9th century. He was
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a priest in 1965. He earned his licentiate in philosophy and theology (both ''
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'') from the
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in Manila and his doctorate in Sacred Theology, specializing in liturgy, from the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm, learning from the scholars in the field who had served as '' periti'' (expert consultants) during the
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.


Work

Chupungco became a member of the faculty of the
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in Rome in 1973, the first Filipino to teach there.. He was later chosen as the President of the Institute and
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Magnificus of the Atheneum. He also established the Paul VI Institute of Liturgy in the Philippines in conjunction with the Bishop of
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(later
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and
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),
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. This faculty was to serve as a center for forming liturgists to serve throughout Asia. He was also one of the co-founders of the
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, together with four priests from the Missionary Fathers of the Immaculate Heart. As a leading expert in liturgy, Chupungco's expertise was sought in all parts of the world. He also produced the Handbook for Liturgical Studies, which is the standard set of textbooks for liturgical education in the world. He was a board member of the
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in Rome. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious McManus Award by the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions of the United States. He was a member of the
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during the time it produced the first
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translation of the
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for use around the world.


Later years

In his last years, Chupungco occupied himself with liturgical formation at Paul VI Institute of Liturgy and speaking engagements all over the world. Speaking of recent changes in the liturgical texts mandated by the Holy See, he commented in an address in October 2011 that:
iturgical reform"is being put to task by a movement known as the "reform of the reform". It carries an agenda that can have a regrettable impact on the liturgical gains of the council.
Dark clouds are forming ominously on the western horizon. They move hurriedly and decisively toward the direction of the sun that burns radiantly in the sky. They cast upon it their somber shadows to hide it from view. Suddenly it is dusk before the appointed time.
In reality however the dimness is caused by the passing clouds. I am confident that these cannot put the clock back to yesterday's evening hours.


Death

Chupungco died from a
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on 9 January 2013, at the Paul VI Institute of Liturgy in
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.He had been scheduled to receive the
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Award from
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in a few weeks, to honor him for his decades of service to the Church. His body was to be returned to his abbey for burial.


See also

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Catholic Church in the Philippines , native_name_lang = , image = Front view of The Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , alt = , caption = Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Concepcion , abbreviation ...
*
Culture of the Philippines The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural diversity. Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, their cultures were all shaped by the ...
*
Hispanic culture in The Philippines The Spanish influence on Filipino culture has been profound, having originated from the Spanish East Indies. A variety of aspects of the customs and traditions in the Philippines today can be traced back to this influence. Background Spanish ...


References

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