Fifty years, and the renewal of the vows of
EduardoandLourdes
Saturday, 9 October 2027
Rizal Ballroom, Makati Shangri-La, Makati City
Fifty years and counting
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“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.”
Song of Solomon 8:7 · read at their wedding in 1977
Save the date
Nineteen seventy-seven onwards
Scanned from four albums and one shoebox. The wedding footage is silent because the camera was borrowed and nobody knew how to work the sound.
The day
Church first, then the ballroom
The mass is at San Agustin, where they were married. The reception is in Makati, and there is a coach for anyone who would rather not drive between the two.
10:00
Anniversary mass
San Agustin Church, Intramuros
11:00
Renewal of vows
At the altar, with the family
11:45
Photographs
In the cloister
1:00
Coach to Makati
Leaves from the General Luna gate
5:00
Reception
Rizal Ballroom, Makati Shangri-La
6:30
Dinner and tributes
The children, in order of age
8:30
Their waltz
The same song. It has been the same song for fifty years.
Where
Rizal Ballroom, Makati Shangri-La
The reception is at the Rizal Ballroom on the second level. If you are only coming to one of the two, come to this one.
Rizal Ballroom, Makati Shangri-La, corner of Ayala and Makati Avenues, Makati City
Valet
At the Ayala Avenue entrance, charged to the family.
The morning mass
San Agustin Church, General Luna Street, Intramuros. Park at Plaza San Luis.
The coach
Two buses, air-conditioned, leaving Intramuros at one. Book a seat in the RSVP.
The family
Their children and their apo
Fifty years, five children, fourteen grandchildren and, as of March, one great-grandchild.
Their children
- 01Ma. Teresa Villaruel-Ang
- 02Eduardo Jr. Villaruel
- 03Ana Cristina Villaruel-Ocampo
- 04Fr. Joaquin Villaruel
- 05Mikaela Villaruel-Sy
The apo
- Rafael, Sofia and Andres Ang
- Bea, Nico and Paolo Villaruel
- Isabel, Martin and Clara Ocampo
- Danielle, Enzo and Jose Sy
- Lucia, Tomas and baby Eduardo III
Attire
Formal Filipiniana, in gold and ivory
Barong or suit for the men, long or Filipiniana for the women. Gold, ivory and bronze if you are choosing; anything formal if you are not.
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The church is warm at eleven and the ballroom is cold at six. Both is the correct answer.
Practical
For the ones travelling in
Rooms
A block is held at the Shangri-La under Villaruel until 8 September, at the family rate. Ask for it by name when you book.
Coming from the province
Tell us in the RSVP which day you land. Eduardo Jr. is arranging pick-ups from both terminals on the Friday.
Wheelchair access
The ballroom is level throughout with a lift from the lobby. San Agustin has a ramp at the side entrance on General Luna.
The tributes
Each of the five children speaks for three minutes. If you would like to add something, there is an open floor after the cake rather than during dinner.
RSVP
Reply by 10 September
Seated dinner and a coach to book, so an exact count matters. Replies reach Ma. Teresa, who is keeping the list.
Well wishes
Fifty years of witnesses
Being bound into a book and given to them at the reception. If you were at the 1977 wedding, please say so — there are not many of you left and they will want to know.
Tita Nena Almario
5 days ago
I was one of Lourdes's bridesmaids in 1977 and I still have the dress, which fits nobody. Fifty years, and he still opens the car door.
Fr. Joaquin
6 days ago
You taught me what a marriage is by not once explaining it. Congratulations, Pa and Ma.
The apo
1 week ago
All fourteen of us, one take, in Lola's living room. She has watched it eleven times.
The Ang family
1 week ago
From Cebu, and we would not miss it. Fifty years is not luck, it is work, and everyone who knows you knows that.
Photographs
Fifty years of photographs, and one more day
Add anything you take. Everything here is downloadable at full size, which is the point — half the family is watching from abroad.
No gifts
They have been furnishing the same house since 1978 and it is full. Come, eat, and dance the one waltz with them. That is the whole request.